European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 2, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 scratch in of and has rocket firm smelling Success Dallas a a weapons manufacturer i about to give buyers a whiff of War. Bei defense systems is promoting its extraordinarily lethal Lechette rockets with scratch and sniff advertisements in Trade publications. The ads emblazoned with the slogan the smell of Victory release the smell of cordite the Aroma that follows an expos id. My advertising usually gets lost in magazines said George Coutoumanos who came up with the idea As director of . Government programs for Bei. I usually get buried by the big Guys Thebo Eings and the general dynamics. Who s going to read my and when they can look at a Beautifulf-16 going Over the Countryside the rocket and electronics manufacturer i Small by defense Industry standards. Last year it handled about $47 million in defense contracts. Specifically Coutoumanos is trying to con Vince . Military buyers and other defense hardware shoppers that his $400 to $800 rockets Are a better value than More High profile missiles such As stingers. I d really like to hire a major Star and get them losing and dance but it does t work that Way Coutoumanos said. And shooting off rockets on television in t really appropriate i  Coutoumanos said the and was debuting in the feb. 1 International editions of the armed forces journal. Faa orders Boeing jetliners to undergo safety checkups Washington a More than 700 Boeing jetliners operated by every major . Airline must undergo a comprehensive inspection for Cross wiring and Cross plumbing in their safety systems after prob lems were discovered in 17 aircraft. The Federal aviation administration in issuing the airworthiness directive on tuesday also noted that Boeing is studying its design production procedures and testing of Airliner emergency systems to see if changes Are needed. The newly ordered tests Are not expected to disrupt airline schedules and can be completed while the airliners Are undergoing routine maintenance. The order affects 741 newer jetliners flown by .carriers. It applies to All Boeing 737s, 747s, 757s and 767s built after dec. 31, 1980. Most foreign airliners using the planes also Are expected to comply although the Faa has no jurisdiction Over them. The comprehensive directive will require functional testing of the engine and cargo compartment fire Detec Tion warning and extinguishing systems both electric land plumbing to insure that crossed wiring or plumbing does not exist said the Faa announcement. No Accident or emergency has resulted from faulty wiring or plumbing found in airliners in recent weeks after the Faa issued limited directives applying to Only specific systems in certain types of aircraft. But the foul  including Cross wiring Cross plumb ing incomplete wiring and other problems could have caused shutdown of the wrong engine in the event of fire activation of the wrong sprinkling system in a cargo hold or Lack of any response in emergency systems. The concern arose with speculation that the Pilot in Ajan. 8 British Midland airways 737 crash that killed 44 people in England May have been deceived by faulty Wir ing into shutting Down his Only Good engine. Cause of the crash is still under investigation. The crash led to similar inspection orders in  320s also were included in the British order Al though problems have been found Only in Boeing aircraft. Jack Gamble Boeing spokesman said tuesday nigh that the directive is based on service bulletins Boeing has been putting out in recent months and years. Service bulletins Are sent out each time a problem of some sort is found with a Model of a plane. The bulletins go to Al carriers using that Model and to the Faa. Checks of planes Are voluntary after a service bulletin is issued. But if the Faa sees a pattern in the bulletins it is Likely to Issue a directive making checks of the airliners Manda tory. It s a preventive and precautionary Check Gamble said. Faa spokesman Fred Farrar said the latest order which gives airlines 25 Days to comply would not disrupt regularly scheduled flights. He said planes whose system were already tested under previous orders need not relist under the new order. Boeing s Gamble said a lot of the 57 and 37 stuff already has been  the Faa said the order is a precautionary measure triggered by newly discovered problems with three 757s and a 737. Farrar said he did not know which airline reported the latest cases of faulty wiring. On one plane an overheat indicator would have shown problem in the wrong engine. In two others fire extinguishers would have been triggered in the wrong  the fourth an incomplete circuit would have prevented a fire extinguisher from firing. Service held for 17 missing in pan am tragedy i  gr.si1on,4 am a Lockerbie Scotland a a Lone Bagpiper played a scottish lament and relatives hugged and wept tuesday at a symbolic burial service for 17 people whose bodies were never found following the crash of pan am flight 103. A single Black casket containing thrashes of unidentified remains was Low ered into a grave at dry Esdale cemetery outside Lockerbie to the strains of Flowers of the  the 30-minute prayer service was at tended by about 500 mourners including 34 relatives of six missing Ameri cans. The ashes represented the americans one Canadian three hungarians and seven Lockerbie residents whose bodies were either not found or identified. Police called off the search last week. A bomb exploded aboard the Newyork bound flight 103 on dec. 21, kill ing 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground. The coffin was lowered into the grave by representatives of the airline the police the armed forces and other Rescue services. Among the missing were Tom an Rosalind Flannigan whose 10-year-old daughter Joanne is buried nearby. Their House was destroyed in the crash. Some relatives threw soil into the grave or left personal mementos at the graveside. These included a photograph of Nicole Boulanger 21, of Shrewsbury,mass., and a newspaper clipping telling of one of her successful performances Asa drama student. A local Clergyman the Rev. Alan Neal said those who died were part of us and will forever be part of our lives. May this last Farewell express the depth of our love for them. May it ease our sense floss and strengthen our  . Consul general Douglas Jam Sand representatives of the airline and the British and hungarian governments presented wreaths. The grave was marked by a simple Granite Stone presented by pan am and inscribed in memory of All victims of the Lockerbie air disaster who died on Bagpiper Fiona Mccall stands beside the memorial Stone erected to the missing victims of the Lockerbie disaster. Dec. 21,1988." in London the transport department said tuesday that More than 100 Mea sures to tighten Security at British air ports have been implemented since the bombing. Transport Secretary Paul Channon said in a statement to parliament that the measures include tougher conditions for issuing passes to the Vicinity of air Craft More searching of staff and articles they carry when entering controlled areas and searching All vehicles approaching aircraft. It also includes increased patrols reduction in the number of control posts to release staff for improving Security elsewhere and escorting delivery goods to minimize the risk of prohibited Arti cles reaching aircraft. Meanwhile in Dover fab del., thelast of the . Military victims of the pan am jetliner crash Over Scotland has been returned to the United states. The remains of army 2nd it. Jewel c. Mitchell 32, were met by an 18-memberu.s. Air Force Honor guard. After the Flag draped coffin was re moved from the plane and a base Chap lain said a prayer the remains were taken to the base mortuary to be pre pared for burial. Mitchell was among 15 Active duty military personnel killed in the tragedy at Lockerbie. The new York resident was assigned to the 40th trans co 181st trans in at Mannheim West Germany