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TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

As I perform final assembly of various glider parts (landing gear, flight controls, etc.) I am replacing many temporary/keeper parts, such as nuts, and some bolts. (see photo)

The many silver-colored nuts (zinc plated) are ordinary hardware store parts. They are not locknuts.

The few gold colored nuts (cadmium plated?) have a small rounded top where a nylon insert has been added. These are nylon lock nuts...nylocks. Those are the parts I want for most final assembly tasks. (Landing gear locknuts will use cotter pins or safety wire. They withstand greater shock loads and nylocks are insufficient.)

Note that some of the bolts in the photo are threaded along the entire length. Those are not suitable for connecting parts that are subject to shear loads. Instead, you want a bolt with a smooth shank. I am checking every bolt to make sure I have the correct shank length.)

A collection of mostly hardware store nuts (silver colored), and a few aviation nuts and bolts (gold colored). Choose your connectors carefully, especially if they are used in critical components.
#AvGeek#Aviation#ElectricAircraft
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I flew to KLOT from KATW today on a whim because our Young Eagle Rally was cancelled and it was a fun trip. I had to peck my way up through the clouds and then back down through the clouds on the way down. Going under Chicago class B was a mistake as it was bumpy and generally not fun. For the return trip I circled south of the Bravo to 10,500' and proceeded over the airspace which was a nice smooth ride.

Tricky things were the 40+ knot crosswinds, weird wind shear, 20 gusting 28 on landing. Continuous moderate turbulence below the cloud layer. I had to do a go around when I was landing at KATW because wowie what a challenge.

It was a cool day of flying, 4.9 on the Hobbs and I am very tired now. Also we have a heat advisory for Heat Indexes of 104F (40C) but it was nice at altitude. Putting the plane away and cleaning the wings and such in that heat had me dripping sweat.

I need to take a shower

GPS showing the aircraft heading versus the track. There is a pretty strong difference due to strong winds. If you're not used to it when flying it is a little disorienting as you are flying sideways with respect to the ground.
Photo of my least favorite airport that I hate connecting through, Chicago O'hare (KORD) as seen from 10,500 feet.
Photo of thermometer in aircraft showing outside air temperature at about 54F (12C). This was taken at 10,500 feet with a blurry Chicago behind it.
Flyer for a pancake breakfast that EAA Chapter 15 is hosting.
#generalAviation#eaa#flying
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Manc AvGeek

Photo of the Day 21st June 2025.

OY-NCN, Dornier DO-328JET-310, SunAir of Scandinavia but operating in British Airways livery, taking off on one of several daily flights to Billund in Demark from Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 24th August 2015, as seen from the Runway Viewing Park.
This is oddly the only regularly scheduled international route from Manchester operated in British Airways colours (and, in fact, the only route not involving Heathrow!), and it's about the only place I would choose to fly with BA, partly because I think these planes are fun and interesting, but mostly because Billund is the home of Lego, and I'm a massive fan!

5 photos behind the link.
mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23Right #RunwayViewingPark #RVP #Dornier #DO328 #Jet #SunAirOfScandinavia #BritishAirways
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a high-winged, twin jet engined airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, just a couple of metres above the runway, with flaps deployed from the rear of the wing, undercarriage still extended, and the nose raised, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with a blue belly, and dark blue "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage under the wing. There is a 2-sideed blue and red ribbon that curls back on itself just behind the cockpit windows. There are 2 wavy red stripes separated by a wavy blue stripe on the white tail, and the black registration "OY-NCN" on the rear fuselage. The engine pods slung under the wings are the same dark blue as the belly. Lush green grass fills the foreground, lining the sides of the black runway, with trees in the background, under bright but hazy, cloudy grey skies.
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️

The 1979 Moonraker movie showed a space shuttle launch from Vandenberg in California. In reality, #NASA had plans to launch shuttles from Vandenberg. The shuttle pad was at Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC6, pronounced "Slick 6"). At the time of the Challenger accident in 1986, Vandenberg was to be the site of the next shuttle launch. USAF then cancelled its plans for the shuttle and closed SLC6. No shuttle was ever launched from California. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenbe #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek

image of Space Shuttle Enterprise in vertical stacked position at Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1985. Enterprise had been the aerodynamic flight test prototype for the space shuttles. So while the spaceworthy orbiters were launched from Florida, Enterprise was used for fit checks of the launch pad at Vandenberg, even though it wasn't able to fly in space. In archive photos of space shuttles on launch pads, any time you see terrain which is not completely flat like Florida, then you know the picture is one of the rare ones at Vandenberg in California. US Air Force photo via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Space_Shuttle_Enterprise_stacked_at_Vandenberg_SLC-6_(1).jpg Wikimedia image caption: Description English: The space shuttle Enterprise stands fully assembled with its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters atop America's West Coast launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The prototype orbiter was stacked at Space Launch Complex 6 in 1985 to practice procedures and check out the newly constructed pad for the Air Force's planned military space shuttle missions to polar orbit. Date 6 February 1985 Source http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=e452b1782c6486c5a36febe88191c005d4e2b66d Author U.S. Air Force/TSGT Doug Gruben Permission (Reusing this file) Public domain
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TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

How do I attach the horizontal stabilizer and elevator to the vertical fin?

Now that I have finished all the parts, I can refine the procedure...where to stand, what gets placed first, second, etc.

This reminds me of an old saying in general aviation: There is a simple three-step procedure to start a warm engine. Unfortunately, nobody knows what it is.

#AvGeek#Aviation#ElectricAircraft
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️

Trivia: the Moonraker movie envisioned many space shuttles in orbit at the same time. In reality, #NASA never flew more than one orbiter at a time. The closest they got was after the Feb 2003 Columbia accident, at every shuttle launch the other pad had the next shuttle ready to go in case it might have been needed at a moment's notice for an on-orbit rescue mission. Construction of ISS was completed without ever needing that contingency plan. #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek #scifi

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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️

Trivia: the skydiving fight scene in the opening of Moonraker was filmed in Napa County, California. Lake Berryessa is recognizable in the background. Filming took many jumps to make the appearance of one. boldentrance.com/moonrakers-fr #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek #scifi

Bold Entrance | Behind-the-Scenes of Hollywood's Biggest Franchises · Moonraker’s Freefall: The Template For All Skydiving Action Sequences | Bold EntranceIn the heart-stopping opening sequence of 1979's Moonraker, James Bond is pushed out of a plane without a parachute. This is long before CGI, long before Marvel did such scenes with computers. Everything is done for real, except the stuntman doubling as Bond is wearing a parachute concealed underneath a special jacket that breaks away
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️

Poll: the upcoming week will be 46 years since the 1979 James Bond film "Moonraker" debuted in theaters. It made good money for Bond films of the time. But mixed reviews indicated expectations of spy thriller movies didn't mesh with science fiction in 1979. In hindsight, it was a good try at depicting space shuttles as special effects 2 years before STS-1. So how did it play for you depending whether or not you're an aviation & space geek? #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek #scifi

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