European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday August 2, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 21 Mission gives today a crossword t % dear Ann Landers As a former b-52 bomber navigator and now a private Pilot i love flying. In Early 1922,1 heard of an organization called air lifeline. This is a group of Volunteer pilots from around the nation who donate their time skills planes and fuel to provide free air transportation to ambulatory medical patients. I received the first Call from air lifeline two months after placing myself on its roster. A 17-year-old cancer patients condition had worsened and he had to go to san Francisco for treatment immediately. Quot Jack lived in an isolated part of Northern California. He was too sick to take an eight hour bus ride and afford an airline ticket. Nothing prepared me for what ran through my head when i saw this kid. My first thought was Quot How in the world am i going to fit that wheelchair into my plane a i was also a Little annoyed because Jack seemed to have an Quot attitude and made some belittling comments about my Quot Bug a i finally realized that Jack did no to have an attitude a he was just Plain scared. Ann Landers although the flying was pretty routine i Felt different. In fact i Felt terrific. I have never experienced such an overwhelming sense of accomplishment As i did that Day. Air lifeline and i saved Jack arid his family a lot of anxiety and expense. Ann i Hope your column will direct attention to this incredible Public service organization. We desperately need donations and More Volunteer pilots. I also want to put out a Call to patients their families physicians Ana social workers use us. If the airlines or other transportation companies wont take you because of your condition or it the Cost of transportation for treatment is beyond your Means Call air lifeline. The toll free number is 1-800-446-1231. Dale f. Brown Pilot air lifeline dear Dale Brown we checked out air lifeline and it came up with a 100 percent five Star rating for competence compassion and generosity i done to usually pitch my readers for contributions but if anyone out there would like to Send a few dollars to this truly great group i think it would be mighty Nice. My Check goes in the mall today. The address is air lifeline 1716 x st., Sacramento Calif. 95818. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Boa 11s62, Chicago. Iff. 60611-0ss2. C creators Syndicate. Wife turn love quiz on dear Abby with All due respect i think you should reconsider your advice to Quot no name or town a whose husband insisted on knowing How he compared with his wife a former lovers. You said Quot Tell him that he a the greatest a hell believe you and god will forgive in other words Tell a lie in order to keep the peace. She said she had no intention of telling him the truth a indicating that her husband Wasny to the greatest what should she do next fake orgasms deception is in curious to inv state of health a be it mental or emotional or the health of a marriage. Abby consider a different scenario. She turns the tables and starts asking Hubby about his past lovers. She had said a that neither of them was a Virgin when they married. She should let him know How it feels to be quizzed. Perhaps the worst that could happen is that they would both open up and together they would enrich their marriage. Questioning dear questioning a couple in order to Quot open up and learn what truly pleases the other would be better served if they consulted a sex therapist and or a marriage Counselor. Quibble dear Abby Hubby a ego needs constant reassuring or he would not keep nagging his wife to Tell him How his lovemaking compares with her former lovers. To Tell him the truth would emasculate him. There arc times when a kind lie is better than a cruel truth. Dear Abby that letter from Quot no name or town really hit Home with me. While dating my second a and definitely last a husband i made what could have been a horrible mistake by telling him in vague terms about some premarital experiences i had. He seemed amused and intrigued. After we were married he would occasionally Quot tease me about my former lovers but i noticed a bitter Edge creeping into his tone. Then i told him with absolute honesty Quot i wish id been a Virgin for you but no one has Ever satisfied me As often or fully As you but i believe what really clinched it was the boldest truth i swear of All Quot Darling a i said Quot done to you understand that All the time i was looking for you a once i said that with tears in his eyes he smothered me with kisses a and the subject never came up again. Also nameless in some other town letters for this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . 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