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Sycamore Canyon Test Facility is a rocket and weapons test site located east of MCAS Miramar in northern San Diego, in Scripps Ranch. A number of weapons contractors have had facilities at the site including Lockheed-Martin, Hughes Aircraft and General Dynamics. The engines for the Atlas missile and Centaur rocket stage were tested at the site.
The 2021 population estimate for Scripps Ranch is 36,307 people living in the neighborhood, an increase of 10.7% from 2010. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 50.6% White, 28.34% Asian and Pacific Islander, 12.3% Hispanic, 1.9% African American, 0.3% from other races, and .07% American Indian.
Miramar was originally part of Scripps Ranch, founded by Edward W. Scripps. [2] He named the home he built on the ranch Miramar in the 1890s, after Archduke Maximilian's castle Miramare in Trieste, Italy. The name eventually became applied to the surrounding mesa. Loosely translated from Portuguese, Italian or Spanish, it means "a view of the ...
This will lead to an eventual phasing out of fighter pilot training at Miramar by 2015 as the F/A-18 Hornets are retired. In 2006, the San Diego County Proposition A proposed obtaining 3000 acres (12 km 2) at MCAS Miramar to develop a commercial airport. [19] The proposition was defeated 62 percent opposed to 38 percent in favor. [20]
Sabre Springs is a community in San Diego, California, located in the northeastern part of the city. It is bounded by the city limits of Poway on the east, Ted Williams Parkway on the north, Interstate 15 on the west, and the community of Miramar Ranch North to the south. Sabre Springs is bisected north-south by Poway Road.
A-7B 154554 Corsair at SDASM Annex Atlas 2E ballistic missile on display at the San Diego Aerospace Museum. Gillespie is the home of the restoration facility Gillespie Field Annex [9] for the San Diego Air & Space Museum. [10] It is open to the public and has on display many vintage and modern aircraft. [11]
Several facilities in La Jolla, California, are named after the Scripps family. Scripps Institute may refer to: TSRI is The Scripps Research Institute, established in 1991 for medical and biological research; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a division of UC San Diego
Scripps Research is a nonprofit American medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences.Headquartered in San Diego, California, the institute has over 170 laboratories employing 2,100 scientists, [1] technicians, graduate students, and administrative and other staff.