Throttle Quadrant & Center Pedestal on the way (finally)

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qantas tail (Moto "Club4AG" Miwa from USA, HUGE tail rudder A380 (5382091230), CC BY 2.0)

The QANTAS strike in Australia has sure left me stranded - not personally but with freight.  Even though flight operations were only cancelled for a few days, the backlog of freight and essential cargo that has been delayed is staggering. It just proves that Australia really does need another major airline so that Qantas does not hold the nation to ransom.

Throttle Quadrant and Center Pedestal

After almost a month in transit (who said air freight was fast), the 737 throttle quadrant and center pedestal has arrived in Sydney, only to be sitting on the floor of the Qantas warehouse for a week!  My customs forwarder advised me on Friday that Qantas finally has released the freight for dispatch to Melbourne then onwards further south to Hobart.  Arrival time is mid next week (touch wood).

Main Instrument Panel

The main instrument panel, I have been reliably told by Peter Cos of Flight Deck Solutions, has been wired and will be ready for dispatch later next week.  I'll ensure this freight is NOT sent via QANTAS - maybe DHL.

In the interim, whilst waiting for freight to arrive, I've been kept busy setting up the two computers and learning about networking in Windows 7.  After many hours, it seems that many of these matters are now well on their way to be solved.  I've also been spending considerable time researching the various flight models that can be used with Sim Avionics.

It will soon be time to begin the build phase of the project.