Today Tom Gierhart – DAR – issued my airworthiness
certificate. I now own an airplane. Tom and I spent 1 ½ hours together this
morning at the hangar. He checked all of
the paperwork, took pictures of the paperwork and the airplane. Using his inspections mirror and flashlight
he looked into all of the nooks and crannies.
He concluded by telling me I have done a great job with my build. He said he wishes he had an airplane as nice
as the RV-12. Of course there was a bit
of disassembly for the inspections so I will need to put it all back together
again.
Following the inspection I had to hurry
home. Yesterday Comcast buried a
neighbor’s cable in my back yard. The Comcast
splice box is located in my back yard.
In burying the cable they nicked my CenturyLink telephone line. Over the last 24 hours my phones and internet
have become useless. The CenturyLink technician
laid a new phone line on top of the ground and hooked us up again. In the next couple of weeks they are supposed
to come back and bury it. You have got
to love the utility companies.
I
returned to the hangar this afternoon and began installing a canopy lock. I will be taking the RV-12 to KTVY (Tooele)
for the first flight and flight program.
Because it will be tied down outside I do not want people to be able to
open it at will. I went back to Jon’s Lock where I purchased the cam lock and
bought a longer cam arm. I cut a slot in
the deck rail. The arm comes through the
slot and I will notch it to engage a small angle I will rivet to the canopy
rail. I am planning on installing a
back-up plate to reinforce the fuselage skin.
I know it will only keep honest people out. If someone wants to get into the cockpit they
will find a way no matter what.
