Charles (Uncle Chuck) Kelly 1967-68 photo collection
Marble Arch
Just for something to, place a railroad crossing sign in the middle of the desert
Vehicles would slam on the brakes to find no tracvks
Oil company plane and polit
Oil company plane, DC3, would transport the loran station baseball team to other oil field to play
The Chief and a seaman were evited to a wedding
Pumping sea water for the evaporator.
Found a WWII bomb and the word was no more of this
but they still were looking for treasure
Now for the Framous "SUXMOBILE"
This vehicle was built by ENC Kelly and DC1 Echols with various assistance from the crew
Two station vehicles was survey which became the framous buggy
the buggy was modified to carry 4 crew members for hunting trips
It could reach speed up to 118mph
Something everyone was waiting for
Thanks Charles (Uncle Chuck) Kelly!
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