
W
hen Bill Kennedy saw a Facebook post
seeking someone to work on an inflatable
art car, he replied that he had relevant Burning
Man experience earning him the nickname
“Inflatabill,” which became the name of his own
business. By December 2020, Inflatabill’s event
business had dropped off because of Covid and
he was worried about paying the rent on his
Santa Rosa, California, workshop. Knowing he
needed the work, he drove down to San Rafael
and walked into an old airplane hangar. There
he saw the project that would occupy him for the
next 20 months.
A project manager met Bill and showed him
a strange, 23-foot vehicle: a modified Polaris
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