People at work page 1
Here a collection of photos of people at work.
Most of
these photos were taken by Hamish Lindsay.
They are in no
particular order, and may also appear in the relevant sections of the website.
See also People at Work: Page 2 and People at Work: Page 3.
John Saxon and Mike Dinn at the Ops console in early April 1970, during pre-mission simulations for Apollo 13. |
Paul Mullen, servo technician (left), reaches for another styrofoam cup for coffee, while Mike Linney, telemetry operator fills his for another fix of caffeine during the Apollo 15 mission. |
Alan Foster and Lisa Jensen at work on the receivers in the USB |
Hamish Lindsay writes, The Technical Support Section (TSS) had many varied jobs. As I had a theodolite, one job was limited surveying such as the station boundary and the antenna horizon profile. |
Stirling Finlay in the Wire Room c. 1973. Scan: Stirling Finlay. |
John Noonan in the early Apollo days chasing through a fault in the station communication system relays. |
Bill Kempees (left), Chief Engineer, with Station Director Don Gray at the Operations Console. (If youre keen, you might notice the Polaroid composition shot that Hamish used just in view in the bottom left of frame.) |
Between missions staff were kept busy upgrading the equipment for the next mission. |
Jerry Bissicks, Kevin Gallegos and Graham Fraser are |
Original Deputy Director W.A.L. Bert
Forsythe holding up a printout of Miss Honeysuckle, our
very own pin-up that lived in the 642B computer. In 2005, Ron Hicks brought his original print-out to a gathering in Sydney. |
Bernie Scrivener, the Department of Supply Admin Officer, with Wally Smallwood and his model of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Photo: Hamish Lindsay. |
Nevil Eyre took over from Wally Smallwood as the Test Equipment Supervisor. Here he is servicing one of our faithful Tektronix oscilloscopes. Photo and text: Hamish Lindsay. |
Working on the Y skid servo motors, hidden under the tarpaulins. The antenna is vertical on the X axis but tilted over to the west on the Y axis, shown by the angle of the Transmitter Room wall at the top. The ladder and gangway to the Transmitter Room can be seen in the foreground. Ted Burt from the Facilities Section on the right with an unidentified helper. Photo Hamish Lindsay. |
Peter Gavin tweaking a gold plated module in the receivers during the Deep Space era. After he left Honeysuckle Peter went on to become a commercial pilot. Photo: Hamish Lindsay. |
Dean Gilkes (left) and Terry Hearn exercise their brains in the Test Equipment Section. Photo and text: Hamish Lindsay. |
Dean Gilkes and Terry Hearn. Photo : Hamish Lindsay. |
Gordon Bendall at the Univac 1218. Probably 1967. Photo supplied by Ron Hicks. |
Computer Complex Gordon Bendall, Ron Hicks and Bryan Sullivan. Photo supplied by Ron Hicks. |
The Telemetry section. Bruce Withey is on the far right. Andrew McKean is in the foreground. Photo supplied by Ron Hicks. |
The Telemetry section. Laurie Turner, Eric Stallard and John Crowe. Photo supplied by Ron Hicks. |
A Big Pig Dig! Photo and caption Hamish Lindsay. |
The Station Administration Officer (SAO) Milton Turner found a working model of the Saturn V in Canberra and we tried it out in the bare bit of ground by the entrance gate. The picture shows the model just after clearing the launch pad. It came safely down under parachute, and another Saturn V launch was added to its string of successes. Photo and caption Hamish Lindsay. |
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