European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 16, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 commuting problem Are neatly solved by the combination car and ultralight air everything s looking up in world technology Craft displayed at Teli by saudi Arabia s Realmer corp. The contraption sus Pended from the Selling snaps onto the Little vehicle. A Model of he finished Sis by e Jpseph Denback product sits on lop of the car. At right is the soviet Union s soyuz module. Paris air space show Dazzles crowds despite rain by e. Joseph Benack Paris sporadic Rains grounded most aircraft at the 37th International air and space show opening last weekend but two jets managed to take to the skies and dazzle the crowds with Aerial acrobatics. Nearly 1,500 aeronautical exhibitors from 31 coun tries gathered at be Bourges Airport for the world s largest Industrial air display. With 26 percent More exhibitors represented than in 1985, the French aeronautical manufacturers Union gifts expected a record turnout at the Semi annual show but opening weekend crowds were Small. Visitors were confined to indoor displays until the . Air Force Fri and British harrier broke the ice with Back to Back Solo lights. When the f-16 took to the sky thousands of spectators rushed the display flight line for a glimpse. The jets amazed the audience with flight sequences reminiscent of the 1986 movie top gun with its Navy f-14 Aerial acrobatics. Gifts officials made special provisions to beef up Security for this year s show after the terrorism threat scared numerous  companies away in 1985. Snipers armed with automatic weapons perched atop the National pavilions Security officials con ducted manual and electronic searches on All people who entered the Airport grounds. Hundreds of television cameras comprised a tight internal surveillance net. The French air Force was on Call. Most . Representatives were glad to be Back at the spectacle. The Security is infinitely More impressive than in years past said Bill Woodlum United technology area marketing director. The soviets ornate Pavilion got mixed reactions from american visitors. The russians put together a fairly comprehensive exhibit said army 1st it. Randall Anderson from Wiesbaden Germany. The soyuz module was per haps the most impressive feature at the show. I must believe that the soviets have not revealed their latest technology As we have most everything Here i have seen documented previous to  the show s Behemoth was a russian an-124 cargo plane that dwarfed All aircraft except the . A i bomber. For some americans the show is a patriotic event. To Are Here to show the  said bit Houltz a general dynamics representative. In these tumultuous times it is a real shot in the  for americans to see the armed forces contractors Here in  the International air and space show at Paris will be open 9 30 . To 6 . Through sunday for Indus try representatives and saturday and sunday for the Public. List i. Onich is the pub Alfairan Delcar lev a 1st a 3$th tar it fixed Wirg. Germany j inventor propels his Way into the Public Eye san Jose Calif. Up Jim rior Dan s Popsicle is not fuel efficient. It in t fast. And although it took a lot of ingenuity to build it is far from a Model of modern technology. But it s fun Riordan says and it s the Only  Riordan 40, a stunt flyer inventor entrepreneur and Jack of All trades has what he believes to be the world s first propeller driven Street Legal vehicle. He Calls it a Popsicle and there in t a person around who does t Stop and stare when Riordan drives by. The three wheeled Carl licensed As a motorcycle by the California depart ment of motor vehicles has a gasoline fuelled 12-Horscdowcr engine that in Stead of turning the wheels turns a modified hovercraft propeller. It gets about 20 Miles per Gal Ion and its top Speed is about 50 Niph of Riordan said proudly As if describing his child s first Steps Riordan came up with the idea when a neighbor gave him an engine from a water pump and told him to be  it took Riordan with the help of his vicar old son about eight months to build the vehicle in his spare time. He finally got License plates for it May 20, Riordan now is preparing to begin building Popsicle 2, which be says will go faster be freeway Legal and will have an adjustable propeller that will allow it to move in reverse. The Popsicle s wooden propeller is enclosed in a wire Cage that makes the vehicle look like a swamp buggy. The wind it creates behind it is enough to raise the hair on passing bicyclists but not enough to distract motorists. The thing i love about it most is the reaction it gets from the people i pass Riordan said. He also plans to make skis for it and take it on the Snow next Winter. A Burcian has offered the Popsicle to the smithsonian institution in washing ton. He said the smithsonian people have expressed interest in the Popsicle but Only if it receives More publicity firs. Jim Riordan in his Popsicle blows his Way Down a san Jose Calif., Street