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These is a vintage photo of one of the projects that my father worked on years ago before his passing.
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world. ~Tom Brokaw
In September 76 CAL FIRE FFI new hires started a 13-week (520 hour) academy at the Merced County Fire Department Castle Training Center in Atwater, CA. This was the first time CAL FIRE taught a fully accredited State Fire Training Academy at the Unit level.
The Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) is a propulsion backpack which was used by NASA astronauts on three space shuttle missions in 1984. The MMU allowed the astronauts to perform untethered EVA spacewalks at a distance from the shuttle. The MMU was used in practice to retrieve a pair of faulty communications satellites, Westar VI and Palapa B2. Following the third mission the unit was retired from use. A smaller successor, the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER), was first flown in 1994, and is intended for emergency use only.
Cradle of Aviation Museum Long Island NY.