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WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- President Carter
has nominated Gen. David C. Jones, Air Force
chief of staff, to become the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). He has also
nominated Gen. Lew Allen Jr., vice chief of
staff, to become the Chnef" of Staff.

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Jones has been the Chief of Staff since July

1, 1974. He has recently been serving as acting
JCS chairman for Gen. George S. Brown,
whose term ends June 30.
Allen became the Vnce" Chnef" of Staff April" 1.
He had prewously served as commander of
the Air Force Systems Command at Andrews
AFB, Md. His successor as Vice Chief of Staff
has not been named.

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NIX, Ariz.--Thiscity, the capital of Arizona, locatedin
t of the state, has been selected as the site of the 1978
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of Civd A,r Patrols National Board. The dates are
through Sunday, Sept. 7-10.
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.... .Jsy two-day meeting of the board and various seminars
and committees will be headquartered at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel in the heart of the city. The hotel will offer special room
rates to CAP members attending.
Single rooms will be $22 per
As in past years, the event will
include not only the ofﬁcial
day and double rooms will be $28
meeting of the National Board,
per day.
but also meetings of a number of
This year, those planning to atnational committees and
tend will be required to preregister with National Headseminars. More details will be
published in forthcoming issues
quarters. A coupon for this purof the paper.
pose and more details about the
convention will be published in
Phoenix is known for its low
humidity and balmy winter
the June issue of Civil Air Patrol
News. This paper will also print a
w e a t h e r. T h e c i t y a n d i t s
coupon for reserving rooms at
metropolitan area in the "Valley
the hotel.
of the Sun" offer a wide variety
of attractions for those planning
to attend the National Board
meeting.
Some of the ﬁnest golf courses
in the world are here, combining
velvety green fairways with exotic desert plants, palm trees and
a magniﬁcent view of the mountains surrounding the valley.
MAXWELL AFB, Aid. -- Col.
Oscar K. Jolley, national vice
Because the Phoenix area is a
blend of Indian and Spanish
commander, Civil Air Patrol,
received the CAP Distinguished
cultures, there is an abundance
of boutiques, art galleries and
Service Award (First Bronze
Clasp) for duty performed while
jewelry outlets with a unique
Southwestern ﬂavor. Souvenir
commander of the Southeast
shoppers can choose from an
Region from Jan. 1, 1977 until
array of interesting arts and
Oct. 23, 1977.
crafts, including handmade
Lt. Gen. Raymond B. Furlong,
Kachina dolls. Excellent stores
commander of Air University,
and shopping centers are
made the presentation at the
available for more convenient
March National Executive Comshopping.
mittee meeting here.
More than a thousand places
The citation accompanying the
are located in Phoenix for dining
award reads in part: "During his
out, with choices ranging from
entire tenure as region comgourmet entrees to Western
mander, Col. Jolley's initiative
and exceptional leadership
(See PHOENIX, Page 2)
abilities were directly responsible for the successful implementation of national policies and
programs within the Southeast
Region. Col. Jolley's able
leadership was most dramatically evidenced by the Southeast
.Region's remarkable achieveWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Civil
ment of earning ﬁrst place in the
Air Patrol will assist the Federal
Wing Effectiveness Evaluation
Aviation Administration (FAA)
Program for three consecutive
again this summer in conducting
years."
a nationwide survey of general
aviation pilot and aircraft activit y, a c c o r d i n g t o a n FA A
spokesman here.
Civil Air Patrol assisted the
FAA with similar surveys in 1972
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and again in 1975.
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CAP wing commanders will be
National Commander, s
the focal point of assistance to
Commits : : i . i,
the FAA since they will be contacted directly in regards to planning the survey. CAP cadets are
expected to perform the actual
duties involved in the survey.
Prior to the survey, the FAA
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MAXWELL AFB, ALA. 36112

MAY 1978

Jolley Receives
-Distinguished

S e r v i c e Aw a r d

ENTERPRISE TOUR--Cadet Shana Herrill, Baytown Comp. Sq. (Texas Wing), takes a look
around the cockpit of the space shuttle Enterprise during a recent open house at Ellington AFB
in Houston. The craft was on display there three days while en route from California to
Huntsville, AIa., where it is to undergo further testing. CAP provided I02 cadets and seniors
from several Texas squadrons for crowd control and security during the open house. (Photo by
Maj. James Joiley)

Cadets W/ill A ssist FAA

CAP To Conduct General Aviaui{
all 50 states and in Puerto Rico.
In each state, four to eight airports will be selected for the survey on the basis of number of airports, pilots and aircraft and the
volume of trafﬁc within the
state.
The survey will consist of two
parts.
Part I will involve interviewing
general aviation pilots at airports to compile aircraft-pilot activity information for updating
aircraft and pilot proﬁles and
developing new proﬁles.
Part II will consist of counting
airport trafﬁc to investigate airport trafﬁc density by airport
categories. The results will be
used for calculating trafﬁc densi-

ty between airports and estimating total general aviation
operations.
Parts I and II will both be conducted by Civil Air Patrol on any
two days during July and August
-- one on any weekday and one on
any weekend.
The earlier surveys produced
information of value to FAA and
to the aviation community. In addition, the surveys disclosed the
need for new data which are not
available but essential to investigation of general aviation
activity. Repeating such surveys
w i l l e n a b l e FA A t o d e v e l o p
highly reliable data for its own
and the public's use.
Stated objectives for the 1978

Survey
survey are: To update the aircraft and pilot information compiled in the 1972 and 1975 surveys; to collect data which are
not available at present; and to
cross-check the FAA's other data
bases.
CAP wing commanders will
supply the FAA with information
about airports within their states
and points at which cadets will be
readily available to assist in the
survey.
Civil Air Patrol and the FAA
are signatories to an agreement
under which CAP would assist
the Federal Aviation Administration in case of attack on this
c o u n t r y o r other national
emergency.

MAY 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE TWO

AFROTC Central Board Picks 117 Cadets For Scholarships
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- The
names of 117 Civil Air Patrol
cadets were among the selectees
of the Air Force Reserve Ofﬁcer
Training Corps (AFROTC) central selection board which met
here recently to select high
school seniors for 1,260 AFROTC
four-year scholarships.
The board considered the
students' grade point averages,
class ranks, scores on "college
board" examinations and participation in extracurricular and
community activities in making
the selections.

Themean grade point average
of those selected was above 3.7
on the 4.0 scale. Practically all
were in the top 10 percent of their
high school classes. The
selectees included 312 women
and 126 members of minority
groups.
More than 4,000 ﬁnalists were
considered for the scholarships,
which have a total value of more
than $3 million a year.
Air Force ROTC, which is an
integral part of the Air Force's
Air University, provides more
than 5,000 four-, three- and two-

year scholarships to college
students each year.
The names of the CAP cadets
and their home states follow:
Alaska
Heilala, Mark J.
Alabama
Babers, Teresa R.
Long, David B.
Mason, John R.
Robertson, Thurman H.
Arkansas
Clatwortby, Michael G.
Edrich, David A.

Saves Now Total 19 For Year
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- A red
and white Piper Cherokee 140 en
route from Oxnard, Calif., to
Bakersﬁeld, Calif., was the object of a ﬁve-day search by the
California Wing.
CAP and the Naval Air Station
at Point Mugu, Calif., were jointly credited with one save.
After being spotted by CAP
search planes, a Navy helicopter
recovered Dennis Shaffer, the
survivor of the crash. Two others
were killed in the crash.
The California Wing expended
5,814 hours ﬂying time, involving '
34 aircraft and 78 persons.
The survivor was spotted in the
vicinity of Sawmill Mountain,
Calif., and was in an open area
waving his arms to attract the
attention of search aircraft.
The Wyoming Wing received

credit recently for saving the
lives of three persons aboard a
civilian helicopter that disappeared while on a ﬂight from
Bondurant, Wyo., to Afton, Wyo.
The search began when the Air
Force Rescue Coordination
Center at Scott AFB, Ill., notiﬁed
the Wyoming Department of
Aeronautics (DOA) that the
helicopter was missing.
The DOA then called on Civil
Air Patrol crews to assist. CAP
entered the search shortly before
midnight and located the missing
craft by 6 a.m.

