(page 23-04) The bigger-hammer approach...                   

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...to aircraft construction actually works, it seems.  After all the pounding, twisting, bending and spreading in a vise, the longerons fit well.  I'm deliriously happy to be done with them.  There's still a fair amount of match drilling into them, but no more bending.

It finally occurred to me that I could store the tail cone (seen here resembling a skinny aluminum tepee) by standing it up, thereby taking up much less space.  I'll need the space for the wing build.

I've decided to skip ahead to sections 27 and 28 (brakes, rudder pedals, etc.) which should be considerably easier without the side skins installed.