Sunday, November 13, 2011

Something a bit different

Saturday I got offered a job, sort of. I’ve been looking for a way to get into the airplane mechanic industry but I have no experience. I did find a local company that does world wide business who agreed to give me a try. I interviewed on Friday lunch, later in the afternoon I got a call and they wanted me to start on Saturday at 8am, they would “take a look at me”.
My project, disassemble as much of this as plane as we need to in preparation to pull the one piece wing off of it.
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The landing gear is already off of it, the owner is parting it out. So two of us got it to this point after day one (both sides done). Almost all the wiring is disconnected, the deicing mechanics, the sheet metal of course and the fuel tanks are emptied.  Monday I expect we’ll depressurize the hydraulic systems, there’s a crane nowhere in sight so that must be coming from the yard. We’ll have to raise the fuselage high enough to clear the wing, then the wing will have to slide out one side or the other. Should be an interesting week, lots to learn.
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