European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 9 ch47s help Bridge Gap for engineers by Bob Wagner Germany a ch4t Chinook lands for an instant and a squad of combat engineers Rush a moment later the helicopter is gone and the troops have secured a tank which is Imp in the movement of Friendly vehicles toward the with a segment of the ditch the squad Leader Calls in Security reinforce ments so the engineers will be free to Breech the reinforcements arrive swiftly in 5ton dump trucks and quickly disperse to defend the the Roar of a second Hook is heard and the men around the ditch Brace them selves for the expected swirl of dust and prop this helicopter is bringing in a Span of m4t6 Bridge to jink the tank a from the Lith aviation Bridge is carefully lowered into with two engineers guiding the with the Bridge safely in the chopper re leases its Load and whirls the Bridge builders of co 547lh engr then Spring into they take end ramps from trucks which have just arrived and attach them la the ends of the eighteen minutes after the first ck47 arrived a vehicle is across the tank ditch and attack this fast method of reducing obstacles was demonstrated in a joint Effort by co 517th engr rom Darmstadt and the 29slh aviation Mth aviation at Coleman army Airfield in the exercise was part o the engineers squad training and testing held in Lorsch West of the two army nulls conducted eight successful including a night according to Richard the training officer of co this is the third time units of the a fifth trained with the ii is interesting training for the troops and teaches them different techniques that could come in Handy in a wartime during the training a demonstration air lift was held for families of the units sol Diers and the engineers set up Static cos Mark Samuelson and Paul the Pilot and Copilot of one of the chinooks we enjoy this Type of it gives us a Chance to practice some of our skills other than the typical Dayto Day we dont gel to do this be cause not Loo Many people know about 4 William training no for co we used the choppers quite extensively during the training and testing after setting up our bivouac area at the Lamper theim training most of the company drove to Coleman bar Racks to be briefed on the we were Ihen flown Back to the training area to Start the squad after the on week training and testing co b was flown Back to Kelley bar in 295th it an migration a citing Hobby is instrumental in finding his vocation achi7 transports a dry Span of hits Bridge during a by Herman byed Reavis staff writer Heidelberg a combat of is a plucky Little instrument of the harpsichord Rainer Schutze builds Cembalo and spin mainly in the classical form an Engineer and was Able to his avocation into his Voca scat Tom Cembalo in Wridt lbs re Sis photo by Jim Arwine i snarled making  As a Hobby when i was a i began Wood carving in a russian prison of War studied architecture in Karlsruhe and later i designed instruments for the Indus try and in 19511 started my own Schultise builds instruments in the Flem in Guinand French the most delicate instrument is the italian its similar to a Large guitar and the is there has been a renewed popularity of the italian instrument in recent Schutow not Only Sells his instruments but also rents them to opera and concert houses and recording a number of professional musicians use instruments built by the Schulz located in a Stone employs live instrument Malters and one it takes about 3i years to learn the Craft and its becoming increasingly difficult to find instrument he the Best sounding instruments Are those built in the antique manner with Metal quills i plus Ken and wooden Schultze but Damp weather warps Wood and the Neial quilts break new York and Tokyo Are very the Damp dry extremes in Germany cause Schollie has designed a Jack and Quill unit from a plastic that has proved so successful in use that he Sells them to instrument makers around the his workshop turns out about 12 instruments a the prices Range from about to and there is about a oneyear wait ing military personnel Are among his customers Ive had several we Here in Cormany have no idea How Many music making groups i isl in the United they Are very and demand the Best of Quality in their asked How the modern instruments compared with the sen there is no they beat us moderns by