For the last few years we’ve been storing the wings and tail at the Hanscom Aero Club hangar, as we had intended to do final assembly and first flight there.  But after some discussions with local DARs and consideration of other first-flight airports in the local area, we decided that Hanscom just isn’t the best place for us to finish the RV.

So last Sunday we rented a U-Haul truck to move our parts back home.  My good friend Burt flew down to meet us at Hanscom and help us load and unload.  Loading was easy, but the ride back was a little bumpy – one of the supports on the wing cradle splintered and we wound up supporting one end of the wings while bracing ourselves in the front corners of the truck.  And yes, I know it’s illegal to ride in the back of a U-Haul truck…don’t tell anybody we did it.

We had to unload the wings from the cradle so I repair it, and also so we could get everything across the lawn and into the den.  Fortunately, the snow is gone and the lawn is soft enough to lay the wings down.

It was nice to see the wings out in the sunshine…pretty motivating, actually.  Once the wing cradle was repaired and the wings were in the den, Burt and I moved the tail and its cradle.

Et voila, we have all our airplane parts in the den, with some space left over for the soon-to-arrive finish kit.