THE PROJECT
This project was for an interior in a Cessna 185 Skywagon. This includes new seat covers, cushions, headlining, and carpets as well as refurbishing the plastics, and replacing the glare shield cover.
GALLERY
This 185 comprises the early Cessna design of front seats, the second row the single auxiliary seats, and the bench seat in the rear of the aircraft. The seats were stripped back to the frames which were then prepared and repainted for the new covers and cushions.
The seat covers are made of Anthracite leather and the new foams are cut from Genlite foam. The center inserts in the seat backs and bases are made using leather that has been perforated. The main feature in these seats are seams which run vertically down the center of the back and base.
The aircraft linings were refurbished including the plastics, a new headlining, and the sidewalls. The plastics in the aircraft were repaired and painted to the colour stone. The headlining is a suspended headlining and is made from the Geneva Oak headlining fabric.
The side walls were wrapped with vinyl (mushroom) with the inserts on the side walls matching the seats with the same perforated leather and vertical stitch lines spaced along the inserts. The bottom of the side walls is made using the carpet with black piping on the edges.
The floor coverings in the aircraft are the Genflor WN-120 Zimmer carpets and the carpet on the floor is bound on the edges and seat track cutouts using the black mesh binding. The floor in the footwell in front of the pilot and co-pilot are protected by alloy heelmats. Other details included the replacement of the door draught excluders, the pull handles, and the rewrapping of the glare shield with a replacement vinyl which is UV protected.
