Leslie and I flew back to California a week or so ago for what we call “admin” – stuff that just needs to get done back in the States.

For me, a major project was to find a new home for the wings of my Tiger Moth project because our existing hangar is being torn down to make room for a larger hangar.

Ali, a good friend of mine who finished building his beautiful Wheeler Express as I was starting my plane, graciously offered his hangar for storage while the new hangar gets built.  Good friends Allan and Gary helped me take the wings down from the old hangar.

Ali and Gary (hidden) are mounting one of the wings in Ali’s hangar.  My replica Tiger Moth (a 1930s era bi-plane British trainer) has 4 wings (upper and lower on each side) so we stored 2 wings on each side of Ali’s hangar.

All snug in their new home for a year or so!  The “tail feathers” are strapped to the side of a wing.  When I return in the future I still need to build the fuselage, add the engine and instruments, cover the whole thing with fabric – then have fun!

Other “admin” stuff that got done was getting yellow fever (for Panama), typhoid, and booster shots, our annual physicals, and on and on.  Also need to do taxes before we leave – oh joy…!