Shuttling the Shuttle

My fellow Los Angeles correspondent Virginia Hein sketched Endeavor in its permanent home at California Science Center. (Thanks, Virginia!)

Before it got there, the shuttle was flown on top of a modified Boeing 747, with two escort jets by its side. This was as close as I got to see the shuttle on its last flight between going to work and running errands, unfortunately. The shuttle and its carrier looked like a large gray bird flying in the haze.

I then found that the shuttle was parked in Inglewood late at night before its long journey to the Science Center began. I inched my way to the front of the crowd to get a closer to Endeavor this time – it was awe-inspiring to see two Southern Californian icons – Randy’s Donuts and the space shuttle – side by side. A plane heading to LAX passed by from time to time, the smell of donuts
filled the air, and helicopters with cameras buzzed overhead. Someone
shouted, “Once in a lifetime, y’all!”, and he was right.

Hope I get to visit and sketch it in more detail soon!

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