9-Jan-99: Painted the interior with Valspar gray enamel. Not as durable as an epoxy, but easier to touch up.

24-Jan-99: Wired the lighting circuits in the wings. Aeroflash strobe power supplies are mounted on the forward side of the main spar in each wing tip. The local grounding point for the wing tip lighting circuits is visible.

4-Apr-99: Wiring the panel switches. Most of these were supplied by AeroElectric Connection, with fast-on spade connectors.

4-Apr-99: Master & Avionics fuse block busses. These 20 fuse units have spade connectors & are both mounted so that by pulling the aft hinge pin,the assembly will pivot down on the forward hinge for servicing. This is not supposed to be accessable in flight.

4-Apr-99: Interior lighting dimmer electronics. This is the 1.5A unit from AeroElectric Connection. A screw terminal strip was added later to connect the separate lighting circuits.

21-Apr-99: O-360-A1A engine delivered. Not a very impressive cardboard container for such an expensive piece of machinery!

27-Apr-99: Mounted the engine. Getting the bolts through the rubber mounts was not as difficult as expected.

28-Apr-99: First trip outside to turn the fuselage around - it doesn't look very big from this angle! The engine installation work will proceed in the garage at the end away from the door.