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CIVIL AIR PATROL

FEBRUARY 1978

MAXWELL AFB, ALA. 36112

VOLUMi~i0, NO. 2

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CELEBRATION--Northeast Region team, runners-up in tht Physical Fitness portion of the
National Cadet Competition, held at Maxwell AFB, Ala., in late December give a cheer at conclusion of volleyball game. (More photos, Pages 10 and 11).

MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- Civil
Air Patrol's 1977 record of lives
saved reached 53 for the year
with the addition of six n~m~es
during the month of December.
This is the second highest
number of lives saved in any one
year in the past decade. The
highest -- 57 -- was recorded in
1975. This is believed to be a
record for any one year in
number of persons whose lives
were saved by Civil Air Patrol
through its emergency service
activities, but no one knows for
sure since there are no comparable records for CAP's
earlier years.
Civil Air Patrol was engaged in
more missions in 1977 than in
1976 (892 for 1977 as compared to
817 for 1976) but flew a slightly
fewer number of sorties.

Georgia Cadets Win Competition Sweepstakes
MAXWELb AFB,= ~. -- A
~--team from Civil Air PatroFs
Georgia Wing, representing the
Southeast Region, won the
coveted Sweepstakes Trophy for
the second straight year in the
annual National Cadet Competition held here in late December.
The Georgia team attained the
highest combined score in the
two-day competition. The Great
Lakes Region, represented by a
team from Ohio, received the
runner-up award.

The eight competing teums had standard drill, innovative drill,already won their respective in-ranks inspection and drill
wing and region competitions.
team commander. The Great
They contended against each
Lakes team won first place in the
other in the Cadet Bowl, an d r i l l a n d t h e S o u t h e a s t a n d
aerospace education event conSouthwest Regions tied for sesisting of a written test and panel
cond. Cadet Rodney Vickers,
quiz; in a physical fitness event
commander of the Arizona team
involving a mile run and
representing the Southwest
volleyball; and in a comprehen- Region, won the coveted Drill
Team Commander trophy.
sive drill event.
The initial part of the competiThe second event was the
physical fitness competition in
tion was drill in which four
categories were evaluated -which the teams assembled at

NEW AIRCRAFT -- 1~nese four Cessna Hawk
XP and Hawk XP II aircraft, still so new they do
not bear CAP markings, were delivered in early
December to the Northeast, Middle East and
Southeast Regions during the fourth quarter
meeting of Civil Air Patrol's National Executive
Committee. Participating in the delivery
ceremony are, from left, Brig. Gen. Thomas C.
Casaday, CAP national commander; Col. Louisa

However, flying hours for 1977
were 15,966 a decrease from 1976
when there were 17,604. In effect,
therefore, the organization accomplished more while flying
fewer hours.
The number of "finds" (search
objectives located) in 1977 was
446, exceeding by 51 the number
recorded in 1976 which was considered a record at that time.
Colorado outstripped all other
wings in lives saved with a total
of 15. Nine of these were accomplished early in 1977 during
and following a blizzard when
CAP rescue crews were active
all over the state. Alaska was second with 10 lives saved.
Alaska flew the most missions
-- 100 -- with California second
with 86. California, however,
flew more sorties and put in
more flying hours than any other
wing. Its record was 1,950 sorties
(see SAVES, Page 2)

the base gym for volleyball and,
later, to run a measured mile.
The Southeast Region was victorious in the event.
On the second day, the cadets
performed in the Cadet Bowl
which measures their knowledge
in aerospace education subjects,
the leadership laboratory, the
history and philosophy of Civil
Air Patrol, and aerospace
events. The Georgia team earned
(See CADET, Page 2)

Morse, Middle East Region commander; Col.
A.A. Milano, Northeast Region commander; Col.
Lee H. McCormack, Southeast Region com.
mander; and Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul E.
Gardner, CAP executive director. The planes,
all completely equipped for navigation under instrument flight rules, were distributed to the
three regions under CAP's Aircraft Modernization Program. Under the program, older aircraft

which are uneconomical to maintain and fly are
turned in and sold. The money is used to
purchase new or late-model planes more suitable
for CAP's missions. During the past year, 32 new
or !ate-model planes were bought and distributed
under this program. Twenty-six Department of
Defense excess aircraft were also distributed to
CAP regions under the same program.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

FEBRUARY 1978

Saves Reach 53 In December
(Continued From Page 1)
and 3,327 hours flying time.
Alaska came in second with 856
sorties and 2,130.5 hours flying
time.
Alaska was credited with 39
"finds" for the year while
California again edged the 51st
state with 42.
At least two of the lives saved
during the year were attributed
to the use of ELTs (emergency
locator transmitters). Other

"saves" included airlift of badly
needed human blood or blood
products and ground searches for
missing persons. The majority of
the "saves," however, were the
result of aerial search missions.
The final six "saves" during
1977 occurred in Tennessee,
Alaska, Texas and Georgia.
Two persons, a 10-year-old boy
and an eight-year-old girl, were
rescued from a crashed plane in
Tennessee in early December.

Cadet Competition
Held A t Maxwell
(Continued From Page 1 )
top honors in the written test and
the Ohio team finished first in the
panel quiz.
The Southwest Region's
Arizona team earned a special
Sportsmanship Trophy.
The annual competition concluded with an awards presentation ceremony and banquet
followed by a cadet dance at the
Maxwell Officers Open Mess.
Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Casaday,
national commander, and Air
Force Brig. Gen. Paul E.
Gardner, executive director,
o ff e r e d c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o

all teams for their excellent efforts and alternated in presenting
awards to the winners
Other teams taking part in the
annual event and the regions they
represented were: Idaho -Rocky Mountain Region;
Massachusetts -- Northeast
Region; Nebraska -- North Central Region; North Carolina -Middle East Region; and Oregon
-- Pacific Region,
Complete scores in the various
categories of the competition are
given in a table on Page 2.

They were passengers aboard a
light plane piloted by their father
which was en route from
Blairsville, Ga., to Detroit. It
crashed southeast of Knoxville,
Tenn. A CAP pilot from the
Tennessee Wing was credited
with spotting the wreckage.
Two more saves were recorded
in Alaska on Dec. 6 when two
men were rescued after having
crashed in a light plane approximately 100 miles north of
Anchorage. The two men were
flying on a low-level wolf
hunt at the time of the accident.
A CAP search crew spotted the
wreckage of the plane but the two
occupants were not at the scene.

The final save of 1977 occurred
An Army helicopter and the CAP
in the Georgia Wing in late
crew jointly spotted the two men
December. The survivor was one
some three miles from the crash
scene and shared credit with sav- of two persons aboard a light aircraft engaged in pipeline patrol.
ing their lives. The two were
attempting to walk out to
The crash occurred near Macon,
Ga., and CAP entered the search
civilization but had become diswhen the plane was reported
oriented and were heading in the
wrong direction.
overdue. The Civil Air Patrol
search team homed in on an ELT
The Texas Wing was also
(emergency locator transmitter)
credited in December with saving the life of a three-year-old
signal and directed an Army
helicopter to the scene.
girl who was the sole survivorof
the crash of a single-engine plane
A save was belatedly credited
to the West Virginia Wing also
in rugged hill country. Her
for their participation in a disparents and brother were killed
in the crash and she was found aster relief mission earlier in the
year, bringing the year's total to
only after a search lasting two
53.
days.

1977 National Cadet Competition
~egion/
Wing

Physical Fitness
Mile
VolleyRun
Ball
Total

College Bowl
[Panel
Total
'Written IQuiz

Inspection

Drill
Innovative

Standard

Cadet
Captain

68

74

SEN/
Georgia

160

160

320

218.4

41.4

259.8

64

68.5

160

60

NER/
Mass.

160

140

*,220
500

Arizona
MER/
N. Car.
PAC/
Oregon
NCR/
Nebraska

160

110

270

, 183.4
I
i' 159.7

160

60

220

192.7

160

110

270

155.1

160

60

220

Idaho

160

60

220

80

, 182.5

! 262.5

17.7

171.1

59.5

55.5

7.9

" 167.6

63.5

67 ,

59.3

252.0

53.5

11.8

" 166.9

42.5

187

29.6

144.9

20.7

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Ohio

62
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Totals
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60

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59

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57
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57

57

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56

39.5

52

58

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*lst Place
**2nd Place (NOTE: Co-Runners-Up hi Drill)

CAP Sponsors A i rospace Education Congress
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--The
1978 National Congress on
Aerospace Education, sponsored
by the Civil Air Patrol, the
Federal Aviation Administration
and the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, will be
held in Dallas, Tex., April 6, 7,
and 8, 1978.
Registration for the Congress
itself should be made by using
the congress coupon at right and
sending it to CAP's National
Headquarters. The registration
fee of ~ (ff received prior to
March 1 and $40 after that date)
includes admission to all the official sessions, field trip
transportation and box lunch as
well as entertainment and dancing at the opening socializer.
It does not include meals,
sleeping accommodations or
transportation to the Dallas
Hilton Hotel where the congress
will take place.
Hotel reservations may be
made by using the hotel coupon
at right and sending it directly to
the Dallas Hilton Hotel. The
rates quoted are special rates
applying to persons attending the
congress.
The hotel charge is $26 for
single occupancy, $34 for double
and $41 for triple occupancy.
Arrival and registration will
take place April 1. The opening
session, keynote address, mira
sessions, and socializer are

scheduled for April 6. Sessions
will continue April 7, with a trip

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An additional Mini Congress
for 500 selected educators from
the Dallas-Fort Worth area has
been scheduled for April 7.

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Professor George Walter of NAME
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the keynote address. Paul ! CITY
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Institution will lead the Heritage I
Double Occupancy ($17.00 per person, $34.00)
Segment. Harold Pluimer will I
Triple Occupancy ($13.66 per person: $41.00)__
speak on "The Cutting Edge of I
(Ynange" at the closing session. !
He is former regional director of a._
aerospace education for CAP and
now a freelance writer and
speaker. Dr. Myron S. Malkin
Detach before Returning to HQ. CAP(ED)
will speak on "The Space
Shuttle."
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FEBRUARY 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE THREE

Texas CAP Teams
I ith Coast Guard
C A R R O L LT O N , Te x
.--Relations between the U.S.
Coast Guard Auxilary and the
Civil Air Patrol took a giant step
forward in north Texas recently,
according to Capt. Gilbert
Taylor, Texas Wing information
officer.
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The improvement in relations
came about as a result of a demonstration put on by the Grayson
County Search and Rescue Sq.
and Group 4 personnel, showing
how CAP can assist the Coast
Guard Auxiliary in its patrol
duties.

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Before. the demonstration,
there had been little dialogue
between north Texas CAP units
and the Coast Guard despite the
many large lakes in the area,
Taylor said.

TO SAVE A LIFE--Ist, Lt. Lynn Arends, an Air Force nurse, left, teaches Cadet Terry Parker
the methods of eardiopulmonary resuscitation during a recent bivouac of cadet and senior
members of the Mercod County Comp. Sq. 147 (California Wing). She was one of four nurses
from the hospital at Castle AFB, Calif., to attend the bivouac. (USAF Photo by AIC Chuck
McDonald).

