The Wing kit was Ordered and it has Arrived

Here is a belated post that should have been added last December. I was pretty much out of commission then with my illness as I am now to be honest. Here is a potted precis of placing my order, with the completed forms and receiving delivery.

Click Here to see Completed Vans Wing Order

Click Here to see Completed Phlogiston Spar Order.

The wing kit was ordered on the 9th August 2011 (I cannot believe it was that long ago). After this date there were various communications with Vans discussing shipping options. I chose a company called Kuehne and Nagel basically for no other reason other that there office was located just around the corner from where I work near Zurich Airport. This turned out to be a good choice because Kuehne and Nagel eventually delivered right to my door and even placed the crates inside the garage.

I had the whole shebang crated in sea freight containers and air freighted to Zurich. I wanted to make sure shipping damage was avoided at all costs.

Anyway in October I was confined to hospital for nine days. Anne at Vans was sending me emails understandably asking for final payments which when I got around to it I made. I sent Anne a confirmation email of payment. Around the middle of December 2011, the wing turned up at my door. There was a load of snow outside the house and I regret I could not lift a finger to help the driver. The driver was magic however and I gave him 20 bucks for his trouble in placing the crates inside the garage. Here are pictures of the crates as delivered:

Spar Crate takes nearly the whole length of the garage.

Here is the damage to one of the wing crates.

As you can see the damaged wing crate was delivered the wrong way up and the minor damage is I sure ok to ignore. I will report again on this further down the line.

Finally, here is a copy of an email I sent to Anne:

Thank you Tony,
I hope next year will be better for you than this one turned out to be.
Anne

Hello Anne,
I just want to say thanks very much for organising the shipping and
being patient with the payments. Your help was outstanding. The wing
kit arrived here in Zurich a couple of weeks ago in good shape. I am
still not strong enough yet to attempt to move or open the crates but
hopefully, I am slowly on the road to recovery.
I wish you and all at Vans a Happy New Year.
Tony
On Nov 24, 2011 01:16 “Anne B” wrote:
I am sorry to hear that Anthony, I hope you are feeling better soon.
Anne
On 24 Nov 2011 at 0:19, Anthony Johnston wrote:
Hi Anne,
Sorry I have not contacted you. I have been very sick and I was
nine days in hospital. I still have a way to go for recovery.
However I will organize the remaining payment and will contact you
in the next day or two.
Having the wings here will give me inspiration to get better
quicker.
Thanks for your patience.
Best regards
Tony.
Sent from my iPhone