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July 2nd 2000 I've been looking at that opened garage for a few weeks now. There's sanding and polishing and sanding and polishing... |
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an objet which looks vaguely familiar even if it is upside down. My wife tells me :"Go meet him. Anyway you"re dying to do so!" Well it's done. My neighbour's name is Luc. With his partner Christian, he is patiently assembling a kit airplane : a Pelican Sport made by Ultravia Aero International Inc. First flight is scheduled for 2001. This gives us time to follow the evolution of their work. And, with their permission, come back often to see how work is coming along. |
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Cheers! The adventure begins. |
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March 26th 2000 The plane was delivered on a 49/51 building ratio. 49% of the assembly work has been done at Ultravia in Gatineau. 51% is to be done by the owners. It took two trucks to deliver the different parts and... two garages to store them and serve as work shops. Wings are in Christian's workshop, the body and other parts at Luc's place. |
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April 2nd 2000 This is Christian's workshop (left on
the pictures with Luc) . On the lower right corner of the picture
you can see part of the wing structure. |
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What did you say this part went with ? |
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Here we see Luc's workshop with different
parts waiting for a finishing touch.. |
 Luc with a picture of what the Pelican Sport will look like.  |
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Here we see the future interior of the cockpit. (upside down for now...) |
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This week's Secret of the Trade. To avoid the inside of steel parts from rusting, linseed oil is warmed then poured into the opening. After 24 hours, the plug is removed on the bottom of the part, and the oil is drained. The oil residu which remains on the inside surface is a good corrosion protector. |
| The Pelican Sport 600 is featured in the Kitplanes magazineAugust 2000 flight report entitled "Graduating with Honors - The Pelican Sport 600 earns high marks" |
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