The CAP demonstration was
incorporated into a larger show
put on by the Coast Guard
Auxilary on Lake Texoma on the
Texas-Oklahoma border last
Year.
"The combined show enabled
CAP to gain significant exposure
to the general public, as well as
to Coast Guard Auxilary

members," said Taylor.
Th e demonstration showed how
CAP, using light aircraft, could
effectively aid in patrolling the
lake area. A simulated sinking
boat was found by a low-flying
CAP patrol plane. It circled the
"victims" and dropped
message saying help was on the
way. i The plane then flew to a
Coast Guard boat and led it to the
victims.
The Coast Guard boat had been
in a remote area which W_U_
out of sight of the incident until
the CAP patrol plane came to
lead it to the scene.
A later flight in a CAP aircraft
over the huge lake showed a
Coast Guard officer very graphically how the CAP could help
the Coast Guard patrol the lake
faster and more efficiently
than with boats alone, staS~lTaylor.
Although no cooperative agreement has been proposed, both
CAP and the Coast Guard Auxilary learned a tremendous
amount about each other's
operations which will provide an
excellent foundation for future
cooperation, he added.

CB Club Gives Illinois
.... Squadron Flag For Cadets
The cadets had walkie-talkie
radios and were spread out In the
Peotone area and were to report
any suspicious persons tampering with the cars or radios, and
the club would take it from
there.
Although there were no incidents, the CB club was impressed with the cadets and
wanted to do something for the
squadron, by way of=equipment
or a cash donation.They were told
that the cadets wanted a
squadron flag but couldn't afford
it, and that they would take a
donation toward the cost of the
flag.
The club purchased the flag, including staff and eagle device, to
match an American flag which
had been previously donated to
the squadron by other people.

MONEE, Ill.--Members of the
Peotone Cadet Sq. (Illinois Wing)
were guests at a recent meeting
of the K.W. CB Club of Manteno,
Ill., during which the club present the CAP unit with a
squadron flag and a certificate
for appreciation.
The squadron assisted the club
earlier in the year with a coffee
break held at the Peotone
American Legion Post. The
cadets assisted by keeping an
eye on the radio equipment for
the club while they held their.annual coffee break event.
The radio club heard about the
squadron from the Illinois DriveAlert program in which the
squadron had participated for
the last two years.

SQUADRON FLAG--Roger Latz (left), president of the K.W. CB Club of Manteno, I11., and
Randy Cox, vice president, present the Peotone Cadet Sq. with a squadron flag. It is accepted by
1st. Lt. Patricia Marion, commander, and Cadet James Tierney, cadet commander.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

FEBRUARY 1978

Executive Director's Comments

Logistics Support For CAP
B y B R I G . G E N . PA U L E .
GARDNER, USAF
Executive Director, CAP
As I become better acquainted with my new positions
as commander, Headquarters,
Civil Air Patrol-United States
Air Force, and executive directar of Civil Air Patrol, I see
there are many
more aspects
to the job than
just a concern
for the three
primary missions of search
and rescuedisaster assistance, senior
and cadet training, and
aerospace education. I am confident that each of these essential mission areas, as well as
support areas, is wellsupervised, at the national
level, by a senior Air Force
field grade military or Civil
S e r v i c e o f fi c e r, o n e w h o i s
specifically responsible for accomplishl, ng the tasks and
duties in his/her area as
directed by the Air Force.
H o w e v e r, a s c o m m a n d e r o f
Headquarters CAP-USAF and
executive director of Civil Air
Patrol, I know that I am ultimately responsible for insuring that all tasks are carried
out properly. So, this month, I
want to discuss briefly one
aspect -- Air Force logistical
support of Civil Air Patrol, and
the findings during my review
of this important CAP-USAF

and liaison office function.
The record shows that the
basis for Air Force logistical
support for Civil Air Patrol is
Public Law 557, Title I0, U.S.
Code 9441. This law authorizes
the Department of Defense,
through its executive agent, the
United States Air Force, to
provide limited logistical support for the Air Force's auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol.
This law authorizes the Air
Force to screen and transfer to
Civil Air Patrol regions and
wings excess DaD personal
property that is required to
support Civil Air Patrol missions. The law also authorizes
the Air Force to arrange for
CAP units to use excess DaD
real property and facilities on a
non-interference basis with the
mission of active-duty forces
on the DaD base where the extess facilities are located.
The law prohibits the use of
federally appropriated funds
for logistical support of Civil
Air Patrol. Even without the
authority to expend federally
appropriated funds on Civil Air
Patrol logistical support, the
Air Force is providing a level
of support that would otherwise
be unattainable by Civil Air
Patrol and its approximately
1,926 units nationwide. The
volume of excess DaD property transferred to Civil Air
Patrol units in terms of ac.
quisition cost to DaD is
staggering.
Taking into consideration the
general condition and age of

the equipment, the Air Force
places a dollar value of 20 percent of original acquisition cost
on the excess DaD property
transferred to Civil Air Patrol.
Tw e n t y p e r c e n t o f e q u i p m e n t
costing $I0 million equals $2
million actual value. And this
is approximately what the U.S.
Air Force, U.S. Army and U.S.
Navy contributeannually to
support of Civil Air Patrol
through excess property
transfers.
When divided by 52 wings,
this equals approximately $38,000 for each wing, with a lesser
amount for each of the eight
region headquarters.
One of my highest priorities
will be to improve the control
of excess DaD and corporatepurchased property through
mechanization of annual inventories and the issue of DaD excesses to the corporation. If we
do not properly control the
flow, issues, and dispositions of
this property, we could jeopardize our continuing authority
to received excess DaD assets
on any kind of a priority basis.
With the reduction of Civil
Air Patrol paperwork as a sec o n d p r i o r i t y, l ' a m h i g h l y i n terested in the data automation
of every task possible in the
logistical support area. We
have successfully automated
the S-I and S-2 reports (aircraft
inventory and vehicle invent o r y, r e s p e c t i v e l y ) , a n d I s e e
no reason why we cannot do the
same for ongoing supply transactions between the Defense

Property Disposal Service,
C A P - . - U S A F, a n d C i v i l A i r
Patrol units, which would
result in an accurate and effective annual machine-rnn wing
inventory. We hope to have a
program staffed and approved
to accomplish this automation
before the conclusion of calendar year 1978.
Other ongoing logistics
programs, designed to increase
Civil Air Patrol's mission
capability and in which the Air
Force is assisting, are the Civil
Air Patrol Aircraft Modernization Program (the continuing
acquisition and conversion of
excess DaD aircraft for issue
to CAP units), the search for
suitable replacement
a u t o m o t i v e v e h i c l e s f o r C A P,
and the acquisition of portable
buildings or house trailers for
CAP units which have no
facilities in which to conduct
business or hold meetings.
We are indirectly involved in
the upgrading and automation
of the Civil Air Patrol Supply
D e p o t a t A m a r i l l o , Te x . , i n a n
e ff o r t t o i m p r o v e t h e s u p p o r t
which this facility is capable of
providing CAP units in the
field.
I will continue to pursue

every legal avenue to insure
effective logistical support for
Civil Air Patrol units
nationwide. I need every Civil
Air Patrol member's
assistance and cooperation if I
am to be successful in the
logistical programs I have discussed here.

Call For Help Leads To 'Pot' Find
For the benefit of all
members of Civil Air Patrol,
the statistics of search and
rescue activities throughout
the organization are shown
below.
These are unofficial figures
compiled by Directorate of
Operations at CAP National
Headquarters.
As of Jan. 8,1978
Number of Missions ..........
17
Number of Aircraft .......... 92
Number of Sorties ..... ......
122
Flying Hours ............... 436.4
Personnel ......................
733
Saves ..............................0
Finds .............................. 2

By LT. COL. C.S. MEAD
Daytona Beach Camp. Sq.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--Second Lt. Haakon Weise of the
Daytona Beach Camp. Sq.
(Florida Wing) had an important
date to take a written exam at
Craig Airport Dec. 1.
He was flying along the beach
as a navigational aid and to enjoy
the scenery when he saw an old
Navy landing craft beached on
the sand.
Realizing that the vessel was
too far aground to free itself under its own power, Weise broadcast a call to "any CAP station"
and received a replay from Lt.
Col. Clayton Miller, communications officer of the Deland
Comp. Sq.
Weise explained the vessel's
situation to Miller who alerted
Civil Defense authorities in
Flagler County, who in turn called the Flagler County sheriff.

Personnel from the sheriff's office soon reached the scene
following the coordinates Weise
had given. They found the ship
high and dry and a pick-up truck
hub-deep in the soft sand, but no
people. Weise says he must have
scared them away by circling at
500 feet while deciding what to
do.
The sheriff's deputies also
found about 1,000 pounds of highgrade marijuana aboard the
craft. They estimated that the
cargo must have weighed more
than 50 tons.
They said the craft had been on
the beach for about 48 hours
before Weise radioed the call. It
had gone unreported by
numerous fishermen who had
seen the unloading activity.
"One nude woman on the beach
and we get at least 40 calls," the
sheriff complained, 'but until the

CAP pilot's call we hadn't had a
single report of a smuggling

operation that had lasted for a
couple of days."
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Director of Information ..................... Lt. Col. Herbert A. Babb, USAF
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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 2

FEBRUARY 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

FEBRUARY 1978

PAGE FIVE

CAP Saves 53 Lives In 1977
Civil Air Patrol was credited
with saving the lives of 53 persons during 1977.

Fourteen wings were involved
in the livesaving missions
throughout the year. Following
are brief descriptions of the
rescue missions in which the
Civil Air Patrol took part and
was credited with saving a life
during 1977.

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The 1977 lifesaving year
started off Jan. 3 when the
Mississippi Wing successfully
located a downed aircraft, saving
three lives. The aircraft had been
reported missing on a flight from
Dothan, Ala., to Longview, Tex.
The last known position of the
aircraft was on final approach inbound to Hawkins Field, Jackson,
Miss., in freezing rain.
After being notified by the Air
Force Rescue Coordination
Center (AFRCC), CAP ground
teams located the aircraft in a
few minutes.
Using a hand-held direction
finder to track the plane's emergency locator transmitter
(ELT), they found the crashed
aircraft in a corner of the field.
The pilot and two passengers
were taken to a hospital in
Jackson.
Twenty CAP members and 10
ground vehicles participated in
the search.
Then two names were added to
the saves list in February when
an Idaho ground team located
two women who were lost in the
Couer D'Alene National Forest.
The two had become stranded
when their car broke down. After
spending two nights in a cabin,
they decided to walk out. The
ground team found them as they
were walking in the bitter cold
away from the nearest town and
would not have made it to any
house or town before nightfall.
Also in February, the Colorado
Wing was credited v~th saving a
life when CAP members airlifted blood for a 5S-year-old
hospital patient suffering internal
bleeding. The blood was flown
from a Denver blood bank to
state Highway Patrol personnel,
waiting at an Air National Guard
base. The Highway Patrol
delivered it to the hospital.
The North Carolina Wing was
credited with saving three lives
following the crash of two
Marine Corps helicopters 20
miles southeast of Ashville, N.C.
CAP ground teams located the
crashed helicopters and rescued
the three surviving passengers.
As a result of one of the worst
blizzards in recent history striking Colorado, that state's wing
recorded nine saves. The saves
occurred during CAP assistance
throughout the storm. Stranded
motorists were helped; medicine
was taken in patients; doctors
and nurses were transported to
work and searches were conducted for missing persons.
The Alaska Wing was credited
with four saves when a CAP crew
located a crashed plane and picked up the passengers.

Alaska State Troopers requested
CAP aid in finding the man. He
was found within two hours and
a helicopter airlifted him to
a hospital.
Two persons were rescued in
California after their light plane
had crashed on a fight from
Calistoga to El Monte. The aircraft was located within 20
minutes after the search began.
The survivors could not be
taken out until the next morning
due to the onset of darkness. Men
from the county sheriff's office
stayed all night with the people
and provided medical attention.
The next day the survivors were
airlifted to a hospital by a Coast
Guard helicopter.

