My main work was Astro fixes, with some photo annotation, compiling names sheets and altimeter heighting.

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Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958
Some photos of the journey and our base camp at Lodwar.
Kenya - Astro fix point at Ferguson’s Gulf on the west bank of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) – September 1958
Photos of our Astro Fix point near Ferguson’s Gulf
Kenya - Area between Lokitaung and Namuruputh, north-west of Lake Rudolf

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Trip from Lodwar in Kenya to Loelli in the Sudan October 1958
Photos of trip from Lodwar in Kenya to Loelli in the Sudan
Return journey from Loelli in the Sudan to Lodwar in Kenya
Photos of return trip from Loelli to Lodwar
High Ridge Camp, Nairobi - Home of 89 F.S.S
A couple of months in Nairobi, a couple of weeks at Malindi
Nairobi - Kenya 1958 - 1959
Photos at High Ridge Camp and in Nairobi

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Kenya - Malindi R&R camp on the indian ocean
Malindi is about 110km to the NE of Mombassa - Rest & recuperation!

Second field trip, to the NFD west of Lake Rudolf, March 1959
The work was Tellurometer traversing with Mick Dyall who flew out from the UK

The Tellurometer distance-measuring instrument. (EDM)

The instrument consisted of a Master unit and a Remote unit (like the one sitting on the concrete pillar), a carrying case for each unit, two wooden telescopic tripods, two 12V battery packs and two accessory cases containing the radio handsets etc.

  In the first version only the Master unit could carry out the distance readings whilst the Remote unit served as a ‘mirror' to redirect the radio wave back to the Master.

In later versions, each unit could be switched between Master and Remote, so enabling measurements to be taken both ways.

The one in the photos, taken in Kenya in 1959, is of the latter type, whilst the one used in the Seychelles was the first model.

In the Seychelles early in 1958, Mick Dyall and Trevor ‘Bill' Powell on detachment from 13 FSS made the first measurement ‘in anger' from Bird Island to Silhouette, a staggering 53 miles (85 Km), unbelievable for that period in time.  A real survey revolution.

Third and final field trip, to the NFD in the Garissa, Wajir, Lamu area, May and June 1959

My main work was Astro fixes, with some photo annotation, compiling names sheets and altimeter heighting.

Northern Frontier District - Garissa – Wajir – Lamu
The inked-over tracks indicate my travels.

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KENYA 1959 - Out in the bush in the Garissa – Wajir area
Astro fix point between Garissa and Wajir – Kenya May 1959
Field trip to Garissa, Wajir and Lamu - May to June 1959
Additional photographs

89 Field Survey Squadron was disbanded in August 1959 after about six years in which the whole of Kenya, some 582,646 sq.Km, was mapped at 1:100,000.