ELEGANT BLOOM COUNTY T-SHIRTS
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in the U.S. today. In genuine simulated living
color on a 50/50 silver T-shirt. For sale
February 11-14 at the MSC, Commons and
Blocker. Sponsored by ENVE.
Wednesday, February 13, 1985/The Battalion/Page 9
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MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society
February 25, 1985 8:00 p.m.
Rudder Auditorium
MSC B6x Office 845-1234
Will perform: Haydn’s Sonato in F major
Ravel’s Vaises nobles et sentimentales
Liszt's Paraphrase on Verdi's “Aida" and
Paraphrase on Verdi's “Rigolettb"
Chopin s Ballade No. 1-No. 4
your advertising dollars do better in
the classifieds
Around town
leiigiKsn proficiency exam oftereci
■■■■■■■■I p.m. to 9 p.m. lo order to qualify ■■■■■■
date for a degree in the College Sidetoce, each student must dteru-
chemistry, mathematics and physics should register for the exam in
313 BSBW prior to the exam.
Defensive driving class begins Friday p
Union tech, Inc. is sponsoring a defensive driving course at the
Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest, on Friday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. The course may be used for traf
fic ticket dismissal or a 10 percent reduction on most automobile in
surance policies. The fee is $20 (cash) and registration is At the door.
For more information, call 693-1322.
Honor society will award scholarships
National Phi Eta Sigma will award nine $1,000 scholarships and
30 $500 scholarships for seniors planning to attend graduate or pro
fessional school in the fall of 1985. Interested members of Phi Eta
Sigma should contact Dr, Lard in JU3 System Administration Build
ing. Local deadline for application is Feb. 20.
Writing contest deadline Is Friday
The Texas AScM Writing Contest will be accepting poetry and.
short stories from graduate and undergraduate students through
Friday. Entries can be sent through the campus mail or delivered di
rectly to the English Department mailroom. Address entries to The
Texas A&M Writing Contest. Students may submit up to three
poems and/or one short story. All entries must he typed and must
not include student's name on the poems or short stories. A 3x5 in
dex card should include name, address and phone number. The
contest will publish up to 15 poems and up to five short stories. .
TAMU Overseas Day held Thursday
Sponsored by the Study Abroad Office and MSC Travel Com
mittee, TAMU out about inter-
ciation and MSC International Programs Committee. Representa
tives will have tables set up in the MSC Main Lounge from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. Please stop by and feel Free to discuss the merits of cultural
and educational international travel, j :
After Hours offers driver safety course
The TAMU After Boors Program will sponsor a Driver Saftey
Course Friday and Saturday. This Course may be used to have cer
tain traffic violations dismissed and to receive a 19 percent discount
on most Automobile insurance fees. Registration is held 8 a.m.
p.m. Monday through Friday in 216 MSC.
call 845-1515.
For more information,
|j Engineering Dept, sponsors seminar
The first in a series of seminars organized by the Industrial Engi-,
neering Department interchange Committee will be held today
102 Zacbry. Dr. Neal McCollum, supervisor of th< *
group at General Dynamics-Fort Worth, will spt
Integrated Manufacturing”. The Tndnst rial
meat plans to sponsor a monthly series of general mterescseminars .
with speakers from i variety of disciplines.
Garage business may
get military contract
Associated Press
DUNCANVILLE — Three years
ago, Bill Adaska started making ul
tralight aircraft in his garage.
Today he has designed a battle
field version of the plane and is sell
ing it to the U.S. government.
Adaska, the 39-year-old founder
of Rotec Engineering, says his
$10,000 Panther Plus can be out
fitted to destroy $5 million Soviet he
licopters or can be used as stealthy
“covert communications” vehicles.
Adaska says he is waiting for the
“paper work” to make its way
through the Pentagon, clearing the
Way for shipment of three military
versions of his new aircraft.
The Panther, unlike most ultra
lights, has a closed cockpit and wings
With a double airfoil, like conventio
nal airplanes, allowing it to fly twice
as fast as the original 30 mph model.
Adaska started Rotec 10 years ago
as a free-lance engineering business
in his garage in Duncanville.
Three years ago, he put up a sign
announcing he built recreational ul
tralight aircraft — small, open
planes for weekend pilots. By last
year, he had the Panther on the
drawing board.