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Black areas and numbers indicate the wings having saves in 1977 and the number of saves for
each wing.
The plane crashed on a flight
between McGrath and Anchorage, Alaska. It had sent out
a Mayday call. An Air Force HC130 conducted an unsuccessful
electronic search.
Then in April, the Virginia
Wing located a 77-year-old
hospital patient who was missing
from a Roanoke hospital. A
ground team located him In rugged terrain four miles from the
hospital. He was suffering from
cuts and abrasions and was in
need of medication.
The Alaska Wing rescued two
fishermen who were stranded on
a lake north of Fairbaaks in
April. Their crashed aircraft was
located and the men picked up.
The saves were credited
because of the remoteness of the
area and the 20-degree-below zero
temperature. Alaska CAP planes
covered more than 1,500 square
miles during the mission.
Another Alaska rescue occurred in April when a fisherman
became stranded on an island in
the Lynn canal north of Juneau.
The man had no survival equipment. CAP personnel located
him in just one hour after they
received the emergency call
notifying them that the man was
missing.

The California Wing made two
rescues in May when a light aircraft disappeared while on a
visual flight rules (VFR)
flight from Westover to
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. The
wing was alerted after telephone
and field checks for the plane
failed to locate it.
The intense search succeeded
after two days when the pilot was
spotted on foot about a mile from
the crash site. An Air Force
helicopter hoisted the pilot up
and took him to a hospital A CAP
ground crew rescued the
passenger and delivered him to a
hospital also.
CAP shared the two saves with
the Air Force. During the search
30 CAP aircraft flew 94 sorties
in 129.4 hours of flight time and
covered 2,000 square miles.
Pennyslvania recorded a save
in June when a missing 27-yearold mental hospital outpatient
was located by a CAP search
team. The man had been evading
searchers and was reported in a
coma when found. The CAP crew
delivered him to a hospital.
Five lost horseback riders
were found by Colorado Wing
CAP search teams near
Roosevelt Lake within three

hours of receiving notification.
Medicine was delivered to one
of the riders and a guide was
dropped off to lead them to safety. The saves were shared with
the Army's 4th Aviation Battalion, which assisted in the
rescue.
The Pennsylvania Wing also
located a man in need of medication who was missing from his
home for 10 hours in June. He
was carried to his home where a
doctor treated him. Officials said
he would have died had he gone
another hour withou~ the
medicine.
Minnesota scored two saves in
the growing list .when a mother
and daughter from Wildwood
Bay, Minn., became lost while
exploi"ing outlying areas of that
resort location.
Thirty minutes after being
notified the Minnesota Wing had
three aircraft in the air. The
mother and daughter were
spotted 15 minutes later in a
swamp southwest of the resort.
The local sheriff's department
used an all-terrain vehicle to
return them to the town.
CAP located an Alaska hunter
who failed to return from a hunting trip to Bethel in October.

Civil Air Patrol Search And Rescue Statistics--1977
WING
MISSIONS
Alabama
11
Alaska
100
Arizona
27
Arkansas
23
California
86
Colorado
52
Connecticut
0
Delaware
0
Florida
34
Georgia
16
5
Hawaii
Idaho
15
Illinois
18
Indiana
18
Iowa
10
Kansas
14
Kentucky
17
Louisiana
17
Maine
9
Maryland
7
Massachusetts
5
Michigan
22
Minnesota
15
Mississippi
19
Missouri
19
Montana
5
* One find sharod by two wings.

SORTIES HOURS SAVES FINDS WING
82
187.9
0
6 National Capital
856 2130.5
10
39 Nebraska
407
14 Nevada
775.0
0
113
202.8
0
15 New Hampshire
1,950 3,327.0
4
42 New Jersey
312 1478.4
15
17 New Mexico
0
0
0
0 New York
0
0
0
0 North Carolina
326
428.3
0
17 North Dakota
34
58.4
1
9 Ohio
19
50.6
0
2 Oklahoma
47
85.1
2
3 Oregon
82
163.2
0
11" Pennsylvania
96
174
0
12" Puerto Rico
18
30,8
0
5 Rhode Island
55
6 South Carolina
105
0
96
207.6
0
I I South Dakota
35
75.5
0
10 Tennessee
52
113.2
0
5 Texas
25
48.1
0
6 Utah
20
38
0
2 Vermont
596
753.3
0
15 Virginia
2
7 Washington
41
116.6
12 West Virginia
70
152.2
3
41
71.6
0
13 Wisconsin
45
105.2
0
3 Wyoming
TOTAL

MISSIONS
2
6
17
4
6
26
12
21
5
24
15
17
29
2
0
9
8
12
32
22
1
20
9
9
15
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SORTIES HOURS SAVES FINDS
4
7.5
0
0
7
12.5
0
1
92
203.5
0
4
30
41.7
0
0
12
13.5
0
4
505
904.4
0
10
103 150.9
0
5
62
134.6
8
11
22
37.8
0
3
11
130 288,4
0
139 271.6
0
2
~79 148.6
0
3
41
75.1
2
14
0
10
17.7
0
0
0
0
0
124 165.5
0
1
36
71
0
4
30
40.9
2
8
305
753.8
1
21
206
418.7
1
6
1
33
64.2
0
69
109.2
1
10
8
12.3
0
4
93 162.6
1
4
83 174.8
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37
290
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The North Carolina Wing
recorded five lives saved in early
November. CAP was called to
look for a light aircraft which
had crashed on a flight from
Bowen Point, N.C., to
Wilmington, N.C. They located it
in the vicinity of Shallotte, N.C.,
and a ground rescue team was
dispatched.
When the team arrived the
pilot was in critical condition and
the passenger had been killed in
the crash. The pilot was driven to
a local hospital for treatment.
The four other lives were saved
when North Carolina CAP personnel participated in flood relief
in Buncombe County. A CAP aircrew spotted four people who had
been stranded on a car in a flooded area. The aircrew directed a
rescue boat to them.
The Utah Wing was credited
with saving the life of a hospital
patient through an emergency
airlift of a blood anti-coagulant.
Hospital officials at Grand Junction County notified CAP that the
anti-coagulant was urgently
needed for a hemophiliac patient.
A CAP aircraft-was launched
in minutes and it transported the
anti-coagulant from Salt Lake
City to the hospital in Grand
Junction County.
The year finished up with six
saves in December.
Additionally the West Virginia
Wing made one save during a disaster relief mission.
Two saves occurred when a
Tennessee Wing pilot spotted the
wreckage of a plane southeast of
Kn. oxville. There were two survlvmg passengers, a 10-year-old
boy and an eight-year-old girl.
The Alaska Wing recorded two
saves when two men were
rescued after a plane crash north
of Anchorage. They were found a
few miles from the crash while
attempting to walk out. The
saves were shared with an Army
helicopter team.
One life was saved by the Texas Wing when it rescued a
three-year-old girl ~vho survived
the crash of a plane in which her
parents and brother were killed.
The search for her lasted two
days.
The Georgia Wing made the
!ast .save of the year when the
surwwng person of two was
found in an ELT search of a plane
that was missing while on a
pipeline patrol. The CAP crew
guided an Army helicopter to the
site, from which it removed the
survivor.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

FEBRUARY 1978

CAP Aircrew Guides Lost Airman. To Safety
LEBANON, N.H.-- A CAP aircrew recently helped avert a
possible tragedy by guiding a lost
airman to a safe landing at New
Hamshire's Lebanon Regional
Airport.
The crew, consisting of CAP
Capts. Stephen L. DenHartog,
pilot, and Clifford S. Henderson,
observer, was engaged in a
routine training flight when FAA
officials at the airport asked
them to search for a light plane

trying unsuccessfully to communicate with the control tower.

able to find the airport where
he intended to land and did
not know his location at that
time.

The two, both members of the
Lebanon Sr. Sq. (New Hampshire
Wing), were unable to make
visual contact with the aircraft.
However, they did succeed in establishing radio communication
with the pilot.

The lost pilot was asked to
describe the terrain he was flying
over. That information, combined with data from radiodirection finding equipment in
the CAP aircraft, enabled the
CAP crew to determine that the
lost aircraft was approximately
50 mi~s away hear verr/iont
City.

They learned that the flight
was in no immediate danger,
but that the pilot had not been

Henderson and DmHarto~_ computed a compass heading and instructed the pilot of the other aircraft to follow that heading to
reach the Lebanon vicinity.
The CAP aircrew then flew to
meet the lost aircraft and guide
it to a landing at Lebanon
Regional Airport.
They foun(i out that the disoriented pilot was a student pilot
on a flight from Augusta, Maine,

to Beverly, Mass., with an intended stop at Lebanon.
Henderson, a veteran member
of the Lebanon police force, is
commander of the Lebanon Sr.
Sq.
I)enttartog, the unit's emer.
gency services officer, is a
geologist with the U.S. Army
Cold Regions Research and
Engineering Laboratories in
Hanover, N.H.

Washington CAP
Helps In Flood
K E L S O , Wa s h . - - W h e n
drenching rains twice caused the
Cowlitz River to rise in
December, threatening cities in
southwestern Washington,
members of the Cowlitz County
Comp. Sq. went into action both
times.
The rampaging waters of the
CowUtz River neared flood stage
at both Castle Rock and Kelso,
Wash., and mud and water
covered the downtown streets of
Kalama and Kensington.
The squadron commander, 1st
Lt. Basil D. Bena, set up the
emergency operations center at
the CowUtz County Hall of
Justice. The center coordinated
the combined efforts of the
Sheriff's Department and the
Department of Emergency Services.
CAP members were recalled
by telephone and by announcements on the local radio

stations.
CAP personnel were assigned
as traffic control teams to divert
sightseers from the flooded area.
Others assisted local officials in
evacuating residents of flooded
subdivisions. .
Squadron cadets volunteered to
provide coffee, sandwiches and
doughnuts to people filling sandbags. The cadets also helped in
the sandbagging effort.
Also in December, squadron
members took part in a search
for a two-year-old boy who had
wandered away from his grandparents home in 20 degree
weather. They joined 48 other
CAP personnel in the search. The
boy was found the next day by an
Army helicopter. He was accompanied by his relatives two dogs.
He was found two miles from
where he was last seen.
--(From Tallspllmer, Cowlits
C o u n t y C o m p , n e w s l e t t e r,
January 1978,)

NEAT SCHOOLS--Students at a CAP.sponsored National Emergency Assistance Training
School march out on a cross-country trek as part of the training. Four such one-week schools
are plmmed for tie summer of lff/S--Im Pm~o Rioo, WasiflNitm, Iowa and Pennsylvania. The
course provides training in leadership, survival, and land search and rescue techniques.
(Photo by T.E. Jensen)

National Emergency Assistance
Schools Planned In Four Areas
PHILDELPHIA, Pa.--The
National Emergency Assistance
Training (NEAT) Schools offer a
challenge to all persons in the
Civil Air Patrol, according to Lt.
Col. John McNabb of the Pennsylvania Wing's Ranger Section,
who is coordinating this year's
training,
The NEAT schools offer four a
courses of approximately oneweek length each at various
training sites around the
country.
The courses test and develop
abilities that are perhaps tinknown to the participant, says
McNabb.
The curriculum includes
rigorous training in leadership,
survival and land search and

rescue techniques to prepare the
students to function effectively
as members of CAP land search
and rescue teams.
The schools for 1978 will be as
follows:
PUERTO RICO: June 3.H, c0mmanded by Lt. Col. Bartolo Ortiz.
Basic and advanced courses
offered.
WASHINGTON: June 17-25,
located near Tacoma, Wash.
Commanded by Lt. Col. Charles
Young, courses offered include
basic, advanced cadet
leadership, senior command and
leadership.
IOWA: June 17-30, located hi Ob
tumwa and commanded by COl.
William Cass. Basic and advanced courses offered.

