10/12/19 3.5 Hours. Marked the 63mm line on left upper strut. Drilled pilot holes on bottome side per plans. Marked center line on upper fitting. Checked dihedral. One jack was down a little. Re-leveled. Put strut on and lined fitting center line through pilot holes. Usee large C clamp to hold things in place then drilled into fitting through pilot holes. Clecoed. Removed strut to work table and drilled and clecoed. Put strut back on aircraft to make sure that fitting did not turn. It hadn't. Back to work bench and up drilled holes to 1/4 inch, installing bolts as I went. Temp re-installed strut onto aircraft.
10/13/19 3.9 Hours Checked aircraft level. Marked 63mm line on outboard end of right strut.. Put strut back in place to mark fitting. Back to table to mark location of pilot holes then drilled pilot holes in strut. Back on aircraft. Lined up fitting center line through pilots. Clamped then drilled pilot holes in fitting through strut pilot holes and clecoed. Removed strut back to table and drilled holes, clecoing as I went. Up drilled to 1/4 inch. Bolted. Remounted strut back on aircraft. Removed support ladders and jacks. What a good feeling.
