Wilbur's Waco Restoration

Thank you to all who have helped with rib building and other aspects of the waco construction! 

 

 

Rib building station in Colorado Springs, CO

 

 

 

 

 Daniel Rasfeld and I cutting plywood for making gussets.

 

 

 

 Mark Wilbur, rib building.

 

 

 

 My father-in-law Allan Thomas & I in Ludlow, IL

 

 

 

 

 Mike Sansone, building a rib

 

 

 

 

 

 Mitch, a Wilbur family friend, building ribs in Anchorage, AK

 

 

 

 

 Jordan Thomas, my nephew, building a rib

 

 

 

 

 

Building ribs in Louisa, VA at Dennis Harbin's workshop

 

 

 

 Lindsay Taber, building a rib

 

 

 

 

 Andrew Smith & Devin Taber, building ribs

 

 

 

 

Jeanne, building a rib

 

 

 

 

 

 Fuselage in Ludlow, IL

 

 

 

 

 

 Frank Mesce, building a rib

 

 

 

 

 

 Steve Thomas, my brother-in-law, cutting gussets

 

 

 

 

 Mitch & I at the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum in Anchorage

 

 

 

 Mike Capalety, building a rib

 

 

 

 Allyson Dunlap, building a rib

 

 

 

 Steaming wood for rib production

 

 

 

 Roger Roy, building a rib

 

 

 

Building more ribs 

 

 

 Harold Haver assisting in shaping the wing spars