Originally Posted by
Hal Bryan
I asked Margaret Viola, our Air Tours Program Manager about this, and this was her response (note - she actually sent this to me yesterday, so the delay in posting is my fault, not hers):
You can let them know that volunteers are *always* welcome at the Weeks Hangar, we’d love to see volunteers join us for this fix, at any skill level. John Hopkins has asked me to tell you that if there’s anybody out there who can join us longer term – 2 weeks to 1 month – who has some advanced skill sets (retired A&P for example) we could certainly use the help. Sheet metal capabilities, basic A&P, or as RV8505 says, folks to help clean and/or prime would be appreciated and would probably have a lot of fun with us.
To respond to Ron Wanttaja: Our staff mechanics supervise and sign off all work on our aircraft. Volunteers with A&P licenses are able to help us with more detailed work, but our mechanics have to manage the heavier maintenance work. Volunteers who do not have an A&P license are welcome to help us with the cosmetic work on the airplanes, which really is a big job in itself.
So glad people are talking about this!