South of the equator and near the prime meridian
Ascension Island Map
Wideawake bird on the rocks.
Wideawake bird in flight
A view of Green Mountain peak the highest point on Ascension Island.
Twin Boats seen from Green Mountain
Ascension Island donkeys
Frank Thompson checking out the view on Green Mountain
Green Mountain hunting expedition - Yes beer was involved
On the George Town Harbor dock
A supplies ship arriving at Ascension Island's George Town Harbor
Barges unloading the supplies ship at George Town harbor
One of the US Air Force's Eastern Test Range missile tracking ships
Bill's 250cc Bultaco Sherpa T motorcycle - A great way to get around the island
This was the second two man room Dave Harvey and I shared - We moved in right after it was built - Sweet
Wet long sleeve shirt contest winner in our first room
Writing a letter to Carol - Oh yes I did - Probably not as often as I should have
Room mate Dave Harvey showing off his new beard.
On the bus heading to work - Dave is the first guy you can see seated on the left
Smokey Bill on the bus headed to work
Physicist Fred Shirley on the bus
The Target Tracking Radar site where I worked. You can't see it but we're knocking around a soccer ball - we played a couple of games against teams with players from England and the St. Helena - surprise we neither tied nor won any matches
We used a prototype Nike-Zeus Radar System to track missiles, satellites, and space debris for the US Air Force - In the foreground is the Nike-Zeus missile tracking radar platform and in the background is the target tracking radar building
Our Maintenance Building mascot "Tiger" who was always ready to pounce on unsuspecting food sources.
Target Tracking Radar antenna pedestal inside it's radome. The receiver's front end was located on pedestal and the included a MASER cooled to 4 degrees Kelvin
Closeup of the antenna and the receiver front end which is just behind the dish. Ascension Island is located just below the equator but I used to get little areas of frost bite on my skin from over filling the liquid nitrogen reservoir used during MASER cool down operations.
Electronic racks of equipment in the tracking building - Because this was originally an R&D system a lot of the equipment shown was no longer used for our operations
Shown on the left is the data recording equipment we used during satellite and missile tracking activities.
A very large forehead
Dave showing off his slot car at his desk in our maintenance building - Slot car racing was a big after work activity
Dave consulting the resident slot car guru at his drawing board in our maintenance building
This is the position I manned while tracking satellites, space debris and missiles. During missile tests everyone on the net could talk directly with the test director at Cape Kennedy
Diving club members. Frank Thompson in the middle used to go into a feeding frenzy and attack whenever we encountered sharks.frank Thomp
One of the many beaches we visited on the island
Dave on the beach
Enjoying the view
Most of the beaches we dived were very rocky - This is a typical view
An unfortunate shark - It was caught on fishing tackle at night
Checking out the harmonica in the care package from Carol
Care Package Play - The Lawrence Welk of Ascension Island sharing his bubbles
Care Package Play - James Blonde tracking a spy on the island - This is one of the entrances to the building with the first room Dave and I shared
Care Package Play - Facing an attack from an unexpected direction.
Care Package Play - Only wounded and recovered to well enough to best all the spies on the island.
Wow playing with all the care package items ended up with me seeing spots. BTW, if you looked closely at the care package play photos you'll see the only mustache and goatee I ever sported. See it you can find them?
ZD8VR Volcano Radio and the #1 DJ during 1966/67 - Tounge tied bashful Bill Collins and his "No Matter What Shape" show, theme song by the T-Bones (Also heard during the era's Alka-Seltzer commercials)
Play that funky music white boy
