Well the big gooney bird is about complete. We will run engines tomorrow and hopefully put a few flights on her on Sunday. She still has the 27 year old Zenoah G-38's in her and I have no intentions of changing those out, they run too good! The retracts were rebuilt by Robart and upgraded to electric power. The only air on board is for the wheel brake system. I will say wheel brakes make landing and taxiing very nice.

This old monster is hitting 27 years old this year. I am pretty pleased with the restoration and plan on many flights over the next decade!

A few pictures of the monster in the basement for you guys below.