[CABS-Talk] Virtual tour of the USS Hornet

[ken Quinn]

 Hi 
I want to attend the s event.
Ken Quinn 


> On Sep 28, 2020, at 5:56 PM, Amy Jine via CABS-Talk <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all!
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> 
> Ready for a second tour of the USS Hornet? Join Vista Voyagers and Shared
> Paths next month on *Tuesday, October 27 at 4:00PM*. Vista Board Member and
> docent, Bill Miklos, will be guiding us throughout the USS Hornet once
> again to explore areas not covered in the first virtual tour. Tour will
> include sounds, vibrant descriptions, and visuals. See his detailed
> description of what to expect below!
> 
> 
> 
> Please be sure to RSVP to Valerie by replying to this email before October
> 25th.  Zoom information will be sent once you have RSVP’d.
> 
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> 
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> 
> I am Bill Miklos, a member of the Board of Directors of the Vista Center
> and a docent on the USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier Museum in Alameda
> California. As such, I have been giving full-ship tours for seven years now
> but primarily I work on the flight deck with our guests. Last time we did a
> tour for Vista, we walked down the pier next to the ship, walked up the
> gangway to the quarterdeck in the hangar bay, walked down the hangar deck
> to the escalator to the flight deck and did a virtual flight deck tour and
> talked about catapulting aircraft off the flight deck and recovering
> aircraft using the arresting gear at the aft end of the flight deck. We
> mentioned the “Island” which is a big narrow structure on the left side of
> the flight deck from which all flight deck operations are controlled and
> where the Captain sails the ship. BUT we did not tour what is inside the
> Island.....until now.
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> 
> This time we will virtually tour the inside of the island, three levels up
> from the flight deck and our first stop will be the navigation area where
> we will discuss how navigation was done and how the navigation techniques
> evolved over time. The next area near navigation is, rightfully so, the
> pilot house where crew members actually sailed the ship. We will discuss
> how this was done and point out the Captain’s “At Sea” cabin where he lived
> while the ship was at sea. We will then walk out onto the bridge, which is
> a narrow, covered area that is around the pilot house where the captain can
> command the ship, control “Underway Replenishment” operations and observe
> operations on the flight deck. We will then go down one ladder to level 5
> where we will discuss interesting aspects of the recovery of Apollo 11 for
> which the Hornet was the Prime Recovery Ship, (PRS). That will complete our
> tour of this portion of the island of the USS Hornet.
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> We will discuss history, navigation technology, ship control, Apollo 11
> recovery and some aspects of crew life on the ship. Welcome aboard the USS
> Hornet for another Vista-sponsored tour of what has been called a “gem” of
> a ship museum by the San Francisco Chronicle.
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> -- 
> 
> *Amy Jine*
> 
> *Transition Program Specialist*
> 
> *Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired*
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> *101 N. Bascom Avenue*
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> *San Jose, CA 95128*
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> *M: (415) 886-7049 (preferred)*
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> ajine at vistacenter.org
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