This week the structures have progressed nicely and the engine snags have been listed for completing.
Kev and Keith in structures have made the panels for the trailing edge and started on all of the skins for the wing tips. There’s lots of work in these when you count the hundreds, if not thousands, of holes on each side of the wing tip. The panels are all ready to be primed and the internal faces top coated in the paint shop so they can be riveted together.
The wing tip skins are in the process of being made and drilled ready for paint. Kev has moved onto riveting the anchor nut strips into the trailing edge, and he’ll soon have finished that job. He can then move back onto the wing tips once the jigs are set up. Read More