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August 1990
Vol. 22, No. 8
Maxwell AFB, Ala.

Serving the

CAP membership since November 1968

Senator Harkin lauded
during dinner in Iowa
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DES MOINES, Iowa -Iowa's capital city was the
recent location of a Civil Air
Patrol dinner honoring United
S t a t e s S e n a t o r To m H a r k i n
(R-Iowa) for his steadfast
support of Civil Air Patrol's
involvement in America's war
on drugs.
To commemorate Senator
Harkin's partnership with the
Civil Air Patrol, members from
Iowa, North Central Region,
a n d N a t i o n a l s t a ff C i v i l A i r
MILESTONE ACHIEVED -- The 1,000th presentation of Civil Air
Patrol gathered here for a comPatrol's Gen. Carl A. Spaetz Award took place recently during
memorative dinner appropriColorado Wing's annual encampment. Air Force Academy Superately labeled with the theme,
Intendent, Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles R. Hamm presents the award
to Colorado Wing's, Timberline Cadet Squadron Cadet Lance '~tJ.S. Senator Tom Harkin and
Baxter. Cadet Baxter has been a member of Civil Air Patrol since C i v i l A i r P a t r o l : S e r v i n g
1985 and is now attending the Air Force Academy. Guests at the America Together."
historic occasion Included cadet Baxter's parents; Colorado Wing
During the evening, a conCommander, Col. Jay Bobick and Colorado Wing's Air Force tingent of officials including
Liaison Officer, Air Force Lt. Col. Mike Connelly. The presentation
Brig. Gen. Warren J. Barry,
was made In the office of the Academy superintendent. (Civil Air
n a t i o n a l v i c e c o m m a n d e r,
Patrol Photo by Lt. Col. William D. Madsen, Rocky Mountain
reviewed the history of SenaRegion hiatodan)
tor Harkin's sponsorship of
Civil Air Patrol involvement
in counter-narcotics missions.
Senator Harkin has been
involved every step of the way,
sponsoring federal legislation
to equip and train Civil Air
Patrol forces in the counternarcotics mission. His efforts
in this area have also proolder woman on his shoulWINLOCK, Wash. -Seven cadets from Washingders through near-freezing
vided support to other areas
waters that came up to his
ton Wing's Fire Mountain
of Civil Air Patrol's operational
armpits."
Composite Squadron were
mission in thousands of cornawarded Civil Air Patrol LifeCadet Hicks, age 12, is a
seventh grade student at
saving Medals recently, for
t h e i r w o r k d u r i n g fl o o d i n g Toledo Middle School.
in the state earlier this year.
After spending three hours
The seven cadets are Tywading through the frigid
DOBBINS AFB, Ga. -son Cope and John Hicks, of
waters, cadets were ready
Georgia Wing recently made
To l e d o ; M a r k C u r r y , o f for a rest. 2nd Lt. Christine
a FIND locating a missing airChehalis; Donald Walker and S m i t h s a i d , " W h e n w e fi craft which had been the obDaniel Wilcox, of Napavine;
nally got time to rest, about
ject of a five-state search.
7 a. m., we had been working
and James and Matthew
The aircraft which was refor about 24 hours. EveryZion, of Tumwater.
ported overdue from Lakeland,
According to Col. William
body just lay down on the
Fla., to Jeffersonville, Ind.,
Hamilton, these cadets car- floor in their clothes and fell
was found by Georgia Wing
ried approximately 43 people, aslccp."
s~.archers at an altitude of apPacific Region Com
m a n y o f t h e m e l d e r l y, t o
proximately 3,800 feet, seven
safety through the flood wa- m a n d e r , C o l . E d L e w i s ,
miles southc-=t of Elijay, in
ters.
praised Fire Mountain
Georgia's rugged north mounPrior to being called on for Composite Squadron memtains.
the rescues, cadets and sen- bers, both seniors and caThe pilot and his passenger
ior members had taken leaddets, saying,"This unit rewere found with the wrecking roles in efforts to sandally did an outstanding job."
age. They did not survive.
Fire Mountain Composite
bag dikes along the
The lost Piper PA-28 ChSquadron also received a
Skookumchuck River and
erokee 160, had stopped in
other locations.
U n i t C i t a t i o n Aw a r d f r o m
P e r r y, G a . , e n r o u t e f r o m
During the rescue, the Civil Air Patrol's National
Lakeland to refuel and get a
three to four foot deep flood Commander, Maj. Gen. E.E.
weather briefing from the
waters reached higher on H a r w e l l , f o r r e l i e f w o r k
Flight Service Station in
some cadets than on the taller
during the floods. Lewis
adults. Maj. Steve Carmick County Sheriff, Bill Logan,
Macon, Ga.
At the time, severe weather
said, "At one point, Cadet
joined Colonel Hamilton in
had been reported in the area
presenting the Lifesaving
Hicks, who stands about five
with locally heavy thunderfoot even, was carrying an Awards.
storms associated with a rap-

munities across America.
At the conclusion of the
d i n n e r, C i v i l A i r P a t r o l p r e sented a sound and slide tribute to Senator Harkin. The
evening was capped with
presentation of an American
Eagle Statuette to Senator
Harkin. The presentation was
made by General Barry on

behalf of all who serve in Civil
Air Patrol units across America on a daily basis.
In concluding remarks,
Senator Harkin expressed his
appreciation to Civil Air Patrol members across the nation and pledged his continuing support toward critical
Civil Air Patrol programs.

Seven cadets save
elderly flood victims

FOR YOUR SUPPORT -- Senator Tom Harkln (R-Iowa), right, recelvea an American Eagle Statuette from Brig. Gen. Warren J.
Barry, national vice commander, Civil Air Patrol. (Civil Air Patrol
Photo courtesy Eethervllle Senior Squadron, Iowa Wing)

Georgia find ends search
idly moving front from out of M i c h a e l C r o w e , t o o k c o m Alabama. The pilot, who had mand of the mission and ordered searching to begin in
his license only a short time,
was advised by FSS officials
East Alabama, West Georgia,
Central Tennessee, Kentucky
that conditions were not suitable for his rating or the capaand Indiana. The Indiana
bility of the aircraft.
team was called offearly when
H e r e f u e l e d a n d t . n n k o ff itwas determined the aircraft
wa~ ,o~.in their targeted search
toward Alabama. The hnecrew reported the aircraft was areas.
heavily loaded with industrial
The search was made diffiequipment and a large cache cult since no flight plan was
filed; nor was an Emergency
of personal belongings.
Locator Transmitter sending
According to observers, the
any signals. It was later found,
aircraft took almost the entire runway, of 5,000 feet, to b y N a t i o n a l Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n
Safety Board and Federal
achieve rotation.
W h e n t h e a i r c r a f t d i d n o t Av i a t i o n A d m i n i s t r a t i o n i n spectors at the crash site, that
arrive in the Louisville, Ky.,
t h e E LT h a d i t s b a t t e r y r e area, a search was instigated.
Georgia Wing's Emergency moved.
A ground team composed of
Service Unit was designated
mission coordinator for the five Maj. David Henry, Savannah
Cadet Squadron, and Capt.
Civil Air Patrol wings involved:
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, D a n F i s h e r, S a n d y S p r i n g s
Kentucky and Indiana.
Cadet Squadron, and cadets
Georgia Wing's Director of f r o m b o t h u n i t s w e r e d i s Emergency Services, Col.
(Continued on page 2)

Civil Air Patrol News
August 1990

Members honor founder
ONTARIO, Calif. -- Headed by California Wing Commander, Col. Ernest C. Pearson, a group of Civil Air Patrol
members recently honored the memory of Gill Robb Wilson
-- 1893 to 1966.
Cadets and senior members of California Wing's Group
15 participated in a wreath laying ceremony held at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, West Covina, Calif.
A native of Pennsylvania, Gill Robb Wilson graduated
from Washington and Jeffersor~ University just as World
War I broke out. lie enlisted in the French ambulance
service, but soon transferred to France's Lafayette Escadrille, as a pilot. For his exploits be was awarded the
French Croix de Guerre. He joined the American Air
Service when the U.S. entered the war.
His many activities since then included civilian pilot
training, Civil Air Patrol, writer and war correspondent in
all theaters of World War II, and serving as a government
consultant on air problems.
Two other prominent journalists of the day, Thomas H.
Beck, chairman of the board of Crowell Collier Publishing
Company and Guy P. Gannett, head of a New England
newspaper chain,joined Wilson to "blue-print" the organization of civil aviation on a national front.
However, Gill Robb Wilson worked out the details and
is generally credited as the founder of Civil Air Patrol.
Chaplain (Capt.) Bon Boldman, Group 15, led members
at the ceremony in a prayer for Gill Robb Wilson, lauding
h i m a s a w r i t e r, a i r m a n , p o e t a n d f o u n d e r o f C i v i l A i r
Patrol.

Virginia hosts school
M A R I O N , Va . - - I n s t r u c t o r s f r o m t h r o u g h o u t S o u t h west Virginia converged on the community of Dublin, Va.,
recently to teach Virginia Wing members about the role
squadrons play in Civil Air Patrol during an intense twoday training class.
The Squadron Leadership School, held at New River
Community College, was, according to Karen Copenhayer, public affairs officer for Group I, Virginia Wing, an
in-depth study of squadron functions.
As members listened, Virginia Wing Vice Commander,
Lt. Col. William Jackson, explained the squadron commander's position and responsibilities. He explained that
the commander is resp~)nsible for the overall success of
Civil Air Patrol programs in their individual squadrons.
Attendees were taught the structure of Civil Air Patrol
and where squadrons fit into the "big picture." They were
also taught that any position or duty is important in the
squadron and that higher echelon is not only management, but also is there to support the squadron.
The Senior Program was discussed by Capt. Ken Smith,
commander of Grundy Composite Squadron. He spoke to
attendees about five levels of training available to every
adult, including college study programs offered through
the Air Force's Air University in Montgomery, Ala.
The Cadet Program, was presented by Lt. Col. Walt
Spence ofMartinsville, Va. Opportunities for cadets in the
program are numerous, the colonel said. Not only do
cadets learn to be followers, but leaders through advancement. "They are the future leaders of America," said
Colonel Spence. "They have our nation's future in their
hands. Several exciting opportunities are available to
youth as they have a chance to solo aircraft and even travel
overseas."
Civil Air Patrol's multi-faceted programs include many
other areas such as communication capabilities, keeping
accurate account of supplies and materials, financial responsibilities, and public affairs.
A real treat for the students, according to Ms. Copenhayer, was when Lt. Col. Charles Glass expressed his
impression of being creative in our world of aerospace
education. "Creativity is the key," he said. "Have paper
airplane contests, model rocket launchings and tours. A
fun part for all cadets is the orientation flight program.
Each cadet can receive a flight in a variety of aircraft, from
a Cessna 172 to a big transport craft such as the C-130."

II

CONGRESSIONAL AWARDEES -- For what is reportedly the "first time ever," youths from
Washington State have earned Congressional Awards. Washington Wing's Mr. Rainier Composite Squadron has three cadets who are recipients of Congressional Bronze Medal Awards.
From left are Cadet Awardees, Jason Miller, Jenith Mu rphy and Chris Simmons. Congressman
Norm Dicks, (D-Washington), presented the awards. The Congressional Bronze Medal Award
recognizes young people for community services and personal development. Recipient's
records are reviewed by members of a Congressional Awards Council composed of adult
volunteers appointed by members of Congress. Nominations that are approved by the council
are then submitted to the National Office for final approval. Cadet Simmons is a junior at Rogers
High School, Cadet Murphy is a junior at Sumner High School and Cadet Miller is a freshman at
Kalles Junior High. Each cadet maintains a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.9 and is
active in school, church and Civil Air Patrol activities. (Civil Air Patrol Photo courtesy Mt.
Rainier Composite Squadron, Washington Wing)

Alaskans train in Arctic
EIELSON,Alaska -- When
the bush pilot gassed up her
aircraft in Fairbanks one cool
m o r n i n g r e c e n t l y, t h e o n l y
thing on her mind was getting
to the village of Arctic Circle
Hot Springs in time to take a
swim in a heated pool. On
this tragic day, however, she
would not make her date with
the pool.
The next day dawned with
overcast skies and cold north
winds. When Civil Air Patrol
pilot Tom Gindle and his observer crew left Eielson Air
Force Base, they too were
headed toward Arctic Circle
Hot Springs. Only they were
not thinking about swimming.
They were thinking about their
search mission and the possibility of making a rescue. The
aircrew would make it to their
destination and make a tragic
find on the way.
This scenario was only for

training purposes, yet typical
of too many actual searches
for missing pilots. Pilots who
fail to file a flight plan; who
hurry to arrive at their destinations; who fly while preoccupied with future business
or pleasure activities.
T h i r t e e n - c a d e t s a n d 11
senior members from around
Alaska came together for the
recent weekend practice
search and rescue exercise to
i m p r o v e t h e i r s k i l l s . Tw o
aircra~ from Eielson Composite Squadron airlifted half the
personnel and equipment to
their training site above the
Arctic Circle... Arctic Circle
Hot Springs. The rest would
make the drive in four-wheeldrive vehicles.
During the three-day training, senior members tutored
cadets in ]and search patterns,
communication skills, land
navigation, and mission docu-

mentation requirements.
Early in the training, a practice Emergency Locator Transmitter was activated to allow
both land and air search teams
to hone their direction finding search techniques. The
ELT was moved periodically
throughout the weekend to
allow participants a fresh
target to search for.
Cadet orientation flights
were the highlight for most
cadets, stated Joh n McHale, a
cadet from Anchorage. Cadet
Dawn Soileau, from Eielson,
enjoyed the swimming, but
felt the flight training from
her instructor pilot was the
most important part of her
weekend.
Cadet Heather Lane, also
from Anchorage, felt her training in ground search and rescue procedures was the most
important part.

Georgia find ends search
(Continued from page 1)
patched to the North Georgia
mountains as the search area
moved.
The FAA had informed Civil
Air Patrol that the pilot's flight
instructor told them the pilot
favored navigation by road
map and followingl~i~hways.
The Fixed Base Operator at
Perry, Ga., reported that the
pilot had radioed-in requesting information on which exit
of Interstate 75 the airport
was nearest. A 1990 road
atlas was found next to the
body of the pilot by searchers
upon arrival at the crash site.
Wreckage was spotted from
the air by a team composed of
Mission Check Pilot, Lt. Col.
Bob Logan, Atlanta 1 Squad-

ton; Senior Member S. M.
Beale, Gwinnett County
Composite Squadron; and
Capt. Walt McKinney, Atlanta
I Squadron. The ground team,
which bad spent the night on
the mountain, was directed to
the site over rugged terrain
by a helicopter provided by
Georgia's State Patrol.
Communications with mission headquarters was made
possible by a second Sandy
Spring Cadet Squadron
ground team led by 1st Lt.
Sandra Fisher strategically
located on high ground to act
as a communications relay
with mission headquarters at
the airport in Rome, Ga.
According to Lieutenant
Fisher, 'The aircraft was found
to be on a heading of 240-de-

grees magnetic. The direction to the pilot's destination
should have been approximately 345-degrees magnetic."
The ground team which
located the wreckage, in addition to Major Henry and Lieut e n a n t F i s h e r, w e r e : 1 s t L t .
D i a n e Yo u m a n s , S a v a n n a h
Senior Squadron; and Cadets
Jennifer Rudd, Phillip Petit,
Cara Caton, Dwight Lee, Steve
Rogers, Sandy Springs Cadet
Squadron; and Cadets Michael
Yo u m a n s a n d J o h n P o e ,
Savannah Senior Squadron.
The communications team,
in addition to Lieutenant
F i s h e r, w a s c o m p r i s e d o f :
Cadets David Haars, Justin
C a m p b e l l , S t e v e H e i t n e r,
M a r c u s G i l b e r t , M i k e Ve n e gas and Chad Clark.

