European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday february 12,1986 Arrow air tiles for pro Fec on from creditors �. To if  v he a Iulai. Miami up1 Arrow air rocked by a plan crash Hal killed 248 military personnel and the subsequent decision by the air Force to suspend its contract filed for Protection from its creditors tuesday in . Bankruptcy  firm listed total assets of $14,625,539 and liabilities of $31,845,833 As of dec. 31, according to the chapter 11. Title 11 filing by executive vice president Harry m.  air has been under increasing scrutiny since the december plane crash that killed 248 military personnel who were in route Home from duty in the Sinai. The air Force decided last week to suspend its con tract with Arrow air under which the Carrier ferried military personnel. Arrow air depended heavily on Mili tary contracts. In its court filing Arrow air listed three people who own 20 percent or More of the firm s voting securities George f. Batchelor George e. Batchelor and Jonatha Mcandrews Batchelor. Arrow air listed nearly 500 creditors the largest of which is american marketing Complex of new York to whom Arrow air owes $460,141. Other creditors include Ogden while in Washington the air Rocc. It four More Arrow air Erter  to carry Navy passengers Between the Philippines and the inoian0nTtencrof Diego Garcia until an investigation of in to. A of Diego Garcia the airline is concluded. The Miami based Carrier flies the tract to ferry Navy passengers Between Clark a in he Philippines to Diego Garcia. Of the total. $7.6i Milbon was awarded Jan. 31 by the air Force run military the Amu command acting on a Navy request extended the contract Jan. 31 to cover the remainder of this fiscal year which ends sept. 30 before Canadia investigators determined the cause of the fiery crash of the dc-8 on Takeoff from Gander  Fondland. On feb. 4, rep. Guy Molinari r-n.y., protested the Extension of the contract. The Faa began an invest let lion into Arrow air use of foreign made parts Utt week prompting the air Force to cancel the night., beginning saturday. Ten nights have been cancelled including the four tuesday. 1w, the airline s use of foreign parts for its u5.-Bnfltjetliners has raised safety questions. Arrow air has stir such parts Are certified As Safe. J Arrow air was scheduled to Fly dc-8t from Markab wednesday and Friday and from Diego Garcia thursday and saturday an air Force spokesman air Force transports will replace them he said As a precautionary measure the air Forcer Rily curtailed All Arrow air operations cargo until the full ramifications of the fore parts Issue Are understood and resolved the said. In addition Arrow air has a contract to Fly personnel from Norfolk va., to Iceland via pm Tad. On an As needed basis he said. One of those flights cancelled Over the weekend the spokesman Laid. Sales of backyard satellite dishes slump ii Washington a the Sibil lion a year Home satellite Antenna business is in a  disagree about reasons for the sales slump in the backyard dishes that peo ple use to pull in television signals directly from satellites vans Stevenson editor of Home satellite newsletter says dealers who sold 40,000dishes last january will be hard pressed to report half that figure this year. He said he based his estimate on interviews with manufacturers and  600,000 dishes were sold in 1985. Joe Boyle head of Public relations for space the Industry group representing manufacturers and installers thinks the business downturn is temporary brought on by confusion among potential buyers who think the scrambling of some television Sig nals will make the backyard  useless. Once some of this bad information dissipates we re going to see some of the sales come Back up he  Tuttle spokesman for the National Cable television association said the Nar Ket May be saturated with most people who want a dish having , Zenith one of the nation s largest makers of electronic equipment jus got into the business producing dishes that sell for $1,500 to $2,500, plus , another Industry giant also expects to become a major participant in the  merchandisers Tike radio Shack also Are getting into the business which started out with mostly mom and pop  Box office was the first Cable Channel to scramble its signals to keep Earth station owners from watching for free the programs Cable subscribers have to Payfor. So tar it is the Only one scrambling 24 hours a  Herrlinger an Hob publicist said 1,700 dish owners have subscribed to the network using decoders in the three weeks since full time scrambling began. We revery pleased with business to Date she , there Are predictions that sales of the dishes will Stop especially if the decoders which sell for $400, Are difficult to buy or if the programming companies charge Loo much Fordest Rambing rights. Hob charges $12.95 a month close to what Cable customers pay. Newsletter editor Stevenson thinks con Sumers May be waiting