DreamFlight - WW II Glider Program Up-Date

Hello to all of our Friends ~ we have some really Great News !! to report with this up-date. We are now ‘under roof’ as we have moved into our new temporary hangar at Fla-bob due to the courtesy of Jon Goldenbaum at Consolidated Aircraft Coatings / Poly-Fiber. During the past week or so we have been very busy sorting out all of our parts and pieces. Many people have come out to help get the actual rebuild of the glider started. Sorting, making parts lists of those that we have and those parts that we need, inspecting the parts on hand to determine condition, building jigs, trundles, etc., etc. are all part of the process in getting this beautiful glider back to flying condition. In the last couple of days we have completed the welding repairs to the cockpit nose section. You can see a bit of the work that was done by Dick Smith and David Paul at Cockpit Welding on the eShareThis.com web site. There are also many new items to review on that site if you haven’t visited there for a few days. We have established a new area at www.esharethis.com under category WW II Glider Corps, sub-category Rebuild Process. We will be posting lots of pictures of our actual rebuilding of this glider at that location. You will enjoy seeing those pictures and the people who are working hard to make this project come together. Also, as we get them loaded, we will show you pictures of other works in process and completed static displays of WACO CG-4A gliders. We will have work sessions at Fla-bob airport this weekend both days – yes, even Mother’s Day ~~ after you have taken your Mother / Sweetheart out to breakfast. We will be focusing on preparing the cabin section for completion of its welding, placing the cabin section on the floor for alignment, cleaning the cockpit section for painting with primer, fitting the cockpit with pulleys, windscreens and channels, rudder and brake pedals and lots more. We have also completed building the trundles for the wing rebuild. Brian Grimes has prepared the ‘footing’ and attach points to handle the 300+ pond wing spars for preparation. We will be mounting one of those spars on Saturday to the trundle and completing the removal of the outer skin for inspection. All of the processes in rehabilitating this airplane are simply fascinating. We need as much help as we can get on Saturday and Sunday. Please plan to come out and enjoy being a part of this project. You can Mapquest or Google the airport at 4130 Mennes Ave., Riverside, CA 92509 for directions. We are located in the hangar on the West end near the self-serve fuel pumps. You can drive out to the hangar. If you get lost or need help finding us, you can always call my mobile phone at 949 235 6532. There is a great restaurant at the airport so come out early for breakfast and a good start on helping with the WW II WACO Glider rebuild.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Best … John