January 2, 2012 - Wing Stands on Wheels!

Woke up to a strange sight: really dense ground hugging fog covering the LA Basin, but ending just about a half a mile from my house.  The tops of buildings and a crane were poking above the fog.

Then, after breakfast, took the family to the South Coast Botanic Garden, where I took this idyllic photo of children frolicking along the main thoroughfare through the gardens, laughing and holding hands.

Of course two seconds after this photo was taken, Brandon and Audrey tripped over each other and piled up on the asphalt, skinning Brandon's knee and leaving Audrey with a cut lip, and bleeding profusely from the mouth.  Clearly it was time to change gears and go work on the Bearhawk.

Lisa and I took up where Don and I left off on New Year's Day, installing the leg extenders on Wing Stand #2.  When they were both on wheels, we rolled them out on the ramp for a PR shoot:

The long spindly legs combined with the uneven ramp surface made the fixtures appear to tilt at crazy angles, so we rolled them right back inside.

All that's left now is to complete the crossbracing to give these fellas enough stiffness and strength to roll around with a wing on top.