European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Plane watchers at works a photos by Guenter Schuettner Germany biggest air How it staged daily in nearly every kind of weather. You can lie Moil of ii without paying a cent Loo. La i the zooming roaring spectacle that it Frank Furt International Airport a 2,470-acre area that include Rhine main air Bale As Welt As the Busy commercial facilities. Secret watch the show from alongside Iho Frankfurt Heidelberg autobahn and hundreds More crowd around the terminal on weekends. The cast includes the 400 planes from 42 airlines which land there every Day. Add to this the charter planet and military aircraft that use the Field and you begin to gel a picture of the scope of the operation. Busy Well about 3.5 million passengers a year Eulva. Lent to the population of Chicago land or take off there in the count of a year. Rubbe necking not All there it to do either. You can tour around in a Toonen Lle trolley with a guide to Point out the sights visit the Model House " or take a flight Over Frankfurt $3.75 for adult $2.50 for children for 15 minutes. The Model House contains a graphic replica of Frankfurt and the Airport Points of in Terest Light up at the flick of a twitch. There s a control lower too and from it Model planet Are made to land take off and Fly holding patterns until traffic clean. For hib alone a trip to Frankfurt International Airport it Worth while. Other diversions in the terminal include a theater where you can View a realistic him on what la t like to Fly in a German fighter at Well at the usual lounge and restaurant facilities. Administered by the City of Frankfurt stale of hem and the German Federal government the air port employs 3,000 persons la t Busy now but officials think passengers will double in five years. Odice Mcoaniel Page 12 the stars and stripes