Waiting for the plane. T-3 (Fletcher's) Ice Island, Arctic Ocean. 1969.
Dates
Date Taken
1969-06
Summary
Typed information accompanying negative: Waiting for the plane. The weather was cool but not cold, juding from the clothing. Personal email from Dave Scoboria on November 29, 2019, The man to the right side (tall) in photo F6 is Bob Ferguson. Bon worked on T-3 numerous times. Similar to F-4 and F-5 (see links in Related Items below) Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll F B&W negatives - June paradrop, 1969. There were three paradrops during the summer of 1969 performed by Navy C-130 planes from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska. These are described in this website, http://www.firebirds.org/menu2/t3/t3_p02.htm On the receiving end of the paradrops on T-3, these days were the high points of the summer season. This roll documents [...]
Summary
Typed information accompanying negative: Waiting for the plane. The weather was cool but not cold, juding from the clothing.
Personal email from Dave Scoboria on November 29, 2019, The man to the right side (tall) in photo F6 is Bob Ferguson. Bon worked on T-3 numerous times.
Similar to F-4 and F-5 (see links in Related Items below)
Note: T-3 Photographs - Roll F B&W negatives - June paradrop, 1969.
There were three paradrops during the summer of 1969 performed by Navy C-130 planes from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska. These are described in this website, http://www.firebirds.org/menu2/t3/t3_p02.htm
On the receiving end of the paradrops on T-3, these days were the high points of the summer season. This roll documents the first paradrop, which occurred in late June on a cloudy day. The loads were delivered on target to the camp runway without mishap. The second paradrop was similar, one month later. The day of the third paradrop was windy and the sky was overcast. We did not see the planes and they made the drops by instrumentation. Parachutes appeared out of the clouds shortly above the ground. The drop pattern was widely dispersed and several hours were spent slogging around the ice island locating crates. (Photos on Roll F taken by Dave Scoboria)
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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Digital Collection, 2019 DENPH0008.
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