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150327-N-ZZ999-385 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 27, 2015) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 136, prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) March 27, 2015. Theodore Roosevelt deployed from Norfolk and will execute a homeport shift to San Diego at the conclusion of deployment. Theodore Roosevelt is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony Hopkins II/Released)
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The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is a science museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Established in 1973, it was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow today. It is the best-attended museum in the city and is a Top 10 attraction in San Diego.
Throughout the 1960s, the San Diego Hall of Science (now known as the San Diego Space and Science Foundation) was planning a new planetarium for San Diego's Balboa Park, with the possibility of an adjacent science hall. The site on Laurel Street opposite the San Diego Natural History Museum was reserved in 1963. The planetarium would have several innovative features. First of all, the 76-foot-diameter (23 m) dome would be tilted 25 degrees. The audience would be placed in tiered rows facing outward into the tilted dome to give the feeling of being suspended in space. The founders also wanted to develop a large-format film projection system to show movies on the dome. The movies would use the innovative idea of filming through a fisheye lens. This would create a highly distorted image on the film, but with a 180-degree panoramic view. When projected on the dome through another fisheye lens, the distortion would be reversed, and the original panoramic view would be recreated. The audience would have a view that was like being at the original scene. Finally, they wanted to eliminate the large dumbbell-shaped star projector jutting from the center of the room and blocking part of the view. Such a star projector would also interfere with the movies being projected onto the dome.
The San Diego Hall of Science approached Spitz Laboratories to create a new star projector that would not obstruct the view for part of the audience or interfere with the movie projection system. Spitz created a servo-controlled "starball" that became the centerpiece of the system dubbed a "Space Transit Simulator". The spherical star projector and a number of independent planet projectors maintained a low profile while projecting a realistic sky for the astronomy presentations.
These elements, along with a number of slide projectors and lighting systems, were all controlled by a PDP-15 minicomputer. Unlike conventional planetariums, which are limited to showing the night sky as it appears from various points on the surface of the Earth at various dates, the STS could show the sky as it would appear from anywhere within about 100 astronomical units of Earth (about three times the radius of Pluto's orbit). A joystick even allowed the operator to "fly" the theater through space, showing the resulting apparent movement of planets through the sky, though in practice the planetarium presentations were always pre-programmed.
The STS was actually delivered with a flawed mirror inside. Spitz could not make a replacement and install it in time for the debut, so a local amateur telescope maker was called-upon to make a new one. The STS was used for many years but has been replaced by a more modern projector.
For projecting movies onto the dome, the San Diego Hall of Science approached IMAX to adapt their large-screen format. There were technical problems with adapting the IMAX system for use in the center of a dome, but IMAX was willing to address them. The San Diego Hall of Science called the new system OMNIMAX, but IMAX has since renamed the system IMAX Dome. Even though the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center—which coined the original name—now uses the new name, many theaters still call it OMNIMAX.
It was originally planned that presentations could combine images from the planetarium's star and planet projectors with scenes from OMNIMAX films, but this presented many practical problems and was never fully realized.
The planetarium opened in 1973 as the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center showing two features, Voyage to the Outer Planets ( a combined planetarium show and OMNIMAX film produced by Graphic Films) and the OMNIMAX film Garden Isle (by Roger Tilton Films) on a double bill.
In addition to setting a new standard for planetariums, the science center was a pioneer in modern science museums. Following the example set four years earlier by the Exploratorium, all exhibits in the science center were required to have something for visitors to manipulate or otherwise participate in. The combination of a planetarium, IMAX Dome theater and interactive science exhibits is now a common thread with most major science museums. However, by the late 1990s the science center had become small and outdated compared to newer science museums. In 1998 the science center was expanded and modernized to include rides such as the Virtual Zone, a motion-simulator offering virtual rides with a scientific bent. The scientific and interactive exhibits then dwarfed the planetarium/theater, so the name was changed to the current Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.
The facility has been cited as a leading example of energy efficiency and sustainability.
The museum is named for aviation pioneer Reuben H. Fleet, who founded the U.S. Air Mail service. Fleet's San Diego-based company, Consolidated Aircraft, built several of the famous aircraft of World War II, including the B-24 Liberator and PBY Catalina. Fleet and his family made the initial gift which established the Science Center
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New Jersey State Police helps escort and provide a security perimeter for U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships as they travel up the Hudson for the beginning of Fleet Week in New York, N.Y. on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (New Jersey State Police / Tim Larsen)
San Francisco Fleet Week 2015: The Saturday Air Show.