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HERO BOOK--Lt. Col. Jose Pares, right, Spanish Air Force
liaison officer to the Spanish Civil Air Patrol, receives a copy
of the book "Hero Next Door," which tells the story of the
United States CAP, from CAP goodwill ambassador, Capt.
Hugh Monaghan from the Northeast Region staff. Monagl~n
is chairman of Export American Friendship, an international
goodwill program. The presentation to Pares was arranged
by the assistant air attache at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid,

Spain.

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PENNSYLVANIA: July 8-16,
located at Hawk Mountain. It is
commanded by McNabb. Courses
offered include basic, advanced,
expert, field medical, cadet
staff, senior command and
leadership.
The Iowa and Washington
schools will supply food for all
students and this will be
reflected in higher school fees.
Students attending the Puerto
Rico and Pennsylvania schools
will be required to bring their
own food for the entire duration
of the course.
Further information on the
NEAT schools will be mailed to
persons filling out and sending
the coupon below to Lt. Col. John
McNabb.
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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE SEVEN

Dancers Give Aid
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PLAQUE PRESENTED--Members of the Red Oak Optimist Comp. Sq. (Iowa Wing) recently
made a special presentation to the Red Oak Morning Optimist Club in Appreciation of the club's
10-year sponsorship of the squadron. Optimist president Bob Ruleman, center left, accepts the
plaque from Capt. James L. Black, deputy commander of the squadron, as Col. C.O. Betsinger,
Optimist and founder and past commander of the squadron, and Don Maher, Optimist ulem!ler,
look on.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.-- While
returning from a recent
Michigan Wing dance, a group of
cadets from the Troy Cadet Sq.
encountered an automobile accident.
The cadets, in a van driven by
Cadet Glenn E. Overby, noticed
that traffic was stopped and that
people were gathered around the
body of a person on the pavement. He stopped the van and
four of the cadets jumped out to
see if their help was needed.
Cadets Sherry Dorothy and
Pamela Overby started to give
first aid and administer antishock measures, which none of
the spectators had thought of doing, to the victims, who were
very uncomfortable due to the
cold temperature.

Cadets Robert Tabb and John
Keehn directed the rapidly growing traffic jam around the accident scene and assisted in getting
people across the open road lanes
on the side.
The cadets continued working
until the emergency medical
team and the police arrived and
took over. Witnesses of their actions made many favorable comments about the cadets'
knowledge and alertness.
This action on the part of the
cadets indicates the alertness
and knowledge developed by
their CAP training which made
them responsive to the needs of
the community whenever they
may arise, said Lt. Col, R.V.
Munguia of then Michigan Wing
staff.

CAP Searches For Survivors
Of California t, irplane Crash
SANDIEGO, Calif.--The life
of a 10-year-old girl was saved
recently when a county sheriff's
helicopter, in coordination with
a CAP search, found the
wreckage of alight plane in late
December.
San Diego County Group 3
(California Wing) conducted the
search for a Cessna 182 originally from Boulder, Colo. On board
were H. Eugene McC, affrey, 56,
his wife, Rachel 56, of Boulder
and their granddaughter Michel
Robson, 10, of Fort Collins. They
planned a trip to Ensenada, Mexico, after flying to San Diego.

ment. CAP personnel were able
The aircraft was overdue on a
to narrow the search to an area
flight from Prescott, Ariz., to
San Diego. The last known conwith an ll-mile diameter. Then
tact was with Blythe Flight Serthe Sheriff's Aero Squadron
vice reported over the Parker
helicopter was able to go in under
the weather to make the sighting.
VOR for a weather check. The
entire area had rain storms for a - and revue the sui'viving passenger, the 10-year-old girl. who
week.
The weather precluded an air had a broken Jaw.
search; however, 11 ground team
The wreckage was located on
sorties were completed. The
E1 Capitan Mountain, 11 miles
ground teams monitored direceast of San Diego. Members of
tional finding equipment for
20 southern California CAP units
emergency locator transmitter
took part in the search.
signals.
By coordinating with the San
Diego County Sheriff's Depart-

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open bou¢ tt keid. Lt. Col. William Mmtca. k, tt. prestress tin
mander, as Francis Hamflum, mayor od KalamJ~ ioodks
on.

Wings Hold J 'irst
Combined Exercise
McCHORD AFB, Wash. -- The
Washington and Oregon Wings of
the Civil Air Patrol recently held
their first joint exercise.
Base of operations was set up
at "The Dallesport" on the
Washington side of the Columbia
River near The Dalles, Ore. MaJ.
Howard Hurley of Washington's
Paine Field Comp. Sq. was the
overall mission coordinator,
assisted by Maj. Macseen
Zimmerman. commander of The
Dalles Comp. Sq. (Oregon Wing).
It was a Friday afternoon when
the simulated call came in,
"'Plane down somewhere,
between Ephrata, Wash., and
Bend, Ore." CAP planes and
flight crews began arriving by
early evening. Cadets manned
the flightiine and guided in and
parked the aircraft. Oregon sent
a truck with a high-gain antenna
and Washington set up a repeater
station on a nearby peak.
The first briefing was at 8 a.m.
the next morning.
For the first time in the wings
history, a mission data officer
was assigned. He was 2rid Lt.
Richard Klllingsworth oL the

Cowlitz Comp. Sq. (Washington
Wing). His primary duty was to
provide the mission coordinator
with data on the missing pilot
and aircraft and to update
operations as leads came in.
Operations were set up in an
old hangar, which still contained
the mangled remains of a Piper
Tri-Pacer which had nosed over
on the runway several weeks
earlier. It was a grim reminder
that, although this was only a
practice exercise, there was a
deadly serious purpose behind it.
A weather observation plane
was dispatched. It radioed hack
information on the weather from
which a search method was
chosen.
During the mission, another
simulated call came in for
another missing aircraft in
southwest Washington. At noon
an emergency locator
transmitter (ELT) signal was
heard and Oregon took over the
E LT s e a r c h i n t h e s o u t h .
Washington started a search for
the other aircraft. By 6 p.m. both
simulated crash sites had been
located.

ASSISTANCE TO CAP--MaJ. John L. Williams, right, a member of the Pennsylvania Air
National Guard, holds a Certificate of Appreciation, recognizing years of assistance to CAP
during encampments and training seminars. It was presented to him by Lt. Col. Andrew Skiba,
left, Pennsylvania Wing commander. Col. $klba also presented a certificate to Col. Joseph J.
Scott, center, garrison cemmander at Ft. Indiantown Gap. Pa., recognizing the facility for
support to CAP.

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FEBRUARY 1978

Activities

Who

2. EASTERN STAFF COLLEGE: The objective is to develop more
effective CAP commanders and staff members by offering a program
based upon experience in all aspects of the CAP program. The
curriculum includes lectures, seminars, and nationally recognized
guest speakers, covering such topics as communicative skills,
leadership and management, CAP problem solving, and planning considerations.

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2. July 9-15, 1978. Roanoke
College, Roanoke Va.

2. Apply through channels on
CAPF 17 to Lt. Col. Barbara
Morris, CAP, Director, 10316
Armory_ Ave, Kensington, Md.
20795.

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6. NATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) SCHOOL: A one-week
course designed to enhance the professionalism of CAP mission coordinators. The curriculum includes all aspects of organization, planning, communications, and operations involving inland search and
rescue.

8. FLIGHT CLINICS: CAP regions and/or wings have considerable
latitude in development of flight clinics. They may be conducted by
CAP or external sources. Partial reimbursement is possible in accordance with CAPR 50-11. Clinics include both a ground and flight
phase of instruction designed to increase pilot proficiency and
safety consciousness,

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2. CAP officers and warrant officers
in command or staff positions.

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4. WESTERN STAFF COLLEGE: The objective is to develop more
effective CAP comm~nders and staff members by offering a program
based upon experiences in all aspects of the CAP program. The
curriculum includes lectures, seminars, and nationally recognized
guest speakers, covering such topics as communicative skills,
leadership and management, CAP problem solving, and planning considerations.

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When/Where . How

4. CAP officers and warrant officers
in command or staff positions.

6. Selected CAP mission coordinators and potential mission coordinators actively involved in unit
SAR activities.

8. Anyone may attend; however,
partial reimbursement and/or
WEEP credit is limited to CAP
senior members attending as a unit.

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4. June 10-17, 1978. University
of Utah, Salt Lake City Utah.

6. July 23-28, 1978. Location to
be announced by CAP
National Headquarters.

8. Various locations within the
eight regions. Dates and/or
wing locations to be announced by region/wing
headquarters.

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4. Apply through channels on
CAP 17 to: Rocky Mountain~
Region CAP Headquarters,
5483 W. 5100 South, Hooper,
Utah 84315, Attn: Lt. Col. Gardner Barlow, CAP.

6. Apply through channels on
CAPF 17 to CAP National
Headquarters/TTN, Bldg 714,
Maxwell AFB Ala. 38112:
(Reference CAPM 50-17)
Applications must reach this
headquarters prior to April
28,1978.

8. Apply through channels on
CAPF 17 to CAP Region or
Wing Headquarters or apply
directly to FAA or AOPA for
their clinics. (Reference
CAPM 50-17) DO NOT USE
C A P F 1 7 w h e n applying
directly to
other
organizations.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

Activities

PAGE TH!RTE~N

When/Where

kl. AIR WAR COLLEGE CORRESPONDENCE PROGRAM: The
~bjective is to conduct an educational program which contributes to
~e professional development of senior officers. The course areas are
'actors affecting national security, command and management,
nilitary capabilities and strategy, and national security issues.

11. Lieutenant colonels and above;
federal civilian employees, GS-13
and above, or majors who have completed Air Command and Staff
School (or equivalent level
program).

11. Continuous enrollments
accepted.

k3. AIR COMMAND AND STAFF -- CORRESPONDENCE: The
'ourse is designed to prepare selected officers for command and staff
luties and to effectively perform at the intermediate command and
~taff level.

13. Majors and above, or cavtalm
with seven or more years service as
senior member. SOS must have been
completed successfully.

13. Enroll through ECI. Continuous enrollments are
accepted.

13. As prescribed in CAPM 5017 for ECI courses, on ECI
Form 23.

i. INTERNATIONAL AIR CADET EXCHANGE ESCORT: Annual, CAP sponsors a one-month program to foster international un~rstanding, goodwill, and fellowship. CAP exchanges cadets with
milar organizations representing some 22 foreign nations. Selected
~nior members act as escort officers for the cadets during the exlange program.

15. Criteria may be found in CAPM
50-16.

15. Locations and dates to be
announced by HQ. CAP-USAF.

15 Application procedures in
accordance with CAPM 50-16.

'. NORTHEAST REGION COMMUNICATIONS SCHOOL: The pur~se of the school program is to train CAP personnel to become com.~tent communicators, efficient in emergency mission procedures
~d to become confident and able communications officers familiar
ith the rules, laws, and philosophy of communications administra-

17. Cadet or senior members.

17 Tenth annual school to be
held at Kutztown State
Colege Pa., Aug. 13-19,1978.

17 Application procedures to
be publicized by HQ. Northeast
Region CAP.

on.