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August 1990
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draws 70 attendees

COORDINATING""'-~'=I~ESPC)Ns'Es -- Senior Members Roger Rogers, left, and Walter
Boatner, of Arkansas Wing's Arkansas River Valley Composite Squadron, plan their
n e x t m o v e i n e m e r g e n c y r e l i e f e ff o r t s . T h e t w o j o i n e d o t h e r s f r o m A r k a n s a s W i n g
recently to support Red Cross and other disaster relief agencies in the state during
s o m e o f t h e w o r s t fl o o d i n g i n A r k a n s a s h i s t o r y. S u p p o r t a n d a s s i s t a n c e f r o m C i v i l
Air Patrol was provided in areas of damage assessment and delivery of emergency
relief supplies to families stranded by floodwaters. (Civil Air Patrol Photo courtesy
Arkansas Wing)

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CHICAGO -- More than 70 cadets
and senior members attended Illinois
Wing's recent 1990 Public Affairs Conference held at O'Hare Air Reserve
Forces Facility here. The event was
conducted by Illinois Wing Public Aff a i r s O f fi c e r, C a p t . Ly n n c S . K i l k e r,
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1st Lt. David Schwieger.
The goal of the conference was to
improve communications throughout
Illinois Wing by establishing a network of unit public affairs officers.
Local military units provided outstanding support, according to Lieutenant Schwieger. The 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National
Guard, hosted the event. The unit
also treated 35 Civil Air Patrol members to a three-hour orientation flight
aboard a KC-135 tanker aircraft that
refueled a flight of A-7 Corsairs in
mid-air.
T h e 9 2 8 t h Ta c t i c a l A i r l i f t G r o u p ,
Air Force Reserve, provided two guest
speakers for the conference. Air Force
Reserve SSgt. Dennis Kluk, 928th TAG
public affairs officer, gave an informative talk on Air Force public affairs
programs. Lt. Col. Richard Masek,
928th TAG commander, delighted the
audience by explaining the Air Force
Reserve program and the importance
to our country of citizens volunteering their time to the Air Force Reserve
and to programs such as Civil Air
Patrol.
Marine Corps Chief Warrant Offi.cer, James Roussell, 2nd Battalion,

24th Marines, Marine Corps Reserve,
provided attendees many interesting
ideas on how to improve their internal
information programs.
Lt. Col. Robert Greenfeld, mission
coordinator and public affairs officer,
now serving as Illinois Wing historian, spoke on the responsibilities of
m i s s i o n p u b l i c a ff a i r s o f fi c e r s . T h e
audience, according to IJieutenant
S c h w i e g e r, w a s s o b l t e r e s t e d t h a t
questions were answered by Colonel
Greenfeld for more than :~) minutes.
Illinois Wing's Director ¢~Aerospace
Education/Internal, C~ll,t G(~raldine
Haracz, spoke on senior i~'ograms and
Cadet Brian Kaczorowski. president
of Illinois Wing's CmL, t Advisory
Council, addressed cadet issues. Captain Dennision Love gave an informative talk on teaching Aerospace Education to non-Civil Air Patrol people.
A t w o - h o u r p u b l i c a ff a i r s o f fi c e r
workshop concluded the day-long conference. One of the immediate results, says Lieutenant Schwieger, was
establishment of public affairs sectors
throughout the state by Captain Kilker.
Several public affairs liaison officers
have since been appointed for each
sector. The new program is designed
to help improve access to information
for all members, plus provide a means
of getting information to the wing
public affairs officer for publication in
Illinois Wing's newspaper.
Illinois Wing began printing an eightpage newspaper, mailed directly to all
wing members in July.

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CivilAir Patrol News
August 1990

Delighted to be commander CAP-USAF
By Col. Joseph M. Nail
Executive Director
Civil Air Patrol
It is an understatement
to say I'm delighted to be
the new commander of
CAP-USAF and executive director of Civil Air
Patrol. I don't know of a
job in the Air Force that
I'd rather have. I've been
aware of Civil Air Patrol
and its many valuable
programs since a college
friend acquainted me
with them some 28 years
ago. As a former Air Force

Rescue helicopter pilot,
I've particularly admired
Civil Air Patrol's search
and rescue efforts.
After being on the job
for a month, I feel like
I've been trying to "drink
from a fire hose." The staff
members have briefed me
on their functions and responsibilities and the
many challenges which
face all of us in Civil Air
Patrol. We'll meet those
challenges by remaining
"Always Vigilant."
Civil Air Patrol's motto,
" A l w a y s Vi l i g a n t , " c a n

cover a broad spectrum
of subjects. One area I
would like each of us to
give special attention to
in the coming months is
the careful, efficient utilization of our resources.
With the decline in the
Department of Defense
and Air Force budgets
that are projected, each
of us is going to have to
carefully analyze every
proposed or planned
expenditure -- "Always
Vigilant" to ensure that
we get the most "bang for
the buck." We'll also have

to make things last
l o n g e r. We m u s t b e
" A l w a y s Vi g i l a n t " t h a t
equipment is safeguarded and not abused.
If we attack every job with
the utmost integrity and
professionalism, we'll be
able to meet the many
challenges that lie ahead
of us.
These are busy times
at the headquarters. The
National Board meeting
Colonel Nail
is rapidly approaching
and we are tying up the will be a class act and I
loose ends of preparation look forward to seeing
requirements. I think it many of you there.

Units conduct education seminar

BEST OF THE BEST -- Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Neb.,
was the recent location for North Central Region's Biennial Conference. Capt. Jean E. Harms, commander, Saline County Composite
Squadron, Missouri Wing, center, displays 1989's North Central
Region Outstanding Squadron of the Year Award which she recelved from Civil Air Patrol's National Commander, Maj. Gen. E. E.
Harwell, right. Cadet Nicholas S. Vazzana, left, also from Saline
County Composite Squadron, earned the Region's Outstanding
Cadet of the Year Award. (Civil Air Patrol Photo courtesy Headquarters North Central Region)

I,ATt{()I~E, Pa. -- Six
Western Pennsylvania
Civil Air Patrol squadrons and groups sent
more than 70 participants to a recent oneday Aerospace Education
Seminar at Westmoreland County Airport here.
The subject of the seminar was "Dynamics of
Flight."
Northeast Region Aerospace Education Officer,
Lt. Col. Ruth West, directed cadets who were
able to build model aircraft, fly "bananas," view
aviation films and listen
to experiences from aerospace leaders.
Flying contests were
held and prizes awarded

His pictorial presentation outlined career possibilities fi)r cadets whose
desires include flying or
other aviation related endeavors.
Participants represented Pennsylvania
Wing's Group 50, Group
60, Group 70, Group
1200, Group 1400, and
Group 1500.
Special appreciation
was extended to Maj.
Larry Bowin, Pennsylvania Wing and Capt.
J o s e p h H e l l y, S o u t h moreland Composite
Squadron, for their planning and logistical support in preparation for
this event.

for the best built and performing aircraft models.
Colonel West challenged all participants to
consider conducting more
aerospace oriented activities within local units,
and to continue promoting Aerospace Education.
One featured seminar
speaker was Air National
Guard Maj. Chris Fillar,
who began his interest in
aviation as a Civil Air
Patrol cadet 22 years ago.
Upon graduation from
the Air Force Academy,
he went on to become a
C-141 Starlifl~r pilot and
now is a civilian, flying
MD-80 commercial aircraft for a major national
airline.

NEWS

i~,~trcq

National Commander ...... Maj. Gen. E.E. Harwell, CAP
Executive Director .......... Col. Joseph M. Nail, USAF
Director of Public Affairs . Maj. Sharon Reynolds, USAF
Chief, Internal Information Division ....... Don Thweatt
Editor ................... SSgt. Dan Sherwood, USAF
Photographer ............ SSgt. George Wendt, USAF

Civil Air Patrol's
emergency services
statistics reported
here are current as
of July 10, 1990. The
figures are unofficial
and compiled at Civil
Air Patrol Headquarters, Maxwell AFB,
Ala.
Saves .......... 2 4
Finds ........ 1,006
Missions ..... 1,306
Total sorties .....
3,547
Total flying hours..
6,846

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Vol. 22, No. 8

August 1990

Civil Air Patrol News j[~
August 1990

A r i z o n a Vo l u n t e e r s a c t i v e
in statewide training exercise

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The exercise called for flying operaPHOENIX -- For three days recently, Arizona Wing participated in a t i o n s i n G i l a B e n d a i r s p a c e a n d a
statewide civil defense/disaster relief safety, Mid-Air Collision Avoidance,
and search and rescue exercise. Air program was incorporated with coopForce evaluators watched and ultieration from the 832nd Air Division's
Safety office and Air Force Lt. Col.
mately awarded the wing an "outSteve Summers of the 944th Tactical
standing" rating.
The exercise helped Civil Air Patrol Fighter Group Safety office.
volunteer members evaluate their
At the conclusion of the exercise,
levels of proficiency as aircrew and
Air Force Evaluator, Col. Richard M.
g r o u n d t e a m m e m b e r s a n d p r o v e d Baskett, stated, "The Arizona Wing
their readiness to accomplish the
has earned the distinction of consistently ranking tops in the region. Their
overall Emergency Services mission.
overall game-plan and performance
was outstanding. One of the greatest
gratifications is to be a part of a unit
that saves lives. To be successful at
this mission takes a great deal of
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this wing should be proud!"
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charged with the Aerial Radiological
Monitoring mission for the Continental United States. As such, Arizona
Wing was also evaluated on its readiness during a mock "radiation leak" at
the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant
as part of the exercise.
Civil Air Patrol RADEF aircrews
launched an aircraft from Goodyear
Airport on a monitoring sortie of, "a
large radiation cloud floating south of
Palo Verde."
Tr a i n e d b y C i v i l A i r P a t r o l a n d
Arizona state officials, aircrews flew
in and around the area, measuring
the extent of the "cloud" and advising
authorities. Upon their return to
G o o d y e a r, R A D E F - t r a i n e d c a d e t s
checked both aircraft and aircrews for
radioactive contamination and proceeded with extensive decontamination procedures.
"I have seen Air Force personnel
conduct real decontamination operations in Europe," stated Air Force
E v a l u a t o r, L t . C o l . D a v e H a l l , " a n d
these cadets are doing it right!"
The Air Force awarded Arizona Wing
members in Goodyear a second "outstanding" rating for RADEF mission
readiness.
Arizona Wing is headquartered at
Williams AFB, Ariz., and commanded
by Col. Gilbert H. Day. Air Force Lt.
Col. John IIurry is the Arizona Wing
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all Arizona Civil Air Patrol operations.
1990 marks the fifth consecutive
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Civil Air Patrol News
August 1990

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Whistle, plastic w~emouth, orange with lanyard.

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Map and compass training manual. 214 page course w,th traimng aids, by
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First Aid ktt, md=vclual "Beginner. Soldier style. 18-20 F~rst Aid Jtems ~n an
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USAF survrvat kmfe, 5" black stainless steel sawDack Dlade W na~bral leather
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CAP648CA

$6,95

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CAP643A

First Aid kit, ~ndlviduaL GI style. 19-25 medical items packed m an OD nylon
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August 1990 J
CAP687A

"All In One" camping shovel; axe saw, converts Quickly to ShOVel hammer.
axe, saw & nail puller t4eavy gau']e metal parts W cushlor' gnp naP, die Wdl
#(]rform indehndeIy Canvas slorage & c~rrylng snea;,~. W:snap & Dell loop
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CAP/31LB

CAP731LBD

CAP687AC

foldlng shovel, GI style 6" steel blade W serrated edge & w,de lop handle
3 Tolds to 10 x 6 x 1 75" Opens to 235" 2 LBS Colors Black, Red & Olive Drab
Specify

CAP687ACC

Cover, ] rl.lold shovel Gt style, nylon W/bell chp. OD 8 oz
Cover I n-fold shovel. G[ Issue. Rubberized p~ashc W/Alice belt chps
65 x 10 x 2" Olive drab 8 oz

Cookset, ~ndwldual, 7 piece stainless steel W/copper bottoms Sel contains
3'4 & 1 QT pots W/l~ds, 5 5" lry pan & a plastLc measunng cup All nest
together into a navy blue nylon drawstring bag measuring only 575 x 3"
and weighing jusl 21 oz

$2,95

Mess kit indlv~iual Built in Portugal Identical to those used by our military
forces for so many years. Sramless sleel W/GI style knde, fork & spoon 12 oz -- $12 95

CAP692CSS

Rucksack brier, waterproof 13 x 13 x 20" Wfl=e cords Contours The wal~s
of Ahcepacks and duffle bags Io ~eep contents dry Also used as a {eundry
bag Rubberized nylon, GI Issue. DO 7 oz.

$5 95

CAP692AA

$350

$395

CAP687ACD

Cargo shell, LC2 Alice pack frame "L" shape melal angle raster'Is to lower
frame and converts frame for cargo use. Black 8 oz

CAP731LD

$1695

LC2 pack lrame, alum. GI Issue. Padded waist & qu~ck release padded
should slraps 20 x 12" 4 Ib OD UseW/CAP731JA and KA --

CAPT01 A

Candle, 1 5 x 75" round melal base. 25 ndur't)urn hme 6 pack

CAPT01B

'Alpine' candle lantern by "Northern bghls' An innovalwe, new design.
Fhp open lop for easy hghI~ng Tougn plastic body W/w~de base for slabd~ly
Spring loaded candle *nsures even burn & maximum candle ullhzaTion. II
s~ls or hangs 8 oz.

CAPT01ABA

CAP701BA

CAP703AA

'Alpine' candle. 1.25" x 4 5". F~ts 'Alpine' candle lantern or may be used
Lndependently as a camp candle 1 5 oZ. each. 3 pack
'Nuwlck' 120 hour candleln.a-can. SpecLally formulated, non-toxic,
slow-burning & waterproof ]he 6 movable wicks suppt~ed are completely
independent of the candle & can be moved within the can or increased
in number to add more hght/heat. Uses of this candle are lira=ted only by
your imagmahon. This is a sate, prachcal & long lasting hght, heat & cooking
source that's perfect for camping, boating, disasler, etc. This product has
many customer indorsements 16 oz.
'Cyalume' hghlstick. Weatherproot and mamlenanca tree. These safetyhghts provide the ultimate m emergency lighting, To activate, simply remove
from loll wrap, bend, snap and shake. Lights oiler 3 hours ot usable light,
diminishing to marker glow for approximately 9 hours. 2 year shell life. 1 oz.
CAP703AA Green ( ) AB Red ( ) AC Blue ( ) AD Yellow ( ) AF Orange ( )__

CAP738AB

Belt pouch, M9 magazine. GI Issue. OG nyLon cordura W,Ahce ci~ps &
snap Ilap closure 25 x 6" Wdl hold a 45 to 5" pocket knite Ohve green. -- $3.95
CAP738ADB B{ack -- $3.95

CAP738BA

Case, compass. GI Issue. OG nylon 4 125 x 45 x 1" W/Ahce bell
Chp, (or web bell or suspender attach OG. CAP738BAB Black

CAP739AB

Poncho, wet wealher. Mult=-purpose nylon ram garment W'hoed
Also use as a ground cloth, tent or sleeping bag cover (when used W hner)
83 x 66" GI Issue camouflaoe. CAP739AE ~

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Canteen, 3 PC plastic, 10T. GI Issue. color OD ( ) CAP710AAB Black ( ) -- $1.75

CAP710AAH

Canteen, 5 QT collapsible canteen & flotation bladder. 2 PC unit
W/uso directions printed on carrier. With hang ropes. 7 x 4 x 1.75"
flat size. Rofl and t~e for easy storage. OG. 8 oz.

CAP710CAA

Cup, canteen, stemless steel, W/folding wire handles. GI Issue.

CAP710CAB

Stand/stove, canteen cup. GI Issue. L=ghtwe~ght stand converts qu=ckly
to a mini stove. Heats in minutes wnuel tabs. Canteen, cup & stand
nest together lor easy storage in canteen cover.

$ 5
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$4.95

Cover, canteen. Fleece lined nylon W/Alice chps. GI Issue 0(3,

$595

CAP712AAB

Cover, canleen Fleece lined nylon W/Alice clips. MIL-Spec Black.

$5.95

CAP716AA

Pistol belt, nylon, medium 27-46" adjustable. GI Issue. OG 15 oz.

$7.95

CAP716AAB

P~stol belt, nylon, medium 27-46" adjustable. MIL-Spec Black.,

$8.95

CAP716AB

Pistol bell, nylon, large 34-56" adjustable. GI Issue. OG 18 oz.

