European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday August 31, the stars and stripes Page 9 wings against the sky Al left a single engine plane makes a spot Landing during a Fly in Al Parma Sens Zweibruck a Airport. At right a aircraft Waits Iii turn As another plane climbs into the sky Al the German american event which was co sponsored by the ramble in and Plum Sens we Brucken Aero clubs. . Pilot team wins Fly in Story and photos by James . Germany a German Pilot and an american student flier have flown a japanese air plane to Vic tory in a German american Fly in at Pir Masens we Brucken Airport. The total performance trophy went Toemon Loch a German and Keith Colbath. An american. Club members provided a rated Pilot win More than 100 hours flying time and were encouraged to name a student As co Pilot. When Loch a member of the hosting German club arrived on Short notice and needed a co Pilot he teamed with Colbath an air Force aircraft Mechanic with the 608th military Airlift so at Ramstein and Asl Dent Pilot with the Ramstein Aero club. That enabled Loch to enter his plane an gave Colbath Welcome flight Lime. Ii also gave the Fly in something which was planned a German american entry. The Fly in co sponsored by the ram Stein and Pir Masens we Brucken Aero clubs originated As an offshoot of similar events popular with air clubs in the Stales. American and German clubs were invite to a Day of Competition aug. 19 in spot landings precision Cross country flying and target bombing with single engine Strong crosswinds on the Hilltop runway complicated the first contest a Power off spot Landing. Of eight learns Only one Jim Hinson and Larry Williams in a ram Stein club Cessna performed the Feal without adding Power or touching Down Short of the spot. Realizing How Lough the event had been Hinson waived his first place finish and permitted a Rule Modifica Tion to allow powered landings. The contest was reflow and won by Cessna acrobat piloted by Bill Oleo to. An any helicopter Highl Engineer and Jay Stotzky a civilian language both belong to the Hillesheim Aero club. Second was the German Ameri can entry in their Fuji Fa-200 Aero . Who attends the air Force no Academy at Kapaun air station and Only recently regained flight status after a two year Lay off was awarded a special did t anticipate the need for extra trophies said Saundra Stienmier Man Ager of the Ramstein club and one of the event s organizers. To nobody s disappointment the Day ended four trophies precision flying event which gave each team a set of coordinates to be plotted during the lunch break and required the Crew to compute an estimated flight time for a triangular course was won by Cochand Colbath. They calculated that flying past the army heliport at Pir Masens spot tag a yellow mat taped to the roof of a Caf near Karlsruhe and a similarly marked car just outside bad Durkheim and resuming to the helipad would take 55minutes. They did it in 56 i have never flown this Type of contest said the German american Tea Pilot. Keith was an excellent navigator and we were Lucky enough to spot the marked cars on the i isl second place went to Fritz Wilms. Pir Masens we Brucken club coming in 90 seconds Over his estimate. In the final contest each team made two passes 100-Fect above a grass Circle just off the runway and dropped a one Pound sack of hour toward its Center. This time. Hinson and Williams easily took first with a burst of flour five feet from Center. Second place winners were be hard Maurer and Engel Horst of Theopi Masens we Brucken club who used a Handicap Given planes with Bottom mounted wings to hit 32 feet from the target. Is a. I Ami still it blur in Toug Rieter Lor Oilau support coma in Pope chefs earthly with cardinals churchmen asked to join in show of Unity Vatican City up laughing an speaking simply and directly. Pope John Paul i called on cardinals and Bishop wednesday to join him in giving a show of Unity to the their first formal audience with the Pope they elected the College of cardinals frequently chuckled As Well As John Paul virtually throw away his official text an talked in easy going Man to Man terms. Which he admitted he knew Little. The Jio Tiff said he regretted not Bei Gable to return to Small scale pastoral always have had Small dioceses he if Vittorio Veneto was Small then Able to do this work any More but the Pope said however that cardinals and Bishops should not think Only of their own diocese they should try to think How they can help other dioceses even Rome it Pope referred to himself As i and me rather than the regal we and us used by his predecessors
