Two big milestones today - my engine arrived, and I got the aircraft sitting on its gear for the first time. The engine is a 200 hp Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 overhauled by Aero Sport Power. I wasn't expecting it for another couple of days, but the trucking company called today to say it had arrived. It is sealed in plastic, with several large bags of desiccant inside. I'll leave it in the plastic up for awhile until I am ready to hang it on the firewall.

I had finished fitting the wheel pants last night, so I asked the guys who had come buy to help unload the engine to help me lift the aircraft off the stands and put it on its gear for the first time. Thanks Jim, Bruce and Rob. This thing is looking more like an aircraft all the time. Wow!