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Some of these files may take well over one minute to load. The original screen size of these presentations has been reduced from their original size due to file size constraints, but may be viewed at full screen on some viewers but with some quality loss. Given the inherant largeness of video files these photo presentations have been divided into several parts to make them quicker to download. ================================================
CLICK HERE to view Part 1 of Jack Kalmbach's presentation. CLICK HERE to view Part 2 of Jack Kalmbach's presentation. CLICK HERE to view Part 3 of Jack Kalmbach's presentation. CLICK HERE to view Part 4 of Jack Kalmbach's presentation. CLICK HERE to view Part 5 of Jack Kalmbach's presentation. CLICK HERE to view Part 6 of Jack Kalmbach's presentation. CLICK HERE to view Part 7 of Jack Kalmbach's presentation. CLICK HERE to view Part 8 of Jack Kalmbach's presentation. ================================================
Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Part 1 - Click Here Smaller view--quicker download Click Here Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Part 2 - Click Here Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Part 3 - Click Here Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Part 4 - Click Here Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Part 5 - Click Here Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Part 6 - Click Here Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Part 7 - Click Here Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Part 8 - Click Here Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Scrapbook-1 - Click Here Ron Dolecki-Ethiopia - Scrapbook-2 - Click Here ================================================
Ron Dolecki's 8 mm film clips CLICK HERE Panorama of the Motor Pool at Liddetta Airport. Most likely filmed in 1964 during the rainy season. CLICK HERE Wreckage of a C-47 at Agordat; I never knew who the salvage workers were. CLICK HERE Panorama of Drifter field party at Ambo. Circa 1964-65 CLICK HERE Me (in Army fatigues), Sgt Floyd Sims (in white tea CLICK HERE USAF HC-3 on a resupply run to Drifter Field Camp--Lekempte, Ethiopia The pilots were dressed in civilian clothes. CLICK HERE USAF HC-3 at Drifter Field Party (part-2)--Lekempte, Ethiopia CLICK HERE Water Falls along the road descending into the Nile River canyon CLICK HERE Ethiopian Crowns in Axum CLICK HERE Switchback Roads: The first set of switchbacks is somewhere between The second set is between Kombolcha and Tendaho The third set of switchbacks is between Asmara and Axum. CLICK HERE Coptic Christian Bibles in Axum CLICK HERE Paintings inside an Ethiopian Coptic Christian Church CLICK HERE Art Quist along with an interpreter and a police
CLICK HERE Small Locomotive Video Clip - This video clip shows an 0-4-0 steam shunting CLICK HERE Train Depot and engine CLICK HERE 3/4 ton truck entering a secondary road near Asmara (believe it or not, this is a road). CLICK HERE Ron heating C-rations on his trucks engine block, then resorting to a makeshift campfire for better results. CLICK HERE Ron heating C-rations on a makeshift campfire CLICK HERE Armed escorts in the field CLICK HERE Armed escorts in the field (the ranking man fires his Uzi into the hillside to impress us). CLICK HERE Our sleepover on the shore of the Red Sea (low tide) near Assab (Horace Gardner standing and Art Quist sleeping). CLICK HERE Drifter field camp troops & others loading a deuce and a half at Asmara for a trip to the field. CLICK HERE Drifter field camp in convoy, which temporarily halted for maintenance and regrouping. This is somewhere between Addis Ababa and Asmara. CLICK HERE Drifter field camp in convoy, halted to fix/adjust truck engine. Ron gets a drink from the water trailer. CLICK HERE Larry Stevens wears a Halloween mask to lighten things up a little. CLICK HERE Panorama of obelisks at Axum. The tallest still standing is 75 feet high - the largest solid granite monolith in the world. It weighs nearly 500 tons. These obelisks are more than two thousand years old, and their significance is still being