European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes tuesday december 17, 1985 a Plant Tuandt Taffy protected from Bird by a Falcon. Falcons patrol Paris Airport by Greg Macarthur associated press in their efforts to keep Birds from flying into planes Otic oils Al Palis Charles de Gaull Airport in suburban Flossy have Cul and sprayed the grass set Oft explosives covered up Marshland broadcast cries of Bird distress and used shotguns. Now they Are attacking a modern safety problem with a spor at least 25 centuries old. They have hired a Falconer to Chase away Birds that cause millions of dollars o damage a year delaying flights and sometimes provoking accidents when they slam into air planes. The Falconer is Patrick Paillet. 40, an advertising an director by Trade with a passion Lor Hunting Wilh Birds of prey it s really the purest Tom of Hunting he said. You re using nature against nature an animal to kill another  Paillet who ii taking a rest from his advertising Job and two assistants patrol 8.650 acres around the Airport in four wheel drive cats accompanied by three or four Falcons or Hawks. Wearing hip High rubber boots a camouflage jacket and a massive leather Glove Paillet on a recent Day trudged through Bone chilling winds with a 4-year-old Falcon named kid. Through binoculars he spotted a flock of pigeons circling Between fhe two main runways. He removed kid s Hood and released him As a jumbo Jel landed about 300 Yards away. The to icon circled Lor several minutes Flushing hundreds of sparrows and crows Belore diving for a Pigeon breaking its Back with his powerful talons. The Hawks Are used for Low level attacks while the Falcons. Which can hit speeds of 175 Mph search for prey at higher altitudes. The Birds Are trained not to oat what they catch and Are rewarded for a kill with a Small morsel that keeps them hungry enough to Hunt again. Falconry has been used at various airports around the world with various degrees of Success for about 35 years. The French tried a Pilot program at the Toulouse Airport in 1983 and were Happy enough with the results to budget 600.000 francs $75,000 to try it out for a year at the Charles de Gaulle Airport the country s second busiest Airport. The Airport 15 Miles North of Paris averages about 14 million passengers a Yeai. Paris orly Airport moves about 17 million passengers a year. Airport officials say that in 1980 midair collisions Between Birds and planes usually during the critical Takeoff and Landing phases Cost France s Domestic passenger airline air inter. 9.1 million francs $1.1 million in damages and lost Lime. Traditional methods using various noises to scare Birds away reduced that to 3.1 million francs $390.000 in 1984, but officials Hope falconry can Cut that figure in half. The idea is to scare the Birds away on a daily basis the number of kills Are Lew. But fearful flocks slay away for a while. Yuho 10u zonk i today s crossword by  conk  across 1 hat part game 5 age cannot Wither 8 aral Garlom iils 12 Hake i to e make13 had a snack 14 inroad topped Hill 15 Kelt of comics 16 the hlble18 King of 40 Forte i hliin143 polite greeting 47 favourable so ten 49 i Lair 2 newspaper Section abbr. 3car4 Parish officer5 horrible comic hero 0  Sci Oil 55 Prophet Down 1 actor 20  Morris 21 Iris sea god 22 come i first 23 Tendon 26 removed from flu 30 1-arge big re 31 suitable.32 Jackie s 2ml33 Apple variety 36 pith helmet 38 cover 39 chinese 50 heraldic bearing 51 a chorus 7 Vintage car line Sone Vii number Pierit in 52 Ity in pigment Sicily 9 favor s31 Ole and 10 Andy s Turner partner 54 Wager 11 hire wine 17 leak slowly 19 european Gull e v i dark a l e Eben there Oom Flolo to ans. To yesterday s Puzzle 21 Damp 23.slitch24 old Jerma measure 25 Convent Dweller 26 party mix 27 weaken 28 fief re 29 mint tool 31 popular craze 34 ignores 35 murage Structure 36 philippine peasant37 u is and lots 39 French Painter laude 40 athletic contest 41  s loll 42 electrical i mill43 heredity Factor. Rank Herbert opus 45 British Queen 46 my favor Ite " 48 unruly crowd 12-17 Hubert chri5tma5 ponu9-/.etme put it to xxi a Lovee to president of the Over any will to nicely "