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RD8063. Fleet Station in Hampshire is being rebuilt and this is what it will look like when the job is finished.
Wednesday, 28th August, 2013. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
Lowestoft single deck tram, fleet number unknown at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft. Wednesday 22 August 2012.
This Lowestoft single deck tram was built by G.F. Milnes in 1903 for the 3ft 6in gauge tramway operated by Lowestoft Corporation Tramways. It was withdrawn in May 1931 when the tramway system closed. The body became a bungalow until it was acquired for preservation in 1990. The identity of the tram is unknown (fleet nos. series 21 – 24) and it is currently used as a static museum. Hopefully in due course it will be restored as a fully working tram.
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WATERS SURROUNDING THE KOREAN PENINSULA (March 28, 2016) Ensign Tanner Collins stands port lookout aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) during exercise Foal Eagle. Foal Eagle is a series of joint and combined field training exercises conducted by Combined Forces Command (CFC) and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) ground, air, naval and special operations component commands. Approximately 10,600 U.S. forces are operating alongside Republic of Korea forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wesley J. Breedlove/Released)
San Francisco Fleet Week 2015: The Saturday Air Show.
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On April 25, 2019 the Los Angeles Fire Department provided a demonstration of the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) program for Councilmember Blumenfield and his staff. This event showcased the entire fleet, provided a live stream demo and highlighted the arrival of the newest addition, the DJI Matrice 600. The Matrice 600 was donated via the LAFD Foundation and is the largest drone in the fleet. It is capable of performing an active role within an incident. For example, it can drop rope lines and/or life preservers during a water rescue which could facilitate a quicker rescue.
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San Francisco Fleet Week 2015: The Saturday Air Show.
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The Garden has added two utility tricycles to its fleet of vehicles as part of an ongoing effort to move toward sustainable practices. Photo by Sarah Schmidt.
It's a love-hate feeling for many of us. Loving the old weather-worn ships, yet hating the damage they're wreaking on the precious environment. I've heard ('younger folk's') remarks that "they've been there since before I was born". The technical term is "ready reserve fleet", to indicate the ability to be brought back into service fairly quickly. Some contain systems to prevent moisture damage to the interior, and other protective measures. That was the whole purpose of this assemblage of ships. But over the years their technology has become closer to "obsolete". Few ships' exteriors had measures taken to prevent the damaging effects of the weather here: Ranging from 'baking-hot' to 'cold, windy, and soaking wet'.
Over many years peeling paint -- along with other polluting liquids and debris -- have made their way into the water; much of hazardous blend settled into the muddy bottom of the waters of this shallow anchorage. But now a dedicated effort is on to remove every ship, and clean-up the toxic damage to this beautiful environment; surrounded on three sides by marshlands and waterways, it's waters are a blend of Pacific Ocean saltwater and snowment from the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
There was a price to pay - damage to the environment - for maintaining this "mothball fleet". Now, in removing the source of pollution, there is an emotional price to pay: Losing great old ships that served us so well, many with amazing histories. Too few have been saved from the ship-breakers, and because of the economy there is little hope that any others will survive. I didn't realize then that these photos would also be a record of things that aren't there anymore. RIP, Ghost Fleet.
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San Francisco Fleet Week 2015: The Saturday Air Show.
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MAKHAM BAY, Thailand (May 1, 2011) The Ticonderoga-class guided missile-cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) arrives off Phuket for a port visit. Chancellorsville is operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Michael Feddersen/Released)
ARABIAN GULF (August 25, 2015) - Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Kiara Dominguez, from Newark, N.J., writes a message for the 1 Small ACT campaign for Suicide Awareness Month aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anna Van Nuys/Released)
I was walking the dog up at Fleet Pond and stumbled upon this event. The organisers told me it was for military personnel or ex services only because of the COVID situation. I got asked a few times if I was press, I think because I had my long lens (I had this for wildlife). It was fantastic to see an event and people out and about, this COVID business has shut everything down this year and we had so many plans. I guess everybody did. Got introduced to some old boy who was 83 and running around - incredible.
Anyway, these guys were orienteering, which was pretty cool. I haven't done this since I was in the Scouts. It now seemed pretty high tech with electronic markers in the ground where you clock in and clock in. Cool to see, just wish I'd taken my wallet so I could have bought a tea. Goes to show also good to have a nice camera with me.