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Left fuel tank

Hours: 6 Manual Ref: Page 18-5 steps 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Partner: Bill Thomason

After having helped Bill with his tanks for most of the afternoon, he came over to help me to get start on the left fuel tank.  It didn’t take but a couple hours to get everything in place with sealant, but we only riveted the stiffeners.  I started working on filling in the holes (leading edge areas and shop-head side of any driven rivets) after he left.  I still have to drive rivets in the flanges of the ribs and the J-channel stiffener.

Being tired of applying sealant, and being too late to drive rivets, I went back to pre-assembling the wing… at least until I just had to get some rest for the night.