Henry Riege, original owner of what is now Oak Hammock Air Park north of St Andrews, drives in from near Oak Hammock Marsh every day to lead the Tiger Moth Covering! Henry's about 50 years of experience working on fabric aircraft has been invaluable working on the Tiger Moth...one of the interesting challenges will be to get the tapes to lay flat on the scalloped leading edge. Check out this blog in a day or two to see Henry's ingenious solution! In addition to learning tips from an expert fabric recoverer, Volunteers are treated to some great stories of Henry pulling aircraft out of the bush and working on a wide range of aircraft - including some with Tom Phinney and for Perimeter!
Gluing ceconite fabric to the root rib, lower left wing.
Henry Riege doing the first pass with the iron.
Henry teaching us how to protect the leading edge slat control pockets with fabric.
Rick Riewe cleaning out the bumper on the leading edge slat control mechanism. We're looking for six pieces of rubber or neoprene we could use to replace the worn out original bumpers...measures about 1" x 3/4" and about 1/2" thick, drop in to make an exact measurement if you have material that would work.
Henry gluing the 2nd wing. With Henry leading the volunteers, it took one day to cover three wings with fabric and another day to stitch the three wings!
Rick Riewe cutting out inspection cover doilies with Henry's snazzy circular pinking shears!
(Above) Rick painting on first layer of Poly Brush.
(Below) Rick and George Inman painting on the first layer of Poly Brush while Henry finishes gluing on the finishing patches.
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