European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 15, 1986 the stars and stripes fge9 computers tracking radar repairs Bureau Pitburg a. Germany a Prolo Lype computer system designed to Slop repeated repair and recycling of faulty aircraft radar Compon cols is being tested by the .16lh tic fighter Wing. Radar equipment often goes through several cycles of repair and reuse before trend is policed and he bad Compo nent identified according to a study done by Hughes aircraft co. And the aeronautical systems division at right Patterson fab Ohio. As a result of the study perform in Rocc oriented tracking of Porter May soon forms used to of radar and fire control components. The first phase of a seven month int cab . The Wing Lias used to record repairs to f-15 radar and identify components Thalac the system has been further to record the repair of i solved with aircraft Piferi tiring. It was emf Niffa that local hackers would Mit in the system said Kevin of Harp Rajell officer with support sys if fris associates inc. Working with the system at Tilburg. The More people who undo Island and use the system the More Cost effective it will be he said. Members of the Wing already had experimented with personal computer tracking of equipment movement to and from repair shops. The bases the test Wing Soj Hajj could he so 3rter, a component could Nake several trips through repair and into use before the trend was said tech. Sgt. Los Cable a fire res technician with the 36th aircraft . Often the history of a piece was Arne a Only after a repeatedly repaired serious problem. By that timely component had circulated through the maintenance system several times wast ing spare parts labor and lest equipment time. Constructing repair histories in Fay look Days Cable said fee Nils of trips to repair have been kept on several forms and in five ledgers he said. Some of the entries Are Handwritten. You have to bring it All to Gether and work backward from the Day the question comes up. With the new system a printout takes three to four minutes the system also lets pilots request printed histories of the aircraft they reason recurring faults have been overlooked is that new radar repairs can Jot be fully tested on the ground. Built in Fetu during night also Are limited but by Usnel Felch repair histories Pilot know what to look for in recently repaired components. Slains Melissinus sits Umpil his put try Bouks and half finished sandals. Photos Lor s45 by Linda r Memorabilia Are displayed in the shop Alnor with hundreds of n Umyn in put in Duks ii Imi aim =.i.uu,.Sandal maker poet reflects on dual career. _ . A i a ii in rail Hui i Mundt iwo pairs. One 1 sold to by Connie dickeystan1 Rittir Athene Greece the Man Shead is All you Sec As he sits Bent Over working Cali or into one of a dozen designs for sandals. He looks up now and again to smile and sell a pair of sandals amid the crowd of browsers in his Liny shop. Most of the time Stavros Mcl winos sits almost buried behind a desk piled High with leather tools and sandals at the ready. Bui pen and paper Are not too tar from his reach either. He says he works o get first hand experience to write. He writes poetry. Yesterday 1 ept As fathomed the pain of my soul. I have swallowed great bitterness its bottle it empty the tears As 3 Stream my red wine watered. And i told the Tavel or to take it away and bring me new. Melissinos 57, has been writing since childhood. My poems weren t so Good then he says As a smile break sover his face. Now my poetry is philosophical and lyrical. And it says some the.Sandal maker poet said he first became serious about his poetry while an officer in the greek army a Friend of mine was writing a poem to his daughter and he asked me for help. It was bad. I rewrote it and he showed it around and then everyone wanted me to write poems for Melissinos has had 10 books published and one athenian Rubaiyat is in its sixth English edition. Death awaits us but what of it life a Multi shaped Tower will Blossom again. Your bed a Flowerpot will be. And mine in the Shade of an Creel Cypress will rest. But his poetry is not All Melissinos is known for. A person can find any kind of.Sandal desired at his shop in the Plaka at 89 Pandro Sou Small sandals Large sandals sandals with straps close to the fool sandals that slip on sandals with toe loops and sandals with lots of winding straps that go up the leg. His.Sandal making began after a visit to his father s.Sandal shop while Melissinos was waiting to gel out of the remember being in the shop and his woman asked me if i could make pair of sandals that she described. I did but 1 made in pairs. I sol to her and the other pair 1 Hung outside the two hours i had sold that pair too and i took that As a sign thai i am a pretty Good.Sandal maker it takes about 30 minutes for Miclis Sinos to make any pair of sandals customer wants. The roman Type san dal with Long winding straps is his most popular. Although he can make sandals to order most of what Melissinos Sells is already made and hanging on the Walls of his tiny shop. Many of his customers come Back year after year. He says some famous people buy his wares including Sophia Loren. Who has worn his sandals Ever since she filmed boy on a Dolphin in Greece others have included George Peppard Ursula Andruss and the beatles Melissinos adds