Although a brightly colored ver
sion of the Panther Plus fits in well
With Rotec’s line of recreational air
craft, Adaska, a former helicopter
development and test engineer for
Aerospatiale Helicopter Corp., said
“the plane has a lot of bang for the
bucks” as a military craft.
For less than $10,000 per aircraft,
Rotec can give the U.S. Army a craft
capable of destroying Soviet-made
Hind series advanced attack helicop-
ers, Adaska said.
By attaching various kinds of va
rious types of missiles to the Panth
er’s wing strutts and giving the pilot
night vision goggles, the Panther can
be tailor-made for shooting down
the $5 million Soviet helicopter, Ad
aska claims.
But price isn’t the only advantage.
Adaska says by replacing the plane’s
aluminum wing components with fi
berglass, the little aircraft is quickly
converted into Duncanville’s first
stealth aircraft — hard to detect with
radar.
The Panther’s double muffler sys
tem makes the craft relatively quiet,
reducing engine noise to 58 decibels,
and the engine is covered with ra
dar-absorbent paint.
But the Panther’s military uses
don’t have to be restricted to night-
capades.
Adaska said the Air Force plans to
test Panthers as battlefield satellites
for use as “covert communications
relay platforms.”
A remote control version of the
craft could be used to relay informa
tion through laser signals from com
mand post to tanks and other posi
tions.
Israel has been using radio-con
trolled ultralights to draw anti-air
craft fire as a means of spotting the
battery, Adaska said.
Because the ultralight aircraft can
be packed into a crate 5 feet by 3 feet
by 18 feet, Adaska thinks his Pan
ther would be ideal for rescuing sol
diers and pilots behind enemy lines.
He imagines the crated plane
could be dropped from another air
craft, and then assembled by the
stranded pilot, who then would fly
out.
If Rotec wins a military contract to
mass produce the Panther, Adaska
said he plans to set up a separate op
eration in Duncanville to handle the
defense business and its related pa
per work.
Several of his engieering contacts
at LTV Corp., Bell Helicopter Tex
tron and Aerospatiale have ex
pressed interest in setting up sepa
rate Rotec defense operations, he
said.
2 FOR 1 IS BACK!
No place has 2 for 1 drinks
anymore. But Samson & Deli-
lah has 2 for 1 haircuts as a
special offer to you, the cus
tomer, thru Mar. 31st with this
coupon.
Samson & Delilah
1510 Holleman, College Station, Tx.
Open Mon-Sat 698-1712
Papal Pvffl*
Large Pizza .$3.99
99$ pe/i e/xt/uL item
-soft drink refills 250-
Open 11 a.m.-past midnight
846-0079 846-3824
509 University Drive
“REALITIES OF THE NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION:
AN OVERVIEW, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE,
RECENT ELECTIONS, AND THE CONTRA WAR”
a talk and slide show with Bill Beardall, Dallas attorney with Texas
Rural Legal Aid.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 8:00 p.m.
College Station Community Center
1300 Jersey, Room 106
CO-SPOMSORED BY STUDENT PEACE ACTION xiL**.
AND BRAZOS VALLEY PEACE ACTION
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CHINESE RESTAURANT
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Sunday Buffet Hot Fresh Spicy
11 items including soup,
new menu every Sunday
We serve the largest menu in B-CS
Lunches from $3.95 to $4.55
including soup
Special Birthday arrangement with gift from us
Open 7 days a week lunch & dinner
1102 Harvey Rd.
College Station, TX 77840
409-764-0466
Carry-out Orders
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THIS
VALENTINE’S
DAY,
LOOK WHAT YOU
GET FOR LOVING A
SHRIME
Shrimp Lover’s Platter with champagne
and dessert. $10.50 now ’til Feb. 17th.
Come to Red Lobster® from now ’til
February 17th, and along with our other . -
specials, we’ll woo you with our very special
Shrimp Lover’s Platter. Start off with an ^ - —
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combination of fried shrimp and stuffed shrimp.
Then get a Valentine: your choice of a glass of
champagne or soft drink and a dessert. All’ for only $10.50
But hurry! You can fall in love for a limited time only.
where
Red Lobster
813 Texas Ave.
Across the street from Texas A&M University
College Station
Mom Major Credit Cards Accepted
764-9310
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