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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, October 23, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 23, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 slow Low flying Croft o new yet old idea  Albright Pitburg Bureau  i a. Germany a Type of Hying Lylial prod pics world War May meet the need of i space age fighter aircraft Wing. A Small aircraft with cloth covered wings and an open air cockpit called Jin ultralight is Low enough and slow enough in do whal no Jet fighter can. In an Experiment Lasi week during an exercise pilots of the 36th Tacl High tar Wing assessed simulated combat damage to the air Bate and inspected camouflage and blackouts from above. They were Able to look things Over while Flym a less than so Mph. In damage assessment it s hard to Sec details from an f-15 Jet  said maj. Jim Hale chief of the Wing inspection division. After an attack it s also hard to move vehicles Art Jund damaged areas where there May still he live munitions on the  assess men learns still must cd into the areas of heavy damage Hui the close in View makes it possible to spot damage and plot passable routes. Pilots who flew the ultralight said they appreciated the Short distance required for Takeoff and Landing. Following an air attack lengthy undamaged stretches May he hard in find. An ultralight carrying one person can get off the ground in about 11 Yards Hale said. It would Lake longer with two. Once in the air. The Ultra Light has a Small turning radius for circling an area. While it s up. The Small plane is not easily spoiled from a distance it s also quiet and produces Only a Small amount of heat that would attract Little radar attention. The air we leased the plane from a private com Pany for Hie Experiment and a German army Pilot taught the Jet pilots to handle it. The German army has recently begun to use the aircraft in similar ways Hale said. Pilots found  the Little aircraft was safer than it looked i u Lihs hands moderate winds in flight and can land without pc to limit production for Vest of year Geneva Switzerland a open ended the longest Mil ins in is history Early wednes Day Wilh an agr cent to restrain Oil production through the in of the year specs official spokesman Jamew Tutu said. The agreement by 12 of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries 13 member Calls for them to Linw their Oil production for the two months begun ing nov. I and ending dec. 31. Iraq was not a any to the agreement. The combined proud Ion of inc 12 countries is to be limited to i4.9omillipn barrels a Day in november and 15.04 Raillon in december. They currently produce 14.8 Mikun barrels daily. Libyan Oil minister Fowzi Sha Shuki said Iraq was excluded because was not a party to the previous agreement and a free to produce As much Asil wished. It Curry by pumps 2 Mil lion barrels a Day. Open president i Lanu l Tel leaders would Mecl again discussions on permanent i lengthy efforts to agree on a per apart Midway through the current Lukman lot a news conference wednesday morning the temporary Accord Wou Ayoush Oil prices up Toa Range of $17 to $19 a Barm by the end of the year. % however analysts said the agric mint hic extends a temporary Jaq reached sept. Unlikely to produce a significant Rise in i prices currently in the $ 14-$ 16 Range. Pain  
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