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Andrew "Irv" Watson 1966
- 1970
Pictures by Irv Watson
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Tinker AFN & 1966
OKC State Fair |
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GMD in South 40 Tinker AFB. |
South 40 sign (1966). |
1966 Oklahoma State Fair |
1966 Oklahoma State Fair |
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1966 Oklahoma State Fair |
1966 Oklahoma City skyline from I-40. |
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Andytown, Florida
Photomapping Project - Nov-Dec 1966 |
Andytown, Florida |
UMQ-9 antenna. |
Turner AFB, Albany, GA |
Photomapping Project using UMQ-9. Andytown is no more, becoming part of an
interchange at US-27 and Alligator Alley.
As photomapping Project went on hiatus for Christmas, site crews were flown
back to Tinker from Turner AFB. I took a bus home to Miami. |
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NCAR Line Island
Experiment – Feb-Apr 1967. |
Main Gate, Hickam AFB in January 1967. |
Hanauma Bay, Hawaii. |
Kapiolani Park, Waikiki. |
Approaching Palmyra Atoll in PBY to participate in LIE.
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PBY Catalina: Our
transportation from Hawaii to Palmyra. |
WW-II PBY. |
Sooty Terns. Walking through nesting terns on runway. |
Two million Sooty Terns – a real hazard to aircraft operations. |
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Nesting Booby Bird. |
Pet Coconut Crab. |
Our Palmyra lodging, WW-II barracks, crumbling in parts. |
My area in barracks:
Locker, bed and mosquito net. |
Sgt Coffin having a smoke on
Palmyra block house (rawin shack). |
Balloon launch cart. |
Our transportation on
Palmyra. |
Me with a mustache. |
Happy Easter! 1967. |
White (Angel) Tern. |
NCAR Queen air with PI Ed
Zipser onboard. |
NCAR Queen air with PI Ed
Zipser onboard. |
C-46 wreckage at east end of runway. |
Beach defenses. |
Aussie family visits Palmyra. |
C-54 arrival to take us back to Hawaii. “Gotta get out of this place”. |
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University of
Hawaii
to complete LIE
rawin computations
April 1967
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U of H Meteorology Dept. |
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Our lodging on Waikiki Beach
– Kahili Hotel.
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Travis AFB
GCA Mobile Radar
Study
Aug-Sep 1967. |
Going to Travis AFB.
Out of gas Santa Rosa. NM on I-40. |
San Francisco: Powell
and Market St Cable Car. |
Giants game at
Candlestick Park. |
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El Centro Naval
Air Facility, California -
Jan-Jun 1968 |
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Det 21, 6th
Weather Wing, NAF El Centro, to augment Met staff,
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NAF El Centro. Home of DOD
Parachute Test Facility. |
NAF El Centro. Also winter home of Blue Angels. |
Rawinsonde operations trailer with GMD and inflation shelter in distance. |
Inflation shelter and GMD. |
TMQ-5 and me.T |
Climb to Superstition Mountain (SW of El Centro) with permanent party staff
and Irwin Taylor on right. |
On top of Superstition
Mountain.
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Project AFSC
EMEB, Upolu Point, Hawaii - Jul-Aug 1968 |
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6th Weather Team |
Upolu Point Terminal. |
Upolu Point Terminal in 2004. |
Our temporary home in Hawi, Hawaii. |
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Project Haven Winds, Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico - Oct 1967 |
U.S. Naval Facility San Juan – barracks. |
6th Weather Team:
NCOIC, Elmo Reddick, Bruno Newinski on left. |
Sign on base. Take heed!
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Rocket launch near Aericibo. |
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Barbados
Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) - 1969
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NOAA Ship Mt Mitchell in
Gulfport, MS. Our project home.
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Bridge
of Mt Mitchell |
Mt Mitchell balloon launch operations, |
Mt Mitchell balloon launch operations, |
Sister ships…Mt Mitchell and Mt Ranier in Gulfport. |
Tethered Kytoon on Mt Mitchell. |
Rawinsonde tracking device. Didn’t work well. Overheated and didn’t level
too well to counter ship’s roll. |
Sgt George Hanohano releasing balloon and instrument package off Mt
Mitchell. |