The helicopter was equipped
with an emergency locator
t r a n s m i t t e r ( E LT ) a n d C A P
pilots used direction ﬁnding gear
to locate the aircraft from the
ELT signal.
Civil Air Patrol crews used
three light aircraft in the search,
ﬂying six sorties and covering
150 square miles of territory.
These four latest saves bring to
19 the number of persons whose
lives have been saved in 1978 by
CAP through its emergency service program.

Member Presented
Award For Volunteer
Service At AFRCC
S T. L O U I S , M o . - - 1 s t L t .
E d w i n T. H o w a r d J r. , c o m mander of the St. Louis Camp.
Sq. 1, has received CAP's
Meritorious Service Award.
The award was presented by
Lt. Col. William Langley of the
Air Force Rescue Coordination
Center (AFRCC). For the past
year and a half, Howard has
worked nearly every Saturday as
a volunteer at the Center as controller. Although Air Force personnel there work for eight
hours, Howard usually works 12
hours.

California
Carlson, Mark A.
Decamp, Daniel J.
Jones, Jerome S.
Krommenhock, Darren M.
Marin, Daniel R.
Osborne, Michael R.
Colorado
Brundy, Lawrence M.
Jackson, Ronald W.
Mclntosh, Alexander J.
Wine, Leonard D.
Wood, Stephen E.
Delaware
MeDowell, Beth A.
Nesemeier, Gregg
Skopowski, Paul F.
Florida
Boone, Douglas J.
Brokenshire, Ronald A.
Heymann, Jeremy M.
Kramer, Richard W.
Kuschner, Karl W.
Le~T, David R.
Slayton, Thomas A.
Tusa, Roy I
Georgia
Pittman, Charles C.
Pool, Timothy G.
Idaho
Garriott, Michael H.
Higley, Brian J.
Illinois
Garcia, Rosabel R.
Gibbons, Matthew
Grage, John M.
Lindenberger, Wayne R.
Saniord, Norman E.
Thomas, Robert J.

Cadet Advisory
Council Members
Authorized Ropes
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -Effective with the publication of
the latest CAPM 50-16, all the
primary members of the Wing
Cadet Advisory Council are
authorized to wear a red "rope"
at the time of appointment to the
council. This does not apply to
alternate designees.
Regional representatives and
national representatives are also
authorized to wear ropes. Region
representatives will wear the
blue rope, and national representatives will wear the gold rope.
The change represents a large
number of individuals who are
now authorized to wear the
ropes, as opposed to the number
prior to publication of the new
manual.
In the interest of standardization, a speciﬁc rope has been approved and is now available in
the CAP Bookstore. The price for
this item is $2.50 each.

Arizona
Miles, Calvin S.
Sorrell, William K.

Indiam
Farris, David D.
Reimer, Ronald F.
Suddarth, Steven C.
Kansas
Viers, Bruce E.
Louisiana
Zimmerman, Craig R.
Massachusetts
Garman, John A.
Kelley, Brian R.
Watts, Wade B.
Maryland
Hunigan, Kirk A.
RECOGNITION -- Gen. Richard H. Ellis, commander-inchief of the Strategic Air Command, presents Maj. Lawrence
W. Markham, commander of the Merced County Camp. Sq.
147 (California Wing), with an Air Force Association citation
for his efforts as founder and commander of the unit. (USAF
Photo by TSgt. Joseph Connell)

Phoenix Has Much To Offer
As Site Of 1978 Meeting
(Continued From Page 1)
cookouts. Cuisine ranges from
Oriental, French, German,
Italian and Mexican to all-time
American favorites.
Most restaurants offer entertaiument as well as dining. One
restaurant in Scottsdale is within
an authentically reproduced
1890's Western town.
Dress is casual at these dining
spots and one establishment goes
so far as to cut off the men's
neckties if they arrive with them.
The ceiling is adorned with past
mementos from unsuspecting
patrons.
Other interesting spots include
Big Surf, the world's ﬁrst inland
surﬁng facility, the Phoenix Zoo,

the Japanese Gardens, a
Western-style amusement park,
the Desert Botanical Gardens
containing hundreds of exotic a nd
rare cacti, and many other
Western ﬂavored entertainment
attractions.
If you would like more information on things to see and do in
the Phoenix area, write the
Phoenix and Valley of the Sun
Convention and Visitors Bureau,
2701 Camelback Road, Suite
200H, Phoenix, Ariz. 85016.
In next month's issue of this
paper, we will publish information concerning facilities at the
hotel, in addition to the coupons
mentioned and more information
about the National Board
meeting itself.

Michigan
Bath, Deborah A.
Johnson, Stephen T.
Liston, Glenn W.
Mims, John W.
Thorp, Dana L.
Minnesota
Bankole, Cullen R.
Missouri
Campbell, Daniel C.
Major, Karl B.
Beading, Timothy P.
Spies, Donald
Surer, Robert
Westrich, Derreck A.
Mississippi
Auger, Robert L.

Berry, Kathleen D.
Harden, Charlene J.
Johnson, Charles G.
Montana
Brown, Tracy D.
North Carolina
Powell, Donald R.
Wells, Charles W.
Nebraska
Hotler, Richard W.
Kasselder, Christopher
Morgan, Wayne A.
Opitz, Eric B.
New Jersey
Eckstein, Bryan S.
Elliott, Kenneth R.
McGinty, Glenn A.
Szarawarski, Mark J.
New Mexico
Vogel, Herbert S.
Nevada
Hook, Erie G.
New York
Campbell, Van C.
Gailinger, Jon T.
Galluzzo, Claude
Gersh, Jonathan D.
Hope, Timothy D.
Lamprecht, John M.
Mazurowski, Kevin P.
Moss, Mary E.
Pet~k, Randy J.
Ohio
Coverdill, Mark E.
Eldridge, Craig R.
Oklahoma
Breidenbaeh, David W.
Killian, Mark R.
Willis, Bobby W.
Oregon
Degner, Donald L.
Massengale, Alan D.
Roberts, James D.
White, Paul A.
Wood, Robert A.
Pen nsylvania
Cohen, Jeffrey C.
David, Theodore J.
Gearhart, David J.
Hair, Charles R.
Rieker, Walter C.
Rhode Island
Laidler, Victoria G.
Tennessee
Cutler, Anthony B.
Goins, Richard B.
Texas
Martindale, Lanny R.
Virginia
Arnold, Richard L.
Rejent, John D.
Snider, Stephen D.
Volchansky, Louis R.
Washington
Hudspeth, Michael S.
Hyder, Jack
Moriarty, Teresa E.
Wisconsin
Lieske, Stephen P.
Pederson, Paul D.
Wyoming
Wilson, Jeffrey K.

Civil Air Patrol News publishes each month a list of Civil Air Patrol
members who have died recently. Notices of deaths should be sent to
the Personnel Section of National Headquarters in accordance with
Regulation 35-2, or to the National Chaplain's ofﬁce--not to Civil Air
Patrol News. Listed are names, ranks, dates of death and CAP units.
AULL. William J.. Lieutenant Colonel, Dec. 18,
1977. West Virginia Wing
BRUENE. Erhard E.. First Lieutenant, March
11. 1978. Hunker Hill-Alton Sr. Sq.. Illinois Wing.
COX Paul W...]r.. Captain, March 11, 1978,
Met to-Anderson Camp Sq., South Carolina Wing.
I~ORVA'['h. Louis O.. Second Lieutenant,
Ma rch 27. 1978. Group 10. Wisconsin Wing,
MASON. Paul F.. Senior Member, March 22,
1978. Mana~ota Sr Sq. Florida Wing.

