European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is teed themselves during their the same Type of suit that was Tave handle below tft-1 Pilot Jyh with the tr-1 my challenges of piloting the secret aircraft has to be talked Down Ovar the runway. He said another Pilot drives along the runway aside the tr-1. Tolling the Pilot his attitude irom 10 eel until he touches Down. The tr-1 has to be stalled about one fool off the ground to be landed properly he said. A loot higher of lower could be disaster. Tow in Between parts of the flights however Are rather tedious and Boring. He said the Pilot has Only about an hour or two of work on a nine hour Mission. When they reach a desired attitude he puts the plane on Auto Pilot and it flies itself. What does the Pilot do not much outside of keeping track of the air plane s unctions. Handle reads a prefers mysteries lately Rex Stout s Nero Woll series. I normally Lake fairly in intellectual novels 1 it s too heavy it just puts me to sleep  other tr-1 pilots take crossword puzzles. The dedicated he said Lake military Reading material. And there is the Solitude. You have to enjoy your own  he said. One of the bonuses of lying High said Randle. A University of Missouri graduate is that he can pick up just about any radio station he wants. The reception is pretty Good. I listen lobby 2 until i get within Range  there Are physical and mental demands most other pilots Don t have to worry about. Randle Ald a th-1 Mission starts a Day before with planning and rest and ends the Day after with a mandatory Day Oil and More rest. It s especially important Lor the High fliers to try not to Over exert themselves he said Al the altitudes they Fly nitrogen bubbles tend to form around she joints in the body. Too much exertion could Send a Bubble to the brain and kill. They have to watch their diets too. A Basic Steak and eggs diet is encouraged. Handle said pilots Don t want to eat anything that would pass through the body too quickly. A High fiber diet could prove embarrassing not to mention uncomfortable if a Pilot has to relieve himself in the Middle of a Mission. What does a Pilot see at those Heights Heights if Al Only astronauts try above Randle said he can see the curvature of the Earth but he thinks one of the most dramatic sights is seeing nigh and Day at the same time it can be seen in the shy not on the ground he said. You can see a very visible line rom where it s night and where it s  probably the most dramatic thing i be Ever seen is the Aurora boreal is his incentives and he believes it s the same As a Tot of other tr-1 pilots Are pretty Basic it s not Only the fact that there Are so Lew tr-1  s the Job he said tr-1 pilots know they Are doing the same Job they d do in a War. I m not  he said. I m actually doing a  and it s ego. A lot of us pilots Are egotistical. Pilots who Fly single Seal air planes Are More egotistical. I m sure our egos Don l exceed those of an f-16 or f-15 Pilot but if 8 probably no less  the stars and stripes Page is