| Area |
Group Assembly |
Last Updated |
Status |
| 1 |
Wing Group |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
| 2 |
Center Section Wing Group |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
| 3 |
Tail Group |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
| 4 |
Fuselage Group |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
| 5 |
Landing Gear Group |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
| 6 |
Brake System Group |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
| 7 |
Tail Wheel Group |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
| 8 |
Power Plant Group |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
| 9 |
Flight Controls Group |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
|
Furnishing Group - Cabin and Pilot's Compartment |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
|
Furnishing Group - Electrical |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
|
Furnishing Group - Radio |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
|
Furnishing Group - Utilities System |
18-May-20 |
U/S |
"Concurrent activites" is a military term, defined as an activity that continues throughout a project as other phases are completed. Now, one - of the many! - problems of restorations (especially ones that go to this level of detail) is that it's hard to find available parts. (And, I'm not just talking about parts for one or two systems - parts in general.)
After the parts are found (through a process best described as using 'non standard search techniques', which can take a great deal of time, energy, and money), the parts have to be cleaned, inspected and certified. (At that point, one of the problems with that is making sure that you have the available technical material to be able to certify the parts at all.) This is one of the reasons why it was decided at Time Travel Air to create the Engineering Technical Order Library for Beech 18 D Models. Restoration work is difficult enough. Without having the reference material - or have any hope of even finding the reference material - tends to make one feel very much like they're fighting a loosing battle.
Keep in mind that while all this is going on - there are a whole lot of other things to work on with regards to restorations! More parts to search for, more manuals, more connections, more time - and more money necessary to do all of that - all the while trying very hard to put (and / or keep) your airplane in the air.
One final words about this page and the status of the different systems on the airplane. The last time my restoration project moved under her own power was quite some time ago. As such (and, in addition to being pedantic), I decided to pull each and every System and Sub-System) out of the airplane. With all the systems pulled, now it's a lot easier to repair them (if need be), inspect them, and certified them - which will take more than a smile and a cup of tea. When that's done (and, that takes a great deal of time, effort, and money by itself), that's when these Systems and Sub-Systems will be going back on the airplane - step by step. As this is such a large job, I would imagine that there will be a large amount of people going to be asking how all of us did such an impossible job.
This is how we did it.
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