Steve here.
Wednesday Franz(a volunteer from the TV station) helped me remove the wings of the T182 and Thursday I made some final preparations to the plane for transport by truck. We just moved the fuselage of the plane today. The landing gear of a T182 is wider than the landing gear of a 182J, so we had to remove the wheels and axils on the T182 in order for it to fit on the truck. We strapped the main landing gear struts to the truck sitting on blocks of wood. Since we had to remove the wheels then the plane sat lower and there was not room under the plane for the wings. So we will have to rent another truck to transport the wings. The wings are still at the other airport. But here are some pictures.
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| Wednesday afternoon Franz helped me remove the wings of the T182 |
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| Children were running along side the truck through the neighborhood coming out of the airport and Herman said that he needed a bag a candy to toss to the kids. |
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| Some times there was not much extra room with the horizontal stabilizer. |
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| Turning off theold highway that goes from Santa Cruz to Cochabamba on to the highway that goes from Santa Cruz to Argentina. |
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| I need to fix my speedometer. |
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| I bet that is the only time a box truck will pass Herman while he is making a trip with and airplane. |
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| Herman on the road with the plane. |
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| Turning off the highway onto the TV station property where our runway is located. |
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| Getting ready to unload. |
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| Lift off? With no wings, or wheels. |
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| Flairing for touchdown. |
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| Praise the Lord the plane made it with no damage or anybody injured. |
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