PAtq.US. Charles B,. Second Lieutenant, Nov.
9.1.977. Capital City Comp. Sq., Missouri Wing,
PETERS. Ralph H.. Senior Member, February
1978, Pierre Cadet Sq. South Dakota Wing.
SMII,EV. Chester D.. Captain, March 8,1978,
Charlotte County Camp, Sq.. Florida Wing.
TOVEY. Nevian R., Lieutenant Colonel, March
I I. 1978. Reford Sr. Sq,, Indiana Wing.

MAY 1978

PAGE THREE

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

Gen. Gardner Visits Hawaii Wing

HICKAM AFB, Hawaii -- Brig.
Gen. Paul E. Gardner, executive
director of the Civil Air Patrol
and commander of CAP-USAF,
recently visited Hawaii to attend
the 1978 Hawaii Wing Commander's Conference and inspect
CAP units in the 50th State.
At the conference, Gardner
said that new units will be formed in a number of overseas areas
where U.S. military personnel
are stationed, including
Okinawa, Japan, the Republic of
the Philippines and England.
Dr. John Henry Felix, chairman of the Hawaii CAP Senior
Advisory Council, was named as
the National CAP Overseas Representative/Cadet Units-Paciﬁc.
Gardner presented awards to
Hawaii's outstanding CAP units
and personnel. Trophies for the
top three squadrons in Hawaii
were presented to the Ewa Beach
Comp. Sq., the Waianae Cadet
Flight and the Maui Comp. Sq.
Ewa Beach Comp. Sq., located
at Barbers Point NAS, was
recognized as the top CAP
squadron in the United States for
1977.

Special recognition was given
to Cadet Cyndhi K. Hughes, a
University of Hawaii student under an AFROTC scholarship, who
is one of 12 AFROTC women
graduates nominated in 1977 for
USAF pilot training.
Gardner also visited Hito, on
the island of Hawaii, to inspect
the new headquarters facilities
for the Lyman Field Comp. Sq.
there. The building was constructed by squadron personnel
and volunteers from the Hilo
area
A ride in a CAP sailplane at
Dillingham Field on Oahu
highlighted the general's visit.
After 13,000 hours of ﬂying USAF
aircraft, he has now logged one
and one-half hours of unpowered
ﬂight. Cadet Hughes rode with
him in the Schwitzer sailplane,
which was recently purchased by
the Hawaii Wing.
Gardner was commander of
the 89th Military Airlift Wing
at Andrews AFB, Md., before
becoming commander of Hq.
CAP-USAF at Maxwell AFB,
Ala., on Nov. 1, 1977.

SOARING IN HAWAII--Brig. Gen. Paul E. Gardner, commander of CAP-USAF, soared over
the Waianae Mountains of Oahu during a recent inspection of CAP facilities and personnel in
Hawaii. Check pilot in the Schwitzer sailplane is Cadet Cyndhi K. Hughes, a University of
Hawaii AFROTC student. (USAF Photo by SrA. David Kirkland)

A la s k a n Pilot Los t In N e v a da Mounta in C r a s h
By 1st Lt. Frank Follmer
Carson Comp. Sq.
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- The
sound of poker chips, dice,
roulette and the brisk ﬂutter of
cards continued in that theater of
change that is Las Vegas, the
players quite unaware that pilot
John Jarmul, 32, was ﬁling a
ﬂight plan at the North Las
Vegas Flight Service Station.
Jarmul, an Alaska bush pilot
with 2,000 hours ﬂying time, had
come from Florida and was on
his way back to Ketchikan,

Alaska, with a fuel stop in Reno,
Nev. He had four hours of fuel on
board.
Although advised not to take
off because of an upcoming
storm, Jarmul departed Las
Vegas, but did not open his ﬂight
plan. The service ceiling of his
red and white Lake amphibian
was 11,000 feet, but some of the
peaks near his route were higher.
He said he would follow the main
h i g h w a y f r o m L a s Ve g a s t o
Reno.
A friend reported him missing
four days later

day. They ﬂew over 200 missions
Jarmul's wife spent the afterThe Nevada Wing was notiﬁed
and covered over 15,000 square
noon in Carson City speaking
and a search was begun. Capt.
miles.
with the then mission coorRick Burge of the Reno Comp.
dinator, Capt. Jim Carpenter.
Sq. was appointed mission coorThe search units were
Carpenter's wife accompanied
dinator. Eleven aircraft from the
hampered by poor weather. All
her to a hotel and sat with her for
Nevada Wing and ﬁve from the
operations were shut down for
Clark County Sheriff's Aero Sq.
several hours. When news came
two days due to bad weather
searched the 375 mile route from Finally, two miners on foot found that Jarmul was found dead,
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sister in Pennsylvania and asked
nothing.
the plane in a canyon near
that she break the news.
The technique of searching in
Marietta, southeast of
mountainous terrain in winter is
Hawthorne, Nev. The plane had
well known to all Nevada CAP
Carpenter and his wife then
been covered with four feet of
members. Col. Joseph Ferrara,
brought Mrs. Jarmul back to
snow, which had melted just
wing commander, has establishtheir home to spend the night.
before the discovery of the plane,
ed operating procedures with the
State Civil Defense Agency in
which all emergency search and
rescue activities will be conducted from the State Emergency Operations Center in Carson
City, using the most complete
communications in the state,
thing, estimated to be worth apwhich include ﬁve telephone
SHAWNEE, Okla. -- Civil Air
proximately $102,000. The fact
lines, two teletype circuits, and
Patrol took on a new mission
that the driver had left his keys
here recently, one which inseven base radio stations.
in the ignition may have helped
Sub-bases were established at
volved an aerial search but which
had nothing to do with missing
the rustler.
Carson City, Hawthorne, Las
airplanes or people.
Vegas and Tonopah, Nev., and at
At any rate, Civil Air Patrol
Bishop, Calif.
It all started when the driver of
The search was to last 10 days.
a tractor-trailer rig hauling 69 members in this area were called
Air and ground units from
head of cattle stopped here for a o n t o ﬂ y u p a n d d o w n t h e
bite to eat. When he came out of highways to see if they could spot
eastern California and ﬁve
the missing truck, trailer and
Nevada counties took part. As
the restaurant later, the truck,
cattle. At last reports, however,
many as 36 CAP aircraft and
trailer and cattle had disappeared.
they were all still missing -- inseven Sheriff's Aero Sq. aircraft
Someone had stolen the whole eluding the rustler.
took part in the search on a single

CAP Planes Join
Search For Rustler

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SEARCH AREA--MaJ. Floyd R. Taylor, Carson City Comp.
Sq. (Nevada Wing) shows pilot, Capt. Jim Carpenter, the
area to overﬂy on a search for a missing aircraft. (Photoby
1st Lt. Frank Folmer)

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National Commander's Comments

