“EDX” A 1930’s Wood/Fabric Aeroplane
Designed in the ’30s by a Frenchman named Yves Gardan, I aquired 1960’s built, New Zealand registered ZK-EDX as a tailwheel trainer to get me out of my nose wheel way of thinking….yeah -she needed a ‘tickle up’….so I thought “why the hell not?”. At this point I knew nothing of restoring or building airplanes…Enjoy.
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- ZK-EDX
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- My friend Elliot starts the whole process....
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- This is now set up in my nice conservatory.....
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- Gutted!
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- Varying stages of fabric covering.....
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- Even the cat was involved....
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- A shiny new aluminium dashboard....
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- All the interior was renewed for luxury travel.....
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- No rest for the wicked....or aeroplane restorer.....
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- Isn't my good lady tolerant?
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- Fuselage gets some UV resistant primer......
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- There were lots of smaller pieces to renovate and paint....
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- Some fairings for the gun....
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- All finished and ready to fly...
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- New Wiring, voltage controller and generator
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- Nice new interior with leather seats and trim...
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- Classic tourer...
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- Brakes and wheel installation...
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- tail
My thanks go out to the following fo their help in the project, without them she would have gone on the fire long ago:
Elliot Eaton - my sidekick through thick an thin!
Don McCracken for doing her final ARA….for the love of beer!
Mike Reiterer - Keeping cool, while teaching me to paint!
Mike Grealish - A genius with leather.
Dion Hunter - A wonder-cloth worker…
Dave Cretchley - Keeping my books tidy and generally being an approachable expert.
Graham ‘Blowfly’ Gilliver - Thanks for the inspiration to buy her! [oh and the great covering job too...]
And last but certainly not least, the love of my life Marie-Claire, who puts up with so much of my crap when these projects are underway and never complains and is totally supportive when the going gets tough….
So thank you very much guys!