$8.95

CAP718BA

Suspenders. Alice equipment. Adjustable. GI Issue. OG 12 oz.

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Suspenders, Ahce eduipment. Adjustable, MIL-SPec. Black 12 oz.

Ranger band, rubber elastic. I"W x 4" stretch capac=ty. 1000 uses to
quickly & eastly secure ponchos, flashlights, ropes, etc. 5 per pack.
Color: Ohve CAP720AKB Black ( )

Poncho, OD GI Surolus. Same as CAP739AB/AE Used-Excellent-Cong. __ $995
Poncho L~ner, 100% polyester hnmg L~ght weight & washable. Use as a
twin s~ze blanket or snap into any 'GI Poncho' to form a hghlwe=ght sleep*no
bag 31 x 63" GI Issue camouflaoe.

$23.95

'Ca=tars' classic mountaineering style leggings for protect/on from brush, snow &
reptiles. Made of heavy water resistant 420 darner nylon W/strong nylon zipper.
Wide comfortable elastic sewn mid bottom & ankle. Eyelets & special hook at front
to insure easy & secure attachment Io heel laces. Drawstring top. 15" Htgh.
Colors: Blue, Brown, Green, Red, Black & Navy. Specify

$10.95

Mini-hammock, 100=/o nylon net. 7 x 20' W/metal nngs & he ropes. 500#
CAP. Use W/or W/out sleeping bag. Makes stretcher, dunk bag or off
ground storage. Baseball size. ~ All OD. 16 oz.

$7.95

Jungle hammock. Made in USA to militant smacifications. Water repellent
canvas canopy. Nylon screen walls W/verticle side and lull length horizontal
zipper for easy access. Heavy cordura bottom W/clew ropes & rings.
36 x 72". OD 5 I..BS. 10 oz.

$78.00

$1.75

CAP720CA

Goggles, sum wind/dust. GI Issue. soft rubber cuslon around a firm
rubber flexible frame, oilers comfort W/eftecl~venass. Goggles are
das{gnod W/channels to accomedale eyagtasses. A clear lens for dull
hghl & a neutral gray lens for bright light are both provided. Black
frames W/ADJ elasttc ohve band, ideal for encampments, ranger &
search teams. 4 oz.

$5.25

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$ 1 6 5 , 0 0

$4.50

CAP758AM

Carrier, sleeping bag. 1 OD cotton web straps, m criss-cross
peltarn, W/carry handle. Use to strap bags, etc. to backpacks.

$2.75

CAP758B

Cover,Sleeping bag GI Issue. Keeps outer bag labric clean New. OD.

$12.95

CAP758EA

Blanket, 100% wool. 62 x 80". GI Issue. OD 3 Ibs. Llm=ted Suoolv.

$19.95

CAP758P

Pad, Sleeping bag. Dense polyurethane, closed cell, loam ground
mal. W,'lie straps. 72 x 22 x 3/8". MIL-SOac. Made in USA. OD

$6.95

CAP766B

Safety vast. Highly ws~ble fluorescent orange soft nylon mesh.
Jacket slyle W/velcro front closure & adjustable elastic side straps.
1.5" reflechve striping covenng ant=re length of both front panels
(11 ) & crossed (x) on the back, wstble to 600'. Great for ground
teams, fhght hne personnel & surwval k~ts.

$8.95

Safety Streamer. HigNy ws~ble fluorescent orange tape, 1" W x
100' L spool. Use as trail tape to mark movement or crash s=te marker.
Keep a roll in survival kits Ior ground ws=b~tity.

$1 50

Grab-bag "A'. MuLhple 'New" useable campmg/ranger/surwval ~tems,
excess to us, But not ot vou. Guaranteed $20.00 retad.

$5.95

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Alice keepers. Replacement black steel chps for GI Issue field gear. 4 per pack.__ $2.25

CAP723AA

$5.25

Ground clolh.,larp. Waterproof polypropylane. Cord reinforced DBL
stitched hem W,.'6 metal grommets. Mildew resistant, 6 x 8'. Blue.
CAP750AFD Olive Drab.

Liner, sleeping bag. 100% rayon nonwovan fabric. (Not paper).
Unfolds to 36 x 76". Spreads easily & lies flat for last & neat bed
making. "Biodegradable', Use untd soded end discard, Line your
sleeping bag or use between blankets. 5 oz. 3 Pack.

Boot laces, 100% nylon, 72" W/sealed ends, Black ( ) CAP720AC, White ( ) __ $1.00

CAP720AKA

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$9.95

CAP720AA

$19 95

Sleeping Bag, in|e~'medi=e Weight, (mummy style), GI Issue. For
use in tamp range 10-40%F. Quilted overlapping channels, Water
repellent outer fabric. Snap fasteners & zipper closure. He tapes
sewn into foot Ior securing rolled bag. OD. 7 lb. 8 oz,

$9.95

CAP718BAB

$21.50

Shelter half, GI Issue. Water repellent, mildew resistant cotton & rayon duck.~25.00
Tapered flaps at each end, Complete W/5 stakes and 3 section pale. May be
used as a lean-to for shade/shelter, or joined to another shelter half and snapped
together to form a 2 man tent. 50 x 64 x /SO*, 5 lb. 8 oz. Buy a 2rid unit for____$19.95

$15.95

CAP712AA

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Flashlight, GI Issue angle head. Model MX991/U has switch guard spring __
steel belt clip end hanger loop. 3 position switch, W/flasher, spare bulb &
red, white and dear spare lens. Water resistant. Requires 2 "D" cell batteries
not included. Color OD. CAPT08B CAMO ( ) CAP7OBAAB Black ( ) ,__

Canteen, 3 PC plSliC collapc~ble 2 QT. 7 x Z x 3" WtOG p0~e llnt~
nylon cover. 2 Alice belt clips & removeeble adjustable shoulder strap.
Wal~ punfication tablet pocket. GI Issue 1 LB.

CAP731 AM

Fanny Pack, nylon W/walerproof ms/de hner. 6 x 10" base. 9" high &
tapers to 4 x 6" top opening w/flap cover. Web straps w/buckle
fastening device. Web carry handle on top flap. Two 20" lower straps
Io attach extra gear. Fastens between CAP719 series field suspenders
& CAP716 sonde pistol belt, for proper weight distnbutBon. Current
OD.

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.$12.95

CAP731JA

Alicpack, medium, GI Issue. nylon 13 x 7 x 21" main cavity. 3 lower
outside pockets 5 x 3 x 10". Multiple strap loops for accessory
attachments. W/O shoulder straps. Fits LC2 frame (CAP731LB) or
use shoulder strap set (CAP731JBA) 34 oz. OD. CAP731JAB Black.

CAP731KA

Ahcepeck, large, GI Issue. nylon 13 x 1 2 x 21" Main cavity. 3 upper
& 3 lower outside pockets. Multiple strap loops for
accessory =qtachments. W/O shoulder straps. Fits LC2 frame (CAP731LB).
Not recommended for use W/shoulder straos. OD

Hook & loop fastener lade. Adhaswe-back, "Peel & Press'. 2 x 11".
CAP215EBE Olive Green ( ) for ranger team edu*pmenl & field clothing
Also surwval vests, CAP215ECE Sage Green ( )/or repa=rs, alterat=ons
& perches on AF flight su=ts. CAP215EDE Navy Blue ( ) & CAP215EFE
Orange ( ) for newly authorized Blue & Orange Nomex flighl suits.

$2.75

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Laundry bag, 100% cotton duct. Draw cord closure. 21.5 x 26.5" OD. -- $3.95

Shoulder strap set, Alicepack, OD ( ) CAP731JBB Black ( )

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Belt pouch, M16 magazine. GI Issue. OG nylon COrdura W/qutck release -- $6.50
tastener on flap. Holds 3-30 RD chps 3 5 x 25 x 7" W/2 grenade loops
on s,'das W/AhDe bell chps. Ideal for handheld radios, personals, etc
Ohve Green. CAP738ACB Black
$6 50

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CAP708A

CAP710AGG

$850

CAP738AD

Holder, 'Cyalume' Iightst~ck. An ABS plastic device used to control amount
el exposed light desired from Iightsticks This featherweight unit is 7" long
& clips to clothing or hangs.

Canteen flask, 2 PC plastic, 1 PT. GI Issue. excellent for backpacking
or pilot survival vast. 6.5 x 4 x 1.5", contoured. OD.

BeLt case, F~rst aEI. OG nylon W/plastic inserl. Ahce clips & hft o-dot
fasteners on Ilap cover Used for hrst atd or other personal dams GI Issue.
4.5 x 4.5 x 2.125" 0(3 CAP738AMB Black

CAP738AC

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C~vil Air Patrol News
August 1990

Command changes hands
M I N O T, N . D . - - T h e 1 9 9 0
North Dakota Wing Conference held here recently was
the stage for a change of
command ceremony installing
Col. Wynola Thornton-Eide as
North Dakota Wing's commander.
Upon accepting command,
Colonel Thornton-Eide was

PASSING THE BANNER OF COMMAND -- Col. Alden L. House,
right, of Rapid City, S.D., accepts command of Civil Air Patrol's
S o u t h D a k o t a W i n g f r o m N o r t h C e n t r a l R e g i o n C o m m a n d e r,
Col. Richard L. Anderson, during recent ceremonies at the
1990 South Dakota Wing Conference in Spearfish, S.D. Colon e l H o u s e p r e v i o u s l y s e r v e d a s v i c e c o m m a n d e r, S o u t h D a kota Wing, Uuring the four-year command tour of Col. Jerry A.
Hayden. Colonel Hayden is now Director of the National Civil
Air Patrol-Experimental Aircraft Association Oshkosh activi t y. ( C i v i l A i r P a t r o l P h o t o c o u r t e s y N o r t h C e n t r a l R e g i o n )

Colonel
Rock
takes
command
MINNEAPOLIS -- Col.
Dennis Rock, assumed command of Civil Air Patrol's Minnesota Wing during recent
ceremonies held at the annual Minnesota Wing Conference in St. Cloud, Minn.
Minnesota Wing consists of
29 units within the wing's four
groups, with more than 1,200
senior and cadet members.
Wing headquarters is located
at the Minneapolis/St. Paul
International Airport.
Colonel Rock joined Civil
Air Patrol in 1967. He served
in numerous staffpositions at
North Hennepin Composite
Squadron during the 1970s
culminating in his appointment as squadron commander.
He was named Group III
deputy commander in 1980,
served as Minnesota Wing
chief of staff twice from 1984
through 1986, and again in
1987 and 1988. He also served
as Minnesota Wing inspector
during the interim, and was
:mined vice wing commander
in February 1988.
Colonel Rock was recognized
with the Civil Air Patrol
Meritorious Service Award,
the Air Search and Rescue
Ribbon and the Encampment
Ribbon. He earned the Grover
Loening Aerospace Award in
1975, the Paul E. Garber

promoted as North Central
Region Commander, Col. Richard Anderson,~, pinned the silver eagles of a colonel on her
shoulder boards with the assistance of Col." Paul Eide,
North Dakota's outgoing wing
commander.
Colonel Thornton-Eide
brings to her new position a
wealth of knowledge and leadership skills, having held several North Dakota Wing staff
duties in addition to being commander of Bismark Composite Squadron.
At Civil Air Patrol's National
B o a r d m e e t i n g i n Wa s h i n g ton, D.C., she was named
S e n i o r M e m b e r o f t h e Ye a r
for 1988.
The colonel's goals for her
term are to promote safety in
all areas of the Civil Air Patrol organization; to maintain
the pride North Dakota Civil
Air Patrol members take in

PASSING THE COLORS OF COMMAND -- North Central Region
Commander, Col. Richard Anderson presents the colors of North
Dakota Wing to its new commander, Col. Wynola Thornton-Eide
during ceremonies held during North Dakota Wing's annual conference recently. (Civil Air Patrol Photo by Capt. Larry Ruebel,
North Dakota Wing)
their uniforms; to continue
quality training for wing
members; and to award and

promote those individuals who
have earned the recognition
of their peers.

Florida welcomes commander

Colonel Rock
Aw a r d i n 1 9 8 8 a n d t h e G i l l
Robb Wilson Award in 1989.
In addition to his distinguished service in Civil Air
Patrol, Colonel Rock has accumulated more than 31
years service with the Army
and Navy. He is currently an
Army Reserve Master Sergeant, and most recently was
noncommissioned officer in
charge of the 56th Materials
Management Center, responsible for liaison to supply
vendors supporting the 5th
A r m y.
Colonel Rock has worked
with the Minneapolis Community Development Agency
for the past 19 years.
He has worked for the successful completion of many
urban renewal and economic
development projects which
benefit the community.
Colonel Rock is married to
the former Victoria Lea Nelson, of Minneapolis, who is a
Civil Air Patrol first lieutenant. They have three children; Tim, Jenae, and Lynn.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Col.
Donald Cunningham, Jr., assumed command of Civil Air
Patrol's Florida Wing in ceremonies held recently during
the 1990 Florida Wing Conference in Tampa.
Colonel Cunningham joined
Civil Air Patrol in 1959 in
Miami, Fla. He has served as
a squadron and group comm a n d e r, a n d h a s s e r v e d i n
several positions on the Florida Wing staff. During the
past 26 years, these positions
have included; director of
Operations, chief of staff and
inspector general.
In addition to receiving eight
commander's awards or commendations, and four Meritorious Service Awards, he was
selected as Outstanding Mission Coordinator for Florida
Wing in 1964 and in that same
year, was awarded the Florida Air Search and Rescue
award. He was selected Florida Wing "Hero Next Door" in
1967.
Colonel Cunningham initiated the formation of three
Florida Wing squadrons in the
Miami area; North Dade Cadet
Squadron, North Dade Girl's
Squadron and the Booker T.
Washington Squadron.
The colonel was also among
the committee members who
developed the original Task
Force Coordinator concept for
emergency services missions.
He has attended or instructed
at more than 26 National Mis-

sion Coordinator Schools.
In 1973, Colonel Cunningham was selected as Florida
Wing's Senior Member of the
Year.
In addition to his distinguished Civil Air Patrol service, the colonel also served in
the U.S. Marine Corps from
1952 to 1960 in the field of
aviation maintenance and is
a licensed aviation structural
mechanic. He also served three
years in the Air Force Reserve.
In 1953 he received the National Defense Service Medal

mand Meritorious Service
Medal.
Colonel Cunningham is a
member of Tamarac Chapter
73, Disabled American Veterans and currently serves as
judge advocate for American
Legion Post 321, in Cooper
City, Fla.
In civilian life, Colonel Cunningham is a self-employed
building maintenance contract o r. H e i s a l s o t h e f o r m e r
Florida president of Sheet
Metal and Air Conditioning
Contractors National Association.