Membership Not A Right
automatic loss of membership
By THOMAS C. CASADAY
Brigadier General, CAP
for issuing a bad check to the
National Commander
National Headquarters for any
reason. In nonautomatic terAll Civil Air Patrol members
should be proud of their or- mination, cadets can lose their
ganziation. It is truly unique membership for misconduct
in rendering volunteer services and senior members can lose
and programs to the public. their membership for cause.
Te r m i n a t i o n f o r c a u s e i s
But the Civil Air Patrol in each
community is
deﬁned in the regulation as inonly as good as
volving a variety of circumstances including conduct
its individual
unbecoming a CAP member, conmembers. We
viction of a felony, or serious or
need to attract
willful violation of CAP
and keep qualregulations or directives. There
ity people who
are a number of other grounds
can sustain the
outstanding imfor termination for cause.
The regulation provides that
age the Civil
Air Patrol has throughout the the commander of the unit to
country.
which the member is assigned
That also means that Com- would normally initiate the termanders must recognize that a mination action after he has
s m a l l n u m b e r o f m e m b e r s conducted an investigation that
should not belong to Civil Air revealed that termination was
warranted.
Patrol.
It is the policy of the Civil Air
There are forms attached to
Patrol that membership is a the regulation specifying a
privilege and not a right. Comletter of notiﬁcation to the
member proposing his terminamanders at all levels are
responsible for maintaining
tion. Once initiated, the
member is in a suspended
harmony along with a disciplinstatus until the termination aced effort.
It sometimes happens that an tion is resolved.
In cases involving terminaindividual member cannot
properly function within the tion for a cadet's misconduct or
organization's framework and
a senior member for cause, the
his presence causes turmoil, or individual member has a right
the member might commit
to ask for an Appeal Board
serious offenses against CAP
hearing. The member may, of
regulations. A prompt recogni- course, waive that right and
tion of and dealing with such
agree to be terminated, or if
that right is exercised, certain
problems is the responsibility
procedures must be followed in
of each commander. Through
having the hearing.
procedures properly establishThe new CAP Regulation 35-3
ed by corporate resolutions,
speciﬁes the various rights of
methods are provided to commanders for the resolution of the individual member in an
Appeal Board hearing which insuch problems.
cludes the right to call
The ﬁrst of these is Civil Air
Patrol Regulation 35-3. This is witnesses in his own behalf,
cross-examine witnesses
the regulation which provides
against him, and present
for termination of an instatements and documents in
dividual's membership from
support of his case.
the Civil Air Patrol.
The member also has the
There are several grounds for
right to appear in person, either
automatic termination, such as
with or without counsel of his
a cadet who reaches his or her
twenty-ﬁrst birthday, a cadet
own choice. While the Appeal
Board hearings are informal,
marries, or joins the armed
there are certain rules which
services, or fails to maintain a
must be adhered to regarding
satisfactory academic record in
reliability of evidence,
school.
relevance and materiaiity of
In the case of a senior
matters s u b m i t t e d t o t h e
member, there is an automatic
Board.
loss of membership where
The entire proceeding should
there is a failure to renew or a
voluntary resignation.
be directed toward a search for
the truth in the matter of
For both cadets and senior
speciﬁc charges involving the
members, there can be an

member. It is important that
the hearing should be conducted
in an open and fair manner
without any prejudgement of
the issues.
Furthermore, it is highly important that each commander
who initiates a termination action and every other CAP
member who participates in
these Appeal Board
proceedings strictly adhere to
the requirements of the
regulations.
The second procedure for the
elimination of members whose
continued presence in the CAP
has caused difﬁculties is that of
nonrenewal. Under express approval of the National Executive Committee, the new
CAP Manual 39-2 has been
issued which provides a
procedure whereby commanders can take action to
recommend the nonrenewal of
an individual member whose
continued membership is inconsistent with the CAP objectives
and proper functioning.
This is not to be used as a substitute for a termination action
which involves serious and
ﬂagrant breaches of speciﬁc
rules, but rather as the recognition of a particular pattern of
conduct which the member has
demonstrated making it clear
that his continued presence is
no longer in the CAP Interest.
Again, the continued
membership of an individual is
a privilege and not a right,
much the same as in the Air

Force, the member has no
vested right to reeulistment at
the end of each term.
Under the nonrenewal regulation, the wing commander must
make a recommendation to the
region commander in as
speciﬁc terms as possible concerning the nonrenewal of an individual member. A copy of the
recommendation is furnished to
the member, who has an opportunity to reply and state his own
position.
That reply is to be furnished
to the region commander who
then has the responsibility to
make a ﬁnal decision as to
whether or not that member's
membership should be renewed.
Under the regulation, the
decision of the region commander is ﬁnal. I would encourage all commanders to
familiarize themselves with the
contents of these two directives.
I would also encourage commanders to make a very
studious and judicious-uS~
these personnel management
regulations in keeping the CAP
a cohesive and effective
organization and eliminating
those members whose conduct
has proven them unworkable or
unsuitable.
The importance of strict
adherence to the speciﬁc
procedures, time tables, and
formats as set out in these
directives is imperative.

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VOLUME I0, NUMBER 5

MAY 1978

PAGE FIVE

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

MAY 1978

Hawaii Wing Slates
Flying Encampment
HONOLULU, Hawaii- The
Hawaii Wing will hold its largest
ﬂying encampment at Oahu's
Dillingham Field from July 21Aug. 4, 1978.
Approximately 80 cadets from
all parts of the nation are expected to attend the encampment. Cadet training and
aerospace education in actual
ﬂying operations are the goals of
the encampment.
FA A - c e r t i ﬁ e d a n d C A P approved instructors will be the
instructors, according to Navy
Commander Davidson Luehring,
encampment commander. "We
want to give a good introduction
to ﬂying for cadets who are interested but who have little experience. This will be in either
gliders or in powered aircraft, as
the cadets desires if the aircraft
was available."
For cadets with previous experience, there will be more advanced training. "I think we're
going to see several cadets
qualify for their FAA Private
Pilot Certiﬁcates."
Long specializing in glider
programs, the Hawaii Wing has
two-place Schweizer 2-33A
gliders to form the mainstay of -

Overdue Aircraft
Found Crashed
In California
NOR~'I HOLLYWOOD, Calif.
-- Returning from a practice
search and rescue exercise
recently, 1st Lt. Leonard Garbe
of the Santa Susana Sr. Sq.
(California Wing) was tuning his
radio to the Burbank approach
frequency when he heard a
strong emergency locator
transmitter (ELT) signal.
He contacted the squadron
commander and the two were
able to locate the approximate
transmitting site by triangulation
on Rocky Peak north of the Simi
Freeway. They reported the ﬁx
to the FAA and were told that a
woman had previously reported
an overdue aircraft.
The pilot and his three children
were returning to Van Nuys from
a ﬂight to Pismo Beach during a
lull in a rain storm. However, the
weather continued to deteriorate
after they were in the air.
After a mission number was
obtained from the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center, the
mission coordinator, Lt. Col. Betty Decker, activated two pilots,
Garbe and the squadron commander, 1st Lt. Gary Keenliside,
as well as a ground team, Maj.
Bryon and Capt. Melody
Brammer, in a truck equipped
with direction ﬁnding equipment.
Members of the Ventura County sheriff and ﬁre departments
were also on hand for the search.
A joint command post was set up
in a canyon near the area where
the ELT signal was thought to
come from.
Ground crews, working
through the night in rain and fog,
located the crash in the early
morning hours. Because roads
had been washed out, they had to
climb the mountainside on foot.
The pilot and passengers had
been killed in the impact.
The pilots and truck operators
each received "ﬁnd" ribbons.

the program. A single-place
Schweizer 1-26 is also available
to cadets who have their Glider
Private Pilot Certiﬁcate. Two and four-place Cessnas will also
be used in this year's encampment.
The encampment is open to
CAP cadets who will be 14 years
old or over by Aug. 3, 1978.
Cadets may apply using Form 31
(Special Activities) or by letter,
and must include a statement of
between 100 and 250 words in
their own handwriting stating
their qualiﬁcations and the
reasons they feel they should be
selected to attend.
Selections will be made by the
Hawaii Wing staff based on
qualiﬁcations and geographic
distribution.
Cost of the encampment will be
$65, which includes meals and
miscellaneous supplies. Costs of
ﬂying will be borne by Hawaii
Wing Cadet Training and
Aerospace Education.
Applications must be accompanied by check or money order
for $65, payable to "Hawaii Wing
C A P. " T h i s a m o u n t w i l l b e
refunded for cadets not selected
to a ttend.
Alternatively, applications
may be accompanied by check or
money order for a $30 nonrefundable deposit, with the
remainder due on notiﬁcation of
selection.
Applications may be mailed
through CAP squadron commanders to: Headquarters,
Hawaii Wing CAP; Post Ofﬁce
Box 29417; Honolulu, Hawaii
96820.