11. Enroll on AWC Form 0-6,
obtained by writing
AWC/EDA, Maxwell AFB AL
36112 or contacting your nearly Military Education Center.

FEBRUARY 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE FOURTEEN

Squadron Restores Two Super Cubs

SUPER CUB--Members of the Oxnard Comp. Sq. 61 (California Wing) look over the fuselage of one of the Super Cubs that
was trucked into them on a trailer. The squadron recently
restored two Super Cubs to flying condition for use in
search missions.

OXNARD, Calif.-- The Oxnard
Comp. Sq. 61 (California Wing) is
becoming known as the "Super
Cub Squadron."
Squadron members believe
that the PA-18, known as the
Super Cub is one of the better
search planes for the California
terrain.
The squadron has restored two
Super Cubs to flight status
recently. In addition to doing the
normal work of a squadron, they
set the goal for the past year of
restoring a bus, designing a communications van--and putting
an aircraft back into the air.
Tw o y e a r s a g o w h e n t h e
squadron lost its only aircraft on
a search mission, Capt. Les
Hedrick, squadron commander,
arranged for another aircraft to
replace it.
But the replacement aircraft
had some strings attached. When
it arrived, N1474C was a basket
case. The wing wanted to see it
flying as soon as possible and
would loan the squadron money
to fix it up if it could be airbourne

the air in only 112 days.

80 days.
With look alike paint designs
Cadets and senior members
helped out in any way they could, and looking like new, the two
both in the day time, at night and Super Cubs attract attention
wherever they go.
on weekends.
Hedrick says, They help us reA year later, the squadron asktain members and recruit new
ed the wing for another airones.
craft. The request was granted.
They are flown by every
Aircraft N202T was trucked to
pilot in our squadron, even if that
the squadron last August.
pilot owns his own aircraft. And
Determined to break the 112 they are the best aircraft for
days record, squadron members
search and rescue missions in
pitched in and got the job done in
this area."

Cadet Aids Unconscious Man
PALO ALTO, Calif. Cadet
-Craig Brown of the Jon E.
Kramer Comp. Sq. was instrumental in getting help to a 28year-old man whom he found lying face down off a road, according to 1st Lt. Beatrice P. Sparks
of the squadron.
On his way home from the
squadron, Brown saw three
Seascouts standing around the
unconcious man. Not knowing
what to do, they asked Brown
what he thought was wrong with
the man.
After checking for the vital
signs, Brown borrowed a knife
from one of the Seascouts and cut
the back pack from the man's
back since it was constricting his
breathing. Then he gently turned
the man over and covered him

with his own jacket and a rug
from his car.
Brown then called for help on
his CB radio. Palo Alto police and

paramedics and Fire Department personnel arrived. The
police determined that the man
was unconscious from a drug
over dose.

Florida Congressman
Joins Unit In Ocala
OCALA, Fla.--Congressman
William V. Chappel Jr., who
represents Florida's Fourth
Congressional District in the
United States House of Representatives, has become a member of
the Civil Air Patrol.
Chappel joined the Ocala
Comp. Sq., a unit of the Florida
Wing's Group 7, in December.

Chappell is former Navy captain and a commercial pilot.
"As an aircraft owner, he is
fully aware of light airplane
problems and the value of an
organization that devotes time
and effort in search and rescue
a c t i v i t y, " s a i d C a p t . A 1
Seeschaaf, Florida Wing director
of information.

PRIVATE PILOT--CWO Joe H. Abegg, Clinton-Scott Comb.
Sq. (Illinois Wing) receives his wings at a recent squadron~
open house. He earned his private pilot's license by way of a
$1,000 flying grant last year at the National Convention of the
Order of Daedalians in Denver, Colo.

Wing Officers Visit
FAA Traffic Center
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- California Wing Mission coordinators
and mission data officers got a
first-hand look at the operations
of the Oakland and Los Angeles
A i r R o u t e Tr a f fi c C o n t r o l
Centers (ARTCC) recently, when
the two centers played host to
CAP during the recent Wing
Mission
Coordinators
Conference.
"This was especially
beneficial," said Lt. Col. James

B i g e l o w, w i n g d i r e c t o r o f
operations, "since our mission
coordinators today are working
closely with the ARTCCs in using
the Track Analysis Program
(TAP) to help narrow down
search areas."
Use of recorded radar data by
the FAA in TAP has significantly reduced the number of hours
required to bring a search to a
successful conclusion, he pointed
out.

Cadet A sks For Ideas
CHAROLOTTE, N.C.-- Cadet
William C. Scheppegrell of the
lllth Air Rescue and Recovery
Cadet Sq. ~(North Carolina Wing)
was recently elected national
vice-chairman of the National
Cadet Advisory Council.

RADAR DATA--Computer expert Don Chaffee shows California Wing officers how digitized
radar data is displayed on a eaihode ray tube. The group was on tour of an Air Route Traffic
Control Center during the wing Mission Coordinators Conference. (Photo by F.A. Burnham).

Scheppegrell was elected
along with the Cadet Advisory
Council president, Cadet Andrew
K. Weaver of the Mather Cadet
Sq. 14 (California Wing), during
the National Board Meeting in

Atlanta. Ga.. last October.
"It is my hope that I will be
able to obtain some significant
input from other cadets and submit these feelings and thoughts
to National Headquarters
through the council,"
Scheppegrell said.
Scheppegrell has asked Civil
Air Patrol cadets from any squadron, wing or region to send their
ideas to him at 1343 Paddock
Circle, Charlotte, N.C. 28209.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

FEBRUARY 1978

FORMATION--Cadets of the St. Crolx Comp. Sq. are ready for inspection during a recent encampment on the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands Friendship Day holiday weekend.

GIVING ASSISTANCE--The American Red Cross personnel
in St. Crolx, V.I., operate u emergency shelter during recent floods with the aid of CAP cadets who kept records,
prepared and served food delivered supplies.

Encampment Becomes Mission As Floods Come
ST. CROIX, V.I. -- Cadets of
the St. Croix Comp. Sq. were
ready for an encampment on a
recent holiday weekend. The
Virgin Island's squadron comes
under CAP's Puerto Rico Wing,
and the holiday was Puerto RicoVirgin Islands Friendship Day.
The cadets were transported
Friday afternoon to the site of activities at the Boy Scout Camp by
the National Guard. Winifred
Benjamin, deputy commander of
cadets and also a National Guard
medic, and Sgt. Emeth Fludd
were in charge when it began
raining.

Squadron commander 1st Lt.
Jim Dolloff decided to go to the
camp when he became alarmed
at the steadiness of the rain. His
wife, 2nd Lt. Norine Dolloff, the
squadron administration officer
who is a registered emergency
medical technician, reported to
the hospital where she is a
v o l u n t e e r. T h e i r d a u g h t e r
remained at home where she was
stranded due to flooding until
Saturday evening.
The Boy Scout Camp was
beginning to flood when Dolloff
decided to activate the squadron
for emergency services. The

cadets assisted setting up the
National Guard Armory shelter.
They also helped the National
Guard aid flood victims and
evacuate homes. Cadets also
acted as civil defense radio and
telephone operators and formed
patrols to discourage looters.
On Saturday cadets who had
not gone to the camp joined the
others. When given a choice of
being taken home or keep on
working, all cadets remained on
the job. One cadet was sent to
assist at a local radio station as
radio operator and Spanish
language interpretor.
As the flooding continued,
cadets helped set up ot~r shelters

cadets helped make a door-toand, together with the National
Guard, delivered cots, bedding, door survey to assess damage.
They also helped serve food to
equipment, supplies and food to
the new shelters.
families who had not been
Shelter managers said they evacuated but who had no
conld not have gott~ the work dune
operating cooking or facilities.
School resumed on Wednesday,
if it had not bern for the cadet'
but cadets arranged their
help.
The cadets had recently comschedules to remain helping out
the relief agencies.
pleted courses in damage assessment and disaster assistance.
Later that week five cadets
Since they were certified in first were flown to wing headquarters
aid and emergency services, the in Puerto Rico to report on the
cadets were put to work on Sunsituation and attend further
training there. Although more
day helping the Red Cross in
g a t h e r i n g i n f o r m a t i o n o n cadets could have gone, most
cadets had suffered from the
damage assessment and preparing and serving food.
flooding themselves and did not
On Monday and Tuesday the
have dry uniforms for the trip.

'1 I

A cademic Credit A vailable
For Staff College Courses
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.-- Civil
Air Patrol (members) who have
been considering applying for
National or Region Staff College
may be interested to know that
academic credit will be available
for attendance at these senior
member activities.

DEDICATION CEREMONY--CAP cadets present the colors
at a ceremony renaming the Stone County (Miss.) airport in
honor of the late CAP Capt. Dean Griffin, who had managed
the airport.

City Renames Airport
After CAP Member
WIGGINS, Miss.-- Members of
Camille Group 3 (Mississipp~
Wing) joined CAP personnel of
the Stone County Comp. Sq. and
other residents of Wiggins, Miss.,
in a recent ceremony to rename
the Stone County airport in honor
of CAP Capt. Dean Griffin who
was killed in a plane crash in
January 1977.
Some 250 people gathered for
the dedication of the Dean Griffin Memorial Airport which Griffin and his family had leased and

run since 1969.
Group 3 cadets participated in
the dedication ceremonies by
presenting the colors and directing traffic in the parking areas.
Griffin had been flight
operations officer in the Stone
County Comp. Sq. since its founding five years ago. He was active in search and rescue
operations throughout the state.
His wife, Capt. Pat Griffin,
commander of the squadron, now
operates the airport.

The National Staff College
(NSC) at Maxwell AFB (June 1928, 1978) will offer four quarter
hours (three in Management and
one in International Affairs) at
both the graduate and undergraduate levels through Troy
State University at Montgomery.
The Eastern Staff College at
Roanoke College, Va., (July 9-15.
1978) offers four continuing
education units in Business Administration; the Western Staff
College at the University of
Utah, Salt Lake City (June 10-17,
1978) will offer three quarter
hours in Management, and the
Central Staff College at
Creighton University, Omaha
Neb., (June 4-11, 1978) is finalizing an agreement with the
University of Nebraska to offer
three quarter hours in Management.
The availability of academic
credit from these fully accredited colleges and universities will do much to enhance

the credibility of our schools.
Many students at these activities
are educators themselves and
may apply the credits toward
required periodic refresher
courses. Many businesses grant
leave time to employees who
wish to pursue such courses in
Management. Of course, these
hours may be applied as elective
credits toward any number of
academic degrees.
The cost of these courses will
vary from school to school.

The cost at NSC will be $19 per
quarter hour for the undergraduate course and $26 per
quarter hour for the graduate
course.
The continuing education units
may be acquired at the Eastern
Staff College for only a $1 certification fee.
Cost figures are not available
at this date for the Central and
Western Staff Colleges, but will
most likely approximate the cost
at NSC.

Civil Air Patrol News publishes each month a list of Civil Air Patrol
members who have died recently. Notlees of deaths should be sent to
the Personnel Section of National Heaqnarters in accordance with
Regulation 3$-2, or to the National Chaplain's office -- not to Civil Air
Patrol News. Listed are names, ranks, dates of death and CAP unit.
LEDBETTER. Russell B.. Senior Member, Dec.
AKSTULL. Mary E., Captain, Dec. 16,1977. Fort
Vancouver Comp. Sq.,~Washington Wing.
9.1977. Platte Valley St. Flt., Wyoming Wing.
BARRETT. Earl H.. Major, Nov. 12, 1977,
California Wing.

