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Show .n 7H( inn hi k i i V: IjSi T V Man looking for graduate school roommate the program," said Henry Lord Boulton. who is president of the Venezuelan airlines Servivensa and Avensa and head of the ontmued from happen at an average of 4.5 per million flights three time? the world average and nine times the U.S. average. DEAR FINDERS: I hope you can help me find a true gentleman the smartest, most caring, giving man I ever met. I met Lars Lennart Larson when I was in my early 20s in five-natio- n Andean Airline Association. "We admit we've been lax. inefficient, The FAA focused on Latin America and the Caribbean in its compliance program, which immature-Ab- el Enrique Jimenez, director of Colombia's civil aviation agency, acknowledged his country, like others, for years ignored FAA pleas to uphold international norms for aviation safety. In the 1980s, "many of our countries were going through a process of slow institutional weakening of our civil aviation authorities which in the end affected our capacity of vigilance and control." Jimenez told an airline safety conference in Cartagena, Colombia, in February. examines whether countries are meeting international standards for overseeing air safety. It gives three possible ratings: a satisfactory Category 1. a conditional Category 2 and an unsatisfactory Category .'J. Airlines based in Category 3 countries generally are barred from flying to the United States. Africa even worse the latest FAA list, only l' of the 30 rated countries in the region or 43 percent earned a place in Category 1. In Weaknesses the regions weaknesses is a radar system that covers only airports in large cities and is virtually nonexistent for large stretches of Amazonian jungle and desolate mountain ranges. Among comparison. 93 percent of Kuropean countries and (9 percent of Asian countries were rated Category 1. Only Africa fired worse than Latin America, with just two of the eight African countries studied earning the top rating. The FAA looks at how a My Some fleets also have aging jets. Some airports have outdated navigation aids and inadequate inspection and maintenance facilities and procedures. U.S. pilots complain that some air traffic controllers have problems speaking and understanding English, the international language of flying. For all that, safety issues now tend to be addressed, not neglected. Barry Valentine, the FAA acting administrator, said flying in Latin America "is certainly much better today than it was several years ago, and it continues to improve." Boulton. 67, with a lifetime's experience of flying in his family's company, says new technology has helped to make flying safer. aviation safety the training agency and qualifications of pilots, ground crew, mechanics and other airline personnel. The agencies also must ensure that manuals, charts and records at airlines are The FAA doesn't disclose specifically why it rates a country poorly, and the affected governments aren't eager to do so. Mut a country's response to a less than satisfactory rating sometimes indicates where problems may lie. After being rated Category 2, Venezuela repaved the main runway at Simon Bolivar airport for the first time in 22 years. Civilians are returning to air traffic control towers, and the country's main aviation law is being updated. Venezuela has grounded all flights by one airline, Zuliana de Aviacion, for country A.iiu-- t contest RISKY ( V.t J.n s monitors e. New technology The former DC-- 3 commercial pilot noted global positioning devices are relatively inexpensive and help pilots determine their position at any given time to within a few feet. Other equipment alerts them to sudden shifts of wind and electrical surges as they travel through or near storms. In the years since the "lost decade" of the 1980s when South American countries suffered recession and sometimes turbulent transitions from military to democratic regimes and to from hundreds economies of millions of dollars have been spent to upgrade aviation facilities. Newer planes have collision warning devices, sophisticated navigation aids and larger fuel tanks that cut down on the need for refueling stops. That's significant because most crashes happen during takeoff and landing. lack of compliance with maintenance and safety procedures. Colombia, also in Category 2, improved its national system of radar beacons. Bolivia just finished a $43 million renovation of John F. Kennedy airport at La Paz and turned management over to a U.S. aviation services company, Airport Group International Inc. Resentment The FAA program has fostered resentment in the region. Some critics contend the United States is using it as leverage to earn more business for American carriers and to free-mark- state-controlle- d e sell more planes. But many officials concede it has forced their countries to pay badly needed attention to air safety. "No one these days, when we meet among ourselves, would U.S.-mad- Back to school I j FINDERS Bloomington. IN 47401 j ment he built in Greenwich Village. We lived with a group of wonderful people, learning, experimenting, growing, and discovering life's joys. He asked me, when we met, what I wanted to be like in 20 years. He often asked people that. He taught me to think clearly, to be honest, care for others as much as myself, to not litter, how to eat artichokes, to be able to document my facts in a discussion or say "I don't know." He taught me generosity and that money is only a thing with little true value. He helped me through good and bad times over the years. The good times were great. Like our first visit to Washington DC, or roller skating up Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan before rollerbladesl. We saw shows together and stomped in front of the Seagram's Building Michael first in store in Third Avenue called Penthouse Dunhill Wines, until about a year ago. Because of difficulties in my life and two moves from Hawaii to San Francisco and then to Laguna Beach, Calif. we've misplaced each other. I know he went back to school in the Boston area in his true field, geriatric health care and nursing home design. I value him more than ever now. The truths and values he shared with everyone has helped me greatly throughout my life. 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Other folks in this small county seat have quipped that police might charge a cxik with "assault and pepper." Cook Lisa Pierchoski had her fill of $3 parking tickets, police said, and gave patrolman Robert Sapp his comeuppance: the hot sausage Parmesan lunch special laced w ith extra stomach-searin- g red peppers. "For four days, he was sick as a dog upset stomach, burning," looks and sounds a little like the late Robert Mitchum, although he denies this) hopes to make his historic flight around the end of August. He's trying to raise money so that he and his crew can finish the Rubber Bandit. Naturally you are wondering if he has approached the Trojan condom company about a sponsorship; the answer is yes, he did, and incredibly Trojan turned him down. But he and his volunteers have been working on this project for two years, and I don't think they're going to quit. So keep an eye out for news on the Rubber Bandit. If you live near Van Nuys, you should also keep an ear out, and if you hear a really loud twanging sound, duck. Then there is the whole question of what will happen if with the Rubber Bandit Heaven sitting on a tiny seat hanging below the fuselage, between the wheels actually takes off. I keep thinking about all the balsa model planes I had when I was a boy. I'd wind the propeller until my finger was sore, then I'd set the plane down on the street, let the prop go and watch as the plane surged forward, became airborne, and then ' guided by some unerring homing instinct that balsa apparcrashed into ently possesses the nearest available object and broke into small pieces. I discussed this with Heaven, who nodded the nod of a man who has heard it all many times. He told me he was not worried at all. "You're out of your mind," I Write to Dave Barry co Tropic Magazine. The Miami Herald, One Herald Plaza. Miami FL 33132. said. 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