After 3 days of struggle, the wings are on and pinned. But not with the "Hero" pins...in the days that follow, I'll have to replace the long taper pins we used today with the "Hero" pins from McMaster Carr that have cotters and keepers.

We had to jack the rear spar of the left wing up with a floor jack to get it lined up. The right wing was NOT budging, until I wiggled it JUST right, and it clunked into place with the sense of relief one gets from popping a zit. The wife says "popping a zit is too easy, this was more like cracking a safe." It is definitely harshing my turn on for EVER TAKING THE WINGS OFF AGAIN. So First Flight might be out of this airport.

In other news, I cut out the pattern for the gear leg fairings that seemingly got left in the rental van when we moved the airplane. And bought the wing walk non-skid and cut it out, and started a stencil for "NO STEP" for the flaps.