European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday Augutis 1987 the stars and stripes Paga 7 return to child s play Christ Ophir marshal10, Wal Ali along aboard the Star jets ride at Wall Disney world in Orlando Fla. Christopher of Oceano Calif h the youngest Pilot to Iel an air plane across the United Stales lib near Fatm plan Call for a round trip Ero co Ury Solo flight which at his age would act a record. Repairs delay Blind Sailor s Atlantic trip Providence . A Blind jailor Jim Dick i was forced to Bead for Nantucket mas., pm Fri Day for repair to his Sloop but vowed to continue his quest to be become the first sightless person to sail Solo Cross the Atlantic. Dickson plan to have the autopilot on the Eye opener repaired to Nantucket then immediately set sail for Plymouth England once again said spokes my Steve Graham. Tim u net something that happened because lie cant see very  Graham said. If something that would happen to any Tola Sailor when they Challenge the Allan  Datum Aid be spoke to Didodo. Twice Friday and that diction Wai obviously disappointed Bat coping do the broken autopilot is not a safety Probki he said. Dec Tom who was about 200 Miles sooth Southeast of Nantucket on Friday Hopes to reach the Bland by tale sunday or Early monday Graham said. He said he did not knew How Long it would Lake to fix the autopilot. Dickson who is legally Blind set sail from ports Mouth Harbor on tuesday and expected to arrive in England in about a month. He trip was made possible by a stoop full of sophisticated electronic gear and a computer that can feed him navigational information on command however Graham said the autopilot is a Standard piece of gear for any Solo Sailor not a special Ilam that Dickson needed because he is Blind. De a Crew reported suspended offer near cos on Washington a Delta air lines has suspended the cockpit Crew of a Jet involved in a near collision with a Continental airlines jumbo Jet Over the North Atlantic in july Accord ing to a published report in the Washington Post. Quoting aviation sources the paper said the Captain was suspended without pay for a year the co Pilot for three months and the flight Engineer for two month. The Delia Lockheed hoi1 was 60 Miles off course when it came within 100 feet of the other plane on july 8, Accord ing 10 sources close to he investigation. Dill Berry and Jim Ewing Delia spokesmen in Atlanta said they had no information on the Post s Story and could not confirm it. Earlier Friday the Federal aviation administration revoked the certificate of the Pilot of a Delta Jet that Tost Power shortly after Takeoff and plunged to 500 feet above the Pacific Ocean in june. The Faa hand delivered the Revo cation to the Pilot John Henry Gilfort of los Altos Calif. Agency spokesman Fred Farrar called the revocation of Gilfoil s Pilot certificate a drastic and unusual  Gilfoil was Captain of Delta flight 810 from los Angeles to Cincinnati on june 30 when the Boeing 767 lost Power from both engines shortly Afler Takeoff. Al though the plane descended from approximately 1,700 feet to within 500 feet of the Ocean none of the 197 passengers or eight Crew members was injured. The Faa said Gilfoil violated Delta and Faa regulations and operated flight 810 in a. Reckless manner so u to endanger life and  Gilfoil retains his commercial License and can Fly As a co Pilot or night Engi Neer according to Farrar but can no longer Fly As a Captain. Gilfoil a Pilot for 29 years can Appeal the Faa derision to the National transportation safety Board. Delia said list month in had temporarily relieved Gilfoil of his flying duties during its investigation. Swimmer completes american soviet passage Little Diomede Alaska a swimmer Lynne Cox spent two hours and five minutes in the frigid Bering Strait Friday completing an unprecedented swim from american to soviet territory. Escorted by a soviet vessel and two Walrus skin boat carrying researchers and reporters Cox arrived at the soviet Island of big Diomede about 1 . After a swim of five Miles in 44-degree water. Cox was welcomed to big Don tide by about 30 soviet journalists sports officials and siberian natives. They zipped her up in a sleeping bag in a heated tent then celebrated her feat Wilh a Beach Side picnic. They were incredible Cox 30, a Veteran of Long distance swims around the world said in a Telephone conversation with Alaska gov. Steve Cowper on her return to Little Diomede. The 100 residents of Lihle Diomede had turned out Friday morning As Cox and 11 researchers and report ers piled into two skin boats for the trip through fog and drizzle in Calm seas to the starting Point. Cox started from the Island s South end to compensate for tides and currents. A 20-foot soviet vessel joined her escort when co reached the swim s Halfway Point at the inic National Date line. The two skin boats accompanying pm were allowed to continue but several other boats piloted by Little Diomede residents were turned Back by the soviets. Big Diomede uninhabited except for a military Reser vation is normally off limits to Western travellers. By the time Cox reached big Diomede. Her body temperature had fallen a few degrees bul she was not in danger of hypothermia Bill Keatinge a Amish physiologist accompanying her said. Cox said she fell tired during the last half hour of the swim but was encouraged by the Light of the peo ple on the Beach. We were Lucky we had pretty Good conditions she said. The water was a i talc warm than  when the reached tic Beach she was escorted to a platform where she was presented with Flowers and a pair of handmade slippers then whisked into a Char Coal heated Lent. Zipped inside a sleeping bag she soon regained her Normal body temperature. After a series of medical tests by Western and soviet researchers. Cox joined the panic then returned to Little Diomede by skin boat. The Ioviti Union in Clearing the Way for the swim said thursday it would not require Cox or her party to have visas. The soviets willingness to cooperate Wilh the Effort capped a two year Effort by con to Makr the swim. She Speni the cast several weeks in the Northwestern Alaska town of Nome swimming in the s4-Degr water of Norton sound to prepare herself for whal she expected to be a 2vj-hour ordeal. Minor wins loses million Dollar los vegas Jackpot Las vegas Nev