Earth Base Zero

Springbird

1990 – Factory fuselage jig at Lockhaven, PA
1997 – Hauling in borrowed fuselage frame
1997 – Wreck cut up for tube sizes
1998 – Jig building
1998 – Jig building
1998 – Jig building
1998 – Starting assembly at front of cabin area
1998 – Returning borrowed fuselage frame
2005 – Installing windshield braces
2005 – Nearly finished fuselage frame
2005 – Installing landing gear lugs
2006 – Installing control brackets
2006 – Salvaged wings scrounged from Bar Harbor, ME
2006 – Salvaged wings scrounged from Bar Harbor, ME
2007 – Installing trim fairleads
2007 – Installing control fairleads
2008 – Scarfing spruce spar strips
2008 – Scarfing spruce spar strips
2008 – Laminating spars
2010 – installing shoulder belt lugs
2010 – making instrument panel mounts
2010 – panel mounts installed
2010 – wire brushing fuselage frame
2010 – fuselage frame epoxy primed
2010 – Overview of fuselage assembly
2010 – Rear quarter window framed up
2010 – Caliper brackets installed for Cleveland brakes
2010 – Adjusting the angle of Auster control stick
2010 – Auster control sticks
2010 – Trim tab fabrication
2010 – Trim tab installed
2011 – Subaru EA-81 engine going together
2011 – Subaru EA-81 engine going together
2011 – Reduction drive installed
2011 – New firewall and boot cowl installed
2011 – Engine aligned with fuselage-was able to confirm height
by bore sighting through the prop extension/top pulley
2011 – Engine mount tubing fitted in place
2012 – Completed engine mount
2012 – Radiator installation in progress
2013 – Cooling system plumbed up
2012 – Dual ignition set up
2015 – Cockpit heater installation
2015 – Exhaust pipe jigging
2016 – Leak testing wing tank
2016 – Wing tank installation
2016 – Cross brace bracket
2016 – Getting there – fuselage painted
2016 – Salvaging ribs from an old wing
2016 – Wing fabric shrunk
2016 – Rib stitching
2016 – Surface tape application
2016 – Polybrush spray coats
2016 – Control panel
2016 – Control panel with tablet in use position
2016 – Cessna 172 seats installed
2016 – Completed engine compartment
2020 – Windshield installation
2021 – Engine reassembly after water got in one cylinder
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