Leonard Westermeyer

First Flight!

Here’s a video of the first flight of N17LW.

At last!

Polished steps, repaired dent on right flap.

Time: 3 hours.

Installed carpet with Velcro. Did touchup painting of steps.

Time: 3 hours.

Painted wingtips.

Time: 4 hours.

Masked entire airplane to paint the masked portion of the wingtips.

Time: 4 hours.

Changed hole covers on wheels from 5/8” to 3/4”. Prepared leading edge of wing tips for repainting.

Time: 4 hours.

Found and modified valve stem extension to work on nose wheel through nose wheel pant.

Time: 4 hours.

Drilled wheel pants for tire valve access. Programmed Weight and Balance in airplane.

Measured wheel position for Weight and Balance.

Time: 4 hours.

Calibrated fuel tanks, tapped right sender to free it. Added keep alive to MFD.

Time: 4 hours.