Because of concerns with the typical weather patterns in
northeast Ohio,
back in February when the RV-12 order was placed, Van’s Aircraft was requested
to delay shipment of the empennage kit until March 19 to assure a delivery in
the midst of spring thaw…. This, as it turns out, was not necessary. The winter
temperatures overall have been amazingly mild thus far and March temperatures have
been at least ten to fifteen degrees above average. I can still vividly
remember local TV weather meteorologists saying “the coming winter is shaping
up to be a carbon copy of the previous winter … cold cold temperatures and lots
of snow” I think the batteries were
running a little low in their crystal balls. Gee, the empennage could have been
almost half done by now.
The last few weeks have not gone totally underutilized at DOG
Aviation … there has been a flurry of activity in both the Research and
Procurement departments. Research has been busily devising pre-assembly process
guidelines along with creating a list of tooling and supplies that will be necessary
for assembly of the RV-12. Procurement
has initiated contact with numerous aviation vendors in an effort to contain
expenditures while quickly obtaining all the necessary items to begin
construction on time.
Vendors which have provided flawless quick service thus far have
been Aircraft Spruce, Aircraft Tool Supply, Avery Tools, Brown Aviation Tool
Supply, Cleaveland Aircraft Tools, Isham Inc, SkyGeeks and The Yard.
Next on the agenda ... the building of a couple of work
benches on wheels. For those of you that may be interested in shop hardware, will
post some photos when that task gets under way in the near future.
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