NO, THEY AREN'T IN JAIL! -- Cadets George Teaney, left, Melanie Hill and Jean Young of
the Brandywine Cadet Sq. (Delaware Wing) are painting a second ﬂoor railing at the Aldersgate
Methodist Church in Wilmington, Del. The church allows the cadet squadron to hold its
meetings there and the cadets reciprocate by helping out with building maintenance.

Cadets Help Repaint ( hurch
To help pay back the kindness,
squadron members periodically
schedule a work day to help with
bui1dingandgrounds
maintenance, direct trafﬁc at
church functions or perform
~
o t h ~ e e s "
Although .......... sponso~e~y" the
not
........ Robert A. Hotchiss, squadron inchurch, it has allowed the CAP
formation ofﬁcer,
unit to meet there without chargOn a recent Saturday, Lt. Col.
ing a fee or asking anything in
Charles A. Hill, squadron cornreturn.

WILMINGTON, Del. -- For
many years members of the
Brandywine Cadet Sq. (Delaware
Wing) have held meetings at the
Aldersgate Methodist Church
here.

mander, arranged for a group of
13 cadets to work with the
building manager, painting part
of the interior.
Thework lasted from 8:30a.m.
"~ - "-t~--/~-"~l-d t'hmk
tney cou a t
spend a Saturday but agreed that
the painting party was a good
way to say "thanks" to the peopie at the church, said Hotchiss.

Weather Brings Busy Mon tb F, r , rado
By 2nd Lt. Kathleen A. Baysinger
North Valley Comp. Sq.
Late winter is often a busy
season for the Colorado Wing, according to Maj. Sonny Elgin,
Colorado Wing director of
Emergency Services.
The busy season this year
began Feb. 25, when a Beech
Debonaire disappeared between
Laramie, Wyo., and Aspen, Colo.
Mission headquarters was established at Eagle, Colo.,
between the two cities. Air crews
and ground teams immediately
went to work.
The following evening, a
Cessna 206 was reported missing
somewhere south of Denver. No
ﬂight plan had been ﬁled, so
neither the intended route nor the
destination were known. Ground
teams and a CAP Cessna Skylane
with direction ﬁnding equipment
were dispatched to track an
emergency locator transmitter
(ELT) signal east of Colorado
Springs.
The wreckage of the plane was
located several hours later with
the help of a local real estate
agent, who had seen the
wreckage but not recognized it as
an aircraft and did not report it
until hearing radio reports that a
plane was missing in that area.
That same night a Grumman
American was reported down
near Elk Mountain in Wyoming.
The pilot was a Colorado Wing
member returning the plane to
Denver after it had been: strand-

ed on Colorado's western slope
during a previous search.
Again, ground teams with
direction ﬁnding (DF) equipment were dispatched in a heavy
snowstorm to track the ELT, and
the aircraft was found a few
hours later. The pilot had pulled
out all the survival equipment he
had and was in good condition
despite the freezing
temperatures.
Meanwhile, the search for the
Beech Debonaire continued. That
mission was in its third day when
a CAP pilot-owned Cessna 172
went down while searching. Both
pilot and observer walked away
from the wreckage.
On March 2, a Beech Baron
was cleared to make an instrument approach to a Southwestern
Colorado airport, but it never
reached the terminal. The plane
was completing an instrument
ﬂight from Arlington, Tex., to
Durango, Colo. Civil Air Patrol
ground teams and local
volunteers searched throughout
the day in snow before locating
the aircraft about a mile from
the end of the runway.
Eight days and several ELT's
later, a report of low ﬂying aircraft and possible crashing
sounds was received by the
sheriff's ofﬁce west of Colorado
Springs. Colorado Civil Air
Patrol ground teams and local
volunteers again braved the
weather and located the Cessna
210at2:30a.m.

About the same time, a Beech
Bonanza disappeared from the
radar screen southeast of
Denver. It took ground teams
about half an hour to locate the
wreckage of that aircraft.
The search for the Beech
Debonaire had continued
throughout the two weeks, except
for periods of extremely bad
weather. Finally, on March 11,
the aircraft was spotted by CAP
search pilots Len Bluebaugh and
Jack Dyni near the top of 12,500foot North Rawah Peak.
After locating the Debonaire,
Colorado Wing members thought
they might have time to relax.
But they could not quit yet.
That evening, a Cessna Sky
Hawk XPII made an emergency
landing north of Denver. The
pilot, communicating with other
aircraft, was instructed to turn
on his ELT. Two DF-equipped
aircraft and four ground teams
headed out to ﬁnd him, and
several hours later, the plane and
passengers were located.
The pilot reported that the
plane had developed engine trouble and he landed in a pasture 60
miles north of Denver.
With a little over a week to
recover, except for several more
ELT incidents, Colorado Wing
volunteers were again called out
on March 28. This time the objective was a twin engine aircraft
lost somewhere between
Douglas, Ariz., and Lamar, Colo.
Colorado Wing search efforts

were concentrated in southern
Colorado for two days before
assistance in New Mexico was
requested.
By the end of March, Colorado
Wing volunteers had donated
more than 30,000 manhours,
located eight downed aircraft,
traced eight ELT's, and saved
three lives. There were several
additional aircraft incidents in
which Civil Air Patrol assistance
was not required.
It was a bad six weeks for light
aircraft in Colorado.

For the beneﬁt of all
members of Civil Air Patrol,
the statistics of search and
rescue activities through the
organization are shown below.
These are unofﬁcial ﬁgures
compiled by Directorate of
Operations at CAP National
Headquarters.
As of April 9, 1978
Number of Missions' 182
Number of Aircraft ....... 1,933
Number of Sorties ........ 3,595
Flying Hours .............8,453.8
Personnel ................... 9,355
Sa yes ............................. 2 2
Finds .............................9 0

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CIVIL A'IR PATROL NEWS

PAGE SIX

MAY 1978

Helicopters: Experience In Motion
By Lt. Col. Frederick Carter
HQ. CAP-USAF
Let's take a brief look at "rotormania," the helicopter
pilot's world where fun, frustration, and physics
defy imagination.

Helicopters are toys! Anyone can ﬂy choppers!
Choppers can hover, ﬂy straight up, down, backwards,
and sidewards at any speed and altitude because of that
humongous fan on top! Choppers are very forgiving, and
if something goes wrong -- anytime -- anyplace -- all the
pilot does is relax and autorotate (glide) to an easy landing. That's why rotorheads (people who ﬂy choppers)
come in second best in the "World's Greatest Pilot" competition. And so goes the myth.
Let's look at the facts as revealed to Ronald Rotorhead,
the ﬁxed-wing jock who decided to learn the art of
motionless operation in a "Da Vinci screw wing."
Ronald's ﬁrst wingless air machine was IFR equipped,
reciprocating engine powered, and supported by a single
rotor. Another small rotor was stuck on the tail boom to
shoo ﬂies away. Ronald's gallant ﬂight instructor believed in staying one step behind his trainee during
maneuvers, so Ronald soon gained ﬁrst-hand experience
in actual, attention-getting situations.
The ﬂight instructor spent a brief ten minutes before
the ﬁrst ﬂight explaining helicopter aerodynamics and
helping Ronald identify the pilot's seat. Fortunately, the
instructor performed the takeoff and later gave control of
the aircraft to his student. Ronald immediately grasped
the controls in a death grip and executed a series of thrilling maneuvers which rapidly progressed to near, certain
disaster before the instructor recovered from shock and
took control.
From these maneuvers, Ronald learned that:
a. A helicopter will stall if ﬂown too fast. In Ron's
helicopter, the nose pitched up and rolled to the left. As
"blade stall" was abruptly entered, the main rotor ﬂexed, contacted the nose, and removed one antenna
mounted thereon.

b. If ﬂown sideways beyond allowable limits, airframe shuddering and loss of directional control results.
c. If ﬂown too fast backwards, a ﬂight regime known
as "reverse command" may be entered. When Ron quickly pulled the cyclic (control stick to you ﬁxed jocks! )
back further to raise the nose, the nose went down instead. Up came the tail boom into the main rotor plane of
rotation. Scratch another piece of metal; luckily only a
nick!

d. If ﬂown too slow at a high power setting while out of
ground effect, a situation called "power settling" may occur. This condition is similar to running on a treadmill.