debated by archaeologists. --- CLICK HERE Fallen obelisk at Axum. This was the tallest obelisk (about 110 feet) and provides evidence that it was one piece of solid granite rather than a collection of stacked blocks. CLICK HERE New church (St. Mary's) at Axum. CLICK HERE Typical cluster of native huts with surrounding security wall. CLICK HERE Armed escorts from the Ethiopian Army near the Mereb River (the boundary between Ethiopia and Eritrea). CLICK HERE Phillip Wright (on roof of truck) plotting our position on stereoscopic photographs (Art Quist and an Ethiopian interpreter are nearby). CLICK HERE Typical cluster of native huts (tukuls). Notice the copious amounts of wood used for construction. This is partly why few forests are left in Ethiopia CLICK HERE Eating C-rations while our camp convoy pauses on the road between Addis Ababa and Asmara. Jack Weedin (an Army Map Service civilian wearing a flight jacket) and Gary Mueller (wearing army fatigues) are featured. CLICK HERE Ground-level panorama of Drifter field camp at Lekempte. CLICK HERE Truck-top-level panorama of Drifter field camp at Lekempte CLICK HERE Kitchen van area in Drifter field camp (Lekempte) featuring a local Ethiopian hired to wash dishes. CLICK HERE Sergeant Kumersheski (spelling?) giving Art Quist a haircut while Mike Mancari is shaving in primitive conditions at Drifter field camp (Lekempte). CLICK HERE Drifter field camp members clowning around at Lekempte. CLICK HERE Bill Wallette and Larry Stevens mocking baseball. CLICK HERE Gene Stanley pretending he enjoys eating a C-ration cracker that could be 30 years old. Larry Stevens spits orange seeds at me to show his contempt. CLICK HERE Volley Ball action in Drifter field camp (Lekempte). CLICK HERE More Volley Ball action in Drifter field camp (Lekempte). CLICK HERE More Volley Ball action in Drifter field camp (Lekempte). CLICK HERE More Volley Ball action in Drifter field camp (Lekempte). CLICK HERE Ron & John Kaffer burning the camp garbage in a fire pit at Lekempte. We decided to do a celebratory native dance to lighten up our day. CLICK HERE My pet red-tailed hawk (I think) at Drifter field camp (Ambo). CLICK HERE Pet Dik-Dik (bush buck) at Drifter field camp (Ambo). This critter was only a baby. CLICK HERE H-43B Kaman Huskie getting fueled at Lekempte. CLICK HERE Two H-43B Kaman Huskies getting airborne from Drifter field camp. EDITOR'S NOTE: The spectators mentioned in the above passage are in the original 8mm clip but due to the length of the clip (and how long it would take to download that clip for viewing) I had to choose what to edit, either the people or the helicopters. Being the son of a pilot I chose to keep the helicopters and cut the people. What I should have done is split the scene in two and post it as Part A and Part B, but I didn't have the foresight to do so. My apologies to Mr. Dolecki. Unfortunately, at this time I am unable to access the digital footage or the computer software used to create the clips. If and when I can remedied this I will do so. Lee Miller - Web Host www.ethi-usmappingmission.com. CLICK HERE Deep canyon (about 4,000 feet to the bottom) near Drifter field camp in the vicinity of Fiche. CLICK HERE Portuguese bridge and waterfalls near Drifter field camp in the vicinity of Fiche. CLICK HERE Lunch break in the field: a C-ration gala festival. CLICK HERE UH-1B Mapping Mission helicopters on the ground at Agordat. CLICK HERE UH-1B Mapping Mission helicopter on a high speed, low level pass. CLICK HERE Tom Hammack and an Ethiopian interpreter named Shibru Eyadew conducting an interview with local inhabitants out of our field of view. CLICK HERE Shankila Tribespeople - These were the most primitive people I've ever seen. They were also very unpredictable, and could become hostile at any moment (according to my interpreter). We didn't visit them very long. CLICK HERE Art Quist and others disassembling our camp quonset hut near Lekempte. CLICK HERE Art Quist and others continue to disassemble Drifter Field Camp near Lekempte. CLICK HERE Art Quist and others still continue to disassemble Drifter Field Camp near Lekempte. CLICK HERE Drifter Field Camp members placing