Left wing bottom skin riveting
For some reason, I only get motivated to work on the plane after noon. Despite that, we got a ton accomplished. Julie helped me a bunch with the left wing bottom skin riveting. We got the entire inboard skin riveted. It definitely seemed to go quicker than the first wing. I followed up by squeezing the flap hinge rivets and inboard-most rib.
I also decided it’s high time to get the panel painted. I removed everything from the panel and pulled it out. Didn’t take as long as I thought it would. Looks kind of sad missing the panel.
With the panel off, I drilled holes for the parking brake above the left switch bank and holes to mount the alternate air bracket. There was also one hole in the panel that was pre-drilled for a support rib that I’m not using. I filled that in along with a minor spot that the water jet cutter seemed to have slipped while cutting. I did a ton of other tiny stuff on the panel like cut the cabin heat control cable to size and take an inventory of instrument mounting screws (for ordering hex cap screws from McMaster).
Very productive day.