European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday August 18, 1989 Jet makes record Sydney to London flight Sydney Australia a a Qantas jumbo Jet made aviation history on thursday by becoming the first Commer Cial Airliner to Fly non Stop from London to Sydney. Ending what the Pilot called the Tyr Anny of distance the new $150 million Qantas airways Boeing 747-400 made the 11,156-mile journey in 20 hours nine minutes also setting a Speed record. Hundreds of people witnessed the arrival of the City of Canberra at Sydney s Kingsford Smith Airport named for sir world today Charles Kingsford Smith the australian aviator who pioneered the route in 1929. The previous Long distance record was held by South african airways which hew a specially designed Boeing Jet 10,281 Miles from Seattle to Cape town South Africa. Flights Between Australia and London currently make one Stop and Complete the journey in about 22 hours. By contrast a similar journey in the 1930s from London to Brisbane austra Lia took 12 to 14 Days with stops in Paris Brindisi Italy Athens Greece Cairo Egypt Karachi. Pakistan Singa pore and Brisbane. The City of Canberra made the Jour Ney with 23 people on Board As Well As strict limitations on Luggage. It carried 56,420 Gallons of High density aviation fuel. Non essential Galley equipment including newspapers were removed from the plane. It reportedly arrived Wilh Only one hour s Worth of fuel in Reserve after flying at an average Speed of 570 Mph at an Altitude of 45,000 feet. More than half the super Jet s weight at Takeoff was in fuel. Qantas said the record night could not have been attempted with a full Load of passengers so the 367-scat Jet carried just seven Crew members including four pilots and 16 others including airline executives and aviation writers. Its Normal Range is 7,875 Miles with full passenger and cargo payload. On the Tarmac hundreds cheered when the senior Pilot capt. David Mas Scy Grcen declared the tyranny of distance has been beaten Down. Israeli minister plans visit to Kenya to sign pact Jerusalem a foreign minister mosh arcs will travel to Nairobi Kenya next thursday to sign an economic cooperation agreement with Kenya the foreign ministry an  spokesman Danny Shek said the agreement would be the first Between the two nations since Kenya re established diplomatic relations last december. Relations had been Sev ered after Israel crossed the Suez canal into Egypt during the 1973 Middle East  also will hold talks with the kenyan foreign minister re. Ouzo during the three Day trip suck said. Moscow phone directories will list embassy numbers Moscow a muscovites who have to rely on word of Mouth for the Telephone num Bers of foreign embassies soon will have some Relief Tass reported  limited Telephone books available in Moscow arc being expanded by 20,000 entries and will include embassy numbers the official news Agency said. Currently with their numbers unlisted and their entrances closely guarded by soviet policemen for eign embassies Are nearly inaccessible to soviets. Telephone books arc in Short Supply in mos cow listing various establishments but not including individuals Home numbers. Switzerland seeks to keep Speed limit at 120 Kwh Bern Switzerland a the Swiss Feder Al executive decided wednesday to keep the Speed limit at 120 Kilometres per hour 72 Mph on expressways and at 80 Kwh 48 Mph on highways although opinion polls have shown most people want higher limits. But the Swiss population will have the final say in a november referendum on a proposal to in crease the limit to 130 Kwh 78 Mph on express ways and to 100 Kwh 62 Mph on highways. Government minister Arnold Koller told journalists the 120/80 Kwh limits would stay in Force As anti pollution measures. They were introduced in 1985 on a trial basis. An opinion poll published in Schweizfr Illus Trichter Magazine last week showed 45 percent of people questioned wanted the old limit of 130 Kwh restored and 7 percent wanted no maximum at All As on neighbouring West Germany s autobahn. A i Rf-.,-. Of i a s to i 1 i--1." it of i left j. Of 5 1stl "�1. ,_1_ v ?. Vey \ of r the soviet owned ship Nadezhda Obuchova carrying toxic waste from Canada stands by in Liverpool Harbor. Doc Cor cers balk of unloading toxic waste from soviet freighter Liverpool England a port owners and longshoremen refused to unload Canadian toxic waste from a soviet freighter wednesday but the British government insisted there was no danger. There is no reason whatsoever Why on Environ mental grounds these cargoes should not be handled environment Secretary Chris Patten said. We Haven t been and we re not going to be the Dustbin of the  Canada said later it would temporarily store the poly chlorinated biphenyl or pcs in Quebec prov Ince. The freighter Nadezhda Obuchova prepared to head Back to Canada on thursday with a cargo of pcs loaded at Montreal. They had been destined for destruction by a High temperature incinerator in South Wales. The Mersey docks and Harbor co., backing Long Shore leaders refused to handle the cargo after the Greenpeace environmental group succeeded in Block ing another pc cargo at Tilbury a port in Southern England. Tilbury turned away the consignment also from Canada after protesters attached a Skull and Cross Bones Banner to the freighter while television Crews filmed from launches and helicopters. British newspapers have taken up the Issue with mass circulation dailies carrying such headlines As ship of  London s Liberal observer usually sympathetic to Greenpeace accused it this week of going Over  Greenpeace is trying to Block 15 consignments of pcs from Canada that the British disposal company Richem has contracted to handle at its South Wales Plant in coming weeks. The company says it will defend its  in Quebec Canada s environment minister list Bacon announced wednesday evening that the pcs will be put in a Hydro Quebec storage facility in the province. She said the pcs will be taken to manic 2, a Power generating station about 20 Miles West of Bale co Ricau prime minister Brian Mulroney s Hometown. This is a temporary solution As our goal is to Dis pose of the toxic wastes Bacon told a news Confer ence. Pcs which were used primarily to Cool electrical transformers have been banned in  be cause of links with cancer. Government officials say Britain has the techniques to dispose of the cargoes and has strict safety regulations for How they can be imported. Saudis seek to keep . Barge base in Gulf Manama Bahrain a . Plans to withdraw the last american fortified Barge from the Gulf have stalled Over saudi Arabia s objections that the move would leave its Central coast open to iranian terrorist infiltrators Diplo Matic sources said thursday. The saudis and the . State depart ment arc trying to negotiate an agreement under which the saudi government would assume some or All costs of maintaining the Barge and its Garrison of about Iso . Military personnel the sources said. The talks in Washington Are aimed at resolving the Issue before saudi Arabia s King Fand makes a scheduled state visit there in a month. At . Central come Headquarters which has administrative jurisdiction Over Gulf operations spokesman  Willey refused to comment on the reported talks but said there had been no change in the Barge s status. Code named Hercules it is one of two Large construction barges leased by the . Navy in late 1987 for use As top secret Mobile combat  Navy patrol Craft and night prowling army Heli copters were based on them to keep tabs on iranian armed speedboat and mine laying operations entered at Farsi is land 60 Miles off the saudi coast. The other Barge was withdrawn last october two months after a cease fire ended the eight year War Between Iran and Iraq. . Officials said then that the Hercules would remain As Long As the perceived threat of a new flare up existed. However with the truce  first anniversary on aug. 20, the Navy reportedly bowed to pressure from Bud get conscious army and Marine corps officials to withdraw the Hercules. The Barge was being towed to Bahrain last month when the saudi government objected to its removal forcing the Pentagon to put everything on hold one source said. The saudi government apparently argued that Wilh its continued nigh state of tension with Iran the Barge was needed to protect against sabotage or terrorist threats to offshore Oil Fields As Well a petrochemical plants and Oil terminals along the Central saudi coast. Because the saudis and kuwaitis had backed Iraq in the Gulf War Iran Reta. Listed by attacking their shipping