Because I'm not getting a trailer for this glider, but will treat it more like an airplane that is kept assembled and ready to fly, I went looking for a hangar about 8 months ago. All the hangars were full, but fortunately, someone was going to build a new one with about 12 individual hangar spaces. By September, they were ready to pour the concrete pads; in October that, and the paving to the hangars, was done. Great progress! Done before December!
Then, nothing happened until Jan 23, 2014, about a month from actually needing it. I was becoming concerned, but in two days they made considerable progress, getting the entire structural portion erected.
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| The hangar building that the Phoenix will inhabit is erected |
The siding, roof, insulation, electrical wiring, and door installation with take longer, but if they keep at it, it should be ready before we bring the glider home. Worst case: I'll have to tie it down on the ramp, or find a space in someone's hangar for a couple weeks until my unit is ready.
With the glider in Melbourne, FL (and the pictures to prove it), and now the hangar going up, the whole thing is starting to seem real, and not just a dream.
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