European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Stripes Magazine by Mark staff writer f recast Snow fur Berlin As ions is i he weather is cold enough and Berlin skiers Chin Hank two handsome in unit americans and their nut some Dainty Little device that shaves up a Block of but a contraption that makes Snow like Mother enough to cover a whole fever Yong thinks Berlin is Flat As a Sild Robert an he puffed up the sleep but when we saw this to thought it Wai tie devils Hill in the vast Grunewald is an oddity in Flat ils n huge Mound of rubble the City hauled there after world War covered with Earth and now giving Many a Birch and Pine tree a Start in at the lop is an american radar which the City would like to replace one peaceful Day with a panoramic a stretch remained Clear on one Side of the and when ii snowed Berlin skiers had a place to the main trouble was ii didst Snow too dependably As far us serious skiers were Mackay and his partner in ski John her Ming just happen to be skiers and they happened to know of a Way to make snowfall a sure thing a manufactured with one in the temperature slays in the Mckay and Exair Force and army a spec met in Switzerland while work in k and later moved on to Mumn to open Hie first automated tenpin Bowlins lanes in when the Munich Enterprise was a some they looked Lor another Green pasture ended up in Berlin where last january they opened the Cibij bowline at a 24houruday alter coming i conclusion thut Ujj 1 million berliners might appreciate a Gem ski area right in their own Back Mackay and Ellerin Enghaus went to qty where Thoy got involved n nine months of pleas and paper one Day last 25000 berliners drove out to ski and see the first machine made Snow to cover the the ski the cold Wease came to an end shortly there so thin year will be the first real test of the this partners have arranged for a ski school and already have a Poma Low installed and Are awaiting the arrival of a rope and have erected a Liming for night so lineup to 10 d m or weather new Snow will be Laid on the also new this year is a beginners which the two amort cans had to sweat out with i the foresters since a number of much loved much valued German Trees had to order Force has taken notice and is Selling up u ski school of its the first classes began Early this according la 1st Arthur personnel services officer with the i 7350th support so at templehof classes will be limited to about h students who will be shepherded by a3c Richard Jones Ond any other Good skiers we can come up interested americans from any Branch january 1965 two americans pulled berlins biggest Snow Fob to give the cily this ski on the ten Snow guns like one left can Lay Down enough Snow for skiing in iwo nights of of service can sign up at the sky rider service club for the 79 classes on tuesdays and or the 24 sessions on there will be u charge of 1 Murk it student per Mckay and were a Little concerned last february when they discovered that energetic berliners chose to walk up the ski slope instead of using the a chief source of in come from the we went Back to the and we cant make free Snow and then have nobody using the thai the ski slope was a much desired thing for said with a there giving us Marks 000 this year to help make that added to the profits from Tho tows and the restaurant and ski school May prove How worthwhile the expensive project will be tills the a Cauich will just at Hie Lio Liim of the run is the guts of Hie Snow operation two huge compressors thut had to be brought in from West in Many Berlin Hud none a Generator there is no ally electricity available lust the water pump from City drinking water lines and the Start of two pipe lines that run All the Way to the lop of the its simply the properly adjusted mixture of air and cold Tymie Rathe that make the along the pipeline at regular intervals 10 guns attached to Long rubber hoses which allow employees to walk out Over the slope and Spray Snow the stars and stripes wherever it takes about iwo nights of work to put Down an 18 centimetre deep Snow by changing we can even regulate the amount of Snow we get More if i to temperatures arc Good and explained we can also get different putting Down a we Snow base and lopping it with Good powder awaited is the arrival of a Snow which will pull a Slat drum Over the slopes to pack the when All is finally ready to mostly the the two businessmen skiers expect wit begin taking to the slopes in berliners Arent inc Type of people who sit around talking about doing something Urey go out and do and we think Thall go for Mckay said u
