European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday january 27.1990 two of air combat s planes one with nary str pings ind the other with soviet Mig markings Fly Oer Fullerton Calif. Do fighting fantasy in the sky lets top gun fans test wings. J. In Uicich Iliev hit Anh maintain 3 Vici Fullerton. Calif. A you be seen top gun More than As courage and their instructor will allow. They can perform a Ballet ofic lop Jun Mure Man we Autv. Up. A. J crave the thrill of streaking rolling scissors High and Low Yoyos sky on the enemy s Tail Lar lag Rolls and loops in Pursuit of their Ealing their fighter Jet making the kill opponent. If Savouring in visibility Days and maintain a Vigil for other aircraft at All times. When we once Yotch rave to thrill ofsvrcakmg1 rolling Scisso re Hig natio a cuyos spot one we Stop the flight acts the Kunn Tail Lar. In the Victory. But you be never flown a plane. Welcome to air combat Usa where for $495 anyone would be red Barons or combat veterans nostalgic for the past can take italian made propeller aircraft up for dog fights Over peacetime Southern Cali fornia. It lakes nothing but a desire to get into the air plane said Greg Sloan one of eight pilots who Fly with air combat customers in the dual control planes. The 2-year-old Enterprise started by commercial airline Pilot Mike Blacks Lonc. Has pitted Friend against Friend son against father spouse against spouse. We be had everything from High school students to 50th wedding anniversary husband and wife air combat Blackstone said. In that encounter he added. The woman shot him Down Over and Over  the one Day fighter fantasy includes an hour of ground school an hour of flying and a debriefing. There s also a Keepsake a videotape of the adventure made by a cockpit camera. Customers take the adventure As far opponent. The kills simulated by a Trail of smoke from the victimized aircraft arc verified with a tracking system devel oped by Blackstone an aeronautical  invention was spurred by a Friendly rivalry with Pilot Bill ban Croft who helped Blackstone get the business going. Now arguments Over whether a kill was Good Are settled electronically followed by triumphant shouts of  air combat s three planes decked out in Navy striping or the markings of a soviet Mig Fly from Fullerton Airport 25 Miles South of downtown los Angeles. The three Siai Marchetti sf.260aircraft have a top cruising Speed of 250  missions take place Over unpopulated areas outside Federal airways and above 1,500 feet As required by Federal aviation administration regu lations Blackstone said. The planes re main 500 feet apart. He does t dismiss questions about  s always danger it s Fly  Blackstone said. This is South Ern California and there s a lot of air planes. But we Fly Only on Good ,. Air combat has had  accidents he said. Pilot Sloan a 20-year Marine Veter an who flew nearly 300 missions in Vietnam said he in t nervous about his Novice charges i be been instruct ing air combat Maneu vers since 1973. There s nothing they can do that Haven t seen. I m having As much fun now As i did  the pilots can be surprised by human nature however the Man who begs them to turn Back right after take off or the woman who relishes every bit of a Force As she repeatedly bests Pilot with 1.500 hours of flight time. Business has boomed in the six months since Blackstone installed his kill tracking system in air combat s three planes. Sloan said the company has More than 700 bookings. There arc former fighter pilots from Vietnam to world War ii coming out to relive their experiences Sloan said. We be had people Fly in from Scandinavia to Tokyo the air combat pilots downplay the connection to the Tom cruise movie top gun about fighter pilots at an elite naval aviation training school. The draw we get is from the actual fact they can Fly the air plane Sloan said. Safety is the prime directive and fun  Midwest digs out from Snow Chicago a the upper mid West was digging out Friday from a  acc storm with High winds that dumped unto 15 inches of Snow blacked out at least 138,000 Homes and businesses peeled off roofs and closed three major airports. Four people died of heart attacks while shovelling Snow from thursday s storm authorities said. Three of them were in Wisconsin one in Illinois. Lightning injured 12 people in Illinois and Snow made driving treacherous from Iowa to  is the Rural mailman