The White Falcon - 25.08.1978, Blaðsíða 2

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White Falcon
August 25, 1978
THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of Keflavik, Iceland (FIL-AM) in
recent ceremony presented to Captain J. T. Weir, USN, outgoing
Officer, US Nav
ommandin
THE HONORABLE JAMES J. BLAKE, US Ambassador to Iceland (center),
reviews the.honor guard during the Iceland Defense Force change of
command ceremony -Friday. Accompanying him is Captain Stephen W.
Dade, Marine Barracks Guard Officer and Colonel Jake C. Davis,
Chief of Staff to Commander IDF. (photo by PHAN Kirk Fasking)
Iceland stages air show celebration
The Tour Office is planning its year-
ly Thanksgiving trip, traveling to Lon-
don from Nov. 23 through Nov. 26 (a per-
fect opportunity to take advantage of a
'96'). Included in the package are air-
fare, hotel accommodations, English
breakfast and transfer.
London offers the visitor colorful
pageantry and ceremonies in the impres-
sive setting of historical buildings,
spanning hundreds of years of its ex-
citing past.
Walk down Trafalgar Square, with
its hundreds of London pigeons, past
Nelson's column and you'll see the
famous Mounted Guards in Whitehall.
The Changing of the Queen's Life Guard
takes place there each morning, per-
formed by the Horse Guards on their
superbly-groomed mounts.
Stroll on to Downing Street, a
short road off Whitehall, where Number
10 is the Prime Minister's official
residence. Then it is only a short
distance to Westminster Abbey and the
Houses of Parliament, where the famous
clock, Big Ben, stands above the river
Thames.
For five hours tomorrow, Reykjavik
will become the flight capital of the
North Atlantic as the Icelandic Pilots
Association and the Icelandic Aviation
Historical Society stage a special air
show, honoring the 50th anniversary of
commercial flight in Iceland.
In addition to formation flights,
aerobatics, sail plane demonstrations
and skydiving which involve a variety of
Icelandic private aircraft, the show
will feature low-altitude flybys of in-
ternational commercial jets, taking a
small detour enroute to Keflavik and
aircraft of the Icelandic Coast Guard
and Land Reclamation Bureau.
For the first time since 1970, air-
craft of the Iceland Defense Force will
also be participating in a Reykjavik air
show. A formation of F4C "Phantoms"
from the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squad-
ron is scheduled to make several low
passes and during the show. A Patrol
Squadron 56 P-3C "Orion" and a Detach-
ment 14 helicopter are scheduled for
static display.
In an all-time first for Icelandic
air shows, other NATO countries have
also been asked to provide aircraft.
While confirmations had not been re-
ceived from all countries at presstime,
Denmark, Norway, Germany, Canada and
France have all been asked to partic-
ipate.
The air show will begin with a 15-
plane armada of Icelandic light planes
at 1 p.m. tomorrow and end with a salute
to the Piper Cub at 6 p.m.
Tickets for adults are 1,000 kronur
($4) and 400 kronur ($1.50) for children
10 to 14. Younger children are admitted
free. Door prizes , consisting of free
sightseeing flights over Reykjavik, will
be awarded during the show.
Local births
Cori Lynn Manley was born Aug. 16 at
12:03 p.m. Daughter of YN1 Jeffery
Thomas Manley and Vicki Lee Manley.
YN1 Manley works for the Commander of
Fleet Air Keflavik.
Jill Marie Eaton was born Aug. 10 at
8:54 p.m. Daughter of RM2 Jimmy D.
Eaton and Joan Marie Eaton. RM2 Eaton
works in Grindavik.
Keflavik
notes
The James Bradley Show
to give showing
The USO show "The James Bradley Show"
will present a musical variety package
from Broadway to Top 40 to Disco fo
Sept. 2-6. The schedule will be as fol-
lows:
Sept. 2 - Andrews Theater at 2 p.m.
Top of the Rock at 8 p.m.
Sept. 3 - Rockville at 3 p.m.
Officers' Club at 8 p.m.
Sept. 5 - H-3 at noon
Sept. 6 - Grindavik at 2 p.m.
The Windbreaker at 8 p.m.
NEX meeting in store
The next meeting of the Navy Ex-
change/Commissary Advisory Board will be
held Tuesday, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in
the Admin Conference Room, Bldg. 752.
Street markets are a colorful part
of the capital, where you'll find Lon-
doners at their liveliest, shouting
about the variety of products they
have to offer, always exuberant when
chatting with shoppers.
When night falls, the brilliant
lights come on, and the theaters and
concert halls of London are in full
swing. With its lively discotheques
and night clubs, the capital lives up
to its sparkling reputation.
TAVERNS DUBBED PUBS
Not to be missed is a visit to one
London's famous pubs. No matter
you are in London, you won't have
far to find one. Drop in and chat
the "locals" in the bright atmosphere
that only "public houses" offer.
No visit to London would be complete
without a trip to the suburbs. Trans-
portation is easy, for all but one of
the underground lines serve London's
outlying districts, and surburban rail-
way trains run at frequent intervals
from all the main line stations. There
are also river trips into the suburbs.
In the southwest is Richmond, with
its giant park where Tudor kings used
to hunt. Hundreds of deer roam free
within its boundaries.
Hampstead, four miles north of Lon-
don, is a delightful place which still
retains its village atmosphere, with
passages, squares and houses full of
character. It is the haunt of artists
and antique collectors because many
shops sell old curios. Hampstead
Heath is a large expanse of unspoiled
greenery, offering good city views
and numerous historical pubs, the
most famous of which is the Bull and
Bush, subject of a music hall song.
The London area has such excellent
transportation that you may visit his-
toric and well-known places like Can-
terbury, Oxford, Cambridge and Strat-
ford-upon-Avon for the day and be back
in London for the evening.
CHRISTMAS BOOKINGS
Many flights for the Christmas holi-
days have already been fully booked, s
make your reservations soon to avoid
disappointment.
SPECIAL NOTE
The Tour Office announces that the
Sept. 2 bus tour to Thjorsardalur and
the Sept. 9 bus tour to Gullfoss, Gey-
sir and Hveragerdi have been cancelled.
Sept. 16, the office will have the tour
to Selfoss, Skogarfoss and Fljotshlid,
and Sept. 23 the tour to Gullfoss, Gey-
sir and Hveragerdi will be offered.
li-
White
Falcon
Commanding Officer
Capt. Thomas J. Keene
Public Affairs Officer
J02 Jerry L. Foster
Editorial Staff
J02 Ray D. Oosterman
JOSA Paula Ritrovato
AA Karen Mayo
The White Falcon is published each
Friday in accordance with NAVEXOS P-35
for distribution to U. S. military
personnel, Naval Station Keflavik,
Iceland, and their dependents, and to
military and civilian employees of the
Iceland Defense Force and their famil-
ies.
It is printed at the Naval Station
Print Shop from appropriated funds.
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