MARCHANT. Orval J.. First Lieutenant, Dec. 8,
1977. Wenatebee Comp. Sq., Washington Wing.

BROWN. Robert A.. First Lieutenant, Dec. 15,
1977. Search-A-Gator St. Sq., Florida Wing.

MAYNARD, Ray, Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 4,
t978, Tennessee Wing.

FORD. Harold W., Senior Member. Dec. H,
1977. Steuben Comp. Sq., New York Wing.
HALL. Wesley W., Sr.. Lieutenant Colonel. Jan.
1.1978. Washoe Jeep Sr. Sq., Nevada Wing.

MAYNARD, William G.rcaptain, Dec. ll, 1977,
Grundy Sr. Sq. Virginia Wing.
t
PRICE. Allen C.. Senior Member, Dec. ~4,1977,
Flint Group 1, Michigan Wing.

HERRINGTON, James A.. Sr.. Second
Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1978. Satilla Comp. Sq.,
Georgia Wing.

RIEDEL. Victor W.. Senior Member, Dec. L
1977. Palm Beach Sr. Sq., Florida Wing.

KINNE. Donald G., Sr.. Lieutmmnt Colonel
Dec, 24.1977. SoOth Carolina Wing.

THOMPSON. Robert J., First Lieutenant, Dec.
22.1977. Hambm'g Cadet Sq., New York Wing.

PAGE SIXTEEN

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

FEBRUARY 1978

CAP News
In Photos

RADIO ANTENNA--Maj. Ernesto Cortes, commander of the Aibonito High School Cadet Sq.
(Puerto Rico Wing) explains the functions of an aircraft radio antenna to Cadets Eric Rivera
and Victor Gonzalez. (Photo by2nd Lt. Jorge Gonzalez).

ROUND THE WORLD--Maj. Gen. Leigh Wade (USAF, Ret.)
discusses his first around the world flight in 1924 with Cadet
Paul M. Proulx and other members of the Fairfax Comp. Sq.
(National Capital Wing) at a recent celebration honoring
the Civil Air Patrol's 36th anniversary. He holds a model of
the "Boston", the aircraft used in the flight.

SPAATZ AWARD--Cadet
R o n a l d F. R e i m e r J r. o f
the Weir-Cook Cadet Sq.
(Indiana Wing), right,
accepts the Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz Award from Brig.
Gen. Willard Hanshew of
Indianapolis in ceremonies
held at Ft.
Benjamin
Harrison, Ind.

CAP DISPLAY--Tbe Goidsbero Comp. Sq. (North Carolina Wing) constructed a display for
the New Wayne County Library in Goldsboro recently. Sqnadroa members viewing the display
are, left to right, 1st Lt. Allen L. Mfllican, 2nd Lt. John F. Brooks, Cadet Michael Presley and
SM George C. Lee, eimplaia applicant.

AWARD--Claude H. Fore IH, left, accepts the Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz Award from Brig. Gen. George K. Patterson, commander of the Defense Electronics Supply Center (DESC) in
D a y t o n , O h i o . F o r e , p r e s e n t l y e n r o l l e d a t t h e Vi r g i n i a
Military Institute on a four-year Army scholarship, is assigned to Ohio Wing's Group 7 staff in the senior transition
program as assistant communications officer. He was
formerly a member of the Mark N. Shirk Cadet Sq. 704 (Ohio
Wing) which is sponsored by DESC.

FEBRUARY 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

NEW POSITIONS--Col. Edgar M. Bailey, right, commander of the Rhode Island Wing for the
past seven years who has been promoted to be deputy commander of the Northeast Region, congratulates Lt. Col. Raymond J. Loynds who has been named commander of the Rhode Island
Wing.

PAGE SEVENTEEN

R E PA I N T I N G - - A n A i r F o r c e p a i n t e r a t W i l l i a m s A F B ,
Ariz., repaints an Arizona Wing CAP aircraft after CAP personnel stripped and sanded it. CAP is providing the
paint, which has been donated or secured from surplus, to
repaint all wiog aircraft. The Air Force paints the aircraft
free of charge.

APPRECIATION--Members of the Silver Grove Comp. Sq.
(Kentucky Wing) present certificates of appreciation to
Deco and Jeff Farris for their support of the squadron. The
father and son team are auto body and paint specialists who
worked on and repainted the squadrons newly acquired jeep
free of charge.

TA B L E T O P - - M a j . E a r l
B e r g e r, s t a n d i n g , c o m mander of Group 2
(Colorado Wing), gives
leads in a table top training
mission to members of the
Thompson Valley Sr. Sq. at
Loveland, Colo. All aspects
of an actual mission are
covered so that CAP
members can become
k n o w l e d g e a b l e i n all
phases of a mission.

CAP FRIENDS OF-Edward Doyle, mayor of
East Providence, R.I.,
center, has attended many
functions of the East
Providence Comp. Sq.
Squadron members explain
communications equipment to him. (Photo by
Capt. M. Goss)

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE EIGHTEEN

S/IR Evaluation Scores
By Maj. Robert Mattson
HQ. CAP-USAF
For most wings this is a
relatively quiet time of the year
for search and rescue activity.
Maybe we should use this time to
reflect on what we have done
wrong in the past and what we
can do to improve the service we
are providing our communities.
To help identify some problen
areas, let's look at the results of
the SAR evaluations. Admittedly, the evaluation scores are based on an unreal simulation of a
R E D C A P. H o w e v e r, s o m e
problem areas have been identiff ed.

A current gridded map was not
available for the mission coordinator and staff. If one was
available, it frequently was not
kept current with all leads, areas
searched, areas of high probability, and weather affecting the
mission. Each unit should
prepare a plastic or plexiglass
overlay which could be placed
over the current sectional map of
their areas of prime interest.

The majority of problems
come from poor pre-mission
preparation, and from poor
management by the mission
coordinator. Briefing folders
were not prepared for aircrews
nor for ground teams. This
resulted in delays in getting
search units to the scene and in
search units being sent out with
incomplete information.

The overlay could have the
AFRCC grid drawn on the back
side (some units use thin
OaartPak tape). Other semipermanent information, such as
remote transmitters, additional
operating locations, "local
knowledge" low-level flying
hazards, etc., could also be placed on the back. By putting all of
this on the back of the overlay,
you keep the front available for
grease pencil marking of leads,
areas of high probability, area of
possibility, areas searched, etc.
If the overlay is made from a thin
plastic sheet it can easily be rolled up and used at any operating
base within the unit's area of
responsibility.

A comprehensive briefing
folder, similar to the one discussed in the June 1977 issue of Civil
Air Patrol News, would improve
efficiency in dispatching search
units. As a minimum I would
recommend at least one briefing
folder for each aircraft and vehicle in the unit.

Another method I have seen is
to mount a sectional or other
local map on a piece of sheet
metal and use magnetic cut outs
to keep track of aircraft, leads,
areas searched, etc. This is more
expensive but for those who have
the means, it can be a fine
method of keeping the ~mission

coordinator advised o f t h e
current mission status.
For those units with hilly or
mountainous terrain, the plastic
contour maps may be very helpfui. But, this type of map has
several limitations which make
it imperative that an additional
map also be used. It takes time to
put a good master map(s)
together and now is the time to
do it! Don't wait until you have a
mission and then in a harry put
something together which is only
partially satisfactory.
Another point which showed up
continually is the lack of
checklists for the various mission staff personnel. I know that
during REDCAPs you don't have
all the positions filled, but you
should be performing most of the
functions. Someone must be in
charge--the mission coordinator.
Someone must determine search
area assignments, brief the
crew, debrief the crew, man the
radios and telephones, take care
of the paperwork for reimbursement, etc. One person may be doing all of these and it is essential
for safety, and for efficient
management that some
minimum items be ace0mplisbed.

FEBRUARY 1978

Identify" Problems
I am revising the checklists in
the 50-15 to indicate the
minimum essential steps, but it
will be a few more months before
they will be in your hands. In the
meantime, take the checklists in
50-15, copy them and put them in
a format which will be usable to
the individual performing the
function.
One unit has copied the
checklist and left a space for
entering the time when each item
on the checklist was accomplished. Another unit completely rewrote the checklist to
suit their needs. Many units have
sealed the checklists in plastic.
Some have reduced them to
pocket size, etc.

nent to the mission: they simply
started searching wherever it
was convenient! ! !
Mission coordinators did not
evaluate previous search activity
to determine what areas may
have been missed or poorly
searched. They did not know hew
to calculate probability of detection and if it was calculated, it
was not considered when planning additional searches.
Mission personnel were not kept
informed of the mission status,
nor was the RCC contacted in a
timely and periodic manner.
These items occurred because
the mission coordinator and staff
were so preoccupied with all the
little details of running a mission
that they simply overlooked
some very important items.

But having the checklist is only
half the battle--the small half.
The real problem seems to be
getting people to use these
guides. Is everyone so smart and
sure of themselves that they will
not overlook anything during the
confusion of a mission? I really
don't think so, and the number of
omissions noted on the evaluation forms, for the mission coordinator and staff personnel, bear
this out.

The use of a checklist will help
reduce these oversights and may
save a life. Checklists are
prepared before a mission when
you have time to clearly think
through all the steps required to
insure an effective, efficient and
safe operation. Other
knowledgeable people can review
the checklist to insure that
nothing has been overlooked.

Items frequently mentioned
were that the mission coordinator did not consider all leads
and other facts when determining the areas of high
probability. Many mission coordinators did not even attempt to
gather and evaluate data perti-

These are just a few of the
items that the SAR evaluation
program has identified for
coorective action. Please review
your units' preparati¢~f.o~r the
time when you will be ca~
upon to SAVE A LIFE. Be ready, ~-~
please.

Some Arizona Cadets Receive
Check In Altitude Chamber
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-- Twelve
cadets from the Phoenix area

reomtty ~ ~e ~

passenger training course at
Williams AFB, Ariz.
The cadets attended five hours
of classroom work and one hour
of practical training on
hyperventilation, hypoxia and
disorientation to pilots.
The course was :highlighted by
a "flight" in the altitude chainher and bearing chair.
I n t h e a l t i t u d e c h a m b e r,
qualified cadets were taken to a
pressure altitude of 18,000 feet
and administered written exams
to test their symptoms due to lack
of oxygen.

SNOWBOUND--Capt. Orville Yarger, commander of the
McLean County Comp. Sq. (Illinois Wing) aided stranded
motorists, like those above, brought medical supplies to
isolated communities and carried sick persons to the hospital
in his Enstrom F-~A helicopter, during a recent storm
which added nine inches to the snow cover in the
Bloomington, III., area. He even pulled a snow plow driver
out of a ditch where he had been stranded for over 12
hours. (Photo by the Bloomington (Ill.) Daily Pantagraph).

Some reported dizziness and
impaired judgement, others
reported nothing.
The cadets were also spun in
the bearing chair to give them an
artificial feeling of being disoriented.
The instructor discussed
various forms of oxygen deficiency and disorientation and the corrective actions needed to over
come them.
They also saw a demonstration
of the ejection seat training
device but did not get to ride in it.

ALTITUDE CHAMBER--Arizona Wing cadets from the
Phoenix area receive training in the altitude chamber
at Williams AFB as part of a five-hour course on the
effects of oxygen deficiency and disorientation on pilots.

