Sunday, June 3:  Installed cowling. Worked on baffles for engine, still have to work out the baffle design for the bottom of the engine case & cut holes on lower cowl under prop. I put 20 gallons of fuel in the wing tanks and had no leaks. My fuel gauges are not registering the actual level of the tanks, and I'll have to do some adjustment on the fuel level sensors, or "senders" as they are called to get that fixed. Did a start up while sitting in the plane & let the engine idle a couple of minutes. At that point, I realized the airplane is for the first time capable of being rolled out the hangar and flown. Everything necessary for flight is on the plane, but I still must go through the regulatory process of getting an Airworthiness Certificate from an FAA examiner and a lot of loose ends need to be wrapped up before I'll plan my maiden flight. 

6 hrs. today, 956 total hrs.

Sat. June 2: Installed the wings, struts, and flaperon/ailerons on the plane. Everything fit up well, though it should have since it had all been done before prior to painting. The only thing I was concerned about was the fit of the inboard wing skins where they meet the new skylight, as that was all new work and had not previously been fit up. The fuel lines and electrical connections to the wings also tied in nicely and are now hooked up. Still need to hook up the pitot/static lines and the aileron control linkage.

6 hrs, 950 hrs total to date.