European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes september 30 air Force unveils missile built to test parachutes at Mph 26 Miles up Washington up the the parachutes will be tested air Force announced monday it i under these extreme conditions to High Speed Gas station in the sky has developed a new missile which will enable it to test parachutes for the first time at speeds of More than Mph and of up to 36 army seeking More a ointments App of Many Spe army is encouraging applications for regular army appointments even by some of those who been rejected be chunked regulations to boost the age limits in some is Arete Haj announced to apply for regular commissions under terms of a and the encouragement applies to those who did not appoint ments under provisions of the regular army augmentation act Usa eur the Chance in the a officer procurement regulation boosts the Normal maximum age limit past s7 to m Ace computed by one or both of the following provisions the total number of months and Days of Active commissioned service performed in the army after be coming 21 years old subsequent to tvs 2 Twenty seven plus a not to exceed two to the months and years by which an age exceeds officers who can meet these other eligibility requirements Are encouraged to apply for regu Lar army officials to prevent administrative delay in processing usar eur Annex a of Usa eur circular should be when 7th army band Tartu 19 Germany special the 7th army directed by two Lewis Lastort celebrated its anniversary find out if they can be used to carry gently Back to Earth escape capsules from supersonic planes in the air Force also wants to find out if it can use the parachutes to recover missiles and drone planes used in i the chutes involved Are Small first stage w Iii a diameter of 14 to 48 normally would in used with one or More la Trot ground testing the air Forre Able to test Surh chutes Only on the ground they could be sul a Pletl to maximum speeds of Only a special test known the was developed by hip air research and development come at us Wright air develop ment Center in in announcing the forthcoming Chute the command credited Udo Parachute project Engineer at the Wright equipment Labora with conceiving the new missile the Chute will be held at the air missile develop ment Holloman air Force and the air proving ground Eglin air Force no dates were set to feet tests will he conducted at altitudes from to feet and at speeds from 1320 to the actually is a Cluster of three separate each Bear ing a folded after the missile is in the the individual will separate and Fly along a Tui 30 fret the parachutes will be opened by timing mechanisms when the desired height and Speed Are reached cameras in the tall of each rocket will film the effect of the violent winds on the Para during the telemetry de vices will radio to the ground data on temperature and other after the first stage chutes have been each rocket will sprout a Large 12foot Parachute which will lower the Small camera and other recording equipment to the one f105 thunderchief supersonic fighter re another i off High Over Edwards air Force during a training using the buddy one of the supersonic fighters fuel another one without either of them Haiat to slow up for the Force photo Europe worst flying Survey shows Halm unit tackles bad weather by Len Hill staff writer Germany if the weather at Halm air base Here evokes More complaints than com its for a Good reason the base lays claim to the worst flying weather in figures compiled Over a four year period by det 14 of the 3lst weather so show Hahn with an an Nual average of per cent for the minimum visual Landing con this minimum is a ceiling of at least feet and visibility of at least 3 by the highest percentage in the under the same minimum ceiling and visibility conditions is recorded at Pitts thus the worst Europe an flight weather is worse than the worst in the officials Point out Field surrounded in a Triangle by the Nahe and Rhine Hahn sits on the Topmost Point of the Hunsuck Mountain the feet above sea Elevation is the highest of any Landing Field in said capt James one of det 14s fore explained How this Eleva Tion Factor becomes extremely in booming naval might stands Drill smoke from the armament of the heavy Cruiser Des Molnes drifts out Over the Mediterranean sea during a general quarters and firing the Elm won Cruiser has been on m part of the 6th photo portent during the Winter months when fog hits Many parts of sometimes pilots will be unable to land at other bases due to poor visibility caused by he at the same the tog May not have climbed to hahns making the base a vital diversion Point for the Only Safe spot on the continent for turkeys minister of defense opens West German tour Bonn a turkish defense minister Ethem Menderes was received monday by Chancellor Kon Rad Adenauer at the Start of a weeks tour of West German Mili tary the turkish minister was first received at the defense ministry with full military he was accompanied by Germany top sol Gen Adolph chair Man of the German joint chiefs of when he inspected the afterwards Menderes made a Courtesy Call on president during the week Menderes will make a Long tour of German armed forces installations from the naval base on the Baltic at Kiel to the air bases jut the foot of the bavarian he is also expected to go Over a steel Plant and a watch the theme of the visit was close cooperation within nato Between West Germany and for per cent of the ceiling dips below but remains above and ability is less than 3 tilt More than half a during these periods pilots Are Force to make instrument relying on the expert Ness of ground control approach tech at during the remaining per cent of the conditions for below even these Bare minimum and the base is completely Sockri 24hour basis 1 maj John the unit com said his outfit is one of the few of its kind that Bai weather observers and forecaster on 24hour duty always Ca the Alert to give resumes of shifting weather Condi its this information that is w vital in helping Goa guide planes in to and conditions can change in a matter of once a Jet s below sctt on Landing accurate weather briefing is doubly in the Pilot is then practically committed to be Cattett fuel is expended much faster at lower altitudes anal he have enough left to change cd first for another Driver school at Munich Munich special Munich Subareas of duty traffic school designed to reduce traffic accidents and educate newly assigned per opened with 30 up put Usa eur he troops Start religious education program Germany Spe Cial Usa eur he special troops Here Are sponsoring a religious education program for troops stationed in and around the Heidelberg the program was scheduled to open Catholic and protestant classes will be conducted in the Patton Barracks Post Usa eur he special troops and units stationed near Patton Barracks Are eligible to chaplain it col Herman Heidelberg Post has named Cut Edward co of the 519th trans of Spe Cial As Moderator of the protestant Bible study sgt John of the 5th army aviation operating will serve As Active in Bible study work in the and Many for the past 10 Jay is a graduate of the Philadelphia Bible j the protestant group will Hom an organizational meeting at Friday study meetings Art scheduled every Friday at after that j the Catholic educational pro Gram was scheduled to begin 081 tuesday at pm following the weekly Novena new 379thsig by Crest Germany Spe 379th Sig in has a new Crest illustrating the role of signal men in the pen Tomic it was designed by 1st it Rolland battalion v
