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- Look ma! No prop! Some hazy view of the San Fernando Valley
- LAX
- Kinda looks like a hazy Torrance
- Another unique perspective, LAX heading north
- David's action shot on take-off
- Santa Ana Mountains
- Disney's California Adventure from low altitude, something that is rare to do nowadays
- Little take-off 'OOPS' at KFUL
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View of the Mother of All Junction Boxes, mounted overhead, above the telescope assembly, through which 28 VDC, 115 VAC, and fiber optic data lines are routed - note the cables passing through the aft pressure bulkhead into the telescope cavity, where the telescope 2.5 meter diameter parabolic primary, 0.5 meter hyperbolic secondary, and two 0.2 meter wide tertiary infrared and visible light mirrors are located within their support frame - IMG_0293
Perspective view of the telescope sensor instrument support framing, in the context of how the telescope assembly extends down through the main deck into the former baggage compartment - you can get a much better appreciation of how large the telescope assembly really is - the pressure bulkhead that the telescope assembly is mounted in is well over 20 feet in diameter