It is indeed a contra-prop thing… 😮
Not much to report this week, Rich and I went in on Saturday and promptly spent half the morning trying to re-establish mains electricity to the jet :mad:. Some progress was made on the lock, hopefully next week it’ll be away.
Our afternoon’s work was to remove one of the lower rear spotlights and re-seal it. We’d noticed the week before it was half full of water. This week it was fully full! 😮 So we decided to remove it, empty it, clean it up and re-seal it. Doubting Thomas (Andre) proclaimed “you’ll never get that off”. Does that sound familiar from the access panel in the back hatch a few weeks ago?! Gauntlet thrown, half an hour’s elbow grease and careful application of a screwdriver and a knocking stick, and it was away. This one has apparently not been off since Lindy left service, and last time it recieved any attention it had been reassembled incorrectly to boot. It is now as it should be, hopefully watertight, and just in case the spotlight housing has a drain hole.
We also spent some time talking to a former Victor groundcrew. It was interesting taking him round the jet, and him pointing out some of ‘his’ mods to the aircraft. Including the aerial Araldited on under the tail! 😮
I believe Andre and co. were in yesterday doing some sort of black magic with boxes of electricity, I’ll find out what and report accordingly.
Normal (Sunday) service will be resumed next week!
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