Historic Photos Added

Ann Trudeau, KA0ZFI, former editor of the EOSS Stratosphere Newsletter and editor for the National Balloon Symposium Proceedings called me up on December 1, 2006 and offered to loan me some paperwork and photographs she had stored away in boxes regarding EOSS's early history.

 
Remember Clement Park?

How about all those students at Long's Peak Middle School?

See these and more than 200 other new photos linked below

NEW PHOTOS

EOSS-003 

Some photos of some of our old friends, notably Bob Ragain, WB4ETT, Greg Burnett, K0ELM and Ed Wade, KA0ZAS.

EOSS-004

Many photos from the ill fated launch of the Humble Telescope.

EOSS-005

Lots of photos from the launch site and recovery area. This was the first of two flights for the IAAS. They were attempting to develop a spin stabilizer for EOSS. I also linked in an excellent recap Marty Griffin wrote for the Stratosphere newsletter so you can get a better idea of what this flight was all about.

EOSS-008

Some pictures of members of the Tracking and Recovery team prior to the flight (I think), photos from the launch site and from the recovery area.

Prior to EOSS-008 there was some kind of event on the 16th Street Mall. Ann had photos of this and I've added them to this recap as they were related events with the same personnel.

EOSS-009

Excellent coverage of the setup, fill. Ok of the launch and excellent student activity coverage.

EOSS-012

Shots of the launch of both balloons, and a brief visit from the Boulder Fire Department who came to our rescue pulling our systems out of the trees with their ladder truck.

EOSS-016

Launch site photos. Not many but something is better than ...

Photos from The News 4 Education expo

• News 4 Education Expo Photos

Another few photos that aren't exactly identified. Perhaps...

• Cherry Creek High photos?

 Well, that's it! But I'm sure you will agree, next time you see Ann Trudeau, it's time to buy her a cup of java!

December 1st, 2006

Ann Trudeau, KA0ZFI, former editor of the EOSS Stratosphere Newsletter and editor for the National Balloon Symposium Proceedings called me up on December 1, 2006 and offered to loan me some paperwork and photographs she had stored away in boxes regarding EOSS's early history.

There were over 300 photos from events (mostly flights) between EOSS-003 and EOSS-016, or nearly from EOSS's inception in 1991 to May of 1994. This is a real find. You can see which flight recaps have been expanded with new photographs above. Click on the flight numbers to go to the recap page.

Most of the photographs are un-credited. Originally, these photos were submitted to Ann for use in the newsletter. So, it was usually a matter of a few weeks between the time the photos were submitted and used in an article. Memory was sufficient to keep straight which pictures belonged to whom. Naturally as time passed these photos just sat in a storage box unattended and so now, 13 years later it is pretty much impossible to determine the photographer.

Therefore, these pictures are named for the flight number or activity and this archive. For instance:

eoss003_ka0zfi_archive_001.jpg

This indicates the photographer is unknown but the photo was in the ka0zfi archives

However, Ann did manage to slap her name on some of the photo envelopes. In that case a photo would be named indicating her as the photographer, for instance:

eoss009_ka0zfi_001.JPG

So, if you see Ann's call without the archive designation it's her photo, otherwise when archive is added it means it came from her basement but we can't give attribution to the original photographer. Sorry about that but the photos were given to EOSS and I believe it is important to publish them even if we can't definitively identify the photogs.

Thanks Ann, it was great fun to go through and view all these "ancient" moments within EOSS.

If you recognize someone in one of these photos that I haven't captioned properly or at all, please let me know so I can fix the error or omission.