Congrats to Paul Ehlen and the AirCorps Aviation Team! P-51D Sierra Sue II received Reserve Grand Champion at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh.Continue Reading
May and early June have been busy times as the basic fuselage framework has been completed. Flight control systems have been installed ready for connection to the rudder, elevator, and ailerons once the wings and tail assemblies are added. The seats were refurbished and many small parts had the zinc chromate applied. Skin panels for...Continue Reading
The assembly and rigging day keeps getting closer as more and more parts get their coat of yellow and any markings needed. Cockpit systems and gauges are being finalized. It’s one of those times where the project looks close to being finished because the larger parts are complete. There’s plenty of detail work yet to...Continue Reading
The guys have been removing all the P-47 parts from shipping containers. First there was an initial inspection, then the parts were sorted into bins by subassembly. Then they were stored in racks. Parts sorted and racked by subassembly part numbers.Continue Reading
In April the fuselage frame received its coats of zinc chromate. The flight control and trim tab linkages were installed and the flight control lock also put in. The “bird cage” stringers and former assemblies are nearly finished on the spare mock up frame. The end of April marked the arrival of some major components that had been...Continue Reading
Sierra Sue II’s owner, Paul Ehlen, picked her up and flew her to her new home at Flying Cloud Field in Eden Prairie, Minnesota today. It was the first time he’d flown his beautiful, virtually new Mustang. I can only imagine the thrill that must have been, but I didn’t have to imagine the look on...Continue Reading
Beautiful wood work left top wing and center section Horizontal stabilizer Firewall formed Poly-Fiber envelope on the wing tubular fuselage frame repaired to original specsContinue Reading
Tye Halvas, maintenance manager at AirCorps Aviation, recently completed training at Covington Aircraft. His experience will enhance AirCorps Aviation’s maintenance services located at the Bemidji Regional Airport.Continue Reading
