Fuselage Ship Date

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:18 pm

Yeah!!! I got my ship date from Van's. Looks like it will go out their door around Mar 13th. That gives me roughly 2 1/2 months to finish my wings and get a fuse jig build. I am a happy camper.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:21 pm

that's awesome bill!! does it feel real yet? like a real airplane!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:50 am

Congrats, Bill!

Inventory it well!

Inspect the welds closely. I had rejected two of mine, but they were replaced promptly by Van.

My guess is the sub contractor they have doing the weldments needed a little quality control check?

The replacements look GREAT!

CJ

Post by **Spike** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:43 pm

For some reason I thought Van's did the welding themselves. No?

-- John

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:58 pm

cjensen wrote:does it feel real yet? like a real airplane!

Like CJ says, that probably won't happen until I have something I can set my butt in.

Lorin Dueck · Post by **Lorin Dueck** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:27 pm

Bill,
If you want it to feel more real... You can always stetch your arms out wide, run around the house, and make airplane sounds!!

PS - Seriously -> Congrats!!
Keep poundin' them rivets - and soon it will be real

Lorin D.
9A Wings
(N194LD reserved)

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:34 pm

Well Lorin, I actually did that when Thomas and I got our custom bent control sticks. Mine had guns and his didn't.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:26 pm

Spike, I dunno for certain...

But I doubt it.

There is more to welding than buying a welder and hiring some guys to sling slag.

I would be suprised if it is an in house operation. Does anyone who has been there know for sure?

CJ

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:23 pm

I don't think they weld their own parts. They send out parts such as ribs to be cryo formed from what I was told while on tour. I didn't see any welding area or ability to do much in the way of welding at the Vans factory. The bulk of work in house seems to be CNC cutting of sheet material and the associated hole punching and of course design. The factory is itself very impressive. In the office lobby there is a plaque with the 10,000th elevator control horn set manufatured by a company in or around Portland and given to Van as a "Thankyou for your business" they're chrome plated no less. It doesn't surprise me that there would be many places to sub out to for quality aeronautical related work. Northern Oregon is very much in the Boeing footprint.

4kilo · Post by **4kilo** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:28 pm

My fuselage is scheduled to ship the week of March 20.

I'm right behind you Bill.

Pat

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:55 pm

I just got my ship date .... AUGUST!

It's that special QB thing...
That gives me plenty of time to finish the shop, then the wings, and then to save the cash to pay off the QB!

Thomas

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:41 pm

Don't sweat it T, before you know it we'll be diving in the tropics.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:44 am

Count me in on the dive!!!

...and the ship dates are always off. Stuff usually come early!

CJ

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:43 am

captain_john wrote:Count me in on the dive!!!

Cool CJ, I'm sure T's friends won't mind a few more divers. Heck, we're pilots after all.

aparchment · Post by **aparchment** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:52 am

Got room for another diver?

As soon as this sucker is done I am going to do both the Cayman Caravan and the Turks and Caicos islands. I love diving Cayman but have not been to the Turks.

Too bad Bonaire is so far away.

Antony

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