until the Price of the decoder comes Down or until the electronic companies put them in the dish. Potential buyers of Home satellite sys tems Are apparently confused and think that no programs will be available said Rusty Galbreath director of marketing for  is the Hickory n.c., company that developed the video cipher scram bling equipment that has become the Indus try Standard. It plans to build 200,000 of the units in 1986 for Sale to dish owners. The units Are being cold mostly through Cable companies and dish installers. Nineteen of the most popular satellite delivered television services have agreed to use the video cipher system. Among themare Hob cinemas Chi Cable news network and can headline service Usa can and the Disney Channel. Once the Box is installed the program Mer authorizes it to de scramble its pro Grams by sending it a signal via satellite. Ifa consumer does t pay the monthly Bill another satellite signal will a a com denes tinkerers to ends code saying in it literature that i of de scrambler must. Match 72,057,590.000,000,000 possible key dilutions by trial and error an a Cally impossible  unless other programming service a different scrambling system Earth station owner will be Able to i1all coded signals with one desc the commercial television Abc Abc and lbs also May u. Their transmissions to local telex Talon Lions but they have no plans to aul de scrambling. Rural residents who far from local television stations to to Good signals sometimes most pack up work programming via satellite. Dish manufacturers have asked i.,to prevent the broadcasters from bling their signals and legislation Huc promised to regulate the fees Cable  charge for desc Rem i i takings on the proposals Are i March 6.  Dies actor Brian act Roe who portrayed a Busy British gentleman opposite leading ladles such As Marten Dietrich Katharine Hepburn and Belle dates has died at 83, it was announced tuesday to Venice Fla. Atone who went to new York from Britain in 1931 to play on the Broadway stage turned to a film career two years later and continual to Star id movies until i9t. Army inspecting observation Copen by Norman Blackam Lutary writer Washington the army has begun inspecting most of its aging oh-58 and oho observation helicopters after discovering that a plastic lining that sur rounds the engine compressors is deteriorating faster than expected Mai. Phil Soucy an army spokesman said tuesday the directive amounted to in accelerated maintenance  he said i affected Between 1,600 and 1,700 Helicon  the compressor lining broke up while the helicopter was flying the engine could ingest the pieces and fail Soucy said. He added however that there have been no accidents attributed to the problem Soucy said the directive was sent to army units on dec. 26, and More than 40 percent of the helicopters inspected since then had shown signs of deteriorating liners. Because of the problem about 470 of the oh-s8s and Ohos inspected to Date have been placed in ground running stat us meaning they Are considered Safe enough to Fly in the event of a War or emergency but otherwise Are not to be flown until the compressor liners Are re placed Soucy said. The maintenance directive is aimed a about 350 oh-6 copters and about 1,250 of the army s 1,700 oh-58s that use the same Type engine he said. The Small lightweight helicopters longer being purchased by the army r service and National guard 1 sued responsibility for their work. The oh-6 was made by copter which is no apart of the 1T. Douglas corp., and the oh-58 . The engines for the copters by the Allison Gas Turbine i general motors corp. According to Soucy. The deft,261tenance directive was prompted by w covery of deteriorating line Ron a58 operated by the National Qew service suspects the problem caused by simple aging he said. -. Til people express slashing air fares to 100 Cibij Denver Colo. Up1 people express inc., the Parent firm of people express airlines and Frontier airlines is Cut Ting fares to 100 cities in the United states by As much As 60 percent. Also beginning March 15, Frontier will charge separately for checked baggage food and beverage service As people express does. Frontier president Larry Martin said monday. Under the Price reductions Frontier air lines will offer a new discount air fare from Denver of $19 to Colorado Springs $29 to Albuquerque Casper grand Junction Wyo and Salt Lake City and. N$30 to Dallas us vegas Phoenix tucson.i.1 Wichita Omaha Tulsa and 17 other cities. Martin said fares to los Angeles Boise a no a. A. Ansi to in ind 11 other cities have bundled service package Best value in air travel by allowing ers to select and pay for Only Hethey need he said. The changes will make Frontier Aderin the Western us Martini a Intel 1 be the dominant Carrier in the Denver Market he said. This in j Jet service i. _.,_., the company a in the Spring. The Price other reduced from $99 to $69.people quire Frontier nov. 22,1985