European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 28 the stars Anin 5tdlr Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday August 25, 1978 Pilot challenges Polar flight claim a helluva Good Job but no recon by James Cuchara Christiansted . Virgin islands up1 capt. Charles Blair says Agerman Pilot who last week claimed the first Solo crossing of the North pole in single engine aircraft did a helluva Good but missed setting a record by 27years. Blair a Pioneer aviator who now runs seaplane line in the Virgin islands and. Is married to actress Maureen o Hara said he performed the feat himself on May 29, 1951, in a 10-hour and 27-minute trip Krombar Zerfoss Norway to Fairbanks Alaska. Last week Dieter Schmitt of West Ger Many was received like a hero in Munich after he had flown in from Anchorage in a Beechraft Bonanza and claimed to the first Man to have made the Polar crossing in a single engine , now president of Antilles air boats said in an interview in his offices on the Island of St. Crox wednesday that he read of the claim by Schmitt but bears Noil will against the German. The Guy did a helluva Good Job Blair said. It was an excellent flight. I just thought somebody was misinformed. Height be embarrassed when confronted with the , a retired air Force brigadier Gen eral and a former senior Pilot with pan american said his own 1951 achievement is documented by a Harmon trophy he received from president Truman for his Aerial feat and his plane a military p-51 Mustang named speedy fighter is Nowin the air and space museum in washing said he flew the distance of 3,350 Miles Between Norway and Alaska at a Altitude of 25,000 feet and an average Speed of 325 Mph with the Aid of a Sun compas because magnetic compasses Are useless near the North also carried three different wrist watches to be sure of the Correct time and his cargo consisted of 300 letters stamped for the Damon Runyon cancer the most important letter he carried was a missive from his son. Chris addressed to the old Man of to Santa Claus with no wishes. He dropped it . Blair has since Arctic for the Neo Grumman geese a called Fly sch the us. An puerto Rico. Blair recently airboat with a in Australia and is o Aton . Routes in october lands they Call names of 8 Ameria listed As Vietnam released by Delegal to Chi Minh City. Vietnam up a congressional delegation scouting a new vietnamese american relationship arrived where the old ties ended and released the names of eight americans lost in the Vietnam War. Rep . Sonny Montgomery d-miss., and his seven colleagues came to to Chi Minn City wednesday aboard a soviet built Tu-134 Jet transport loaned by pre Mier Phan Van delegation was the first official . Mission to visit what once was Saigon since the South vietnamese capital fell to communist troops in 1975. Were Chi Minh City a makers South Vietnam the state once championed America but lost to Hanoi s troops in a decade that took about 55,000 american the delegation also worked with their 5 -135s to join capability test at . Base begin Coo won lose so to gun still has Safe majority Jerusalem a prime minister Menachem begin s coalition has Tost six to eight of its supporters in the Knesset is Rael s parliament but that leaves begin a Safe comfortable majority of 20 to 24 votes instead of 36. Six or eight dovish members of the democratic movement for change the Junior partner of begin s conservative Uku bloc withdrew their support from the government on wednesday because of begin refusal to make More territorial conces Sions to dec had 15 seats in the Knesset the defection of eight members will leave the government with 70 of the 120 seats. " begin s not sorry to see them go said one of his associates. Exactly How Many dec members will join the revolt will not be known until later. and should be a effigy urae Terril by the Sfa Vad inned session last Vai vote Over procedure into to a routine Fence. He lost by tw7vot of o mra training crw to Nice Pean theater. Euro vietnamese hosts Ponican servicemen still i congressmen i eight . Servic Emenas missing in action in i and whose remains the has now returned. The lawmakers i fictions roust begin be conducted in Hawal the remains of 11over but three were fied by the Given also were All the re coming from norths men named were i air Force capt. 08presumed killed province. Air Force it col. I dec 18,1972. Vine Pimp air Force dec. 18.1b7j, Vina air Force capt 1 Maylo,1972,Tuyen air Force capt sept. 11,1967, Quinn air Force mall april 23, Utt a pm of Navy it. Cmdr mayl8,lw8, Navy . Nov.2,1967.hanoifthe congressmen ref to Chi Minn City for 1ue their search for missing in action Mains of the 11 them to Clark air Ien route Home scheduled to return t�1 Schmidt Wilh Bonn up Schmidt will visit j pore oct u-14,thursday. Temp i no o Attu a n Bikman a n too n m ,.c. A Russ i n Tuoi is n it nor of u n a 14 u ii Jekw Muht