NEW INSIGNIA/NEW COMMANDER -- Florida Wing's new Commander, Col. Donald Cunningham, right, beams with pride as
outgoing Florida Wing Commander, Col. Richard E. Leighton,
displays the happy commander's new grade insignia. Colonel
Cunningham received his promotion and command during recent
ceremonies in Tampa. (Civil Air Patrol Photo by 1st Lt. Armando
Pucci, public affairs officer, Coral Springs Cadet Squadron, Florida Wing)

Civil Air Patrol News
August 1990

Chaplains train for search missions
ZEELAND, Mich. -- Chaplains of Great Lakes
Region who attended Chaplain Staff College at
Grissom AFB, Ind., recently had an opportunity for
training never before offered. The college staff, in
conjunction with Indiana Wing, conducted an Air
Force-funded practice search and rescue mission
with the purpose of training chaplains in their roles
during an actual mission.
It was training that took an interesting twist part
way through the day, said Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Scott
Keegan.
The total emphasis at Chaplain StaffCollege this
year was the Emergency Services mission of Civil
Air Patrol, and the chaplains' rote in emergency operations. Classes included Chaplains' Role in Emergency Services; Leadership Theory; Uniforms, with
special emphasis on fatigues and flight suit.s; Counternarcotics missions; and Mission Briefings and
Debriefings.
Each chaplain went through the emergency services course and tested to become mission qualified
and certified.
One full day was dedicated to giving chaplains
hands-on experience by getting them out of the
classroom and into the field. Approximately 30
chaplains were transported to the Peru, Ind., airport where a mission base was set up and a practice
mission begun.
Chaplains were divided into two flights. Flight A
concentrated on flight operations including aircraft

orientation, aerial observation techniques and victim scenarios. Flight B attended classes on the
support aspects of a mission including; emergency
first aid, radio communications, and Emergency
Locator Transmitter ground team search operations. The two flights switched roles in the afternoon.
Two aircraft were available for the mission; an
lndiana Wing corporate aircraft, flown by Capt.
John Hay; and the private aircraft of Great Lakes
Region Chaplain I Lt. Col.)Joe Howe.
Every chaplain was given the opportunity to fly
d u r i n g t h e m i s s i o n . Tr a i n i n g h e l p e d c h a p l a i n s
understand the role of flight operations and support personnel during a mission, said Chaplain
Keegan. It also prepared them to minister to the
various participants in a mission, from Civil Air Patrol members to families of victims.
Approximately three hours into the mission; pilots were monitoring their radios only to }lear a
genuine activated Emergency Locator Transmitter.
The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at
Scott AFB, Ill., confirmed the signal and an actual
mission was authorized.
Mission Coordinator, Lt. Col. Ray Andrews, Indiana Wing, now had an additional mission to run.
He selected the most qualified and experienced
aircrew from the chaplains and staffavailable, and
a sortie was sent out with Captain Hay while the

practice mission flights continued with Chaplain
Howe.
The signal was intermittent, and even though it
was confirmed on three occasions, search aircraft
were not able to locate the source of the signal.
Between the two aircraft missions, almost 30 sorties were flown.
Chaplains were treated to an address by guest
speaker, Retired Air Force Col. Roger Ingvalson, a
former F-105 pilot who was shot down on his 87th
mission over North Vietnam. He was captured and
spent almost five years as a prisoner of war.
Colonel Ingvalson told of how faith in God helped
him endure the tortures and deprivation inflicted
on him and his fellow POWs.
He told of months of solitary confinement, physical punishment and mental cruelty at the hands of
h i s c a p t o r s . D e s p i t e t h e h a r d s h i p s a n d c r u e l t y,
Colonel Ingvalson related how prisoners maintained contact with one another using a "tap code,"
a clandestine form of communication through prison
walls. Chaplains were deeply moved.
Chaplain Keegan said, "The motto of the Great
Lakes Region Chaplain StaffCollege is, "In pursuit
of knowledge for excellence in service.'" Chaplains
attending this year's college received unique and
excellent training in knowledge and experience of
the emergency services role of Civil Air Patrol and
the motivation toward excellence in service through
a stirring example of faith in action.

Searchers score unusual 'Find'
_

LONDON, Ky. -- At 6 p.m.,
on a recent Saturday, a local
resident notified State Police
officials of a possible aircraft
crash.
The report stated that during a rainstorm, a blue and
white single-engine aircraft
had been sighted circling and
apparently intending to land
on nearby Interstate Highway
75. The aircraft reportedly
veered left suddenly and
appeared to go straight down
behind a hill.
Having heard the report on
his scanner, London Composite Squadron's Communicat i o n s O f fi c e r, L t . C o l . D i c k
Hanna, offered Civil Air PaSPAATZ AWARD WINNER -- Retlre¢l Alr Force Lt. Gsn. Kenneth L.
trol assistance to authorities.
Tallman, left, presldent of Embry-Rlddle Aeronautical University, Since the report appeared to
presents Cadet David G. Carpenter, Jr., second from left, with the
have enough validity to warGen. Carl A. Spaetz Award in a recent ceremony conducted at the
rant investigation, Colonel
university. Joinlng them are Cadet Carpenter's parents Mr. and
Hanna contacted Air Force
Mrs. David G. Carpenter of New Castle, Del. Cadet Carpenter Is a
Rescue Coordination Center
member of Civil Alr Patrol's New Castle Cadet Squadron and has
officials and was assigned a
been In Civil Air Patrol since August 1981. The award-wlnnlng
mission number.
cadet Is studying Aeronautlcel Science at Embry-Rlddle AeronauBy 7 p.m., an aircraft
tlcal Universlty. (Civil Alr Patrol Photo courtesy Middle East
Reglon)
manned by Lt. Col. Jim Depew, Capt. Henry Heaberlin

and Capt. Dan Stamper, was
on its way to the suspect location.
We a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s w e r e
clearing over the search area
and no evidence of a crash
was seen. When it became too
dark for further searching, the
crew returned to base intending to cancel the mission as a
false alarm.
In the meantime, another
witness reported the crash site
at least 10-miles further north.
Air Force officials recommended taking the witness
seriously with the objective of
increasing survival probability.
A ground crew obtained a
four-wheel drive vehicle
equipped with search lights
and conducted a thorough but
fruitless search. They returned to London Composite
Squadron headquarters about
3a.m.
Shortly after daylight the
next day, crews were in the
air again. While on thp .~rnund
at Madison County Airport,

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officials were discussing further search plans with Lt. Col.
Allen Colwell, when an aircraft fitti ng the d~,scription of
the missing craft landed with
passengers.
As it turns out, the pilot of
the missing aircraft was enroute from Florida to Michigan, when he ran into unfavorable weather and, being
unable to contact the Madison County Airport, had circled
the area looking for a relatively safe landing spot. He
landed without incident in a
pasture, taxied to the farm
house and was welcomed by
the farmers' family.
The aircraft was secured in
the pasture and the pilot and
his wife spent the night in a
nearby motel. In the morning
the pilot was "found" by searchers as he returned from taking his new friends for a ride.
The aircraft continued its
flight to Michigan and the crew
of Stamper, Depew and Coiwell
were credited with a nona,~, co3 ~nd.

Hawaii cadets train in Space Center
SOLO SCHOLARSHIP -- Cadet
Patrick A. Immel, Daphlne, Ala.,
recently received the Alabama
Wing 1990 Solo Scholarship.
Only one cadet is chosen annually to receive this scholarship
for flight training. He is a member of the Eastern Shore Composite Squadron. (Photo courtesy Eastern Shore Composite
Squadron, Alabama Wing)

HONOLULU -- Fifteen
Civil Air Patrol cadets from
Oahu, Kauai, Maui and
Hawaii, attended Space Academy II training at the United
States Space and Rocket
Center in Huntsville, Ala.,
recently. All 15 members of
Hawaii wing received scholarships to participate in the
week-long, college accredited
course.
Space Academy II programs
are designed for high school
students in grades 10, 11, and
12. Training is patterned after

NASA programs and conducted in an aerospace environment.
Tr a i n e e s l e a r n e d t o fl y i n
realistic simulators. They
participated in complete
"missions" where teenagers
manned mock-ups of the Space
Shuttle, Mission Control Center, and Space Station. Students even experienced near
weightlessness in the Academy's Underwater Astronaut
Trainer and earned certificates
for their SCUBA experience.
Three members were rec-

ognized during graduation for
their outstanding participation. Receiving "Right Stuff
Awards," which are granted
to students in each of the three
training tracks, were Cadet
Hope Chang, of Maryknoll
High School, who took the
award in "Technology;" Cadet Christopher Robinson, of
H . P. B a l d w i n H i g h S c h o o l ,
who won the award for "Engineering;" and Cadet Jerry
Wolfe, of Radford High School
who received the award for
the "Aerospace" track.

August 1990
0 Civil Air Patrol News

Earhart Awards
Joseph L. Pullen ............................ 03083
Steven R, Woods ........................... 04034
S(ephen M, Quafle ......................... 04051
Mike L. Spauldlng ......................... 04092
Alexander L, Garrett ..................... 04224
Brian E. Dlemer .............................. 04346
Matt A Hayden .............................. 04386
M¢chael D. Schulte ........................ 05022
Jeffrey D Bar(hers .......................05023
B r e m K Yo d e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
05147
D a v i d R . O r o z c o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08027
Christopher D. Barrett ................. 08267
Joseph M. Veffer ............................ 08301
Kenna B. Scraaa .......................... 08378

Alonzo Alexander ............................ 09002
John E. Roy .................................... 11137
Snawn T. Saunders ........................ 11240
Bnan M. Motyka .............................. 11262
Christopher Lee Hall .................... 15050
Jonathan L Prell .............................. 15058
Juhe L. Ayres ................................. 18003
Varun Purl ........................................21116
Michael J. Vanderhorst ................... 23122
Eric D Claxton .............................. 24018
25033
Cynthia R Harmon .......................
29089
Paul E. Hsu .................................
Blake E. Hartsell ........................... 30068

Daw(~ L. Bibighaus .......................... 31073
John W. Jurgensen ......................... 31117
Steven F. Russ ................................ 32048
[ arry D. Turner ............................. 35117
Cody W. Patterson .......................... 36065
Tuan T. Nguyen .............................. 36084
Justin B. Walzl ....... , ....................... 37010
William R. Stotler ..............................
37060
Michael L Siurtevant ................... 37109
Michael T. Anderson ................... 39032
J a m e s H F. B u I l e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41160
Mehnda C. Carter .......................... 41171
Dawd W. Brown ............................ 42085

Jennder C. Wh~tesoll ...................... 16017
Marjorie A Bibber .........................
17058
Patr~c~a M. Sheeler ................. 18014
Todd R Brellmater ........................ 18089
Aron R. Bellanceau ........................ 19022
Dawd D. Shlpperbottom .................. 20059
Jtm J. Tucker ..............................20059
Shane C. Warner ............................ 20059
L. Jason Grabarczyk ........................ 20257
Daniel R Wittnebel .......................... 21121
Dawn M. Howard ............................ 22048
Jeffrey D. Martin .............................. 23126
Jared A. Wierson ............................ 24018
John M. Catalano ............................ 27031
Doris R. Nelson ............................... 29002
Edgar J. Newell ................................29002
Stacey Zimmermann ........................ 29002
Eric C. Hartan ..................................29047
Joann V. Housor .............................. 29047
Kevin J. Kemey ................................29104
Brent Uzdanovics ............................ 29104
Brian S. MacJ=adane ........................ 30033
Dons J. G~'neliaro .......................... 31173
Daniel C. O~kley ..............................3 1189
James A. Bodie ................................31292
Michael J. Scala .............................. 31328
Michael R McCarson ...................... 32031
Phillip L. Cook .................................. 2050
3
Naja N. Davis ..................................34016
James A Killldn ................................ 34070
Eric S. S(hindler ..............................34197
Anthony M. Jorge ............................ 34210
Charles E. Devo~l ............................34244
Troy E. Turner .................................. 4244
3
Todd A. Spencer ............................ 34255
R. Jarad Bonner .............................. 35006
William H. Perry .............................. 35122
Vincent E. Welton ............................36003
Adrian P. Simms ..............................36042

Aaron W. Roberts ........................... 36089
M i k e A . C r b c f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36098
Agu~la N Knopf ................................36099
Brian J. Parr .................................... 36099
T=mothy J. Brennan .......................... 37005
Timothy M. Sedlak .......................... 37026
Kelly A. Behney ................................37035
Stephen P. Harmon .......................... 37169
Frank H. Held ................................. 37169
Kelly L. Bush ....................................39032
Hubbard J. Lindler, Jr ..................... 39032
Charles D. McManus ...................... 39032
Beverly H. Wilson ............................ 39032
Eric W. Burtz ....................................40064
Stacey E. Ryon ................................ 41144
Christopher K. Girgts ...................... 42098
Ntchoias J. Holden .......................... 43027
Jennrfer L. Wdliams ..........................44009
Charles C. Anderson ...................... 45025
Derrick T. Baxter ..............................45025
4
Heather A. Nick ................................ 5101
Jason B. Meier ................................ 45108
Michael R Murray ............................ 46049
Travis R. Johnson ............................ 47093
Timothy J. Woppart .......................... 48061
Kevin R. Jones ................................ 48064
Joel T. Mlinar .................................. 48177
Efram J. Gonzaiez .......................... 52104
Sergk) Colon ....................................52120
Carlos J. Alvarez ............................ 52123
Ivan Davila ...................................... 52123
Pabk) Velez ...................................... 2124
5
Alexis Villaiobos .............................. 52157
Monika C. Broughton ...................... 52900
Michael D. M(~_,arty, Jr ................... 99100
Aaron P. Luml~in ............................ 99123
iart A, Merkel .................................... 9123
9

Mitchell Awards
Leslie A. Hughes ..............................01059
Howard J. McDonal0 ........................02036
Scott A Langley ............................ 02070
Lynn L. Gardenhlre .......................... 03083
Juanita J. Gore ................................04042
0
J. Michael lloarra .............................. 4113
0
Rona Aigen ...................................... 4116
Kolt Killman ......................................
04116
David M. Sellen ................................ 4116
0
Alioa T. Molina ................................ 04151
0
Adrian Lopez .................................... 4184
Jean L. Seo ......................................
04184
Mary A. Beevers .............................. 04224
Michael C. Clouse ............................04437
Zaci~ N Wells ..................................05022
0
Suzanne E. Fitch .............................. 5159
Michael A. Scroll ..............................08049
William A. Horst ................................ 8128
0
Charles S. Rutterbush ......................08133
Jared H. Pollock .............................. 08142
Steven E. Schnelzler ........................08360
George J. Bugar .............................. 08436
0
Axel D. Hoclgson .............................. 8437
Larry A. Hunt .................................... 9038
0
Jare¢l K. Winegarden ........................ 9043
0
Benjamin A. Abbott .......................... 09066
Christopher R. Swaffer .................... 09112
Jeremy A. Pa~ck ............................ 11061
Christopher G. Mundschenk ............ 11240
Andrew C. Peterson ........................ 11240
Mansfield Stinsotl ............................ 11275
Darrtn S. Gengler ............................ 11320
William A. Gatliff, Jr ......................... 12086
Brian L. ~ ................................ 12086
Richard L. Grlffi~ ............................ 12123
Tammy L. LInville ............................ 12123
Jason J. Baker ................................ 13078
Brandon T.Bbutters ..........................13083
Scott M. GatzuUs .............................. 14029

Gill Robb Wilson Awards
MaJ. William R. Henddc~son ............ GLR

Lt. Col. Franos C. Lucas ................ MER

Maj. William R. Southard ..................MER

Maj. Patricna M. Hair ........................NCR
Lt. Co~. Helen M. Hilburn ..................
RMR
Maj. Benlamin E. Latler .................... OS
1 st Lt. Lawrence J. Lakeotes .......... MER
LI. Col. Ke~th F. Lauder .................... OS

Capt. Larry S. Nack ........................ GLR
Capt. George N. Peters .................. NER
Lt. Col. Darrell E. Wesd)y ................ NER
Lt. COl. Hal D. White ........................RMR
Capt. Bonnie J. Wilson .................... GLR

Paul E. Garber Awards
Maj. Bruce L. ~eam ........................
Maj. Franos F. Cline¢linst ................
Capt. Tracy James Downing ............
Capt. Richard Fullerton ....................
Maj. Chades L. G~ace ......................

