European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday May 13,1966mayday Maneu vers thrill Tei 5m Tuiolo try to Emmlit Uwell or. Raf Flag Kcf it. Durold Tomer by Joe Mapother staff writer Berlin thousands of onlookers at the temp thou Central Airport open House watched us inc engine of the Small Trainer mane vering High above them conked out. As planned. Y Over and Over he 145-Tiorscpoivcr engine powering Royal air Force flight la. David Tum i s Chip Munk pull Rcd and died Only to Spring Back to life As the plane looped and dived Ubovic the crowd at the u5. Air Force open House. I do it quite often the briton said my Var of Fanaly of his mayday Maneu vers. He is i flight instructor a r of gatow in the Drilich sector of Berlin an j tic is one of the few practising slant i in Berlin s airs pack. The Chipmunk is the Only plane flown by the Wisl ctr allies in Berlin that will go upside Down Turner said. The americans Haven t got one. The French Haven t got one and there in t anyone that is a big reason Turner has flown stunt demonstrations at the past three temp thou open houses including the inc thai concluded sunday. Turner makes a Point of losing Ait Speed by turning his plane Over. When hat happens he Gravity fuel feed to the engine cuu out and the Chipmunk becomes a glider twisting earthward the propeller continues to spin which allows Turner to Cut the engine Back on somewhat like letting the clutch out in a moving automobile and kicking a stalled motor Back to lire. Even if in Dida l restart Turner said there no better place to do these things than Over an Airfield be cause if the engine quits you just Glide Down to Roe that s real flying.". Bat he plane designed by do have and aircraft of Canada ltd., is not viewed As a trickster s Ley by Ibe Royal air Force Turner said. A though approaching its 40th birthday the Chip Munk is in regular use to train pilots who come to the Raf without any flying experience he said. Subjected to a 60-hour course under the Tutelage of fliers like Turner the Novice pilots graduate to a Jet Trainer if they graduate at All he said potential pilots Are Given the same sort of psychological and coordination tests that american trainees gel Turner said. But there s no substitute for actually getting a Guy s backside up in the air.". _ a Berlin the Chipmunk is used for patrols win in Wal americana refer Loas he ring Allied air space that includes West Berlin but also extends to most of East Berlin and pans of East Germany. The . Army aviation Del in Berlin in cups a pair of Swiss built uv-20 planes for the same Mission. It s a sort of showing the Flag exercise Turner said about the flights fanning out from the Alfred of cried Ber Lin air traffic control Center. Military Roundup statue unveiled in London honors yank pilots in Raf London upi5 prime minister Margaret Thatcher praising a. Defense of Freedom monday unveiled 9 statue to the american Eagle squadrons of . Pilot who helped fight nazi Germany before the United state entered world War and us. Ambassador to Britain Charles h. Price spoke at ceremonies in London s Grosvenor Square where the Tew Eagle topped memorial was erected. The Square lies in front of the . country whose cause they adapted salutes and Honor them Thatcher told a gathering of dignitaries an former members of the american Eagle squadrons. In the months after the Retreat from Dunkirk 244 american Pilott made their Way to England to join the Royal air Force and fight the nazi Luftwaffe. Eighty of them were killed and after America entered the War the were re donned into a . Air Force unit. Thatcher said the 344 airmen were the Vanguard of american military personnel who fought for Freedom which America Slid defends a sparingly she stressed the importance of the current . Contribution to european defense. Price said Mijc american Eagle squadrons demonstrated he True nature of the special relationship Between the United states and Britain. . Military vehicle Fleet based on out of Date designs Janes says London up the . Military must put Uphill vehicles based on decade old Gas guzzler designs while soviet forces make Slaw Bat steady Progress in modernizing their ground equipment fleets Janes publishing Jane s 1986 military vehicles and ground support equipment Book raid the american problem in largely due to the sheer size of the . Military