European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ss.5 Pho lot by Lynn Langfield Gran with a whistling Ireum. Poisl Hesham. Poised floss out on inc Alert p .1 a swing around head for Imse him and Park us the ground crewman Cros ses Lii arms. Again the hot dry air pours in As the trucks swirl a nut Wall ing for your cargo. No tourist sights Here adapt is just far enough away from everything to make anything other than watching bal y dancer. Impractical. The Early even ing shadows arc a Little cooler now but not much and you re looking Forward to the air conditioning. Night alls and a hurried Slcak at the club where people look Cool and comfy in sport clothes and Sumnick dresses and where you feel out of place in your sweat stained flight suit. But a Nightcap and to bed. The nor conditioner making whirling Crsp Lulion Hulting no i Teg somehow the sheets arc twisted and wrinkled however and the sweat won Slop. The Bright morning Sun floods the Rimini no air have you been in a Ythi with an adequate curl am and Yini in wide awake. Then in i a plane cargo Nurki is have it packed Ami nervous passengers Are dwarfed by boxes and crates mail sink find movie films. Wind pm up. And head for is Kischer air base Nurl West and Arioul three hours flying time. It s inc Home leg new and Lime seems to pass More quickly. Down quickly and off to inc cargo area everything out Anklet s get cranking for Kur Mursel. Well get in and out of there in a hurry. But not really. At Kura Ursol. A giant flatbed truck with four massive pallets of cargo is waiting. The c130 s cargo door won t open it All has to be unloaded and res lacked inside inc plane. Two airmen working since Midnight the night before gelling inc cargo pallet Zed arc near tears but they Pilch Iii. Bumpy boiling 20 Kilometres to the base and another meal in flying suit dirty sweaty uncomfortable. Back to the plane harsh lights show the last of the crates disappearing into the door. A i ii Fin has been added. An airman died if a heart attack and his bral must Kii Lii Mic in it is. It Mlih 11 grim tiny Liin the flight til Istanbul. By now it s late Lizul the i to is due in Athens i a Quick util Nadini of passengers passport formalities some on some off and  again destination Greece. A Roll in Upple Moon is gleaming new Over the wingtip As you Cross the Aegean Sou. Fishing boats arc Lin dots of Light below and then Athens gleams and glitters. You Feather  Sill Nutly and taxi to the lower. It s Midnight and you Clear i then head for a hotel. The morning is a Bright gift from the Mulcro people and your hands Are Quick and deft As you head the Bir northward Over Greece and inc Adri Atic up Italy hello Naples and into France. Up past Lyons the Rhone. Ii Jon and then chateau Roux then  touch Down you know where to go you re Home. You fill out the re ports Check in at Ops. It s a Lovely  s Over another 8.000 Miles and you did t really go anywhere. R malfunction Kepi rear door from opining. Copilot it Lia William j. . Pai Cengeri enjoy their Only la Ory a paper cup of hot Coffee on flight. 24, 1964 servicemen Woi to Boord the Mats plane handing in Hij Rhode of the loll out of the Etc Ilij turkish Tuni Hine. The stars and ?s po9. 13