So I had wanted to take one of the SportAir workshops prior to starting my project, but I was unable to make any of the local ones, and didn’t have the ability to travel for a weekend class. Ended up getting the training kits from Vans and figured it out as best as I could. I did make sure I stopped by the workshop area and visited with some experts at SunNFun to make sure I wasn’t too far off and walked away with an axle wrench project. 🙂
Today I got an e-mail that there are going to be a few workshops at Manassas Airport (KHEF) in early September. Perfect! While I would love to take the sheet metal class just to reassure myself, I honestly think my time (and money) would be better spent on the Composite class. I did the 1 hour workshops at SunNFun, but looks like this will be much more detailed and helpful as I look at the fiberglass work in the near future. Excited to learn more skills that I can use on my airplane and hope to make some new friends along the way!