European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday july 17.198$ voyager duo claims 4 world records after flying More than 11,000 m/7es Mojave Calif. Up tired and dehydrated Aman and a woman piloting a plane that resembles a spindly toy glider touched Down in the desert tuesday after provisionally setting four records by flying More than 11,000 Miles Over five Days without refuelling. Dick Rutan and Jeana Jacger spent 111 hours and44 minutes aloft in the experimental plane called Voy Ager. They were preparing for a planned 12-Day at tempt to Fly 25.000 Miles around the Globe without refuelling beginning sept. 14. They had flown 11,857 Miles in Lazy loops Ove California inn there was still enough fuel remaining in the More than a dozen tanks built into the Al million Craft for a Jaunt to new York. After three Days 1 fell like i d been in there All my life. It was like a cocoon said Rutan. I feel kind of worn Down Yeager said. It was kind of fatiguing being cramped up so Long. A few minutes later she grabbed the podium to Slop herself from falling and had to be helped loan office at Mojave Airport so she could rest. Or. George Zullia who examined the pilots said they had suffered Only a Lilue drop in blood pressure and a Tittle  Rutan and Yeager claimed four International re cords distance flown Over a closed course without re fueling distance covered Over a closed course in a Piston engine plane distance covered by a plane in that weight class and time spent in the air without refuelling. The old record for time aloft 84 hours 2 minutes was set in 1931 in Jacksonville fla., by two me flying a 225-Horsepowcr Packard diesel aircraft. The previous distance record of 11,336.92 Miles flown on a closed course without refuelling was set in 1962 by an air Force 52 Jet bomber. Voyager s provisional record distance was 11,600.9 Miles although it actually flew 11.857 Miles including final Engi Neering checks and Lime pc Rel waiting for Dawn. Voyager touched Down under puffy Gray Clouds at6 36 . At Mojave Airport after lying 20 laps be tween san Luis Obispo in Central California and Stew Art s Point near san Francisco. It was the voyager s second attempt at the test flight. U had taken off july 9 but had to land at Van Denberg fab after seven hours and 500 Miles so that malfunctioning rear propeller could be fined. The re Cord breaking attempt resumed thursday. Wedged into the tiny Cabin Rulan and Yeager no relation to lest Pilot Chuck Yeager took turns Hying and resting curled up in a rear Section of the Cabin which is Only about 4 feet wide. The biggest obstacle they faced in trying to sleep waste noise from the two Piston engines one in front and one in Back they said. They ale freeze dried meal Sand used specially designed scalable plastic bags to dispose of body wastes. Dick Raun and Jeana Yeater after heir flight Asp too -.-,.  it i Ipri we a Gay fast Hub re i aids u or a ?/i.--kr.t. Acts,.- Fri ii Ijac a is Jos if Crew blamed for Delta crash the Hui twelfth Voy apr Conn to for Landing at the Airport in Lojiw Lott ending a 4wjy of fight that Cwm a 4 world rat fun a con titanic photos thrill explorers from Page 1 the ship at 12,500 feel and going inside four decks an going into a room and looking at a chandelier is Amaz ing he said. The researchers were Able to peer inside the titanic s remains by using the video robot Jason jr., which is attached to the submarine Alvin by a Cable. Jason contains video and still cameras and can be rotated 170 degrees on its Axis to provide panoramic views. In a ship to Shore interview tuesday night Ballard said viewing the titanic from the inside was like going Back in  Ballard said the Crew planned to go Down to the wheelhouse area wednesday and Send Jason or. Into the first class staterooms. Ballard and 55 other scientists and sailors on the Navy funded Mission arrived at the site 450 Miles Southeast of Newfoundland on saturday night aboard the research vessel Atlantis ii. The researchers say they have no plans to recover articles such As chamber pots Silver serving trays an unopened bottles of wine photographed on the Ocean floor last summer. Ballard has proposed that Congress declare the site an underwater memorial to the 1,513 people who died when the largest passenger liner Ever built went Dow april 15,1912, on its Maiden voyage from England to the United Stales. There were 704 survivors mostly women and children. Washington a a flight Crew s decision to land during a thunderstorm despite Little information about ominous wind shears caused a Delta air lines Jet to crash near Dallas Lul August a Federal Agency concluded tuesday despite opposing findings by its staff investigators. The National transportation safety Board said the Lockheed i01i jumbo Jet had flown into a multiple microburst a violent Down draft in a thunderstorm and was unable to recover enough Altitude to avoid falling into the ground 6,000 feet Short of the runway. The Board rejected findings by its staff which would have placed responsibility for the crash solely on capt Edward n. Connors who had 29.300 noun of flight experience 3,000 of them in the plane he piloted wat  Board agreed that Connors who had a reputation for being especially cautious about severe weather should not have continued his descent when hit Copilot spotted the lightning ahead of the plane. Staff investigators also noted that other Pilot had witnessed severe weather in the area but failed to re port the condition to the control Tower. The Accident killed 137 people including a Motorist travelling along a Road near the Dallas fort Worth International Airport. There were 27 survivors. Shuttle Pilot s widow asks $15 million Washington a the family of Michael , the Pilot of the space shuttle challenger has filed a $15 million negligence claim alleging that the National aeronautics and space administration should have known a catastrophic Accident would Likely  claim filed by Smith s widow Jane As executor of his estate is the first by a member of the families of the seven astronauts who were killed. It alleges As it must under the Federal tort claim act that we were negligent and As a result an Accident occurred during which Smith died said Edward Frankle Deputy general counsel for the space  Federal regulations Nasa has six months to decide How it wants to handle the claim Frankle said adding if we do nothing in six months people can go  other claims have been filed. The first was by brazilian Fisherman who asked s100 million saying1jiis son was killed and his boat sunk by falling Chat Lenger debris. Another was by a woman who asked135,000 because her fishing business was Hurt by Sal Vage operations. The thira one is from a Man who wants reimbursement for his $550 cigarette lighter which he said was being carried by astronaut Judy  Smith claim alleges that Nasa officials directed allowed and participated in the launch of Chal Lenger when they knew or should have known that the segments of the right hand solid rocket Booster would Inot properly Seal and that a catastrophic a cider would Likely occur As a result