Finished drilling the 970 skins to the skeleton. Drilled the 915 ribs at this time.
Was reading Scott Card's log, and he pointed out that the 905 bulkhead has the 757 plate between it and the longeron, and wouldn't that need addressing when drilling the longerons? Hmmm. Looked at the drawing, and figured out how they go in. Decided to go ahead and prep them. It takes a 2" radius circle to trim for a sliding canopy. Turns out the 709 bulkhead lightening holes are almost 4" in diameter, so used it to trace the cutout after measuring the edge distances per the drawing. After cleaning up the 757's, tried sliding them in place. They slid in relatively easy, since the holes in the 970 are already drilled at the correct locations. So maybe that excersize wasn't necessary. But it made me feel better!
After that, started drilling longerons. Worked a bulkhead at a time, alternating sides, starting at the back. Sure are a lot of holes. Ran out of clecoes. Had worked up even with the canopy deck one side when I suddenly realized I'd been at it for quite a while. Looked at the clock: 7 o'clock!, I thought it was about 5. So called it quits there.