FEBRUARY 1978

Northeast
Region
The Rhode Island Wingrecently held its
Pilot Upgrading at the North Central Airport with a total of 67 members attending.
There were five lecturers at this event..
Ma+jors AI Andres and Don Beatty,
members of the Oil City Senior Flight 501
(Pennsylvania Wing) have participated in
the Silver Wing program commemorating
the first air mail flight 50 years ago...
As the Freehold Comp. Sq. (New Jersey
Wing) celebrated its birthday of two
months, 18 cadets and three senior
members attended a two-day field trip. All
participated in ground search and rescue
and first aid.
At recent awaPd ceremonies, four
members of the Westchester Group (New
York Wing) received awards for a total of
126 years of service. Lt. Col. Louis D.
Wolff, Maj. Johnnie Atkins Pantanelli and
Capt. John Perrault received awards for
35 years service and MaJ. David
Clarke received an award for 21
years of service... Four members of the
Amelia Earhart Comp. Sq. (New York
Wing) recently received their promotion
to cadet warrant officer They are: John
Dunn, Ucio Ioan, Robert Gunther, Jr., and
Justin Knaplund.
National Hemophilia Sunday was
recently sponsored by members of the
Southmoreland Comp. Sq. (Pennsylvania
Wing) in conjunction with the local Cob
Scout and Boy Scout troops. One base
radio station and six mobile stations from
the squadron provided communications
and safety for the .~couts as they canvassed the town for donations... Cadets
and senior members of the East
Providence Comp. Sq. (Rhode Island
Wing) recently celebrated their
squadron's 20th anniversary. Highlight of
the anniversary was a military ball and
awards ceremony in which Mayor Edward
Doyle of East Providence proclaimed
East Providence Comp. Sq. Day in the city
.. Members of the South Hills Comp. Sq.
(Pennsylvania -Wing) recently partieipated in the use of a flight simulator.
Those participating included: Cadets John
Lappe, Cheryl Lappo, Larry Kent, Brenda
Mulkern, Eileen Mulkern and Mark Goetz,

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along with 1st Lts. Marilyn Lappe, Bill
Stamp and Andrew Ondrei.

Middle East
Region
.. Task Force V, (Virginia Wing) conducted a SAR training weekend recently
with 162 people attending the two-day
training exercise. The New River Valley
Senior Sq. hosted the weekend . . .
First Lt. Robert Allen has been honored as
the Outstanding Unit Information Officer
for the National Capital Wing. Lt. Allen
is information officer for the Columbia
Cadet Sq.
Training is being conducted on a large
scale at the Col. Virgil I. Grissom Cadet
Sq. (National Capital Wing). Eighteen
members are attending a CPR class and
18 more members are attending
class for radio overators.

Southeast
Region
Hillsborough Senior Sq. I (Florida Wing)
participated in a mission recently by
providing four planes including pilots with
f o u r, o t h e r m e m b e r s w h o fl e w a s
observers or assisted the Mission Coordinator with administrative duties . . .
First Lt. Gregory J. Ericksen, commandant of cadets for the Mobile Comp. Sq.
(Alabama Wing) was presented the
Meritorious Service Award at the wing
commander's call held recently at Maxwell AFB . . . Cadet David Sessums, a
member of the Peoples Jr. High School
Cadet Sq. (Mississippi Wing) presented
highlights of his IACE tour of Japan to
members of his squadron.
The Dothan Comp. Sq. (Alabama Wing)
was presented a check for $1,500 from
Hayes International Corporation which
was used to paint the squadron's Cessna C150... Cadet Lawrence Bynon of the Singing River Comp. Sq. (Mississippi Wing) initiated and promoted a booth at the
Gautier Jr. High School Fall Festival.
Photographs of the local squadron were
displayed.
University Cadet Sq. (Florida Wing)

demonstrated CAP's capabilities to the
City of Coral Gables Civil Defense direct o r, A . L e B r u n a n d h i s a s s i s t a n t ,
H. Porterfield. The operational
demonstration consisted of a communications exercise concentrated in the
Coral Gables area. As a result of the
demonstration, University Cadet Sq. has
been annexed into the City of Coral Gables
:Emergency Operations Plan . . . Cadet
Brian Reed, cadet commander for the
Central Brevard Comp. Sq. (Florida
Wing) has presented Dr. Harry Nyquist,
principal of the local high school, with a
stadium cushion which the cadets sold as a
fund-raising project.
Daytona Beach Comp. Sq. (Florida
Wing) added three more pilots to its flight
roster recently as senior members David
Reidy, Stephen Boyd and Curtis Waxenberg flew solo for the first time... The
Marshall County Comp. Sq. (Tennessee
Wing) has conducted a class in
radiological monitoring with members of
the Lewisburg Police and Fire
Departments and Marshall County
Sheriff's Department as students. Taking
refresher courses at the same time were
members of the squadron itself... Cadet
Tim Geiger, a member of the Daytona
Beach Comp. Sq. (Florida Wing) has
become the first cadet in the history of the
squadron to earn the muiti-engine pilot
rating.

Great Lakes
Region
Twenty members of the Lunken Cadet
Sq. (Ohio Wing) have taken the
radiological monitoring course from Civil
Defense... At a recent meeting of the
Michigan Air National Guard Historical
Association, Lt. Col. Rafael Munguia was
elected to the Board of Directors of the
association. Colonel Munguia is presently
commanding the President Gerald R.
Ford Squadron.
First Lt. Jerry Gilbert, commander of
the Shattuck Comp. Sq. (Michigan Wing)
has been promoted to Captain . . . The
Blue Water Cadet Sq. (Michigan Wing)
has recently initiated a program of
educational and safety seminars for the
student pilots receiving flight training at
flight schools in its area... At the annual
Group 7 awards banquet (Michigan Wing)
Cadets Jutie Jankowski and Mark Sinicki,
both members of the Bay City Cadet Sq.,
were named Honor Cadet and Cadet of the
Year.

North Central
Region

GROUND TEAM BRIEFING--Observer Cadet Lisa Carmona, University
Cadet Sq., left, and pilot Lt. Col. Robert Croft, Group 5 Headquarters, brief
ground team members Cadets Joseph Peseaux and James Day, Pompano
Beach Cadet Sq., during a recent Florida Wing cadet search and rescue exercise in which 60 cadets took part.

A Civil Air Patrol Plaque of Appreciation has been presented by the St. Joseph
Comp. Sq. (Missouri Wing) to the 139th
Tactical Airlift Group, Missouri Air
National Guard The plaque was presented
for the Guard's support of the squadron
during the past two years...Col.
Harold K. Lindseth has announced the
completion of Level I training by 10
senior members from the South Dakota
Wing. They are: Donna Likness,
Elizabeth Boxa, Larry Hamburg, Luverne
Hofhenke, Joyce Hayes, Yves Gallet,
Myrie Satnan, Clayton Ziebarth, Ray
Novack and Charles Swanson.
Cadet Mark A. Fauser, a member of the
Sunflower Comp. Sq. (Kansas Wing) has
been selected as' the Honor Cadet of the
Year for the state of Kansas. Capt. W. Ray
Bailey, squadron chaplain for Sunflower
Comp. Sq., was named as Outstanding
Senior Member of the Year for the state.
Twenty-five cadets, representing

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several squadrons in the St. Louis area,
assisted in a disaster exercise at Missouri
Baptist Hospital recently. Senior Member
-Gary C. Phillips, a member of the
Sunflower Comp. Sq. (Kansas Wing), and
presently a cadet at West Point, was
honored by the academy recently as
Outstanding Fourth Classman of Company
F-4.

Gary C. Phillips, left

Southwest
Region
Alief Airborne Comp. Sq. (Texas Wing)
and the Texas Air National Guard 147th
Fighter Interceptor Group recently conducted a joint information night. Capt.
Tom Sheilshear, personnel officer for the
147th, was the guest speaker... Members '
of Alief Airborne Comp. Sq. (Texas Wing)
recently visited Bergstrom AFB in Texas.
The squadron was joined by North Austin
Comp. Sq. for a tour of the base facilities
and operational Tactical Air Command
units at Bergstrom.

Rocky Mountain
Region
Cadet of the Month for the North Valley
Comp. Sq. (Colorado Wing) is Cadet Joel
Flores... A practice SAR exercise was
held recently for members of the Montana
Wing. Seventy senior members and 12
cadets from eight squadrons throughout
the state attended... Cadet Richard S.
Blakeman, a member of the Timberline
Cadet Sq. (Colorado Wing), has earned his
solo wings He is the second cadet from
the squadron to do so.

Pacific Region
An emergency services team from the
Renton Comp. Sq. (Washington Wing)
battled the nearby flooding Cedar River
recently. The team, led by Maj. John
Houser, filled sandbags and assisted in
construction of dikes.., Chaplain, Capt.
Stephen Bender, a member of the Ashland
Comp. Sq. (Oregon Wing) has been named
Chaplain of the Year and presented a plaque at the Chaplain's Wing Conference by
Col. Bobby Girard, wing commander,
Recently, the California Wing h0sted
several governmental agencies and
volunteer organizations whose common
goal is search and rescue. This year's conference was attended by members of teh
ference was atteilded by member of the
Service, the National Park Service, FAA,
and CAP mission coordinators from
search bases in northern California.
Members of Sandpoint Comp. Sq.
(Washington Wing) recently aided in an
American Heart Association Cyclethon.

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FEBRUARY 1978

Colorado Wing Plans
Wi n t e r S u r v i v a l S c h o o l
D E N V E R, C o I o. -- T h e
Colorado Wing will sponsor a
winter survival school and exercise for pilots and aviationoriented people, according to
COl. Roger E. MacDonald, wing
commander.
The school, presented in
cooperation with the Wilderness

Institute of Survival Education,
will be held at the Boulder
Municipal Airport, Bolder, Colo.,
and will begin March 3,1978.
The week-long course will inIroduce students to aspects of
Survival under adverse conditions, mountain flying techniques andmountain weather.

Tuition will be $100 per person,
payable with registration.
Interested persons should contact Lt. Col. Robert Shupe, commander, Boulder Comp. Sq., 5000
Butte St., No. 154, Boulder, Co.
80301.
His phone numbers are
(303) 422-7643 or 443-9061.

