With the aircraft largely finished it’s time for some more engine testing, taxiing and a wash and polish.

There’s very little to do now, it’s now come to the time that all the paperwork needs to be completed and signed off by my inspector. Unfortunately he’s not been around for a while and is unlikely to be for a week or two so all I can do is make sure that when he returns that everything is ready for him.

Once he signs off everything I have to have another inspector come to do a ‘Final Inspection Before First Flight’ after which I can send all the paperwork to the LAA to request an approval for its first test flight.