Jim Ellis stopped by. Talked to him about problems bucking 1/8”rivets. He will bring rivet set out on Sunday (if he has one). In the meantime, I would work on preparing the elevator stiffeners. There’s a lot of them.
Note: Plans call for rivets not driven in HS-405 and HS-404 for Empennage Fairing Attach 10 places. However, this would be a good time to prepare the rib flanges for nut plate installation. Otherwise it will be more difficult to drill required holes when the HS is attached to the fuselage.
Earl Swan stopped by later in the day. His son was with him, visiting from North Carolina for the Holidays. The subject was driving rivets.
Riveted HS-707R to top and bottom skins.
Starting to look like an airplane.
Note: Earl's son is interested in a career as a pilot. I offered him any help I could with interviews at NetJets.
