European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday septembers 198b the stars and stripes Page 3 two members of the Royal air Force s red arrows Shoal put each other at the Farnborough air show on wednesday in England. British team resumes aerobatic act of Farnborough Farnborough England api the red arrows performed daredevil Aerial stunts with customary hair and precision wednesday at Britain s top aviation event in the first full scale Dis play since the West German air show disaster the Royal air Force s team of seven Scarlet Hawk fighters glinting in Brilliant Sunshine performed i Ghoul any apparent change in its usual program of close flying formations loops and crossovers and without any major hitches. Nothing is us exciting As this said Spectator Ian Richardson 4a systems analyst with a British airline Richardson joined an estimated 35,000 people most of them air Trade representatives on the fourth Day of inc we Klong. Biennial Farnborough air show near Inis town 3 Miles Southwest of London i think driving Down the main Road is probably More dangerous Richard son said. Probably the greater danger Here is losing your  during one sequence two red Arrow jets zoomed toward each other at a combined Speed of about 500 Mph passed within 100 feet of each other and then peeled off one of them Over a Spectator area. All other display aircraft must keep to the other Side of a line 500 feet from the crowd but the red arrows traditionally have been Given special permission to Fly Over spectators at a minimum height of 500 Teet. They were actually at about 750 feet when they went Over the common area they were a touch High said team supervisor Raf commandant David a Lippard. The Farnborough air show opened sunday under the Shadow of the aug. 28 air show disaster at inc Ramstein a in West Germany three aircraft of the ital Ian tried lord arrows display team collided during a High Speed Man Euver kill ing 56 spectators and injuring More than 300 others. The red arrows regularly thrill crowds in Britain and abroad. They will perform daily through sunday when the show ends. I find aircraft pretty thrilling especially inc red arrows said Helen Robertson 23, who sat in a Grassy enclosure watching the Hawks scream past trailing red White and Blue smoke. That was a tragic Accident at Ramstein but that does t mean it s going to happen at every air show h s a Chance in a million. Lippard said one of the jets arrived Laic during inc Boomerang Man Euver. In inc stunt two Hawks converge climb rapidly and end up flying vertically alongside. Early Birds on the Rhine Sis a Muhawi a soldiers from fort Bliss Texas conduct i Early morn ing Rhine River crossing at Spyer re Einhauser West Germany thursday us they head for the reformer tac tical Assembly area. The members of b troop 1st in 3rd army Cav Root made of of Pontoon Bridge id ret support and Brack vehicles across the River French sol Diers who built the Bridge assisted in the operation n bile German troops directed traffic. Of to expand Gwen nuclear radio network Washington a the air Force has quietly approved the final construction phase for n nuclear doomsday radio network concluding that the project can be expanded without harming the Environ ment. The decision to expand inc so called Gwen net work of radio relay Lowers across the nation was made last month by air Force Deputy assistant Secretary James f. Boat right said Kevin Gilmartin. A spokes Man for the air Force electronic systems division at of Anscom and mass. It allowed a review of Public comments received since sept. 23, 1987, when the air Force published a final environmental Impact statement on the work Gilmartin said wednesday. Approval of the final construction phase Means the Gwen network ultimately will grow from 56 radio towers linking 38 terminals at military bases 10 96 towers linking 49 terminals the spokesman said. That represents a reduction from the 126 towers proposed last fall but will still provide a final operational capability he added. Gwen an acronym for ground wave emergency network is a system of Low powered radio Anten Nas and transmitter designed to ensure adequate communication links for . Military forces following a nuclear attack. The air Force says the network is needed to ensure that a president can give a launch order to strategic air come bombers. The service has said it would like to Complete the expanded system by january 1992