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Date: 3-7-2014
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Brief Description: The kit arrived!

I picked up the kit at YRC Trucking in Manassas. Home delivery would have required me moving the 14'x4'x4' 1,400lb crate by myself. "Dock pick-up" at YRC allowed them to use 2 forklifts to load the crate into my truck. Luckily, my resemblence to Jed Clampett on his way to Beverly Hills was not noticed by the local constabulary. After a slow drive home, the slow and deliberate unpacking and inventory began. Some significant damage to the crate was noticed. Two 2x3 top supports on the crate were snapped opening a two foot whole in the crate top (see below photo). The unpacking and inventory took three days. Several items were missing. A call to Michael Heintz, of Zenair, assured me that they missing parts would be shipped.

Redneck Trucking

Crate Damage

N538Z is home!

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