European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 197 the stars and stripes Page 5th signal air traffic controllers help German air Force wifi service by Jim Coles i staff writer Germany sits four teen members of the 6th signal Convos 14lh Viallon air traffic control Ato Are broadening their horizons by working Here As controllers assisting the German air Ken senior american air controller for the said six Tower operators and eight ground approach Oca personnel Are being trained Here in Jet control its the first time that at personnel have worked in German he the Airfield at Stuttgart will be shut Down on 1 for upgrading and Tienson most of Stuttgart traffic will be routed we also have a Susareu requirement to support re the americans will be on loan Here until Ull a German at said that during air movements will increase plus the aircraft from Stuttgart were Why the aviation was called in to a Veteran of 12 years in said the major difference in working the jets and helicopters is that things happen much the controllers have one of the most exciting and Lengling jobs an enlisted person can but its not he the people in at Are generally a Cut above some other kinds of there Bright and seek a High degree of Job acts first have to graduate from at school at where they get their Basic Faa then there assigned to a Field and have six months to they have to learn the capabilities and requirements of each Type of aircraft they local procedures and pass a written to get each time a controller changes duty station he has 45 Days to qualify at the new normally wed have 45 Days to qualify but be cause of time Frame with Stuttgart closing and reformer coming we Only have 30 he about half of the controllers Here have taken the written test for local scores averaged 95 per the Tower at Floc terhorst a repair and maintenance facility that Usu ally has few aircraft assigned to nor mall operates on a us workday but will move to 24hour operations for re 5 Pamela from the Fin then i love the atmosphere Here is really t like working with there much faster and you have to be More a Tower said at is really just providing a service to pilots and making the Airport As Safe As Possi one of her Bruce a ground control approach specialist from Al Lingen this is the Best Goa facility Ive Ever worked id like to stay if i its a lot faster than with Small fixed Wing aircraft and chop there i could work one aircraft at a but Here i can handle he said the Job is to take control of the aircraft after it is handed off from the Tower and to bring it in along an elec tonic Glide he said Goa is used mostly in bad first Eric watch supervisor on the afternoon said the americans were working out the echoed by Udo senior at officer for the base who the americans Are coming along very at first they we rent used to the and we also have different equip ment use different procedures and have a different educational system for our Treyve Learned very quickly and will be a real especially since we expect 200 to 300 movements a this will be the first time our base has been involved in a major exercise with nato forces and As far As 1 is the first time German and american acts have worked together on this maj William the myths exec live said that personnel selected for the Leitheim Job were picked for their ability to catch on quickly to a different kind of operation and for their enthusiasm and he added that the detachments Are spread so thin that to have pulled 14 controllers plus maintenance teams that will come during reformer from any one of their detachments would have meant closing that Airfield until the commitment was Schenke owner managed clubs restaurant is 1stop tour of Idar Oberstein by Rick Maze staff writer Germany Sisi if you Are looking for a on Estop Lour of this you might try the Schloss Schenke located just below the famous Rock the which features the War Oberstein speciality of contains a Wax museum showing the history of the has a dance banquet win lasting room and what the owner Calls Good German dance music at owner Ernst also president of the Idar Oberstein hotel and restaurant estimates that More than 000 americans have passed through his restaurant since he became its i iry to give them whal i know they will he and who has managed military hotels and officers knows Kru Stisch appears to be one of those people who easily makes your acquaint Ance the kind of person you would like to talk with about almost the americans who have stopped in his restau rant come Back he Bach year he travels throughout the staying with friends along the when asked of the places hed visited on his last Kru Stisch pulled out a listing cities and phone numbers of people he knows there there Are so Many people to i can never see them All in one photo from Ford his popularity has netted him an Auto graphed photo of a president Ford sent Kru Stisch an autographed photo thanking him for the Fellowship his establishment an enlargement of the memento hangs on the Wall of the along with special awards from Usa eur com Manders and chinese diplomats from Gem of a restaurant the Schloss Schenke restaurant sits just below the famous Rock Church in across the Street from the cites Gem mate message was sent to Kru Stisch As a result of a visit by a sports club from Kru Stisch said the peking which was staying in his had a ban Quet one night in the Hall on the second floor of the he said a army commander of an Aviano unit Al Mainz Rinthen was visiting Black elks express Confidence in Carter Washington a president Carter has received a vote of Confidence and an award from the improved Benevo Lent protective order of the president of the Black fraternal Hobson presented the groups Elijah Lovejoy award to Carter and told him were going to support your we feel youre talking were impressed with your Reynolds and several other leaders of the wearing fizzes and with sparkling medallions hanging from their met with Carter in the Oval we want to express Pur appreciation today for your said when i told the colonel the red chinese were he asked if he could meet a i took the colonel up and introduced him As my Good american they started talking and spent the whole evening drinking and Kru Stisch when the colonel was later assigned Back to the he worked at the Penta gon and happened to mention to a presidential aide about meeting the chinese in my when the president heard about he sent me a message saying it was a Nice the Walls also contain messages from various military commanders thank ing him for what Kru Stisch has done to Aid relations Between the Community and Kru Stisch likes although he admits not As Many visit his restaurant now the americans Are younger these and their tastes in music make it so my accordian playing int what they they eat Here but spend the rest of the night at local they might not visit his but they do see his wine cellar and he the basement museum contains Wax figures portraying scenes of the history of including dungeons a rendition of the legend of the Rock the owner Ernst Kristi sub plays the accordion at us Schloss Schenke dance hotel and