The helicopter continues to stir up the air, but the craft
descends at a rate approaching 1,500-2,000 feet per minute
in some choppers. If not corrected, descent may continue
until touchdown minus two.

Ron's fearless instructor thought instrument ﬂight
training would bring out Ronald's hidden talent--it did!
After donning a hood (view limiting device) which forced
him to ﬂy by reference to instruments, Ron entered a left
turn. The turn needle initially showed a turn in the opposite direction as some chopper turn needles do.
Ron quickly corrected by straight-legging the left rotor
pedal and increasing the bank angle. The instructor swiftly called for time out and then described the
idiosynchrasies of rotorcraft instrument ﬂight. The discussion included comments on the altitude indicator and
the importance of comparison with other supporting instruments. Ron soon understood that a helicopter's ﬂight
path doesn't always follow the aircraft's nose!

crease the challenge and subsequent need for accurate
foresight. Add also the possibility of "power settling"
previously described.

c. Coordination between throttle' setting and rotor
RPM control is critical during approach and go-around as
one setting or indication has a resultant effect on the
other. Both determine total lift supplied by the main
rotor.
d. Landings may be made from a hover or while moving forward, terrain permitting.
Once, while Ron slowly lifted the helicopter to begin
takeoff, a rapid vertical bouncing occurred. Again the instructor took over. Ron had experienced "ground
resonance," a condition which may result in damage to
the structure if not corrected.

Ronald decided his nerves couldn't stand much more.
He released the cyclic and threw up his hands. The instructor panicked! Another lesson learned. Chopper pilots
shouldn't release controls with the rotor turning (some
models excepted). Most helicopters require constant
pressure on the cyclic to prevent the stick from falling
over and changing the rotational plane of the main rotor.
In short, don't relax or you may cut off your own tail!
Hover practice came next. Ron locked in on the controls and caged his eyeballs on a nearby windsock for
visual reference. His concentration was matched only by
an extreme case of jaw locking. Perfect! Everything
stable! Except the wind appeared to be changing. The
wind sock initially extended to the left, then directly
away, now extended to the right. Ron's instructor
described the phenomenon as a common occurrence.
Trainees forget helicopters can ﬂy sideways regardless
of wher, e they're pointed. While hovering, pilots must be
aware of fore, aft, sidewards and vertical movement, all
of which can be done with the helicopter's nose pointing at
an object directly ahead.
So the moral of our story is that helicopters, choppers,
helos, Da Vinci screw wings, frustrated palm trees,
eggbeaters, or whatever you prefer to call them are not a
cinch to ﬂy. Helicopter pilots must be very cautious and
performance conscious.
Finally, it has been said that ﬁxed-wing aircraft experience six or seven forces in ﬂight, whereas,
helicopters experience 13. Whatever the score, the
emphasis on quality maintenance and quality pilots cannot be ignored.
The next time you see a genuine "rotorhead," be nice.
Helicopters save lives too!
At last, the abused aircraft and frayed-nerve occupants
headed for the landing practice area. Ron soon learned
that:
a. Performance charts show power required to hover
at various heights above the surface. Charts also show
power available.
b. No charts show the power or distance required to
slow or stop the aircraft. Momentum must be considered
in stopping or a planned 15-foot hover can easily be consumed as part of a 200-foot stopping distance. High
altitudes, tall trees, sloping terrain, gusty winds, downdrafts, heavy gross weights, and abrupt. control usage in. ..

CIVIL AiR PATROL NEWS

MAY 1978

PAGE SEVEN

Five-State Search
Locates. Crash Site
By 1st Lt. Mary Ann Simmons
Norfolk Comp. Sq.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The
Delaware, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia Wings were called out to
search the East Coast recently.
The search objective was a.
Cherokee, with two people on
board. The pilot, James Ball, and
his passenger, Walter Nottle, had
departed Cheswold, Md., at 4:30
p.m. March 10 en route to St.
Petersburg, Fla.
The pilot did not ﬁle a ﬂight
plan and was not missed until he
failed to return home at the end
of the weekend.
Civil Air Patrol personnel
made investigations and concluded that he probably did not make
it past the Tidewater area. With
the good teamwork of the wings
working together, ramp checks
were made, further eliminating
the possibility that the plane was
on the ground safe and sound at
an airport somewhere.
A Virginia Wing aircraft,
piloted by Capt. Melvin Carey,
spotted what appeared to be an
airplane under the water in
Metomkin Inlet just off Melfa on
the Eastern shore of Virginia at 3
p.m. March 17. This was veriﬁed
by a second aircraft, piloted by
Capt. Buzz Massengale, and the
Coast Guard was called in.

The Coast Guard was directed
to the plane in the water by FM
radio and a phone patch to the
HF by the mission coordinator.
The Coast Guard conﬁrmed that
an aircraft was in the water, but
due to the late hour a diver would
not be put down to check its identity until the next day.
A Virginia Wing aircraft from
the Winchester Sr. Sq. (Virginia
Wing) was given an area to
search en route back to home
base. The pilot, Donald Ratcliff
and two observers, departed the
Accomack County Airport at
Melfa, Va., at 5:50 p.m. At 6:05
p.m. Ratcliff reported seeing
wreckage about three miles
southwest of the Melfa airport.
A ground team from the
Eastern Shore Comp. Sq.
(Virginia Wing) was sent and
conﬁrmed that the target had
been located. Both the pilot and
passenger had been killed. The
mission coordinator had kept the
aircraft searching because he
knew there was a possibility that
the airplane in the water was not
the target.
S t a n l e y F r a z i e r, a i r p o r t
m a n a g e r, s a i d , " T h e p l a n e
couldn't have been in a better
location not to be found. Even
though it could be seen from the
air, it was so close to the airport
trafﬁc pattern that any pilots
over the wreckage would normal-

ly be concentrating on either taking off or landing. They would not
be sight-seeing."
At about 6:30 p.m. the remaining aircraft were dispatched to
their home bases. An airplane
from the Norfolk Comp. Sq.
(Virginia Wing) was en route
home when approach control informed the pilot that another aircraft was going to try an unplanned landing on a race track ﬁve
miles south of the Melfa airport
because of fuel starvation.
The Norfolk aircraft returned
to the area and circled until the
ground team could reach the
downed aircraft. The plane,
piloted by Thomas Heckett of
Jacksonville, N.C., landed with
no damage in a ﬁeld near the
race track. The pilot and three
passengers were not injured.
Civil Air Patrol members
guarded both planes during the
night and assisted the people
from the second aircraft with
transportation back to the airport.
The plane in the water was
identiﬁed the next day as being of
World War II vintage. A local
resident remembered seeing it
crash in 1945 while it was attempting a landing at a nearby Naval
Air Station. The pilot had been
rescued from that crash.

