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Heros Aviation announces:……………………………
NEW ENGLAND
Poly-Fiber FABRIC COVERING WEEKEND WORKSHOP!
May 3-4, 2008
HEROS AVIATION, the New England and East Coast Poly-Fiber, Randolph, and Ceconite distributor, announces its annual weekend Poly-Fiber Aircraft Covering Workshop 2008, on the shores of Lake Champlain, Vermont.
Weekend Poly-Fiber Fabric Covering Workshops have become popular over the years, both for people who have never recovered a fabric airplane, and for experienced coverers who want to see or hear the “factory way”. The 2-day workshop applies to complete beginners, as well as a review for anyone who wants to brush up on the techniques or learn the latest materials and theories. Attendance by experienced mechanics is surprisingly high!
The weekend seminar is designed to cover all the steps of the “Stits” Poly-Fiber System, from preparation to final painting. Students are full participants; there is a minimum of lecture and emphasis is on hands-on covering by the students. Focus is on homebuilders and restorers who want to do their own work, or help others in a joint project.
The class is limited to 20 to allow full participation. Groups of ten students are assigned their own Poly-Fiber factory instructors who stay with them through the group’s individual component (a DC-3 aileron, which is an excellent representation of a complete aircraft wing). With full participation by each student throughout the entire process, students receive hands-on instruction in the following skills: Aluminum, steel, & wood preparation, fabric cementing with Poly-Tak Cement, iron calibration and heat shrinking, Poly-Brush sealer application, rib lacing, application of finishing tapes (doilies, bias, drain grommets, inspection rings, etc), spray gun techniques and theory, actual spraying of Poly-Spray and Poly-Tone Paint, fuselage and tail surface covering, fabric repairs, painting fabric covered aircraft. ALL of the steps in order, to the finished topcoat paint! An often heard comment at the end of rib-stitching of the ribs to give each person a full and comfortable knowledge of that subject is “Hey, I can even do that myself now !”
This Weekend Covering Workshop will be run by Doug & Dee Smith in their Heros Aviation hangar in Grand Isle, Vermont. Each student receives a full Poly-Fiber Manual with the course, and a certificate of completion at the end.
The weekend of May 3-4 (0800-1700 both days) was chosen because it can easily be combined with a weekend Spring getaway. Spouses or significant others can enjoy a relaxing weekend at a nearby New England Inn or Bed & Breakfast, or explore the Lake Champlain Islands, travel the 1.3 hours to Montreal for shopping, or enjoy the nearby Green Mountains, Adirondacks, or take in the Vermont life in nearby Burlington, Vermont, the Queen city of Vermont located right on Lake Champlain. Heros Aviation will provide a list of possible accommodations and will endeavor to obtain participant discounts as feasible.
Tuition for the event is in line with all EAA workshops: $325 for the 2-day workshop, lunches included both days. We must limit enrollment so we encourage everyone to call now and register as soon as possible. These workshops usually fill up very fast!
Anyone facing a covering project would greatly benefit from this seminar. Graduates leave with the confidence and the technical knowledge to cover their aircraft. Comments from graduates consistently emphasize their enthusiasm with the program. Poly-Fiber personnel feel that this is the easiest and most efficient way to learn to cover the right way with the fewest problems.
Come enjoy a learning weekend with instructors familiar with the world of covering aircraft. There is not a question that cannot be answered by this team. Please call Doug or Dee Smith at Heros Aviation: TOLL FREE 1-866-372-6161 or send us an Email at HerosAviation@aol.com for more information. Our web-site, www.herosaviation.com will have this announcement and MORE information. Heros hopes to see you in April!
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