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official newspaper? What would you do, if you could, to make it
better? Here's your chance to tell us, the editor and publishers, now
y o u f e e l ! ! I f y o u w i l l a n s w e r t h i s R e a d e r S u r v e y, i t w i l l h e l p u s
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your own comments if you like, then clip and mail to: HQ. CAPU S A F / O I I , M a x w e l l A F B , A l a . 3 6 11 2 . T h a t ' s a l l ! ! ! B u t d o i t t o d a y !
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2. What is your primary interest in
Civil Air Patrol?
( ) Air search and rescue.
( ) Flyingingeneral
( ) Ground rescue or other
emergency service activity not involving flying.
( ) Radio communications.
( ) CAP's youth (cadet)
program.
( ) CAP's aerospace education
program.
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7 . What other type news, not now I)eing
published in Civil Air Patrol News,
would you like to see used? (Please
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( ) Bulletin Board.
( ) "'SAR'" People" column.
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Director's
mander's/ Executive
publication such as Civil Air Patrol
Columns.
News is:
( ) Search statistics.
( ) Vi t a l l y n e c e s s a r y.
( ) "People in The News"
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column.
( ) Not really needed.
( )"CAP News in Pictures"
Now would you rate Civil Air Patrol
pages.
News as a tool for keeping members
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informed about the organization?
s p e c i f y. )
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9. What other feature, not now being
What portion of Civil Air Patrol
published, would you like to see used
News do you read?
in Civil Air Patrol News.
( ) C o v e r t o c o v e r.
(Please be specific).
( ) Most of it.
( ) About half.
( ) Maybeone-third.
( ) Ve r y l i t t l e .
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What type of news in Civil Air Patrol
News interests you the most?
!0. If you could, what one thing would
( ) Search and rescue or other
you do to improve Civil Air Patrol
emergency services.
( )News about aircraft or flying.
News (without spending any more
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Headquarters.
specific).
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and activities.
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education programs and activities.
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Practice Mission Locates Objective
SUMMERHILL, Pa.--Three Pennsylvania Civil Air Patrol
Squadrons took part in a practice mission at the Martinsburg Airport.
The squadrons were the Craig W. Inscho Comp. Sq. 607, Summerhill;
Cadet Sq. 605, Latrobe; and Senior Sq. 615, Altoona. The joint practice
mission was under the command of 1st Lt. Gary Salamon, commander
of Squadron 607.
The object of the mission was to locate a simulated downed aircraft,
carrying a flight recorder from a previous crash. The simulated crash
was found on the first day by an aircraft from the Altoona squadron.
Ground crews from all units were sent to the site to check for injured
persons and to recover the flight recorded.
The next day, the flight recorder was flown to Civil Air Patrol Group
60 Headquarters in Pittsburg.

Oregon Dog Team Helps Sheriff
SPRINGFIELD. Ore. -- The Lane County Sq. (Oregon Wing), whose
dog team also works for the Lane County Sheriff's Department under
the name "Dogs of Oregon Ground Search" (DOGS), has recently been
called to assist in looking for a lost child.
The search was for a: three-year-old boy missing from his home in
Noti, Ore. Three cadets and their dogs (Kim Murdock and Belinda, Bob
Olson and Bismarck, and Walt Sommerson and Blitzkrieg) joined some
30 people looking for the child. He was found after having been missing
for 22 hours.
In another search 13 Lane County cadets were called to help look for a
14-year-old boy lost on Mt. St. Hetens in Washington state.
While searching for 10 hours in snow and winds, some of the cadets
helped a hypothermia victim until a helicopter arrived to take him to a
hospital.

Cadet Squadron Holds Pilot Clinic

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pilot educational clinic that the Blue Water Cadet Sq. (Michigan Wing)
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The revised Senior Training Program became effective Jan. 1, 1978,
following approval by the National Executive Committee in
December 1977.
A new CAPM 50-17 detailing the program will be available in March
or April. A letter giving the new training awards criteria has been
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mailed to all CAP units.
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Since there are really two new training levels, and some shifting of
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criteria from one level to another, for awards purposes the following
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policy is in effect concerning awards holders prior to Jan. 1,1978.
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1. Members who earned the Certifieateof Proficiency under the old
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criteria are considered to have completed Level II.
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2. Current holders of the Grover Loening Award are considered to
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have completed Level III training. (The new Level III entails comI
pleting of ECI-Squadron Officer School which is required to progress
through Air Command and Staff College to Air War College in the new
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3. The Paul E. Garber (Level IV) is new and essentially replaces the
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former Gill Robb Wilson Award. A new certificate, ribbon and medal
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are being developed for this award. Members who earned the Gill
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Robb Wilson Award for attendance at a Region Staff College may earn
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the Garber Award for completion of the new Level IV.
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4. The new Gill Robb Wilson Award (Level V) replaces the National
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Commander's Citation. Current holders of the Gill Robb Wilson Award
m a y work a r d t h i s n e w award, The certificate will remain the
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returning to their school and saw two cars collide directly in front of
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The Ciyil AirPatro! aircraft flect~ad~a. GUSTY year in 1977. ~ Flight bperations~e necessary during frequent
; however, the challenge did not end there. Our machines are designed to fly, and fly they did, or at least
they tried-even when put to rest for the day.
Eleven Civil Air Patrol aircraft were damaged by wind; some even demolished as they tugged at their moorings,
pulled them loose, or broke them. In some cases, aircraft moved freely about as little or no effort had been made to
restrain them. Following is a summary of wind damage to Civil Air Patrol aircraft during 1977:
- Total aircraft involved: 11 (includes two DHC-3's, three PA-18's, two T-41's).
- Aircraft demolished: 4.
- Estimated dollar loss: $47,000 (average loss of $4,270 per aircraft).
- Contributing factors:
- Moorings failed: 4.
- Moorings not used: 2.
- Moorings not properly used: 2.
- Aircraft structure failed: 2 (tie-down rings pulled loose, wings pulled off).
Fortunately, no injuries occurred. Several other non-CAP aircraft were damaged, however,, as a result of failure to
properly secure CAP aircraft.
You can see that GUT FEELINGS of "WE CAN DO BETTER" are justified. The lessons learned must be applied
to loss control and the prevention of future problems. CAPR 66-1, "Civil Air Patrol Aircraft Maintenance Management," paragraph 12, and FAA Advisory Circular 20-35, "Tie-Down Sense," are very descriptive and specific regarding
the securing of aircraft. These publications focus on:
- Tie-down anchors.
- Tie-down ropes or chains.
- Control locks.
-- Chocks.
-- Spoilers.
The adage, "The chain is no stronger than its weakest link," certainly applies to the mooring of aircraft. If the
tail or the wing are not secured, the resultant aircraft movement during windy conditions easily multiplies the effect of
forces acting on secured and unsecured portions of the aircraft. Assuming that tie-down ropes/chains do not break, the
partially tethered aircraft is still capable of nose-overs and wing-overs on a parking ramp. Large aircraft such as the
DHC-3 (Otter) may require a greater total force to move them; however, their design contributes to the ease ofrnovement by presenting a flat plate area which acts like a large sail. Once in motion, their related destructive force is much
greater than that of a smaller aircraft. External control locks are a good investment as they prevent strain throughout
the control system. Without the use of control locks, damage to surfaces, push rods, and hidden components can
result. Control locks should be installed and used in such a manner to prevent movement of the controlled.surfaces,
especially past the limiting range.
PREVENTION of WIND DAMAGE must be a joint effort. Failure to adequately secure an aircraft is NOT
WORTH THE GAMBLE. If moorings are not available and cannot be fabricated, the aircraft should be hangared or
moved to another location with adequate moorings. NOW is the time~ to evaluate YOUR UNIT'S FACILITIES and
PROCEDURES. Notify your respective wing or National Headquarters for assistance if necessary.

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TOP-LEVEL AWARD--Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Casaday, CAP national commander, presents the Sweepstakes Award to member of Southeast Region team.

INSPECTION--SMSgt. James T. Starr and MSgt. William H. Pierce of the Air Force's
NCO Academy at Gunter AFS, Ala., conduct open-ranks inspection.

INNOVATIVE DRILL--Cadet team displays its skill in its own version of what the
drill should be like.

SMILING WINNER--Cadet Rodney Vickers, center, of the Southwest Region
team, winner of the Drill Team Commander trophy, poses with Gen. Casaday,
left, and Gen. Gardner.

FINISHING STRONG--Three cadets finish strong in the Mile-Run.

PREPARING FOR RUN--Cadets participating in National Cadet

PRESENTATION--Brig. Gen. Paul E. Gardner, USAF, left, executive
director of Civil Air Patrol, presents the Sweepstakes Runner-Up Award to
Great Lakes Region team representative.

HUT, TWO, THREE...The North Central Region drill team
shows its precision.

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VOLLEYBALL--Proficiency in this sport had much to do
with winning first place in the Physical Fitness competition.

petition march out to site of the Mile-Run.

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PUBLISHED BY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA
FEBRUARY 1978

I N F O R M AT I O N
1. NEW CAP TELEVISION SPOT. A new CAP 30-second television spot is expected to be available in February.
Include the call letters of the television stations you are going to cover in your locale= The spots will be distributed O I
on a first-come, first-served basis. The new 30-second television spot features a ground rescue theme.
2. REQUESTS FOR "CIVIL AIR PATROL RECRUITING GUIDE." We continue to receive requests from wings
and groups for copies of the "Civil Air Patrol Recruiting Guide" (CAP Pamphlet 33-1). These requests range from five
to 20 copies of the guide. Most of the requests are for units already firmly established. Perhaps commanders and information officers are not aware that two copies of the recruiting guide were distributed to each CAP unit in the
September unit distribution. We suggest wing and group headquarters check and make sure that CAP units under O l
their
command do not already have one or two copies of the recruiting guide on hand.
OPERATIONS
3. SAR, CD, AND OTHER MISSION REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURES HAVE CHANGED. New directives are
being developed which will detail the new procedures. Interim instructions are being issued in a letter to all units from
HQ CAP-USAF/AC. This letter should be foUowed until receipt of revised manuals. If you have any questions conDOSS
cerning reimbursement, please contact your wing liaison office.
4. SEARCH PILOTS AND MISSION COORDINATORS. As of 1 January 1978, FAA has authorized the AFRCC
and the Coast Guard RCCs to authorize aircraft flying search and rescue missions to squawk 1277 when not under ATC
control. This code is to be used only by aircraft on SAR missions and includes going to and from assigned search areas.
The major benefit of using this squawk will be better flight following capability if a search aircraft should need it. DOSS

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a. CAPR 0-2, "Numerical Index of CAP Regulations, Manuals, and Pamphlets," Period Ending 6 January 1978,
supersedes CAPR 0-2, 8 July 1977.
b. CAPR 0-9, "Numerical Index of CAP Forms, Test Materials, Visual Aids, and Certificates," Period Ending
6 January 1978, supersedes CAPR 0-9, 8 July 1977.
c.
1975.

CAPR 35-5, "CAP Officer Appointments and Promotions," 6 January 1978, supersedes CAPR 35-5, 31 July

d. C3, CAPM 67-1, "Civil Air Patrol Supply Manual," 6 January 1978, has been published.
e. CAPP 11-1, "Civil Air Patrol and HQ CAP-USAF Key Personnel Directory," 15 December 1977, supersedes
CAPP 11-1, 1 November 1977.
f.

CAPP 53-1, "Scholarships and Grants," 6 January 1978, supersedes CAPP 53-1, December 1976.

g.

CAPP 173-2, "Federal Taxes," 6 January 1978, supersedes CAPR 173-2, 18 January 1966.

h. C1, CAPP 208, "Civil Air Patrol Senior Member Training Program Level II Study Guide-Transportation
Officer," 6 January 1978, has been published.
i. CAPF 2, "Request for Promotion Action " Jan 78, supersedes CAPF. 2, Ju172.
j. CAPF 2a, "Request for and Approval of Personnel Actions," Jan 78, supersedes CAPF 2a, Apr 77.
k. CAPF 51, "Application for Senior Transition Program in Civil Air Patrol," Jan 78, has been published.
1. CAPF 55a, "Request for Examinations," Jan 78, supersedes CAPF 55a, Jul 70.
m. CAPF 95, "Application for Civil Air Patrol Scholarships and Grants," Jan 78, supersedes CAPF 95, Dec 74.
DAP
FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

W. S. HUNT, JR., MSIt, USAF
Deputy Director of Administration

T H E C I V I L A I R P A T R O L B U L L E T I N I S P U B L I S H E D M O N T H L Y. I T C O N T A I N S O F F I C I A L A N N O U N C E M E N T S ,
I N T E R I M C H A N G E S T O C A P P U B L I C AT I O N S , A N D O T H E R I T E M S O F I N T E R E S T F O R A L L C A P M E M B E R S .

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