The Canadian HM-8 Replica Project
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- 2004
June 2
Great day!
The wings are on the fuselage. We can now see a HM-8 like people saw them
74 years ago!
We spend the day doing minor adjustments of the hardware and we take a photo of our happy group:
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left to right: Jean-Pierre Gagnon, Paul Fournier, Claude Martin, Andre
Letourneau, Paul Pontois )
I brought a bottle of Catalan
Champagne (my wife is Catalan) to celebrate the end of the wooden frame
construction.
I am leaving for
Bob Cornwell, the Australian HM-8
builder sent me a message of greeting for Pierre Mignet and for Rodolphe
Grunberg, which I will be very pleased to deliver personally.
André Létourneau is calling to
arms several talented builders, as he is going to organize, on June 12, a
workshop to fabric-cover the giant wing. I
know that, from now on, everything will move fast.
Gerry de Grosbois told me on the
phone that Pierre Gingue completed the propeller.
I will stop writing this diary
for the next three weeks. I am curious to know how far my friends are going to
be with their construction when I am back!
- 2004
June 28
After a great tour in
All a shock when I was back in
My HM-8 friends were waiting for me and could not hide their satisfaction.
Not only the HM-8 wing was fabric covered, but it was painted. So was also the rudder and the fuselage was varnished.
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They certainly did not waste
their time when I was in
By the way, during this trip, I
spoke with Pierre Mignet who was very happy to see the rebirth of a HM-8.
There had never been any HM-8 in
Today, we are spending the afternoon adjusting the landing gear bungees.
Not as difficult that it seemed to be after finding a few tips.
The photo showing Jean-Pierre pulling the bungees explains more than a long text!
Paul Fournier also brought the Étévé Airspeed he built for the HM-8, to Henri Mignet's specs. He would make others at a very reasonable price for Pou builders if requested. Paul Fournier < paul.fourn@videotron.ca >
- 2004
June 30
Back to the Wednesday routine.
I bring with me cake and
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Bungees installed, the HM-8 is back on its wheels.
Most of the day is spent installing the struts cables.
Everything is becoming delicate as every adjustment we make is final.
I remove the vertical rudder and bring it back to my place in order to have it painted.
When in
I will go to
I am sure that he will make a beautiful job for a reasonable price.
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