Upper Right Tiger Moth Wing

Joyce Stoyka and Rick Riewe removed the fabric from the upper right Tiger Moth wing a couple of weeks ago.

 The serial numbers and identification plates had been covered with masking tape and then painted over top with white paint by previous restorers. The masking tape was carefully removed, the three layers of paint stripped off using a mild stripper "1850" leaving the identification plates in place - Thank you Rick, Al and George! Then the wing was repaired with sitka spruce + T88 glue, and varnished with 2-part epoxy varnish from Goulet Aircraft Supply. Tom & Joyce Stoyka have volunteered to gently sand blast the external fittings and coat them with Tough Coat next week. Thank you Tom and Joyce! Doug Render invented a system for removing paint from curved sections...a spoon ground down to the perfect radius ...thanks to the Lyncrest Flight Centre Community Club for donating the spoons!

 George Inman removing three layers of paint from metal fittings.

 Gil Bourrier noticed the leading edge dropped about 1/8" along the first 3 feet by the root rib.

 Vic Prefontaine used a technique to jig the warped trailing edge back into it's original straight position that he had first used 60 years ago when he was working on the 20' long aileron of a DC3! We stretched a piece of upholstery thread along the edge and clamped the aircraft to upright posts - aligning the trailing edge to the thread.

Rick, Jim Goold, and John Blackner double checking the alignment of the leading and trailing edges. The same jig system used for the trailing edge was also used for the leading edge re-align.