Today when we got to the airport Dad and I saw that old Hangar 4 was being torn down. This wasn't a surprise because there's been talk about it going down for about a year now but it's sad to see. It was 1 of 2 remaining historic hangars on the airport. There were originally 5 but they were lost to fires along with some beautiful aircraft. Insurance companys don't like insuring wooden hangars anymore I guess so it had to go. 
Well last time at the hangar Dad and I got a couple of ribs riveted in the left tank and today we continued the tedious process. But before we got messy with sealant we were ready for a new little project. We cut some AWG 18 wire to 15" and soldered the BNC connectors to them. These will connect the capacative fuel senders to a fuel transducer inside the fuselage. It was a short project but fun, and good for a change of pace! I haven't soldered for about five years but today Dad said my connections turned out perfectly. We still have to do the piece that interconnects the two 
plates inside each tank but we still need to obtain a proper wire crimper.Once our soldering was complete we moved back into sealing some ribs. Not too much to report on these, we did the same process as the past two ribs. We weren't able to get more done but we're still happy with our 2-ribs-a-day progress. They're turning out quite nicely too if I do say so myself.
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