QLR
MER
SWR
SWR
MER

Grover Loening Aerospace Awards
Capt. Lynnae J. Anderson ................ NCR
Capt. William J. Baldwin .................. GLR
Capt. Larry A. Beggs Sr ................... GLR
Capt. Ronald W. Boullion ................ SWR
Capt. Geraldine A. Braun ................ NER
Capt. Donald E. Bnnk ...................... NER
Capt. Chades H. Bursey .................. SWR
1 st Lt. Jack O. Cobb ........................
RMR
Capt. EncS. Day ............................. SWR
Capt. David A. DeHeer .................... RMR
Capt. Willie J. Francisco .................. MER
Capt. Jotm J. Fretderic~ .................. NCR

Capt. Herbert E. French .................. GLR
Maj. George J. Heron Jr ................. NER
It. Col. Helen M. Hilburn ................ RMR
Capt. Betty Sue Homen .................. PAC
Maj. Howard Kelem .......................NER
Capt. Darrell R. McMillan ................ OS
1 st LT. George B. Melton .................. SE R
Capt. Richard Memll ........................ NER
Capt. James D. Morton ................. SWR
Maj. Paul H. Ness ............................ NER
Capt. Richard K. Neuwirth .............. GLR
1st It. Charles D. O'Donnell ............ NCR

2n(:l Lt. James R. Oakley ................ NCR
Capt. Chades R. Park ...................... NER
Capt. Kenneth R. Patterson ............ MER
Capt. Barbara M. Piper .................... OS
Capt. Tony M. Rot~oins .................... MER
Capt. Rand M. Sanders .................. MER
Lt. Col. Robert S. Seding ................ SWR
1st Lt. Andrew E. Stone .................. NER
Capt. Hendricks C. Swain Jr ........... SER
2nd Lt. Cad D. Trul~3e Jr ................. MER
1st Lt. Milka E. Vargas De Muniz .... SER
CapL Betty J~ Vogelsang ................ NCR

Brig. Gen. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager Aerospace Education Achievement Awards
Lt. Col. Clara E. Oever ....................08051
Maj. Forest D. Noland ......................15123
Maj. Geor'ge E. Bums ...................... 1015
3
Maj. Vincent T. Muslcaro .................. 1214
3
Maj. Duane K. Hinkel ........................ 31001
MaJ. Herbert D. Ailing ......................4 7049
Maj. Robert H. Cowen ......................4 7049
Maj. Anita M. Mascle ........................ 8370
0
I~. Nancy C. Cadorette .................. 08370
Maj. Larry S. Hendarson ..................08370
Maj. Carl H. Pell:zer .......................... 08370
Maj. Alan W. Rustan ........................21063
Miaj. Wilbur O. Donaldson ................ 1042
2
Maj. Chades L. Giace ......................39090
Capt. Gary G. Katz .......................... 15123
Capt. James A. Humbert .................. 15123
Capt. Barbara A. Cardell ..................31001
Capt. May K. Ansardi ...................... 16001
Capt. John R. Boyle ........................ 16031
Capt. Charlotte F. South .................. 12086
Capt. Russell C. MoGuire ................ 16031
Capt. William R. Houston ................ 99100
4
Capt. Robert J. Young ...................... 7049

Capt. Barbara A. Kallas ....................08051
Capt. Kelth E. LoveJoy ...................... 08438
Capt+ Daniel P. Montgomery ............ 08051
Capt. Martart W. Hill ........................ 08023
C a p t . M e r t o n E . H i l l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08023
Capt. Leopold B. Babin ....................08040
Capt. Arthur W. McGee .................... 08040
Capt. Gordon B. Collins .................. 34003
Capt. Michael R. Moen .................... 21021
Capt. James R. Wayduia ................ 21017
Capt. Dennis D. Ostlund .................. 21047
Capt. David E. Whaley .................... 21065
Capt. Kelth D. Keller ........................ 39090
Capt. Patricia B. McKinney .............. 39090
1st Lt. Bruce N. Graham .................. 15123
1st Lt. Charlotte C. Geyer ................ 31000
1 st Lt. Emmet T. Everest, Jr ........... 16031
1st Lt. Len A. Philpot ........................16031
1st Lt. Cynthia S. Bullock ................ 12086
1st Lt. Dan~ E. South .................... 12086
1st LI. John H. Hetzel ...................... 47049
1st Lt. Phillip E. Hunter ....................47049
1st Lt. F. Robert Williams, Sr ........... 47049

1st Lt. Gary L. Windon .................... 47049
1st Lt. Clarence E. Hopkins, Jr ....... 47049
1st Lt. Winona L. Cole ......................08051
2nd Lt. Dennis M. Minks .................. 15123
2 n d L t . S y l v i a S . H a l l . . . ~ . - . . . . . . 15123
2nd Lt. Larry H. Isom ...................... 15123
2rid Lt. William J. Hirtzel .................. 15123
2rid Lt. Jerry W. Fuetling .................. 15123
2rid Lt. Samuel L. Gray .................... 15123
2nd Lt. Beverly S. Kruer .................. 15123
2nd Lt. Meudce W. Maynard ............ 31015
2nd Lt. Hoye A. Jenkins .................. 16031
2nd Lt. Berlinda Martinez ................ 12165
2nd Lt. David M. Young .................. 47049
2nd Lt. Eugene P. Sipe, Jr ............... 08023
2nd Lt. Ervin E. Biackford ................ 08051
2nd Lt. Arlene S. Remo ....................08051
2nd Lt. Will,am A. Remo .................. 08051
2nd Lt. Tyrus R. J, Harris ................ 08051
2nd Lt. Francis R. Poo~e ..................08051
2nd Lt. Gordon Leeke ...................... 08051
2nd Lt. Teddy J. Fan" ...................... 08051
2rid Lt. Christopher Pajak ................ 21021

AIR FORCE JAZZ BAND -- SMSgt. Peter C. BarenBragge, left, band
leader and director, Air Force Jazz Band, "The Airmen of Note",
greets guest of honor, Maj. Vince Carbone, Los Angeles Group 1,
California Wing, during a Los Angeles band concert attended by
more than 500 people. Group l's Plans and Programs Officer,
Major Carbone, was a tenor saxophone player in Glenn Miller's
Army Air Corps Band of World War II fame. The Airmen of Note
band is the successor to the Miller band and plays many songs
made famous by Miller during World War II. Du ring the concert, the
band played muslcal rendltlons of the 40's era In Major Carl)one's
honor. (Clvll Alr Petrol Photo courtesy Los Angeles Group 1,
Cslifornla Wlng)

Unit adopts a highway
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Litter on South Carolina's highways
is reaching the epidemic stage, say officials here. So much,
that it has become an expensive and unsightly problem,
damaging the state's scenic beauty, tourism industry and economic development efforts.
The process of friendly persuasion, and distributing of
brochures and posters, and beefed up enforcement of the litter
laws, officials say, are not enough to win the fight.
A new thrust was needed to gain public sentiment and
involvement in the state's anti-litter efforts. This "thrust" is
the "Adopt-A-Highway" program. It is designed to save taxpayers money in litter removal and serve as an educational
tool against littering. Through Adopt-A-Highway, local civic,
beautification and business groups adopt two-mile sections of
highway in or near their communities, where they pick up
l i t t e r a t l e a s t t h r e e t i m e s a y e a r. A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e s t a t e
provides and erects signs stating which organization adopted
and cleans a specific section of highway.
Lexington Composite Squadron, South Carolina Wing, signed
up to adopt a two-mile section of road near South Carolina
Wing's Headquarters building coming into the Columbia
Metro Airport complex.
Lexington Composite Squadron felt this was an excellent
opportunity to participate in a community activity that benefits everyone. A group from the squadron of more than 20 volunteers worked for several hours initially cleaning their
newly adopted stretch of highway specified by the program.
Orange safety vests, garbage bags, and "pick-up sticks" were
provided by the Adopt-A-Highway program.
Adopt-A-Highway promotes and establishes stewardship of
public lands by citizens, and is an excellent example of the
public and private sector working together to solve a mutual
problem.

Obituaries!
GUNTER AFB, Ala., -- CJvJJ Air Patrol News publishes the names, wings and
dates of death concerning Civil Air Patrol members who've recently died. Death
notices should be sent to the personnel section at national headquarters in
accordance with Civil Air Patrol Regulation 35-2; or to National Headquarters
Civil Air Patrol/HC, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-5572.!
MOODY, Joseph C. Jr., Capt., California Wing, Feb. 6, 1990.!
ABRAM, Arthur, New York Wing, May 3, 1990.!
MIRABELLA, Joe J., Alaska Wing, Nov. 15, 1989.!
AVERY, Lawrence, Col., Oklahoma Wing, Feb. 21, 1990.!
HARDY, Randal T. Jr., Cadet, Michigan Wing, June 4, 1990.!
DUVAL, Raymond E., 2nd Lt., Ohio Wing, April 28, 1990.!
JOHNSON, Carl R., Lt. Col., Oklahoma Wing, Feb. 26, 1990.!
FELDHAMER, Carl, Lt. Col., Colorado Wing, April 9, 1990.!
KULIG, John, Capt., Connecticut Wing, May 3, 1990.!
STEWART, John F., Capt., California Wing, Jan. 23, 1990.

Civil Air Patrol News
August1990

11

search team, composed of Lt. pants included Senior Mem- seum at Wright-Patterson Air
Guard members in ceremoCol Amanda Anderson, Capts bers Victor Morris and Sean Force Base. 399th CompOs, hies retiring a worn United
Meadors, 1st Lt. Kenneth Lynn i t e S q u a d r o n m e m b e r s 1 s t
States flag that had been flying Bruce Wilson and Jerry George
Lt. Irvin Mitchell and Cadets
in fron~ of Coral Springs City a n d 2 n d L t . L a u r a W i l s o n , a n d 2 n d L t . B i l l i e B u r g e s s .
C a d e t a t t e n d e e s i n c l u d e d Charles Hickey, Wendy SteHall. Naval cadets presented
then returned to their home
B r i a n A b s h i r e , P a u l B o g g s , w a r t , Ta r a G r e e n , To m P u t base in Columbia.
their colors in unison with
zig, Christopher Clark, James
South Carolina Wing's
Terry Burgess, Brian Casto,
Civil Air Patrol's Color Guard.
Spartanburg Composite
Robert Casto, Jarrett Davis, O ' G r a d y , A n d r e w G a m Coral Springs' Color Guard
bardella and John Vena spent
Squadron members recently
Te n a D a v i s , J o e E l l i s o n ,
was composed of Cadets Fred
several hours at the famed
B r a g g , M e l i s s a L e v y, G a r y
received orientation flights de- Dennis Hedges, Michael Lynn,
museum. The trip was planned
signed to familiarize them with Charles Pauley, Kevin Ray,
Rose, Jason Ortiz, Jason
Darrell Savage, David Strick- and coordinated by Connectiprocedures, techniques and
Toemmes and Robert Leech,
cut and Rhode Island Wing
knowledge required to fly light
land, Todd Slack and Davis
a c c o r d i n g t o P u b l i c A ff a i r s
Air Force Liaison Office staffs.
a i r c r a f t . M a j . D o n S h i e l d s Zick.
Officer, 1st Lt. Armando Pucci,
Transportation was provided
and Maj. Charles Glace,
Coral Springs Cadet
S q u a d r o n . D i g n i t a r i e s a t - S p a r t a n b u r g C o m p o s i t e :: !.::: :i ~:::::! i i:i!: :!: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::i:?: [.!:;:i:i:.:i:~:~:i:~, ::::::::::::::::::::: by Rhode Island's Air National
Guard.
Squadron pilots, conducted
tending included City Com399th
Composite
The 399th Composite
two orientation flights for
missioners Janet OppenSquadron members ended
heimer, Don Sanders and Bill Cadets Alex Scaglioni, Mike S q u a d r o n , C o n n e c t i c u t
the weekend as participants
Wing, recently had a weekStradling. American Legion Corrigan, Tqarh Simuuel,
e n d f u l l o f a c t i v i t y. M a j s .
i n a M a r c h o f D i m e s Wa l k
Adam Bridges, Jason Bridges,
Post 178 directed the ceremony and the invocation was J o e l B r i d g e s , B r a n d i K e l l e r J a m e s G o o l s b y a n d L l o y d A m e r i c a f u n d r a i s e r. A s s i s t ing in traffic control, commuSturges and Cadet Thomas
and Stephanie Keller.
given by Deacon Dennis
ACADEMY BOUND--Cadet Luls
Putzig climbed Wooster Moun- nications and other tasks were
Charleston Cadet SquadFernando Llnares displays his Mieyal, St. Andrews Catholic
Certificate of Appointment to the
r o n , W e s t V i r g i n i a W i n g , tain to clean up an area before S e n i o r m e m b e r s L l o y d a n d
Church.
Air Force Academy. Cadet Liw a s a l e r t e d r e c e n t l y f o r a a 7,000 pound communications Dorothea Sturges, Peter SchSeveral Jacksonville
nares, Coral Springs Cadet
box was airlifted to the site. n e i d e r , W i l l i a m G a r d n e r ,
Composite Squadron
m i s s i o n i n B i u e fi e l d , W. V.
Squadron, Florida Wing, is the m e m b e r s , F l o r i d a W i n g ,
Edward Butler and Lois MitchSenior members Lloyd
Search and Rescue teams were
son of Femando and Loonor
ell and Cadets Karl Putzig,
S t u r g e s , J a m e s G o o l s b y,
recently toured the Helicop- dispatched and coordinated
Llnares, Coral Springs. He was
Brad Meling, Andreas Maass,
nominated by Senator Bob Gra- ter Anti-Submarine Squadron with Mission Coordinator and Robert Rasmussen, William
West Virginia state police to G a r d n e r, W a r d C a r p e n t e r, Aaron Dean and Tina Palmer
ham (D-Fla.). Cadet Llnaras' " L i g h t F O U R Z E R O , "
Robert Goebel and Lois Mitch- joined more than 400 walkers
search for a single-engine airCertificate of Appointment was homeported at Naval Air Stafor a day of exercise. The 2nd
ell prepared the box for airlift.
craft that crashed into a
awarded by Air Force Academy
tion, Mayport, Fla. The tour
Battalion, 192nd Field ArtilArmy National Guard memincluded a slide presentation, McDowell County mountainSuperintendent Lt. Gen. Charles R. Hamm. (Civil Air Patrol discussion of the Naval squad- side in West Virginia, claim- bers flew in a Skycrane and lery Unit, Connecticut Army
National Guard, was in charge
Photo courtesy 1st It. Armando
ing the lives of four aboard. attached cables to the box and
ron's capabilities and simuPucci, Coral Springs Cadet
airlifted it to the mountain- of refreshments as well as
Bluefield Composite
lated rides in the SH-60B.
Squadron public affalra officer)
providing other assi stance for
Squadron directed the search top. Western Connecticut now
the event.
and rescue effort. After locat- has Civil Air Patrol communiby Kitty Battistella
A search training exercise
ing the aircraft, Charleston cation capability with the rest
CAP-USAF public affairs
was conducted recently by
C a d e t S q u a d r o n m e m b e r s of the state, thanks to a comSeventeen Lexington
munity effort and D Company, C h a r l e s K . H a m i l t o n C o m remained on scene overnight
Composite Squadron
posite Squadron, Connectito provide crash site and area 1 6 9 t h A r m y Av i a t i o n R e g i members, South Carolina
m e n t , C o n n e c t i c u t A r m y cut Wing. Squadron memW i n g , t r a v e l l e d r e c e n t l y t o security until arrival of local
Lee County Cadet
bers received first-hand trainNational Guard's assistance.
S q u a d r o n m e m b e r s , A l a - Washington, D.C., to attend a a n d s t a t e o f fi c i a l s . C a d e t s
The weekend continued with ingin search techniques. The
escorted media representaweekend Armed Forces Day
bama Wing, recently particin i n e c a d e t s a n d a s e n i o r first part of training, directed
tives, aided crews up and down
Open House at Andrews Air
pated in a weekend search
by Cadet Kevin Forbes, was
Force Base. Host for the week- the steep terrain, provided first member boarding a C-130 with
and rescue school hosted by
55 other Civil Air Patrol vol- to locate a medical bag placed
end was Lt. Col. A. William aid for heat exhaustion to
Maxwell Composite Squadon the course. Next~ the group,
unteers from Connecticut
ron, Maxwell AFB, Ala., and S c h e i l , J r. , N a t i o n a l C a p i - camera crew members, and
w e r e i n t e r v i e w e d b y t e l e v i - and Rhode Island Wings for lead by Cadet Michael Huchko,
directed by Maj. John O'Neill. tal Wing. While in the area,
a v i s i t t o t h e A i r F o r c e M u - were tasked to find an Emersion camera crews. ParticiMajor O'Neill conducts sev- they visited the National Air
g e n c y L o c a t o r Tr a n s m i t t e r,
eral search and rescue schools and Space Museum and the
which had been placed in a
Goodyear Airship America
throughout the year at Pine
tree. With the use of direction
Level, Ala. Beginning, inter- where they talked with memfinding equipment, the unit
bers of the non-rigid airship
mediate and advanced trainlocated the transmitter in a
ground crew. Approximately
ing schools are organized as
short time. The last task,
small encampments, utilizing
750,000 individuals visited the
medical treatment for "vica cadet staffand are available open house that featured the
tims," was undertaken by the
to senior members and cadets. F-117A Stealth fighter.
C a d e t M e d i c a l Te a m c o m Lexington Composite
Several Alabama Wing
posed of Cadets Michael
Squadron senior members
cadets from Lee County
Huchko, Darren Pa]adino and
C a d e t S q u a d r o n w e r e r e - responded to a recent call for
Kevin Forbes. Using whatassistance in locating an
cently recognized for their
over ~ouipment they had on
Emergency Locator Transmitachievements in Civil Air
hand, the team treated the
ter believed to be in the local
Patrol. Flight Officer Deana
"victim"--Cadet Joseph
Smith received a Best Senior T w i n L a k e s A i r p o r t a r e a .
Mihalal. Senior member
Search and Rescue Satellite
Aw a r d , C a d e t Ti m N o l a n d
Huchko acted as a troubleofficials picked up the signal
received a Best Cadet Staff
some bystander, testing the
and relayed the information
Award, Cadet Eric Wilcox was
teams' ability to control the
selected for a Best Cadet Award to Air Force Air Rescue and
situation.
Coordination Center officials,
and Cadet Kenny Koellsted
Camp Curtis Guild
Scott AFB, Ill., who then notiwas presented the Cadet of
Squadron, Massachusetts
fied Civil Air Patrol. After
the Quarter Award. RunnerW i n g , h o s t e d Te w k s b u r y
several hours of tracking the
up was Cadet Eric Wilcox.
Composite
ACADEMY APPOINTMENT -- Cadet Commander Chad Kendall T e w - M a c
S e n i o r M e m b e r o f t h e Ye a r signal, team members deterMorris, right, Lynchburg Composite Squadron, Virginia Wing, Squadron members recently
Aw a r d w e n t t o 1 s t L t . G . J . mined it was coming from an
proudly accepts his Certificate of Appointment to the Air Force
during a mock Civil War
individual's house, not the
Koellstad.
Academy from Air Force Maj. Edward Grogan during ceremonies
Battle Featuring scale modairport. However, no one was at squadron headquarters at Lynchburg Airport. Cadet Morris
O n F l a g D a y, C o r a l
els of Union and Confederate
S p r i n g s C a d e t S q u a d r o n h o m e W i t h l o c a l s h e r i ff d e - plans an engineering major, supplemented by computer science soldiers and equipment, the
partment officials' assistance, courses. He Is the son of Cordne Morris and the late J. B. Morris of
members, Florida Wing,
mock battle was a reenactjoined Naval Sea Cadet Corps, information was obtained and Altavista, Va. (Civil Air Patrol Photo courtesy Capt. Cynthia K. Hall,
ment of the Battle of Cool
relayed to Civil Air Patrors
Lynchburg Composite Squadron public affairs officer, Virginia
American Legion Post 178 and
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Springs, fought in 1864 at
Winchester, Va. The "battle"
took several hours to complete.
Scale model soldiers, equipment and battlefield were provided by Senior Member Keith
A s t r o f s k y, P e a b o d y, M a s s .
Civil Air Patrol cadets from
R e a d i n g , S a u g u s , Te w k s b u r y, Wa k e fi e l d a n d
Woburn Squadrons participated in planning the reenactment of the famous battle,
according to 1st Lt. Carl Soule,
Jr., public affairs officer, Camp
Curtis Guild Composite
Squadron.
Cadet Carlos A. Galan,
B r o o k l y n Te c h C a d e t
Composite Squadron, New
York Wing, has been selected
to attend the Naval Academy
Preparatory School in Newport, R.I. The 10-month program prepares attendees to
enter the Naval Academy. A
member of Civil Air Patrol
since 1986, Cadet Galan currently serves as cadet comm a n d e r, B r o o k l y n Te c h
Cadet Squadron and plans
a career in aerospace engineering.
Niagara Frontier and
Rochester Groups, New
York Wing, recently provided
more than 100 senior members and cadets to assist during a military air show at Niagara Falls Air Force Reserve Base.
Duties included flight line
s e c u r i t y, t r a f fi c c o n t r o l a n d
staffing of Civil Air Patrol's
recruiting tent. According to
Capt. L. Paul Heisig, Niagara Falls Composite
Squadron, approximately
100,000 visitors, representing
several states and Canada,
attended the air show which
featured the Thunderbirds and
the Golden Knights. Base
security police officials expressed their appreciation for
Civil Air Patrol's contribution
and professional duty performance.
Cadet Kurt Kempkes,
North Castle Composite
S q u a d r o n , N e w Yo r k W i n g ,
w a s s e l e c t e d a s N e w Yo r k
W i n g C a d e t o f t h e Ye a r .
During ceremonies conducted
a t a r e c e n t N e w Yo r k W i n g
Conference in Albany, N.Y.,
Lt. Col. Joy Nelson, New York
Wing coordinator of Cadet Activities, presented Cadet
Kempkes with the award.
Cadet Kempkes, an honor
student and officer oft,he senior
class at Pleasantville High
School, has served as cadet
commander of North Castle
Composite Squadron and
recently received the Commander's Award from Westchester Group for his contributions to Civil Air Patrol.
Cadet Kempkes has entered
the Military Academy at West
Point.

