European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. September 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 of i. Chi a Tup -1-Rikil nip Jinks in the urn Iid while i finite Rnic Hanoi free in precision . To Brut i ail raises a while n Lun u Pilot i i is. L two Mike Diin Nalchik s it fit urse fur Pilot c to Bernard Reynolds. Time tur in in in during the shims in llu1 ild Puliti h held b cd o i id it Llma lit. Copter Competition sky High in Aero scout stakes sinery and Phi Subj Tony Nauru Iii Nurun tors Bureau vilest k. Cil Many the Isi army Oil look four Nul of five individual award Hron a Eagle Troph Friday Rufil noon in a cd Al Mony marking it end of the third in null Usa Keur Aern Coli Tiki s. The 3rd army div look my spol ll".1 Tompel Stion. Sec ramp Cic Stan miss in Box. Tins hits from the 11 in army c a Ettl in fut a scored no ult in int t to the Tnp Ihm individual Iru Plim and nr-,1 my fourth Piacek in the Leam Comici Itin. By disqualified Iheme Lvcas became Shyy sponsored the Mienl. chief Warni Allicer Ken dial Lack. we misted the vent we decided to div Quail v our Emfs Iron the standup he said. Thi Iliakis pined w fliers in 15 teams redrew Nnnie six units Usa Keur in games of Olymp in i he comp Etuin s purpose embraced every Chinu Irum Inta Surini units1 Toul Ira Inma Pru rims la having Chiin old pm said i Hief car Rani Uliver Darrell i Ope Slakes Cunradi Nalor. Piipo said this ear s stakes were a Joung Nian s game because most of the liners were Viilu f Lieuten ants or new warrant us ulcers. The fact that this year s Competition included Ine fire Everts on the Grafe Woehr ranges added being 10 inc cake Pope said. But the Euke Ilsi Lowas . Tiers could collect up to 1.000 Pom ii in events that included first Aid. Jimmu Nealion Wcur Ity skills Marks Airship veh Ieie identified asian. Attack helicopter operations artilery adjustment and nuclear biological and chemical to Tang. The meal and potatoes of the Competition were the five missions of he navigation and tactical Silli evaluation. Chief warrant officer Michael Railine. An Evalu Izilor said this is what we re trained and paid for scout pilots in oh-i8 Kiowa helicopters had to find targets classify Bridges Aslo height and weight limitations and use Nap of the Earlh set a and peek recon Naissance skills. This kind of flying demands critical judgment because the helicopter is who ing close enough to the ground to Knock the Heads off one Pilot said. But the real treat was the precision flying event. Two weighted ropes were tied to each helicopter. One rope was 2 feel Long the other was feet. The Pilot s Challenge was to Man Euver through a 270 meter Long course thai was Only 1 meter Svide. He had to keep he Short rope off the ground White the Long one dragged Belgreen lines marking the a Meler Bounds. He aim had to maintain the same heading throughout the course and do it in 2 i minutes this kind of flying is like lying normally fur hours one Pilot said. We normally would t do this in combat i que said this event is included to give the pilots bragging i Ope said the winners Niay go on to the All army helicopter Competition Ain Reeker ala., then on to the world championships held every iwo years. The . Army won lop spots in both the 198-1 even in Warsaw Poland and the i 9s6 event in Lon Don
