The gliders were secured in the container with steel frames that were screwed to the floor. Here Chris Wilson had to crawl under the glider to get to the one last screw.
The second fuselage is being rolled out of the container with Greg Finlay steadying the tail and Adam Zeiba and Dave Springford moving the dolly into place. Chris, now out from under the glider, watches the nose for clearance.
The fuselage dolly being put in place with Jerzy Szemplinski supporting the glider.
Adam, Chris, Greg and Dave (hidden) manouevre the glider to line it up with the trailer.
The two fuselages, one on a stand and the other being moved onto the trailer ramp by Adam and Tom Coulson (can you see him:)
Jerzy and John Burany removing the horizontal stabilizer from the container.
With the two fuselages and stabilizers out of the container, it is now time to move Jerzy's trailer and the rack holding the four wings. This was made easy by the 5 inch nylon rollers bolted to the frame under the trailer. The trailer axle had to be removed for shipping otherwise the rack was too tall for the container.
A short pause to gauge the progress.
Tom Coulson making his first visible appearance, but certainly not his first physical appearance on the job!
Adam, Greg, Jerzy and Dave add some safety straps to the rack while John Burany is caught in the lens like a deer in the headlights.
Dave and Chris remove the bolts holding the first wing to the rack, while one of our photographers, Steve and John Burany look on. Steve, of course, did more than just take pictures, adding his back to the lifting as well.
Dave, Chris and Tom hoist the wing root...
While Greg, Steve and John hoist the tip.
Our other photographer, Maria Szempliska caught in a rare moment on the other side of the camera, well done Steve! With Maria is Andy Mazur's spouse Jola.
Two pairs of feet, knees and hands setting up the trailer...
belonging to Greg and Chris.
Finally, a picture of the two fuselages in the workshop at SOSA. Thanks to Luke Szczepaniak who joined us at SOSA around 8:00 pm to offload the last glider.
For now, the gliders need to go through an import and conformity inspection before a C of A can be issued. The C of R paperwork is in the works. We also need to install some instruments and the radios before they are ready to go, probably some time in early April.
Two pairs of feet, knees and hands setting up the trailer...
belonging to Greg and Chris.
Finally, a picture of the two fuselages in the workshop at SOSA. Thanks to Luke Szczepaniak who joined us at SOSA around 8:00 pm to offload the last glider.
For now, the gliders need to go through an import and conformity inspection before a C of A can be issued. The C of R paperwork is in the works. We also need to install some instruments and the radios before they are ready to go, probably some time in early April.Thanks to everyone who helped out with the unpacking and delivery to SOSA. It was a long hard day, but well worth it!