Great Lakes Region: Illinois!
Wing's 286th Composite
Squadron members recently
participated in a Regional
Searcil and Rescue
Competition at Chanute AFB,
Ill. The team, composed of Lt.
Col. Lawrence Sitton, Capt.
Mervin Lohr and Cadets Joe
Harszy, Amy Harszy and Tony
Easter, placed third in the
competition.!
Seventeen Ohio Wing cadets
joined Kentucky Wing members
recently in Kentucky Wing's
annual summer encampment at
Chanute AFB, Ill. Encampment
Commander was Maj. Ben
Stull, Covington, Ky. Air Force
and Civil Air Patrol instructors
scheduled tours and classes for
participants. Twelve cadets
attended the officers training
class that was offered during
encampment activities,
according to 1st Lt. Edward B.
Bono, encampment public
affairs!
officer, Kentucky Wing.!
Teams of cadets and senior
members from Indiana Wing
competed in a variety of Civil
Air Patrol subjects during a
recent Indiana Wing
Conference. Wing Commander,
Col.!
Paul Bergman, was Master of
Ceremonies during the Wing's
version of "Family Feud."
Indiana Wing and Great Lakes
Region personnel conducted
seminars and workshops for
more than 150 attendees,
according to Lt. Col.!
Robert A. Craigin, Indiana Wing
public affairs officer.!
Michigan Wing cadets and

senior members participated
in Detroit Symphony Orchestra's "A Musical Space Odyssey," conducted recently at
Ford Auditorium, Detroit,
Mich. Selections from
Tchikovsky, Strauss, Prokofiev and other masters were
performed under the direction of Dr. Leslie B. Dunner,
conductor. Laser images and
narration were provided by
Astronomer Larry Pratt.
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Astronaut, Anthony England, now
a University of Michigan facu l t y m e m b e r, w a s g u e s t
speaker. Accordingto Michigan Wing Aerospace Advis o r y C o u n c i l P u b l i c A ff a i r s
Officer, Kristin E. Seitz, Civil
Air Patrol participants provided information and examples of aerospace education material to educators and
more than 5,000 visitors attending the event. Cadet assistants included Dana Seitz,
Jennifer Johnson, Maria
Miller, Mel Lytle, Katie Zimm e t a n d Ti n a L e P a g e a n d
Senior Member Nancy Seitz.
Oconto County Senior
Squadron, Wisconsin Wing,
hosted a weekend spring flight
clinic recently at Oconto CityCounty Airport. Pilots attending represented Wausau, Ant i g o , S h a w a n o , G r e e n B a y,
Marinette and Oconto, Wis.
A i r Tr a f fi c C o n t r o l S p e c i a l ists, James Smith and Jeffery
Black, Green Bay Automated
Flights Service Station, conducted discussions followed by
a question and answer session about new and existing
flight service station aids and
their use. A lecture on the

RELIEF FOR FLOOD VICTIMS -- Illinois Wing's Quad City Composite Squadron Cadets Christopher Taylor, canter, and Sophia Eleftheropoulos, right, deliver food supplies to community volunteer
Joanne Lammers at a local relief canter. Violent weather left
hu ndreds of residents homeless and t housandswlthout electricity
during flash floods which struck recently In Iowa and Illinois' Quad
Cities. Civil Air Patrol members responded to the need for food
supplies with their donations. (Civil Air Patrol Photo courtesy
Qued City Composite Squadron, Illinois Wing)

ing a recent Wichita River
Festival Fly-Over at Jabara
Airport. Capts. Richard Friedman and Ray Jetton sequenced
flight order and take-off timing. Cadets Merle Campbell
and Adam Varneke served as
spotters and 2nd Lt. Johanne
Pachankis-Webb radioed aircraft types to 1st Lt. Wayne
:i:~.~¢nt;~t~gi0~ :::::!i :~:~:~i Bormann who informed the
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approaching. The WAHA FlyCapt. Tim Hansen and 2nd
L t . C h a r l e s Ti d d , J u n c t i o n Over consisted of 18 aircraft
C i t y C o m p o s i t e S q u a d r o n , i n c l u d i n g a D e H a v i l a n d Ti ger Moth to the Beech Starship.
Kansas Wing, were among
D u r i n g a r e c e n t Wa l k f o r
more than 150 emergency
services personnel represent- Mankind--an 18-mile walk-aing 20 Eastern Kansas counthen raising money for charities taking part in a special
table organizations in the Wichita area -- Wichita First
Farm Accident Rescue Seminar recently in Topeka, Kan- Composite Squadron supsas. The one-day seminar was plied personnel and vehicles
designed to provide emergency to assist in traffic control. A
radio base station was set up
services personnel with upby 1st Lt. Jim Couey and four
to-date information about
corporate radio-equipped
trauma management, electrivehicles were driven by 1st
cal accidents and poisons.
Demonstrations of techniques Lts. Dave St. John and Cliff
to use when confronted with M c M u r r a y a n d 2 n d L t s .
Johanne Pachankis-Webb and
hazardous farm materials,
Midge Zimmerman. Twentysmall round baler accident,
one cadets were placed at busy
farm hydraulics and coordiintersections along the route
nating aeromedical response
were included in the seminar. t o i n s u r e t h e s a f e t y o f t h e
walkers, according to LieuFarming accidents claim several lives and injure hundreds tenant Pachankis-Webb, Wicannually in Kansas, accordhita First Composite
i n g t o C a p t . C l i ff o r d W h i t e , Squadron public affairs offideputy commander, Junction cer.
The Cessna Flying Club,
City Composite Squadron.
The seminar was sponsored Wichita, Kansas, invited Wichita First Composite
b y W I B M A M - T V, K a n s a s
Squadron to man an inforFarm Bureau, Kansas Elecmation and recruiting booth
tric Cooperatives, Medevac
M i d A m e r i c a a n d s e v e r a l during the club's recent open
Topeka businesses.
house. Cadets served as secuWichita First Composite
rity guards for the antique
aircraft display and assisted
Squadron's Cadet Public Aff a i r s O f fi c e r, E l s i e K a y l o r, w i t h fl i g h t l i n e r e s p o n s i b i l i ties. Squadron participants
Kansas Wing, was recently
included Capt. Ray Jetton, 1st
named Freshman Honor
Lt. Wayne Bormann, 1st Lt.
Queen of Douglas High School,
Douglas, Kansas.
Cadet
Dave St. John, 2nd Lt. Johanne
Kaylor, 15, carried a 4.0 grade
Pachankis-Webb and Cadets
point average even though out
Jessica Clark, Roseanne Arelof school due to medical leave
lano, James Lobb, Rian Acklin, Wayne Bormann II, Elsie
for more than two months.
She is studying for her pri- Kaylor and ,]ames Sloan.
vate pilot license and future Eighteen Cessna employees
expressed an interest in Civil
plans include attendance at
the Air Force Academy and Air Patrol programs. This
becoming a F-16 fighter pilot. interest resulted in an "Introduction to Civil Air Patrol"
Officials from McConnell
presentation for them two
AFB, Kan., recently requested
weeks later by Wichita First
Wichita First Composite
Squadron, Kansas Wing, to C o m p o s i t e S q u a d r o n p e r participate in a Hospital Trainsonnel.
Minnesota Wing's Duluth
ing Exercise on base. Civil
Composite Squadron was
Air Patrol volunteers were
used as "victims." According a l e r t e d r e c e n t l y a b o u t a n
Emergency Locater Transmitto 2nd Lt. Johanne Pachankister signal picked up by satelWebb, public affairs officer,
W i c h i t a F i r s t C o m p o s i t e lite that indicated it to be in
Squadron, Air Force personan area north of Duluth, near
nel commented that Civil Air E l y , M i n n . G r o u n d Te a m
P a t r o l p e r s o n n e l p l a y e d a members, Cadet Commander,
significant role in the realis- J e r r y Ta n k s i , M e d i c a l Te a m
tic training exercise.
C o m m a n d e r, J a s o n Ta n s k i ,
C a d e t D e p u t y C o m m a n d e r,
Wichita Aeronautical Historical Association officials re- J o h n Z i m m e r m a n , C a d e t s
q u e s t e d K a n s a s W i n g ' s Charlie Smith, Dan Parr, Rick
Wichita First Composite
Tu c k e r, E r i c A n d e r s o n a n d
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Squadron's assistance dur-

phraseology used by flight
service stations and operation
of Loran C was presented
during the clinic. Certified
Flight Instructors, Majs.
Robert Bronold, Carl Hillstrom
and Capt. Allen Angelich, gave
participants airplane check
flights.

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Senior Member Sandra Zimmerman, arrived in the area
and began searching local
resorts for possible aircraft.
After locating the transmitter
in a float aircraft on the south
shore of Snowbank Lake, three
miles from the Canadian border, the team awakened the
pilot on board and silenced
the transmitter.
For the third year, according to Deputy Commander for
Cadets, Capt. Sandra Zimmerman, the cadet component of
Duluth Composite Squadron was named Minnesota
Wing's Top Cadet Squadron
of the Year. The award was
presented during a recent
Minnesota Wing Conference.
During 1989, Duluth cadets
attended various scheduled
C, roup and Wing activities
including the Wing Conference and search and rescue
competitions. Cadets also
provided aircraft marshaling
and crowd control for several
aviation-related activities.
Ground teams from Duluth
Composite Squadron were
active in Emergency Locator
Transmission searches and
provided assistance to law enforcement agencies during a
recent four-day search for a
missing person, according to
Captain Zimmerman.
East Central Composite
Squadron, Missouri Wing,
responded to a recent crash of
a gyrocopter near St. Clair
Regional Airport. The sole
occupant, a St. Louis businessman, did not survive the
accident. According to Squadron Commander, Capt. Harry
Wilson, three senior members
and five cadets closed and
secured the crash site until
Federal Aviation Administration officials arrived. Among
East Central Composite
Squadron participants were
1st Lt. John Kennedy, Senior
Member Mary Anne Overman,
Cadets Jonathan Banderman,
Robert Gasaway, Scott Braun,
Andy Mahon and Joe Overman.
Cadet Jonathan Banderman, St. Clair, Mo., soloed in
a single-engine Cessna aircraft recently at St. Clair
Airport. Cadet Banderman,
East Central Composite
Squadron, Missouri Wing,
was a recipient of Missouri
Wing's annual Cadet Solo
Scholarship. Upon Cadet Banderman's landing, Capt. Richard Steckel and other squadron members cut the back off
Banderman's shirt and presented it to him as a souvenir
a long-time tradition among
student pilots completing their
first solo.

APPOINTMENT -- Christopher
Scott Baker, Johnson City
Composite Squadron, Tennessee Wing, has received a Certificate of Appointment to attend the Air Force Academy in
Colorado Springs, Colo. Air Force
Reserve CoL Henry Godsey made
the presentation during coremonies recently at Daniel Boone
High School where Cadet Baker
was a member of the Marine
ROTC and Civil Air Patrol attaining the position of cadet
commander In each. He was also
president of the National Honor
Society and National Beta Club
and a member of the Key Club
and Student Council, graduating in the top 10 percent of his
class. (Civil Air Patrol Photo
courtesy Johnson City Composite Squadron, Tennessee Wing)
Composite Squadron, Colorado Wing, participated in a
recent local 1990 Special Olympics. The squadron's color
guard, a flag-raising team and
a flight participated in the
event. The color guard lead
the opening ceremony parade
while the flight and flag-raising team, awaiting the National Anthem, received many
salutes and flag-waves from
fans, according to Cadet Grey
Lacerte, Air Academy Composite Squadron.

