The time had finally come when the project had to leave the garage and get to the hanger for final assembly. Earlier in the week, my son and I set up to load the RV9A on my car transport trailer. I had never actually measured the width of the trailer and was surprised to find the trailer was about 2 inches too narrow to safely hold the RV9A. I had seen many aircraft pictured on the Van’s Airforce forum travelling to the airport on the back of a sliding deck truck so that became plan B. Our local auto wrecker was recruited for the task. He showed up at 5pm, we loaded the aircraft, made the short 15 minute trip to the airport, unloaded right into my hanger and dropped me back off at home at 6:15. It was too easy!

Tango Lima Lima loaded and secured for the trip to Stettler

Wheel straps secured the mains to the truck deck. We used a short D-Ring strap around the nose gear to tug the aircraft onto the deck. I steered with the makeshift pull bar to centre the wheels on the deck.

I kept a close eye on the cargo as we headed down th ehighway

The hanger’s inner doors opened just enough to accept the truck deck

I guided the nose wheel with my makeshift pull bar while the truck driver let the winch cable out.

Tango Lima Lima slides into her new home

That was too easy! Now onto final assembly.