This
site has been awarded the ANTARCTIC SERVICE Medal....
Welcome to:
Puckered Pete's
Antarctic
Newseum........
The Penguins are heavy and making the scene..... These pages
are dedicated to
the Puckered Penguins of the United States Navy Aviation Squadron VX6....
late of the Antarctic and to all of the OAEs who pioneered the opening of Mother Earth's last
unknown Continent....
What
is an OAE? by JOC Jungle Jim O'Leary, USN,
ret.
Cyber Skipper - Meet our CO Capt. Buz Dryfoose...
Cyber XO -
Cdr. Billy
Penguin...
VX-6
throughout the years.....Noel Gillespie...
VX-6 Roots in 'Operation
High Jump'...
OAEA's - 'Old Antarctic
Explorers' assn.
Save the Herks... Ongoing
discussion and effort...
Send Uploads - Comments - Stories
to: vze43pw7 (AT) verizon.net
Memorial
to our fallen Deep Freeze
Brothers
Here are some pages of Antarctic Lore..
Enjoy...
'Operation
Deep Freeze' - U.S. Navy - 1954-1999
More Buz
Sawyer adventures here...
Some background of
Buz Sawyer as created by Roy Crane
Update concerning the
'Russian' passenger
Includes VX6 Airdales-Marines-Blackshoes-SeaBees-Coasties and all who love the penguin...
Newseum
Archives... ( real stuff )
Coastys
in Deep Freeze starting with Operation HighJump
Scott Polar Reaearch
Institute commendation..Brian Shoemaker
Byrdcloth Parka -
History and development by Buz Dryfoose..
Polar Grid Navigation..
an explanation and overview by
Bob Nyden
Aspects of Aviation
in Antarctica - Jungle Jim
O'Leary
Operation High
Jump... Noel Gillespie........
Amazing
man .....our most senior
OAE......
Time Line .. RD and the pace
makers....
Wintering Over Ice
stories....., 'Over'
A Toast from
the flying class of 63.....
KC4USV Radio Station, 'Over', all over.
RNZAF
Wigram
Station..Farrell Whitney
Pensacola VX6
aircraft ...... Jim O'Connell
Max Conrad
Antarctic flyover.. Billy Ace...
The Reading Room,
Whitney and the out-housers.
Arctic Ice
Island T3 and C-130 #320.. Art Herr
Skippers debriefing in the ready room.. Capt. Morris
Setting the record straight.. Noel Gillespie,
our ZL OAE
Baby Its Cold outside.. Wilsheduit? A
new age HMO saga....
Flight Crews
of
yester-year... ( more real stuff )
LennieB...
goes to Byrd Station....
Parachute Jumpers of
VX-6.... Almost, by Buz Dryfoose
Antarctic
Sea Story by Rafael (Ralph the Mexican) Melendez
Sopwith Camel in VX6......Buz Dryfoose...
Ode to the R4D - Goonie Birds....Billy
Ace
Six Minute flight
- Dynomite!!..another
Buz job....
Cdr. Jim Waldron's Scrap Book
Charlene The Ice Taxi
Otters UC-1...Aircraft in a box
Helos RotorHeads of MacTown
R4D The
E.D. Dryfoose Collection
R4D 221 Christchurch Det-B now @ Ferrymead
R4D
Que
Sera Sera, first to the South Pole
R4D Marine Corps ( VX6 )
version.... Buz....
P2V 439 In memorium from Wilkes Station
P2V Link to VX6 version..ski equipped...
R7V 644 The Superest Connie
R7V 624 The Survived Connie
C130
320 via Puenta
Arenas, Chile, Tom Dunn
C130
318 Aussie-Pole-Byrd-McMurdo, DFSoupy
C130 917...The final flight of 917 as seen at
the Pole...
Savored Ice
Stories of a bygone era..
(
even more real stuff but with a
twist!
)
Pete's Picture
Review..
Sam and the Huskys..Original
Antarctic Comic
Last Pete
on the Ice
Racer
on the hill
SP-90 Antarctic license Plate
Last VX6 C-130 off the ice
OAE's gather round 321 at Pt. Mugu 3-99
In-Ground pool at McMurdo
Ice Links:
Task Force 43, 'SP-90' auto plates are available for $15.00 from:
Ron May
6897 Phillips Pkwy N.
Jacksonville, Fl. 32256
Cdr. Jim
Waldron has prepared a CD containing his thirty chapter book
entitled,
"The Flight of the Puckered
Penguins," plus over 150 color photograph
s. The book and the photos detail Cdr. Waldron's flying experiences
during his sixteen months on the Antarctic Continent.
Full details are on his page, Jim
Waldron's Scrap Book
Sample reading and Jim's
book review here
Glacier Society
U.S.C.G. Ice Breaker
restoration project...
WTFO ?