Search and Rescue Coordination officials, Scott AFB, Ill.,
receJ-~tly contacted Arizona
W i n g C o m m a n d e r, C o l .
G i l b e r t D a y, a d v i s i n g a n
Emergency Locator Transmitter signal had been picked up
by satellite. Colonel Day contacted Mission Coordinator,
Maj. Dave Richards, who then
contacted the Dan Kenney
Composite Squadron, Flagstaff', Ariz. Dan Kenney
Composite Squadron Commander, Capt. Don Heineman,
Maj. Tyre Brown and 1st Lt.
Larry Capek took off from
Pulliam Airport in a Cessna
T- 4 1 B . A f e w m i n u t e s l a t e r
the aircraft was over the ELT
Members of Air Academy and directed Ground Search

Te a m m e m b e r s , M a j . K e i t h
Spriggs and 1st Lt. Mike
Rutherford, to the site. A
Cessna 172 had crashed on a
landing strip in the vicinity of
Ashfork, Ariz. The pilot allegedly tied the aircraft down to
some trees and left the scene.
Mission Coordinator Major
Richards contacted Coconino
C o u n t y S h e r i ff D e p a r t m e n t
officials and awaited formal
permission to deactivate the
E LT b e f o r e t e r m i n a t i n g t h e
mission.
Prescott Composite
Squadron members, Arizona Wing, attended Arizona Wing's 1990 Conference
conducted in Tucson. Arizona
Wing was rated by Air Force
officials as the best Wing in
the Southwest Region. Individual awards for special
achievements were presented
to Prescott Composite
Squadron members: 1st Lt.
Sandra Janes; Capt. Ken
Kimsey and Deputy Cadet
C o m m a n d e r, 1 s t L t . F r e d
Janes. Carol Eaton, a nonmember of Civil Air Patrol,
was recognized for her backup support of Arizona Wing's
Public Affairs Officer of the
Ye a r, L t . C o l . C l i f f E a t o n ,
deputy commander of
Prescott Composite Squadton. Squadron personnel
attending the conference included 1st Lt. Donna Timmerman, Capts. Kay Roam, Joe
Rogers, Jim Pierce and Robert
Davidson, Lt. Cols. Donald
Timmerman and Cliff Eaton.
C a d e t Te r r a B l a c k w e i l ,
Tw i n L a k e s C o m p o s i t e
Squadron, Arkansas Wing,
has been named national
winner of the Ladies Auxili a r y o f Ve t e r a n s o f F o r e i g n
Wars' Young America Creative Patriotic Competition. Her
winning entry was an acrylic
interpretation of a section of
the Vietnam Memorial at
Washington, D.C. As national
winner, Cadet Blackwell received a $1,500 award and
was invited to attend the auxiliary's 77th Annual Convention in Baltimore, Md. Cadet
Blackwell's entry will appear
on the cover of the November
issue of the auxiliary's national
magazine and was on display
at the convention. She also
attended Arkansas Wing's
encampment ~ Little Rock
Air Force Base and assisted at
a recent Experimental Aircrat~
Association Fly-In at Baxter
County Regional Airport.
Cadet Blackwell has enlisted
in the Air Force.
Louisiana Wing's Lafayette Composite Squadron
members participated in a
recent search and rescue exercise in Shreveport, La.
Sixteen cadets attended the
training accompanied by 1st
Lt. Jerry Overfelt and 2nd Lt.
Sandy Guidry. Mission Coor-

dinator was 1st Lt. Corrine
Sessums. Lafayette Composite Squadron's ground
team was the only team to
find their Emergency Locator
Transmitter target, according
to Lieutenant Guidry, public
affairs officer.
A flight clinic, ape n sored by
Lafayette Composite
Squadron, Louisiana Wing,
was conducted recently at
Franks's Hangar and Cherry
Air in Lafayette, La. Guest
speakers included Air Force
Maj. Kris D. Gianakos, 23rd
Tactical Fighting Wing, England AFB, La. Major Gianakos
spoke with cadets and answered questions about the
A-10. Lafayette Composite
Squadron Communications
Officer, 2nd Lt. Randall Williams, assisted cadets in setting up communications stations. The cadets then operated among themselves to
sharpen their communication
skills. Attendees included Cadets Bently Bartee, and Robert
LeBlanc.
When a KC-10 recently
touched down on a runway
near the Lafayette, La., airport, where Lafayette Composite Squadron cadets and
senior members were participating in flight orientations,
squadron members greeted the
crew and were invited aboard
for a tour with crewmembers
answering their questions.
The KC-10 crew consisted of
Air Force Maj. William J.
Splawn, Capt. Derek D.
Decker, SSgt. Pedro M. Mulafort, TSgt. Lee Rogers, TSgt.
Michael W. Trace, SSgt. Joseph D. Jackson, SrA Milton
C. Hunter, Jr., SrA Charles
B. Gipson and AIC James B.
D a v i s , J r. C i v i l A i r P a t r o l
members included Cadets
Steve DeRouen, Ed Ross, Kirk
Relle, Gary Leleux, Robert
LeBlanc, Bently Bartee, Philip
Ross and 2nd Lt. Sandy
G u i d r y. O n t h e s a m e d a y
cadets also met the crew of a
T34-C.
Second Lt. Sandy Guidry
and Cadet Ron Lecza, Lafayette Composite Squadron,
Louisiana Wing, enrolled in
a course conducted ,cos,M)
at Acadiana Open Channel.
Instruction included methods
of setting up and operating
camcorders including editing
and producing videos.
Flying Castle Composite
Squadron, Oklahoma
Wing, recently participated
in KC- 135 tanker flight orient a t i o n p r o g r a m s a t Ti n k e r
AFB, Okla. Oklahoma Wing
offers these programs annually for all Oklahoma squadron members. After briefing
by Air Force A1C Donna Sutton, boom operator, Civil Air
Patrol members lay in the
boomer bay to witness midair refueling operations. Fol-

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lowing the flight, base tours
were coordinated by Oklahoma Wing's Air Force Liaison Officer, Lt. Col. William
S l a t e r, a n d A i r F o r c e C a p t
R o b e r t A r m o u r. C i v i l A i r
Patrol volunteers included
Cadets Nathan Jones, Michael
Nirk, Pam Walker, Shannon
Currey and 1st Lt. Nancy
Shafran.
A field training exercise was
conducted recently by Flying
Castle Composite Squadron, Oklahoma Wing, at Red
Rock Canyon State Park,
Hinton, Okla. Instructors were
Capt. Ray White, Cadets
Shannon Currey, Herb Horne
a n d S t a c e y We b b . C l a s s e s
included radio communications, map and compass reading, ground search patterns,
first aid, flight line operations
and crash site procedures.
Cadet participants were Michael Nirk, Kevin McMichael,
Mike Spencer, Pam Walker,
Jason Begin and Arvin
Walkup. Assistingas mission
support personnel were 1st
Lt. Kamal Cemait, squadron
c o m m a n d e r, a n d C a p t . K i m
Sindeldecker.
Approximately 100 pilots attended a recent Federal Aviation Administration safety
meetinghosted by Ellington
Composite Squadron,
Texas Wing, in conjunction
with Federal Aviation Administration and Aviator Shop representatives at Ellington Field,
Texas. Aviation Consultant,
Sandra Provenzano, spoke
about the past, present and
future of air space regulations
and the effects on the local
community.

Cadet Sean Long, Golden
Eagle Squadron, California Wing, received notification recently of his appointment to the Air Force Academy. Cadet Long is the first
Golden Eagle Squadron
cadet to be appointed to the
Academy. He was nominated
by Congressman William
Lowery (R-Calif.). Cadet Long
plans to major in aeronautical
enffin~ering.
McMmr, ville, Ore., Jay Cees,
a fraternal organization, recently requested Oregon
Wing's McMinnville Composite Squadron assistance.
Ten squadron members assisted by four Aurora Composite Squadron volunteers
provided traffic control duringthe annual Triathlon. 1st
Lt. Les Peterson, McMinnville Composite Squadron
public affairs officer, reports
Civil Air Patrol members were
complimented by runners,
McMinnville Police Department officials and the Jay Cees
for their professional assistance.

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Search and rescue test
successful for N. C. unit
GREENSBORO, N.C. -Lt. David Perry was mission
Triad First Flight Composite pilot with Lt. Col. J. P. KraSquadron, here had 18 mem- m a r a s c o m m a n d p i l o t . 2 n d
bers take part in a practice
Lt. Roy Bennett flew as obsearch and rescue exercise server. 2nd Lt. Allan Mackover
recently at Greensboro Inter- led the ground team.
national Airport, site of SquadThe briefing informed the
r o n H e a d q u a r t e r s , w h i c h group that a small aircraft
served as Mission Base.
had been reported overdue at
The exercise officially be- the airport in Lincolnton, N.C.
g a n w h e n M a j . Wa l t e r F r a The aircraft was a company
c r a f t f r o m Vi r g i n i a , m a k i n g
z i e r, m i s s i o n c o o r d i n a t o r,
briefed his group. In place
delivery stops along the way.
were 1st Lt. C, reg Lear, operaThe rest of the morning
OREGON WING WINNERS -- Milwaukle Cadet Squadron's 2nd Lt.
tions officer: Lt. Col. John L.
involved a line search by airJanlce Troxler, left, displays her Oregon Wing 1989 Public Affairs
craft along the flight path, as
Award while Milwaukie Cadet Squadron Commander, Lt. Col. Latham, assistant operations
officer: 1st Lt. Donna Synder, well as two ground teams who
Ethyle O'Neal displays her unit's Squadron of Distinction Trophy.
were sent to nearby airfields
administration officer; Senior
Awards were presented during Oregon Wing's recent conference
in Milwaukie, Ore. (Civil Air Patrol Photo by 2nd Lt. Vonda M e m b e r D o r o t h y L a t h a m ,
for ramp checks. The mission
Kemmerer, MIIwaukia Cadet Squadron, Oregon Wing)
public affairs officer; 1st Lt. was considerably enlivened by
Clyde Orr, safety officer; 1st t h e a r r i v a l o f a d i s t r a u g h t
I,t. Mike Rook, squadron
"relative" of the missing pilot
commander and dispatch offi- and a very persistent newspacer and Senior Member Keith per reporter, played by Senior
Letterman, chaplain.
Member Norma Manheim.
Senior Member George
The relative kept the chaplain very busy and the reCauley and Capt. W. C. ThRAMSTEIN AIR BASE,
mation on Civil Air Patrol and ompson served as communiporter provided ample "on the
West Germany -- Ramstein
the Ramstein Cadet Squadcations officers with Senior
job" training for the public
Cadet Squadron's recent Open ron.
Member Clyde Gaskins as
affairs officer.
House, "Was a great success,"
Once formal open house
assistant radio operator. 1st
This mission was declared
said 2nd Lt. Doreen Coleman,
activities subsided, parents
an instructor with the unit.
took the opportunity to meet
Squadron members celewith senior members to disb r a t e d t h e u n i t ' s fi f t h a n n i - cuss Ramstein Cadet SquadQ U A K E R T O W N , P a . - - stretchers and transporting
versary with an Open House
ron and its potential for them
More than 23 aircraft and 230 victims, all under low visibilfor family and friends. Durand their teenagers.
Civil Air Patrol personnel
ity.
ing the event more than 50
Cadet Eisinger and Maj.
participated in a recent weekSunday's brilliant weather
members, Civil Air Patrol
Barbara Piper concluded the
saw 40 sorties dispatched to
end Air Force-Pennsylvania
supporters, and curiosity seek- evening with a brief promotion ceremony during which Wing sponsored Search and find simulated crash sites. In
ers, ventured to the unit's
Rescue Exercise, hosted by spite of Saturday's rain, misheadquarters building for a
three cadets earned new
Group 90's Quakertown Com- sions proved successful.
close-up look into Ramstein's stripes.
posite Squadron.
Everyone involved had a job
Civil Air Patrol unit.
"Squadron growth and
Heavy rains Saturday canto do and no boring remarks
C a d e t C o m m a n d e r, S c o t t appeal has begun to pick up
were heard, according to Capt.
celed an air search: but time
Eisinger, used the opportuaround the Ramstein and
was concentrated on training
R u t h P. D a v i s , Q u a k e r t o w n
nity to have his cadet drill
Kaiserslautern area," said 2nd
classes and plotting possible
Composite squadron's public
team perform innovative drill
Lt. Ellen Selover, squadron
locations of a simulated air- affairs officer. "Everyone was
maneuvers for spectators. The finance officer. "That growth
craft crash site.
there to learn," she said.
drill team, termed "awesome" and appeal can be attributed
A real Emergency Locater
Cadets worked ground team
by one visitor, demonstrated
to recent increases in Civil
Transmitter mission, the night
problems, Emergency Locater
standard military drill techAir Patrol activities in which
before the exercise began, kept
Transmitters and communiniques with a "twist."
we now participate.
Quakertown Composite
cations. When rains stopped
Visitors, young and old, were
"Our volunteers are makSquadron aircraft busy and
that evening, cadets held a
exposed to a library of inforing a difference for area youth."
two-hour night search for "lost
alert searching from midnight
hikers" along a nearby river.
to 6 a.m. Also, 12 ground
team cadets from Group 10
Experience was gained with
arrived late for the exercise
search lines, make-shift
M I N N E A P O L I S - - M i n n e - serve base portion of the airsota Wing members of Red
port. At~r checking the EmerWing and St. Paul Composite
gency Locater Transmitter on
Squadrons recently turned off
an Air Force Reserve C-130
an Emergency Locater TransHercules, by turning the unit
The pilot, Air National Guard
O ' H A R E A I R P O RT, I l l . - mitter at an Air Force ReMaj. Paul Napolentano; Copio n a n d o ff , t h e i n t e r m i t t e n t It was 9:30 a.m. Saturday and
serve Base.
signal could still be heard.
lot, Air National Guard Capt.
40 cadets and senior memThe signal, first heard by
Searchers again contacted
bers were about to taxi down E d S t e c k i ; N a v i g a t o r , A i r
Civil Air Patrol at 7:34 p.m., the tower at 9:30 p.m. Tower
National Guard Capt. Eileen
the runway on board a
officials reported the signal
was an intermittent carrier,
KC-135 tanker operated by Lento and Refueling Boom
somewhere at the Minneapo- had just changed to the nor- the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Operators, Air National Guard
mal swept tone. By 10 p.m., Illinois Air National Guard.
lis/St. Paul International AirTSgt. Jim Miranda and Air
the signal was tracked back to
l~ort.
This was a special mission
National Guard MSgt. Les
Capt. Dale Hoium, Red Wing
the same C-130. The transStruck.
given the code name "HAPPYC o m p o s i t e S q u a d r o n , c o n - mitter unit was removed from 51." The purpose was to reFor Cadet Amy Kane,
;acted airport tower officials the aircraft and deactivated
fuel A-7 fighter jets over Iowa Orland-Tinley Squadron, this
who said they too had been at 10:35 p.m.
was her second flight on a
and Nebraska at an altitude
Apparently, when searchsearching for the transmitmilitary aircraft. First time
of 10,000 feet.
ter. Airport officials then asked ers turned the transmitter on
flyers were Cadets JoAnn
Civil Air Patrol members
the two Civil Air Patrol units and offtheir actions had caused
were on board for an orienta- M c G r a w , V a n B r e e m a n
,;o help out.
Squadron; Christine Grandthe unit's switch to connect
tion flight and guests of Illip r o p e r l y a n d s e n d o u t t h e nois Air National Guard.
laski, Brian Maloy, JeffNagy,
The signal was tracked to a
building at the Air Force Resteady tone.
Ed Phillips, Jennifer Phillips
There was a crew of five.

