European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday june 13, 1991 # �?�7 cd Sis a a a a a a or a j sat a a a v-22 Osprey pictured during a 1989 test flight. The nations fifth v-22 Osprey sits on the Tarmac after crashing tuesday at an Airport in Delaware. 2 injured As Osprey crashes on test flight new Castle Del apr the nations tilth v-22 Osprey an aircraft that can hover like a helicopter and that is the focus of a funding fight crashed on its Maiden test flight tuesday. Two people aboard suffered minor injuries. The crash at new Castle county Airport came eight minutes into the flight said Madelyn Bush spokeswoman for Boeing helicopters. The company based in Ridley township a produces the Craft jointly with Bell text Ron helicopters in fort Worth Texas and operates a test flight Center at the Airport. A it was a routine test. It was the first flight of that aircraft a Bush said. The plane was the fifth of six being built under a $1.8 billion congressional appropriation Bush said Lac first Osprey was tested at new Castle in december 1989. None had crashed before. The Craft was hovering about 15 feet off the ground when it tipped to the left and the engine on the left Wing slammed to the ground igniting a Small fire Bush. Said. She said Navy officials were investigating the crash. The Pilot Grady Wilson 50, of Wil Mingteh del., was treated and released from Christiana Hospital after suffering minor abrasions,.a. Hos Pilpil spokeswoman said the co Pilot Lynn Freisner of Wallingford pa., received superficial cuts that were treated at the scene. Bush  comment on what effect the crash might have on a dispute Between the Bush administration which wants to scrap the plane and Congress which has voted to fund it. The four other ospreys have logged nearly 600 flight hours without major problems Bell text Ron spokesman Bob Ledr said in fort Worth. A obviously there was a problem with ship no 5, which we Are confident is isolated to that particular air plane Quot Ledr said in a statement. A following the investigation we see no reason Why the v-22 flight test program cannot continue As  7. The Osprey can take off and land Ike a helicopter with its engine mounted propellers turned skyward. In air its engines tilt Forward and it can Fly at the Speed of an air plane. The marines say the Osprey will extend the Range at which they can Fly hell copter assaults. But the defense department has been trying to kill the project for several years claiming existing helicopters arc adequate. / a Congress however has refused to kill the Craft. Lawmakers restored funds for the Osprey that the Pentagon dropped during the last two years. The $295 billion defense appropriations Bill that cleared the House last week includes $990 million for Osprey development and Purchase of three machines each costs Between $22 million and $26 million Bell officials say red Adair by Beth Hawkins los Angeles times was 1 in ton a because of a Lack of cooperation and support from the kuwaiti government the Job of putting out the country a burning Oil Wells could take five years Oil Field fire expert red Adair says a a. A a v a a a kuwaiti officials estimated last month that the fires would be extinguished in a year or less. Adair told the Senate persian Gulf environmental task Force on tuesday however that he believes that it will fake five times that Long because firefighting Crews do not have reliable equipment emergency medical facilities or enough water to fight the blazes. Adair a texan who was a Pioneer in Oil spill control techniques Heads one of three . Companies hired last february to help put out the emirate s 600 Offwell fires Many of them believed to have been set by withdrawing iraqi troops,.lie said firefighters so far have capped 157 of the damaged Wells which he characterized As the a easy ones.�?�. V Adair said the Crews had not begun closing the largest Wells some of which Are topped by 500-fool flames hot enough to turn Sand into Glass. Many of these Wells also Are surrounded by minefields which he said Kuwait has not started of Clear. A. A in this Trade we need All the help we can get. We need somebody to get us some proper equipment and proper medics a Adair said. A a it a about. Time that somebody Over there started straightening up on what s going  he attributed the equipment delays to red tape and the bargain Hunting of engineering companies hired by the kuwaiti government to coordinate the cleanup of fort. He said that even though the. Crews have been w orking for More than two months the government is still soliciting bids a they re looking for the Best bids and they said they could to get them a Adair said. A i done to bid on mine i done to care  costs because my menus lives arc a Worth a hell of a lot More than  the task Force also heard testimony tuesday front physicist Henry Kendall who said the workers were getting Down on their hands and Knees and using Sticks to search for mines that Are still buried in the desert. He said the kuwaiti government is ignoring promising new techniques for Clearing the Oil Fields of iraqi land mines and unexploded bombs. Kuwait has hired a British company to Clear the mines. Move to Reform mining Law opposed washing i on at a the Bush administration said tuesday that it opposes an  overhaul a 120-year-old mining Law that reformers claim would bring the government $200 million a year in added Rev. Enties., c y Jamison director of. The Interior department s Bureau of Lund management said legislation spoil sorted by sen. Dale bumpers d-atk., would severely undermine it not eliminate incentives Tor continued mining of Gold Silver Copper Lead Ami other hard Rock minerals on . The panels chairman. Sen. Jell Bingaman . Indicated that westerners again will resist the latest in several efforts by bumpers and others Over the past decade to overhaul the 1872 mining act. Bingaman acknowledged that the Law allowing prospectors to Purchase Ted Cral land Tor As Little As $2.50 to $5 an acre if they discover minerals on their claims has been abused Over the years a by those not legitimately interested in  a however wholesale revision of the Law is an inappropriate was to address these problems a he said. Bingaman indicated support for an alternative Bill by sen. Conrad Burns a Utah that would establish a commission to the study the Issue for two  solar flares May cause problems Washington up Hie fifth in a week Long series of intense solar flares occurred monday night and should trigger a severe Geomagnetic storm on Earth that was expected id begin wednesday officials say. A the a storm will require managers of electrical Power distribution networks pipe lines and satellites to take special preventive Steps to avoid damage to their operations a no a a