European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Britain gets California Trade office London a California Coy. George Dukmejian vowing to nuke his Home slate a world player in Trade on monday opened a state european Trad and investment office in London. The opening was the highlight or the Republican governor 12-diy european Trade promotion tour. We re approaching it on both fronts not Only on expanding our Trade opportunities but also expanding investment opportunities in our Home hate the governor told about 50 people gathered Al the Trade office in the Mayfair District of London. The guests who included officiate of the . Embassy and the London and american Chambers of Commerce a Well Ai hews reporters sipped Pink Champagne and munched on Peanut Sand raisins from California. The Trade office is part of a $9 million a year Trade Campaign by the state government. The governor said european invest ments already create 160,600 jobs in California and he would like to see that number increase. Deukmejian noted California has modified its controversial unitary tax system to give companies a Choice of who her to pay it. That should Lead Tome investment in California he said. Luat tax imposed heavier taxes on some foreign companies and required complicated bookkeeping. In addition the governor said he hones California will sell More specially agricultural products including almonds and avocados in Europe. He also said he would like to see California s entertain Mem Industry sell More programming to european television and an increase i aerospace and telecommunications exports to Europe. Page 9 firemen tackle the Job of freeing two can that happened to be parked in be wrong spot right in the path of Timber a giant Oak that toppled in Dost mown Budapest Hungary. No one was injured in the Accident which occurred when the roots of the tree gave Way in around softened by several Days of heavy rain. . Family run school for test pilots flourishing Mojave Calif. A a family ran school is undercutting its Only competitor the . Military to Tram lest pilots that elite cadre who Fly new aircraft to their limits of safety and performance. The National test Pilot school believed to be the Only civilian run test Pilot school in the world was opened in1982 at the urging of aircraft manufacturers disturbed by the Price Navy and air Force schools were charging. The school has caught on with foreign governments and hashed clients from at least six countries. Veteran Pilot Sean Roberts and his wife Nadia a for Mer Royal Canadian air Force test Pilot founded the school. This needed o be done said Sean Roberts. I competing with the military by offering a less expensive course that can unlike the government s program be tailored for the Job and the m  the Only other test Pilot schools in the United states Are at paid sent River Nas in Maryland and a Edwards Ash Calif., about 10 Miles from Mojave. The military graduates 110 lest pilots a year charging its private sector clients $800,000 each according to sgt. Lara Wray a spokeswoman at Edwards. National charged s195,000 each to train 10 test pilots last year. The family style business operates out of Mojave air port. It s like youth revisited for me said instructor Jack Jannarone a retired air Force Pilot you get to do All the fun things a Pilot loves to do but does t always get the Hance to do in the air Force where they move you up and out of the Way for the younger  National has two dozen helicopters prop planes and older jets amounting to a total investment of about 14 million. Almost Man for Man test pilots out there in the free world come out of our military schools or ant each in Britain or  said . Army Moj. . Martin chief of the army s plans and programs Divi Sion at Edwards. Man in contracts with National each year for an ight week preparatory course for army pilots about to mar test Pilot training at a Tuxen. The Roberl ses set up National after being approached by chief test pilots from Boeing aircraft Mcdonnell Douglas and Lockheed who complained they could t a Fibre to Send All their pilots to military schools. National offers a six month course Ai Mojave or a combination of correspondence instruction and on site train ing. Rather than military capability flight listing taught by the armed services National teaches Federal aviation administration certification and first flight testing of air Craft. National uses so called Low per Firmance aircraft for most of the training rather than High performance jets which can Cost $10,000 an hour to operate. Military schools use High performance jets exclusively. We Don t have f-4s and f-l6s, which the air Force schools Fly said Nadia Roberts. But once you arc a test Pilot you can lest  ship passes tests on ability to defend itself by Richard iia Loran Washington not after a 3s.ooo-mile lest voyage the battleship new Jersey has been declared ready for the first time to operate without air cover off the shores of third world countries such As Iran according to Navy officers. Since the battleship was recommit signed in late i9h2, military analysts have questioned whether the ship built in world War ii. Could be defended from air attack without fighters bused on a nearby aircraft Carrier. Now after six months of drills in the Western and Northern Pacific last year and an evaluation just completed in Washington the battleship s ability 10 defend itself with missiles against mod Erate air attack has been found to be Bel Ter than expected the officers said. On the other hand the officers said procedures for defending the ship with land based aircraft from the air Force Navy and Marine corps were deficient. In particular a Luck of Aerial tankers meant that fighters could stay overhead Only a Short Lime and thus could not protect the battleship from heavy Atuck in the let voyage the battleship not Only tested us own Ami aircraft missiles but also relied heavily on a Cruiser the Vincennes thai has been equipped with the advanced Aegis anti aircraft system of sensors computers and missiles. Some tests were conducted with us. Warplanes simulating enemy aircraft the officers said. In other tests the Buie Lahip simulated defending itself Yum attack by soviet aircraft actually flying nearby. In addition the ship fired a Jama Hawk cruise missile the a Ltd cart said. The officers said the evaluation cleared the Way for  of a battleship to the arabian sea. Near the per Sian Gulf where Iran has placed land based missiles thai threaten the Strait of Hormuz. Secretary if defense Caspar Wein Berger has ordered the Navy to deploy a Battle group of six 10 eight warships Cen tired on an aircraft Carrier or a Battle ship in the arabian sea in an Ellbert la fulfil president Reagan s pledge to keep Oil flowing torn thai Region. The officers said a battleship could protect itself from the iranian at Force. Which has periodically la own surveillance missions with relatively slow american built l -3 Orion Mcconn Arsane planes Over . Warships in the arabian sea. The iranians using older american built of phantom jets have mounted air strikes against Iraq in a seven year War against that country. Iran has a few High powered american made. F-14 tomcats but officials doubt they have been effective because of a Lack of Pilot training and spare parts