vehicle Fleet the worlds largest. Writing in the Book s foreword editor Christopher worm today kenyan girl 6, wins award for saving Mother from Crocodile Nairobi. Kenya a a 6-year-old girl who save her Mother from the jaws of a Crocodile has won an award for her Quick thinking and news Agency said Fatuma Dhadha was the youngest recipient of the boots action girl and her Knotner Esha do idea were getting water last month from a River near heir Home on the Indian Ocean Island of Lamia when a Crocodile grabbed the woman s Arm the Agency threw a can at the Crocodile and it lunged after the can freeing her Mother. Foss and Terry Gander said the International military vehicle markets Are dominated by two giants the United slates and the soviet the Progress in vehicle design and production has been steady and unspectacular in the soviet Union the past years Nave seen Only uncertainty Ami a certain Atno Tuit of confusion in the United i id Ibe the a of the us. Fleet has to be supplied by a process of mass production which by its very nature imposes standardization of end products. This has led to the Point where Ibe United stale procurement agencies have found it easier to keep or Dering More and More of the tame products to replace worn out material or retain listing fleets in service Well past their economic replacement the size of Ibe eventual replacement problem becomes larger As the years it said the Book said the beat troops could not function without proper logistical support hinged on glance around Moat american military vehicle com pounds reveals some Clde ily equip mint not Only in age but in design terms. Many american military vehicles Are the result of designs drawn up Many decades ago and heir technology eos been overtaken u an appreciable degree Many Are Gat guzzlers with an uneconomic Power to payload ratio thai has been far outstripped by More Modem designs and yet. Until recently the Only recourse that planners bad to band was to order Mare of the game when their vehicles became worn out the report Aid. Aaa. Gen. Kenneth l. Lewi will head 21st support come Kaiserslautern maj Oen. Kenneth l. Lew will become commander of the 21st support come on july n. -.,. Lewi succeeds it. Gen. John d. Bruen who has Hel the Post since aug. 7,1983, the command said. Bruen will retire aug. 31 after 38 years of service. Lewi who has been selected for promotion to lieutenant general currently commands the 0,3. Army troop sap port come in St. Louis. He was Deputy commander of the21st support come from january 1980 to june 1981. Safe woman picked 1 of 12 airmen of year for 1986 Washington a Usab woman has been selected As one of the air Force s 12 outstanding airmen of the year for 1986, tech sgt. Rosemary t. Johnston is non commissioned officer in charge of Supply procedures with lie 39lh sup ply so at in Eirik a Turkey selection was based on Job performance or leadership qualities self improvement demonstrated ability to positively represent the air Force and government or civilian awards. The other winners were , Richard e. Toczek Clark a Philippines staff so. Marye Lleti m. Ham mock Hickam fab Hawaii staff sgt. Roy e. Merrill Hill fab Utah tech sgt Charles r. Grow jr., Lang ii Lin fab. Texas tech sgt. Ramona pc longer beara air Force District of Washington . Also master sgt. Earl d. Anderson Carswell fab Texas master sgt. Ronnie w. Baker hike fab Ariz master sgt. Richard d. Foster Elmendorf fab Alaska senior master sgt. Timothy l. Gomez air Force representative for Lockheed Georgia co Marietta. A. Senior master sgt Michael i. Lamps Pope fab . Senior master sgt. Mcneir b. Webb Clark a Philippines. Turkish pilots join . Forces for exercise Distant Hammer. Eskisehir Turkey pilots from the turkish air Force us. Reserve and the aircraft Carrier am Trica Are shooting it out in nato exercise Distant Hammer 86. _ the exercise is one phase of an annual series to improve joint operations in defense of nato s Southern the operation includes air and sea operations i Italy and maritime activities in the \ " pc Mesk ssh f if bases in Central Turkey. These pilots along with us. Naval pilots from the America Are waging dogfights and attacking turkish bases Sod Ibe America. They also Are practising bombing and gunnery & 3rd tactical fighter so from Lirine tort cry built air cup by by to i swim Isth from no it Tom