Overseas volunteers
_aather to celebrate

completed when the simulated
pilot of the aircraft staggered
into headquarters dazed and
slightly injured, carrying part
o f h e r p r o p e l l e r. I t s e e m e d
she had gotten disoriented in
heavy fog and landed in the
tops of a grove of nearby trees.
The part of the pilot was played
by' 1st Lt. Leslie Manheim.
She had numerous bruises and
small cuts, and members of
the squadron simulated first
aid treatment.
Debriefing brought home the
f a c t t h a t Tr i a d F i r s t F l i g h t
Composite Squadron needed
to work on procuring more
and better communications
equipment. Also, several
members were able, through
this practice, to qualify for
slots on the organizational
chart for search and rescue.
At a follow-up meeting it
was determined that the
squadron would do well to hold
at least one or two practices a
year to enable all members to
qualify in their chosen areas
of study.

Practice termed "excellent"

ELT silenced on reserve base

S a t u r d a y, h a v i n g b e e n i n volved with tracking the same
E LT.
"An excellent training session," commented Pennsylvania Wing's Air Force Liaison
Officer, Maj. Manuel Garcia.
The major said he was pleased
with membership attendance
and cooperation. "The rain
helped participants concentrate on study," he said. "And
later they demonstrated sharpened skills in search and rescue."
Along with Pennsylvania
Wing Commander, Col. M. Allen Applebaum and staff,
groups represented at the exercise included Groups 10, 20,
60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 1500, and
3100. Lt. Col. G. Pfeiffer from
Northeast Region also attended.

Tanker crew gives orientation flight
and Karen Prendergast, Oak
Lawn Composite Squadron.
Al so, Senior Members Dennis
Grandalski, 1st Lt. Mary
Wa r d , a n d 2 n d L t . R o b e r t
Waichunas were on their first
flight.
Civil Air Patrol and all
branches of the military have
an agreement to help each
other in any way that they
can. With the Illinois Air National Guard giving orientation rides, they help teach
cadets about aerospace education and give them a firsthand look at a career in the
field of aviation.

Civil Air Patrol News
August1990

15

Hello -- we have a mission for you
B y M a j . G r e g o r y F. W e i d e n f e l d
Public Affairs officer
N e w J e r s e y Wi n g
SOUTH BELMAR, N.J. -- It stared at an unGodly
hour of the night, like most Emergency l.~,cator Transmitter missions. In this case, 1:30 a.m.
"Hello?"
"Hello. This is Sergean t Garmund at Air Force Rescue
Coordination Center. We have a mission fbr you."
"You're, (yawn,) missing a what?."
"This is Scott Air Force Base. We have a mission tbr
you."
"Oh, a mission!"
S u d d e n l y, L t . C o l . M e a l S t u r m , N e w . J e r s e y W i n g
(h'oup 223 commander, is awake.
Colonel Sturm copies the information and begins plotting the Search and Rescue Satellite "hits" on a map.
After looking at the map of'New Jersey with the "hits" all
marked, only one thing can be determined. It definitely
i s n ' t i n N e w Yo r k C i t y.
T h e t r u t h . . , t h e E LT c o u l d b e a n y w h e r e i n t h e s t a t e .
Since the least amount of" "hits" were Northern New
J e r s e y, t h e s o u t h a n d c e n t r a l p a r t s o f t h e s t a t e a r e
alerted first.
Soon Lt. Col. Charlie Costa, David Costa, 1st Lt. Ed
S c h o b e r, C a d e t K a r e n S c h o b e r, S e n i o r M e m b e r D a v i d
Bluct, Cadet Garret Bluct, Senior Member lhor Fulyma,
and Cadet Alex Fulyma are awakened.
They set up into ground teams, and while one team
begins checking airports, the other starts checking marinas
along the Delaware River.
At 6:12 a.m., the Delaware River team picks up a
signal in Riverside, N.J. They trace it to a New Jersey
State Police boat, tied up at the Dredge Harbor Marina.
"No problem, say team members. "We'll just contact the
State Police; right?" Wrong.
"Hello, State Police? This is Civil Air Patrol."
"The who?"
"The Civil Air Patrol. We just traced an ELT to one of
your boats. Would you mind coming down and letting us
aboard so we can shut it off?"
"Sorry, I'm the only one here. I can't leave. But I'd be
happy to loan you the keys and you can do what you've
gotta' do."
"But that's a 25-minute drive from here!"
"Sorry, that's the best I can do for you."
An hour later, the Emergency Position-Indicating Radio
Beacon is shut down and everybody on the team can go

home and get some sleep.
That's what they think.
"Hello, AFRCC? This is Colonel Sturm from New
Jersey. I've got the closing mission report."
"You're not closing your mission."
"What do you mean I'm not closing my mission'?"
" Yo u h a v e a n E LT. "
" B u t w e f b u n d t h e E LT L "
"Well you have another ELT." I It's good to be AFRCC!)
Once again the map comes out and "hits" are plotted.
Well, two things are sure. It's not in New York City; and
it's not along the Delaware River.
There are a lot of"hits" plotted in Eastern New Jersey
though.
Since the last transmitter was fbund along the Delaware River; why not try looking along the Atlantic coast
this time'?
(:all the coastline commandos!
About this time, a certain New Jersey Wing public
aff'airs officer has just waken up on a nice warm Sunday
morning, and is trying to make a molehill out of a
The phone
mountain .of Civil Air Patrol paperwork.
rings.
"Hello'?"
"Hel Io, Greg? Th is i s Meal." ( It's good to be the mission
coordinator.)
I think to myself, there's only one reason that Meal
S t u r m c a l l s y o u o n S u n d a y. S o m u c h f o r p a p e r w o r k .
I change into my fatigues, grab my direction finding
g e a r, s t a r t u p t h e c a r, h e a d d o w n t h e d r i v e w a y, a n d
suddenly discover today's the day the city is having a big
parade and I live on the parade route.
I finally make it to Belmar Marina. Negative contact.
Next stop, Allaire Airport. l'm just down the road from
t h e a i r p o r t w h e n I h e a r a " p e e p . " A s I g e t c l o s e r, t h e
signal gets stronger.
Some say that ELT signals sound like a cry of"Help!,
Help!, Help!, Help!," but to me they always sound more
like, "Neah-neah, neah-neah, you can't fine me."
This one is the strangest signal I've ever heard. It
almost sounds like two or three transmitters.
I a l e r t m y p a r t n e r, C a p t . P a u l L a m h u t . S o o n w e a r e
driving our cars up and down rows and rows of aircraft,
trying to find the culprit.
It's not in the airport parking area. Not forgetting the
airline survival gear manufacturer at the front of the
a i r p o r t , ( W e ' v e f o u n d E LTs t h e r e b e f o r e , b u t t h a t ' s
another story), and there is usually hundreds of ELTs in

there at any one time, we start following the needle on
the L-per and yes, it's coming from the manufacturers.
No, it's not. It's coming from... Horrorsl!...The needle
is pointing directly at the parcel delivery service company terminal across the highway!
We head for it and the signal is definitely coming from
inside.
"Hello, Meal? We've traced the signal. We've got good
news, and we've got bad news."
"Well'?"
"The good news is that we've got it narrowed down to
the loading dock end of the building. The bad news is,
there's about 15 tractor trailers parked on the loading
dock."
A few phone calls gets us in touch with the company's
d e p o t m a n a g e r. W h i l e w a i t i n g f o r h i m t o a r r i v e , w e
manage to track the signal to one trailer. The manager
arrives, unlocks the trailer and, as we feared, it's fully
loaded. Movingpackages around, wetunnel through the
boxes and mailing tubes. Three or four hundred boxes
later, we're near the back of the trailer when we hear a
change in the signal.
" Wa i t ! M o v e t h a t p a c k a g e a g a i n . " C a p t a i n L a m h u t
moves a box and again the signal changes. We've got it
at last!
I work my way back out of the trailer and wait tbr my
partner to hand me the evil little package. The package
isn't so little. In fact, it's quite large.
As we turn the package over and over, it makes some
o f t h e s t r a n g e s t E LT n o i s e s I ' v e e v e r h e a r d . I t s o u n d s
like it's laughing at us. The company manager cuts the
package open and we find an Emergency Position-lndicating Radio Beacon inside. Then we find another, and
a n o t h e r, a n d a n o t h e r. T h e p a r c e l c o m p a n y e m p l o y e e s
look at us incredulously as we begin to open the EPIRB
boxes one at a time.
"This one's live. So's this one. This one's not." Finally,
there's only one sound coming from our receivers. Silence! . .. wonderful, delightful silence.
" H e l l o , N e a l ? We ' v e g o t a s h u t - o ff t i m e a n d t h e v i t a l
statistics for you."
"O.K., I've got it."
"No you don't. There's more."
"O.K., now I've got it!."
"No you don't. There's more."
"What do you mean, there's more? How many of those
darn things did you find anyway?"
"Four!"

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Civil Air Patrol News
August 1990

Eagles begin lectures
AKRON, Ohio -- Civil Air Patrol cadets from the 302nd
Flying Eagles Squadron, Ohio Wing, recently began hosting monthly Aerospace Education lectures for people in
their local community.
Lectures are free and open to the public. Canton, Ohio's
Stark County Public Library, Northern Branch is the
location for the public lectures.
According to 1st Lt. Steven Stone, turnout for the first
lecture session was, "inspiring." He said that attendees
were young and old, men and women and came from as far
away as 50 miles.
Lieutenant Stone also stated that many parents who
attended asked how they could get their children involved
with Civil Air Patrol.
The lieutenant says that, due to the success of the first
lecture session, presentations will continue, "to further
educate the American public on the importance of maintaining America's aerospace supremacy."

Three-state search ends
MARION, Va. -- The second three-state search in six
weeks for a missing aircraft began after Virginia Wi ng was
alerted early one recent Saturday morning. Maj. F. J.
Copenhaver, Jr. received the call from Lt. Col. Morehead
Foard, Virginia Wing operations officer.
A Cessna 172 had departed Big Sandy Regional Airport
in Prestonburg, Ky., enroute to Lynchburg Regional Airport, Va., with two persons on board. The pilot and his
brother never made their destination.
Major Copenhaver, mission coordinator for Virginia
Wing, began concentrating search efforts in the area
around Roanoke, using ground teams from as far away as
Grundy, in Southwest Virginia, to Lynchburg and Augusta County and two teams from Marion. Due to heavy
rain and fog, aircrews were limited to using only one
aircraft Saturday for air searching.
Using electronic direction finding equipment, ground
teams were dispatched to desolate areas high enough to
receive possible signals from the aircraft's Emergency Locator Transmitter. Civil Air Patrol aircraft, using this
equipment, picked up and tracked a signal to an area south
of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Peaks of Otter.
Hampered by weather conditions and darkness, several
teams worked trying to pinpoint the exact location of the
site until 3 a.m. The search was then halted until daylight.
At dawn Sunday, miss'ion base was moved to Roanoke as
the search intensified and 10 aircrews from around the
state flew in to join the search. Maj. Gilbert Gray, of
Harrisonburg, acting mission coordinator during the night,
dispatched an aircrew from New London and a local
ground team to continue efforts in the Peaks of Otter area.
At approximately 8:30 a.m., Lt. Col. Rucker Tibbs, pilot,
and Lt. Col. Barry Redwood, observer, notified mission
base and Major Copenhaver that they had made a visual
sighting. The aircrew then landed and Colonel Redwood
led a ground team to the site for confirmation at 9:16 a.m.,
in very rugged terrain.
Three ground teams and several aircrews secured the
area until State Police officials and park service personnel
arrived at the scene. The area in which the plane crashed
was on the west side of Sharp Top Mountain north of
Bedford.
Cooperative search efforts were coordinated in Kentucky by Lt. Col. Tom Schmltt: ;- Wost VJrgh,ia by Lt. Col.
uon Caudill; Virginia State Police and the Virginia Park
Service.

SARSAT van schedule
GUNTER AFB, Ala. -- National Headquarters Civil Air
Patrol officials here want to help members keep track of
where the Search and Rescue Satellite display van is going
to be in 1990 and when. the following is a schedule for the
van's stops in September.

D AT E P L A C E
Sept. 1 - 3 Cleveland Air Show, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sept. 8, 9 Muscle Shoals Air Show, Muscle Shoal s, Ala.
Sept. 15, 16 Superbatics 90, Topeka, Kan.
Sept. 22, 23 Manchester Air Show, Manchester, N.H.

BIRD'S EYE VIEW -- An aerial look at the USS Arizona Memorial, in Pearl Harbor, was one of many
sights observed by 15 Civil Air Patrol cadets and senior members from Honolulu Cadet Squadron and
Hawaii Wing who recently took 90-minute helicopter orientation flights from Wheeler Air Force Base
around the Island of Oahu. U.S. Army pilots and crew members of E Company, 214th Aviation
Regiment, took Civil Air Patrol members on their orientation flights aboard two UH-1H helicopters.
With eight cadets and senior members on each aircraft, the group flew completely around Oahu,
taking In bird's eye views of Diamond head, Waiklkl Beach and Pearl Harbor. (Civil Air Patrol Photo
courtesy Hawaii Wing)

FA A c o n d u c t s s e m i n a r
S A LT L A K E C I T Y - - A s
part of its Aviation Safety and
Education Program, the local
Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards District
Office conducted an all-day
seminar for Certificated Right
Instructors and other interested aviators at Civil Air
Patrol's Utah Wing Headquarters here recently.
Several Wasatch Composite Squadron members attended, including Jerry
Brown, Jack Ford and Robert
Eder Sr. Other Civil Air Patrol members who attended
several of the sessions were
Neilo Taylor and Jerry Maass.
Representing FAA's FSDO
were Jim Ralph, Accident Prevention specialist; Mel
Menlove and John Black, FAA
specialists and members of
Utah Wing staff; and Dave
Schur and Jim Kirby, FAA.
The seminar covered mountain flying, proposed and effective changes in airspace designation, the Certificated
Flight Instructors' entries in
logbooks, weather briefings,
new Federal Aviation Regulations, and fuel management.
Jim Ralph opened the meet-

ing with a discussion of FAA's
new attitude toward pilots in
general aviation. He indicated
that the present administration of both FAA and the Department of Transportation
wish to take a less confrontational approach to pilots. As
an example, he said that FAA
would avoid imposing automatic suspensions and other
penalties for rules violations.
He said that instead, officials
will try to position FAA more
in an educational and training role.
According to Ralph, FAA
wants to do this so it can counsel pilots who run afoul of
current rules and regulations
with the intent of helping them
become better, more aware,
aviators.
Mel Menlove, FAA inspector and Utah Wing staffmember, talked about principles of
mountain flying. Menlove
illustrated his talk with color
slides which he took in both
Vietnam, and the Rocky
Mountains.
Mountain flying, according
to Menlove, reciuires a pilot's
full attention. He recommends
aviators be fully rested with a

Units support airshow
MARION, Ill. -- Williamson County Composite Squadron and Jackson County
Compa~it~> ~qu~v]~'an p~rt.icl.

pated in a recent airshow at
the Williamson County Regional Airport, called "Airshow
2000."
___
Both squadrons aided officials in security for the twoday aviation activity. Civil
Air Patrol members worked
more than 200 hours, both in
preparation of recruiting efforts and taking part in security for the airshow.
Airport Manager, Roger
Sadler, estimated 12,000
people attended the show. The
airshow consisted of many

events.
They ranged from wingwalking, a fly-by performed
hy ~n Air Fo~co A-IO 'Phun
derbolt aircra~, and parachute
teams; to expert precision
flying, by 75-year-old Pete
Meyers.
Maj. Jack Whitlock, commander, Jackson County Composite Squadron, and Capt.
Sandy Hickle, stated it was
one of the most rewarding
events they had experienced.
Several new members have
since joined Civil Air Patrol in
the area, reportedly due to
publicity and involvement of
the two unit's members in "Airshow 2000."

good night's sleep; that pilots
avoid smoking and taking
medications such as tranquilizers; and that they skip flying
when they have a cold or other
sinus infection.
Menlove also warned about
trading airspeed for altitude
in the mountains, since pilots
need to avoid stall situations.
And where there are winds
30-knots or more, Menlove
suggested that the trip not be
made.
Jim Ralph presented new
plans for reorganization of
controlled airspace adopted by
the International Committee
for Aircrai~ Organization.
Plans call for five classes of
controlled airspace, designated
by the letters A through E.
Class B will cover what is now
known as the Terminal Control Area.
The major objective of these
new categories is to simplify
current rules and to agree upon
an international standard.