A Week to go

''A week to go...''

   We are 6 days away from our departure.  I am here in L.A working my  last trip prior to going on my extended time off.  Spending most of my time here trying to take care of all the odds and ends of  unfinished and incomplete tasks involving the journey.

Lynx Powered Radio Interface.
A great product, but not for the Stearman

Still dealing with com problems and awaiting our avionics guy to gut out the old Lynx system we had installed previously and replace it with  a standard AA80 intercom unit. Although designed for use in a high noise environment, the Lynx system proved incompatible with our King KY97a transceiver  and with our high noise open cockpit. So it's Back to David Clark Headsets and helmets. 

DC    H-10-13.4

Also still to be accomplished:

• Compasses need to be swung, calibrated and compass cards installed.
• Pitot Static check.
• Gust lock needs some adjusting.
• Wheels need  new tires and inner tubes installed.

All in all about half a days' work.

I am flying back to Israel on Monday and will return here on Thursday or Friday.

Moshe Kedar will arrive here a few days early and will use the time on his hands to supervise the finals,  practice more landings and get better acquainted with N67119.  

My next post will carry the title ''Day 1''

Soon,

Yori