s worst night Marc said Tanis Lehmann postmaster in Cedar Michigan. I worry like a Mother Hen until my carriers come  up to 15 inches of Snow fell in Michi Gan s lower Peninsula. Heavy Snow also fell in the cascades and olympic mountains of the Pacific Northwest with More forecast for Fri Day. Stevens pass 60 Miles cast of Seattle received 17 inches of Snow on thursday on top of a foot already on the around. And forecasters predicted an additional 1 to 2 feet of Snow there Friday. Utilities reported at least 84,000 customers lost Power in Michigan 44,000 in Wisconsin and 10,000 in Illinois. In most cases Power was Back on Friday. Eleven people were struck by lightning in a factory parking lot in Crystal Lake,iii., 35 Miles Northwest of Chicago and a 12th person was struck in nearby Palat Ine. None was seriously injured. I feel Lucky to be alive said Apolonio Pena 37, one of the precision twist Drill co. Workers struck by lightning As they were trying to help push cars out of 6 inches of new Snow. The Bolt hit a Telephone pole next to the Plant and trav eled through the Snow. There was a big loud Boom and then a Flash Pena said. I Felt like i had been knocked Down but i was really standing up. It was really strange. Sparks came out of my  Navy cover up charged in drowning of recruit Pensacola Fla. A the Navy tried to cover up wrongdoing in the drowning of a recruit the victim s family charged in lawsuits seeking $7 million from the government. The lawsuits filed thursday in . District court Stem from the 1988 death of airman recruit Lee Mirucki 19, of Appleton. Wis., during a Rescue Drill at Pensacola naval air station. Mirucki s Mother Elaine Kitowski  3 i Jim i i asking $5 million in one lawsuit. In the other Mirucki s two Sisters and a brother seek $2 million. Child custody expert admits to 15-year hoax i ill lt-,1 n.,ns4 in r Hilf a ctr it of a a Wulc Ned Crucq to i by Cox news service Marietta. A. After posing As a child Psychol Ogist for 15 years Jacqueline Yost admitted thursday she lied about her credentials and pleaded guilty to four felony counts of perjury forgery and making false statements to the court. During More than three years in the Atlanta Mica. The 58-year-old Yost testified As an expert witness in do ens and dozens of child custody divorce and criminal cases in nearly All metro county courts. Cobb District Al Gorncy Thomas Charron said. She had a forged master s degree and transcripts from the University of Wisconsin Charron said. In reality she does t even have a College degree just a Good working knowledge of child psychology. She apparently had a keen interest in working in that Field from the Lime she finished High school and Learned a lot from working with those in the Field and attending  Charron said. Everyone called her or. Yost. She was a very believable witness. Cobb Superior court judge George Kroc Ger sentenced Yost to 10 years probation fined her s 10.000 and ordered her to undergo psychiatric treatment. Charron said he has reviewed the criminal cases in which Yost was a witness and none of her testimony made a difference in finding the defendant guilty or  it is possible however that her testimony made a difference in some of the child custody cases which arc being reviewed to see if further court action is necessary Charron said. Yost operated North metro counselling and recovery Center in Marietta and has practice clinical psychology without a License in Georgia Ohio Pennsylva Nia and Wisconsin Charron said. Yost s secret became known last year when a Parent involved in a child custody Case was ordered to pay Yost s expenses and researched the Case for the court. The Parent discovered Yost did not graduate from the University of Wisconsin As she claimed. Yost initially denied the charge but then changed her Story claiming she was a Catholic nun who had been excommunicated and she had changed her name. But an investigation by Charron also proved that claim  new expert coming into the area not sanctioned by the stale crime lab will be thoroughly checked out the District attorney predicted. I think Jackie had a sincere desire to help people and Many people benefited from her services said Alan Manheim Yost s defense attorney. She worked with numerous doctors and psychologists Over the years and none of them Ever complained that she improperly handled patients or suspected she was not the person she