N o r t h e a s t R e g i o n To Ta k e
Over Staff College In 1979
ANDREWS AFB, Md. -Future Regional Staff Colleges
was the topic of discussion at a
planning session held here
recently,
C o l . L o u i s a M o r s e , cornmander, Middle East Region,

and Col. Angelo Milano, commander, Northeast Region, were
among those who attended.
The Middle East Region, which
has hosted the Eastern Staff
College since its inception in
1976, will pass responsibility for

Florida Wing Wins
Aw a r d F o r S a f e t y
MAXWELL, AFB, Ala. -- Civil
Air Patrol's Florida Wing has
been selected winner of the Paul
W. Turner Safety Award for 1977.
The award, named for the late
B r i g . G e n . P a u l W. Tu r n e r,
formerly chairman of the
National Board, is presented to
the wing having the most outstanding safety program and
safety record. The selection was
made recently by the Operations
and Safety Committee.
The Florida Wing, except for a
few cases of bee sting, lost teeth,
and a broken arm, enjoyed an
accident-free year. The wing consists of more than 3,100
members, about one-half of
whom are cadets, and operates
44 ground vehicles and 16 aircraft. During 1977, the wing performed 34 search and rescue missions and ﬂew 3,115 hours in corporate aircraft.
Region safety awards will be
presented to the Florida, Vermont and National Capital Wings

by the Southeast, Northeast and
Middle East Regions respectively. These awards are based on
the same criteria as the Paul W.
Turner Award.
Lt. Col. Russell F. Holdren,
Florida Wing safety ofﬁcer, was
chosen CAP Safety Ofﬁcer of the
Ye a r. T h i s l a t t e r a w a r d i s
presented to the safety ofﬁcer
who contributed most to the safety program. Col. Holdren's continued efforts promoted safety
throughout the Florida Wing. His
work in safety and afﬁliation
with safety organizations span
some 40 years and include public,
aviation and industrial safety, as
well as safety research and
engineering.
The CAP safety program
depends on th~ initiative,
creativity, determination, and
hard work of mary volunteers to
promote safety awareness and to
protect CAP resources. The contributions of indtviduals and units
to this program are a credit to
CAP and its objectives.

the college to the Northeast
Region in 1979.
Lt. Col. Barbara Morris, director of the college, led a discussion on organizing and directing a
staff college.
Staff members, Lt. Col. Fred
Hess and Maj. Marion Hess, led
the groupina discussion onthe

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT -- An investigator photographs the
wreckage of an aircraft in which two persons were killed. The
plane crashed in a ﬁeld near the Accomack County Airport at
Melfa, Va., and was discovered by a CAP aircrew from the
Winchester Sr. Sq. (Virginia Wing) after an intensive search
that covered ﬁve states.

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role of the seminar leader and Meritorious Service
briefed the group on the job of
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. -- 1st Lt. for actions performed on Oct. 16,
staff college information ofGlen Hobbs, Shelbyville Comp.
1977, while on a church outing
ricers.
Sq. (Indiana Wing), has received
Lt. Col. Walter Straughan,
near Brownstown, Ind. Alone in a
director of training for the Midthe Civil Air Patrol's Meritorious
rowboat on a lake, Hobbs saw
Service Award.
Jane Runshe and Lynn James
dle East Region, discussed his
clinging to a capsized canoe.
role as curriculum coordinator
The award was presented by
with his Northeast Region
They were unnoticed by persons
Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul E.
on shore.
counterpart, Maj. Robert Galle.
Gardner, executive director of
The Northeast Region will
Hobbs pulled both victims from
CAP at the recent Indiana Wing
have the beneﬁt of many of its
the water, secured the canoe to
conference in Indianapolis.
members who have attended the
his rowboat and returned them to
The medal recognized Hobbs shore.
college as students or staff
members, said Maj. Hess. One of
these is Col. Richard Bifulco,
who will be command seminar
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Capt. Comp. Sq. (Florida Wing), a resileader and commandant o f
Carroll R. Pirtle, New Smyrna dent of Huntsville, has received
students in the 1978 session.
the Civil Air Patrol's Grover
Loening Aerospace Award for
outstanding service and training
forcement and relief agencies by
in the CAP program.
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -Active in CAP since he was a
making aerial surveys over the
Members of the Phoenixcadet in Michigan in 1949, Pirtle
affected area.
Litchﬁeld Comp. Sq. 313 (Arizona
has held many positions in supArizona National Guard
Wing), based at the Phoenixply, personnel, administration
helicopters airlifted supplies to
Litchﬁeld Municipal Airport
and in the Florida Wing and has
families stranded in Rainbow
here, aided in rescue acitivities
helped units in Mississippi, Ohio
Valley southeast of Buckeye.
during ﬂoods in the Buckeye area
and Alabama. He has escorted
west of Phoenix recently.
Squadron cadets from Buckeye
many cadet activities. He has
At the start of the emergency
helped load the supplies on the
completed many courses of trainhelicopters. Capt. Agnes Lilperiod squadron senior members
ing in many ﬁelds.
jegren, deputy commander of
were kept on an alert status. DurDuring CAP missions he has
cadets, supervised the loading
ing the two-day period, CAP
been a search and rescue pilot.
activity.
members assisted local law en-

Capt. Pirtle Earns Loening Award

Arizona Unit Aids Flood Victims

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PUBLISHED BY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA

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NUMBER 4
M AY 1 9 7 8
PERSONNEL
I. ATTENTION CADETS REJOINING AFTER A LAPSE IN MEMBERSHIP. National membership dues in the
amount of $6.00 are forwarded to National Headquarters (DPH) with the membership application. Cadet program
study materials and the appropriate contract are ordered separately as follows:
a. If the cadet still has the last contract on which he was working before allowing his membership to lapse, he
should forward the completed contract, along with $ 1.50 and an order for the next contract, to TTHE.
b. If the cadet has lost or misplaced the last contract he was working on before his membership lapsed, he
should request a duplicate contract from TTHE; then upon completion of the contract, it should be returned to
TTHE, along with $1.50 and order for the next contract.

