Farry confirmed that all was painted and ready for collection from his farm. Tony agreed that Thursday 17th Jan would work for his so the date was set.
Starting out at 07:30 I expected a 2 hour, busy but easy journey towards Horsham but that wasn’t to be. An accident just after junction 5 on the A2 meant that I sat stationary in traffic for over an hour. They reopened the road but with the associated delays on other roads it doubled my travel time to 4 hours.
I finally arrived and inspected the work. Overall it was good with a couple of areas of orange peeling. Farry said that it will require a polish and diamond cut later closer to when it will fly and any issues with the paint will be dealt with if I bring it back at some point in the future. There’s a few items outstanding including the wing join covers, noseleg fairing and wheel spats which still need to be painted but don’t impact on the build.
Loading it onto Tony’s trailer and secured, it was time for the journey back to the airfield.
The journey back to the airfield was very straightforward and I managed to pick Karen up from home and still have time to unload in daylight. Ian Daniels was also on hand to help unload the fuselage, wings and engine.Gallery
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