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When Bob Avery and Jay Pratt get together... well, things happen!
Bob Avery took the worn out tailwheel assembly to his shop and returned a few days later with a custom engineered replacement. We're indeed fortunate to have Bob and Avery Tools on the same field as the RV-1 restoration at Jay Pratt's "RV-Central". Not sure Bob feels the same, but we're really glad he hasn't learned to say no.
And then there's Jaybird... if you blink your eyes or turn your head for more than a minute, Jay Pratt has completed a job that takes an average man an hour or more. In about 30 minutes Jay had the rudder off, cut the fabric from the damaged area at the bottom, repaired the bent tubing, and re-covered the area to like new condition.
From this...
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To this...
Bob and Jay are but two of the many skilled craftsmen responsible for restoring the RV-1 to airworthy condition.
In recent posts you've seen the handy work of some of them... stay tuned, more are coming your way!
Bob Avery took the worn out tailwheel assembly to his shop and returned a few days later with a custom engineered replacement. We're indeed fortunate to have Bob and Avery Tools on the same field as the RV-1 restoration at Jay Pratt's "RV-Central". Not sure Bob feels the same, but we're really glad he hasn't learned to say no.
And then there's Jaybird... if you blink your eyes or turn your head for more than a minute, Jay Pratt has completed a job that takes an average man an hour or more. In about 30 minutes Jay had the rudder off, cut the fabric from the damaged area at the bottom, repaired the bent tubing, and re-covered the area to like new condition.
From this...
-
To this...
Bob and Jay are but two of the many skilled craftsmen responsible for restoring the RV-1 to airworthy condition.
In recent posts you've seen the handy work of some of them... stay tuned, more are coming your way!
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