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c. If the Aerospace World textbook or any other items in packet number I have been lost or misplaced, they
should be ordered separately from the Bookstore on a catalog order form.
NOTE: There will be no additional charge for contracts through Achievement 7. Cadet chevrons and ribbons may
be purchased from the Bookstore as needed.
DP
2.. MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL NOTICES. Some members have reported that membership renewal forms are
being returned to them because the "FROM" element is mistaken for the addressee. All members should place a
large "X" through or write "FROM" beside their own addresses on the reverse side of the "return envelope. This
will assist the U.S. Postal Service to send it to us as intended. We hope to correct the design when we reorder the
forms.
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OPERATIONS
3. EMERGENCY SERVICES EVALUATIONS. Wing commanders and emergency services ofﬁcers should be
aware that up to ﬁve funded (aviation, automotive fuel and oil, and communications cost) evaluations may be conducted this calendar year. One primary SAR and one primary Disaster Relief (DR) evaluation will be conducted.
Additionally, two wing SAR tests and one wing DR test may be authorized if required. If you have questions, contact your liaison ofﬁcer.
DO
4. TAP AND ITAP. The process of extracting radar ﬂight to establish a last-known position has had a varied,
constantly changing history. In an effort to explain what it is called today, the following is provided. It all began
with DLOG - - Data Log came along ﬁrst; however, as ref'mements to the system were developed the name was
changed to DART - - Data Analysis Reduction Tool or Data Automated Reduction Tool (depending on which FAA
ofﬁce you talk to). DART and DLOG were already acronyms used by FAA personnel for other meanings. Therefore, DPICT - - Data Pictorial came next, but that was not truly descriptive enough, so along came TAP - - Track
Analysis Program. TAP was not put through the acronym check, and later someone said that stands for Technical
Appraisal Program, which has been used for years in the recertiﬁcation program for ATC personnel, i.e., tower
operators, radar controllers, etc. So the name became: ITAP - - Interim Track Analysis Program. "Interim" was
selected because they (FAA) feel they will eventually select a permanent name but in the meantime, additional
changes will not be surprising.
DO
I N F O R M AT I O N
5. NEW INFORMATION OFFICERS. If you are a new Information Ofﬁcer, we have something for you at
National Headquarters, just for the asking. Just send us your name, your squadron name, and your own home
mailing address. In return, we will send you (free and postpaid) an "Information Ofﬁcer's Starter Kit," a kit
of things to help you get started as an Information Ofﬁcer. The most inportant item in the kit is the CAP
Manual 190-1 (Information Ofﬁcer's Handbook). In reality, this manual is a complete short course in how to be
an information ofﬁcer, how to write news releases, how to write television and radio spots, how to do a lot of
things you need to do. You should make it your constant companion and reference book on the CAP Information
Program. In addition, the kit contains other material which deals with special aspects of the Information Program
to help you do a better job. It also contains samples of recruiting leaﬂets and materials which are available in
reasonable quantities from the Directorate of Information at National Headquarters. All you have to do to get the
Information Ofﬁcer's Starter Kit is to ask for it. We especially want new lOs to have one, but if you are an old hand
in this ﬁeld and have lost or misplaced the things in your original kit, we will be glad to send you one too. Just
address your letter as follows (all the address you need): CAP-USAF/OII, Maxwell AFB AL 36112.
Ol
6. UNIT COMMANDERS" INFORMATION AND RECRUITING OFFICERS. Radio is one of your best avenues
of communications to the public in promoting Civil Air Patrol in general and your local CAP unit in particular. We
need your assistance. We are asking for your cooperation in getting out the word about Civil Air Patrol in your
community. To help you accomplish this, HQ OI will have available to you on request, on or about 1 June 1978,
a tape of CAP radio spots, 20 and 30 seconds in length. AN IMPORTANT REMINDER: A few CAP units are
substituting their own local CAP unit address for the National Headquarters address at the end of each spot of the
tape. This can easily be done with the cooperation of your local radio station(s). This is why we periodically
remind unit commanders and information ofﬁcers to establish a good working relationship with the local radio
station manager or program director. Keep in mind, radio and TV stations are not obligated to air CAP public service announcements in their public service programming. The stations are usually overwhelmed with national and
The Civil Air Patrol BULLETIN is published bimonthly (Jan., Mar., May, July, $ep., and Nov.). It
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unity organizations asking for free air time. The stations necessarily must pick and choose. That is why
le importance of CAP commanders and/or information ofﬁcers personally contacting the local stations
the station management know that there is a Civil Air Patrol unit in the station's listening area; what CAP
and in particular your local unit activities. Substituting your local unit address for the national address
d CAP spots requires the cooperation of a station announcer to record your local unit name and address
ae number in place of the national address. Some CAP members who are proﬁcient in the use of tape
lachines and have a good voice, have recorded the name and address of their unit themselves. It takes
six or seven seconds, example: "For information contact the Montgomery Cadet Squadron at 2325
:all 612-8876." If you decide to record your address yourself, we suggest you make a dry run at least six
t the timing and words down pat. Your local unit address must ﬁt into the same time frame as the
lress. CAP units who are substituting their own address are realizing positive results.
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and Change 1, May 1973.
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controls like a concert organist seated at a console. She reached for
the ﬂap switch during the landing roll B
gear handle instead!
_ ut alas. She RAISED the
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Sam Speed, hoping to thrill the Sunday crowd with immediate gear
retraction after takeoff, RAISED the gear handle during a takeoff
roll and really thrilled the crowd with a gear retraction before
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future. At present, theoccurred many times; many will occur in the
Similar incidents have minimum price tag for these incidents is
about $500 - $750. Add to that possible engine change, new
antennas, skin work, and inspection expenses! If there is only one
lesson to be learned, it's THINK BEFORE YOU SWITCH!
*Never raise landing gear handles while on the ground '(unless
you want the gear up).
*Backup systems designed to prevent human error do not
always work!
*If you must move a switch or control, especially during a
critical phase of operations, e.g., takeoff roll, landing, make
sure you've got the correct switch, and
*Make sure you move switches or controls in the proper
direction!
There are other landing gear considerations which are of interest.
These include:
a. Landing gear side loads caused by fast turning rates or high
speed turns on the ground may damage or collapse the gear.
b. Aircraft with automatic gear lowering features may solve
one problem yet create another. If maximum climb or glide performance is desired, it is not obtained with the gear down. Should
a partial or complete engine power loss be
imum glide be necessary the ~)~, -~- ...... experienced, and maxrang as practical This may require overriding me gear retracted as
. . . -~, e~y, ~,uu~u .~eep the automatic system!
mustc. Landing gear operating or complete gearspeed limitations
be observed to avoid damage and extended failure.
If you slept through this article, my

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE TEN

MAY 1978

School Expects Large-Enrollment
KUTZTOWN, Penn. -- The quired to bring their own perlargest enrollment ever is ex- sonal copies of fully updated
pected here in August for the 10th CAPM 100-1 and CAPM 50-15.
annual Northeast Region ComSenior Training Course: This
munications School.
course will prepare the student
The school is scheduled here at
for the Senior or Master ComKutztown State College the week
municator's Test. All applicants
of Aug. 13-19, 1978. It is open to must be 18 years of age prior to
Civil Air Patrol members from Aug. 13, or have completed the
any wing, not just the Northeast
former Advanced Radio
Region.
Operator's Course. Applicants
Four courses will be offered:
must possess the FCC Restricted
Basic Radio Operator Course,
Radiotelephone Operator Permit
Advanced Communications o r h i g h e r, p l u s C A P F 7 6 .
Course, Senior Training Course,
Students are required to bring
and Radio Operator's Certiﬁcate
their personal copies of fully up~
of Proﬁciency Course.
dated CAPM 100-1 and CAPM 50Basic Radio Operator Course: 15.
Teaches the basic fundamentals
of radio operation as given in
Radio Operator's Certiﬁcate of
CAPM 100-1. This course will Proﬁciency Course: This course
prepare the student for the Radio
will assist the student in preparOperators Permit Test which ing to take the "Radio Operator's
Certiﬁcate of Proﬁciency" test
will be given.
Cadet applicants must be 14
by presenting a review of CAPM
years of age and must have com100-1 material and basic elecpleted at least two achievements tronics theory. All applicants
in Phase II of the cadet program must be 17 years of age prior to
prior to July 14, 1978. Seniors
Aug. 13, must provide proof of
must be active members for at
meeting the eligibility releast three months prior to July q u i r e m e n t s f o r t h e C o m 14. Applicants must possess the munications Specialty IdentiﬁcaFCC Restricted Radiotelephone
tion Badge, must possess the
Operator Permit (FCC-753) or
FCC Restricted Radiotelephone
higher grade of commercial
Operator Permit or higher, must
license before acceptance.
possess CAPF 76, and must have
previously ' passed the Senior
Advanced Communications
Communicator Test or higher.
Course: This course covers the
C A P r a d i o c o m m u n i c a t i o n s Students are required to bring
system, its responsibilities,
their personal copy of a fully upprocedures, administrative pracdated CAPM 100-1. Additional
rices, etc. The minimum age for
test material to be purchased at
this course is 15 prior to Aug. 14.
the school will cost approximateApplicants must possess the FCC
1y$5.
Restricted Radiotelephone
Application Procedures:
Operator Permit or higher, and
Applications for the Northeast
the CAPF 76. All applicants must Region Communications School
be potentially capable of accepmust be made on CAPF 17 for
ting responsibility as a leader
seniors and CAPF 31 for cadets.
and instructor. Students are rePlease indicate which course you

are applying for. Applications
must be signed by the wing commander or his designated
representative and forwarded to:
Commandant NERCOM
1 Willow View Blvd.
Willow Street, Penn. 17584
Applications will be accepted
on a ﬁrst come, ﬁrst served
basis.
Uniforms, Clothing, Etc.:
Uniforms, equipment and
clothing lists (male and female)
and rules and regulations will be
mailed direct to the individual
applicants upon acceptance to
the school.
Enrollment Fee: Enrollment
cost per applicant will be $60.
This includes lodging and three
meals per day for six days, starting with the evening meal on
Sunday, Aug. 13, through lunch on
Saturday, Aug. 19. Registration
fee and some course materials
are included in the enrollment
cost. