December 7, 2008 -

I headed out to the airport this Sunday morning with the canopy in the back of the van.  Like yesterday, it was cold, but this time it was also very windy.  No way I would have risked trailering the fuselage over the Key Bridge on a windy day like today. 
   
Out at the airport, I kept the hangar doors closed.  Sheltered from the wind, it wasn't too bad inside.  The big metal doors were really clanging and banging though. 
 
I finally got around to installing the gussets on the forward corners of the center spar.  I had to do a little filing around the spar bolt holes to be able to get bolts through.   I held the camera upside down to get this shot. 
   
Not a very good shot from the outside, but you get the idea.  Five AN-3 bolts hold the gusset to the side of the fuselage. 
 
I also installed washers and nuts on the vertical and horizontal stabilizer bolts. 
  
 
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