As my friend Jim might say, today was a day of great visual progress. The only remaining task to get the fuse ready for moving was to get the wheels mounted on the gear axles, then the airplane would be ready to sit on its gear and roll out of the garage for a photo op.

That required some relatively-messy wheel bearing packing. Fortunately I remembered a bit about greasing wheel bearings from our days owning the Mighty Archer, and after a few pairs of rubber gloves and some liberal application of Mobilgrease 28, the bearings were packed and the wheels installed.

Looks great, don’t you think?

Another picture? Sure, I knew you’d want one…

This was the first opportunity to use the N701ED wheel chocks that Ellen gave me a few years ago…they look nice!