quonset hut components in the hut's rectangular floor sections, which also served as packing/transport containers. CLICK HERE Panorama of Lake Bishoftu (a volcanic crater lake) at Debre Zeit. CLICK HERE Water skiers and sail boat enthusiasts on Lake Bishoftu at Debre Zeit. CLICK HERE Native girls in Sidamo Province (notice the decorative baubles and beads IF YOU CAN). CLICK HERE Line-up of Sidamo girls of various ages. CLICK HERE Mapping Mission truck crossing rough terrain in an arid area. Ethiopian Army escorts were dismounted and scattered to guard against an ambush (we were near the Eritrean border) and to be away from the vehicle if it rolled over. Anyway, the truck was too bumpy to ride in. CLICK HERE Mapping Mission 3/4 ton truck momentarily mired in the Mereb River (the actual border between Ethiopia and Eritrea). Sometimes we had to enter the river to reach a driveable section of shoreline. Tom Hammack was the driver and Phil Wright was the shotgun passenger. CLICK HERE Art Quist connecting a winch to our stuck truck in the Mereb River. This is why we usually went to the field in TWO trucks. Phil Wright is wearing the white shirt. Note that the exhaust pipe on the stuck truck is under water. CLICK HERE Mapping Mission 3/4 ton truck slipping and sliding on a wet mountain road. The lead truck made it through here successfully but left behind some deep muddy ruts. John Kaffer is wearing a checkered shirt and Floyd Sims is wearing a red shirt. I am "driving" the truck. CLICK HERE Winching the slipping and sliding truck to hard ground. Floyd Sims is now driving, and the truck hood is raised to protect him in case the winch cable snaps back toward him. I guided the winch cable back onto its spool. ================================================
CLICK HERE Gene Meyer, Dennis Sullivan, and others outside the hanger at Liddetta Airport. CLICK HERE UH-1B maintenance CLICK HERE Flightline maintenance UH-1B CLICK HERE From inside UH-1B-- Liddetta approach CLICK HERE Panorama of Flightline at Liddetta Airport CLICK HERE View from cockpit of UH-1B of Liddetta Airport CLICK HERE Cockpit of UH-1B in flight. Outside view of takeoff. CLICK HERE UH-1B Cargo load/sling CLICK HERE Typical runway conditions--U-9 AeroCommander landing. CLICK HERE Family party footage. CLICK HERE Hauling Well digging equipment out of an area south of Addis Ababa for the Ethiopian Government. Bell Helicopter Representative Steve Testa is pictured next to the Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) Bell Helicopter. CLICK HERE U-2 De Haviland 'Beaver', UH-1B, and H-23 Hiller CLICK HERE Project 640 sites 1, 2, and 3. located 90 miles south of Port Sudan, Sudan CLICK HERE More Well Digging Equipment south of Addis Ababa. CLICK HERE Gene Meyer covering the intake of a T=53 Lycoming Engine on a UH-1B. CLICK HERE Sgt. First Class Harold R. D'Entremont (Frenchy). Frenchy was NCOIC of Drifter Field Party for a time between 1964 and 1966. CLICK HERE Gene Meyer in Asmara on a normal stop/refuel between Port Sudan and Addis Ababa. CLICK HERE USAF C-130 used to take aerial mapping photos and a Sudanese Commercial aircraft taking Muslim passengers on a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. CLICK HERE Camp 1, 90 miles south of Port Sudan where temperatures would rise to near 130 degrees with afternoon winds of around 80 MPH. CLICK HERE Harbor at Port Sudan, Sudan. CLICK HERE Sudanese helper CLICK HERE Major Joe Sites landing a UH-1B at a campsite in Sudan. CLICK HERE Gene Meyer and Maj. Joe Sites at campsite 1, Sudan CLICK HERE Campsite 1, Sudan. Cook on right, Gene Meyer in red cap on the left CLICK HERE Aerial view from UH-1B between Port Sudan and Asmara CLICK HERE Stopover in Gondar between Port Sudan and Addis Ababa. CLICK HERE Backside of the Headquarters building in Addis Ababa. CLICK HERE SSgt Hensman, NCOIC of Motor Pool and two folks who were with EAL. CLICK HERE NCO Quarters in Addis Ababa CLICK HERE Refueling a UH-1B CLICK HERE Flying from Asmara to Addis Ababa. CLICK HERE The old Haile Selassie I Airport- Lidetta, and an inside view from a UH-1B, Capt. Denny Newport piloting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
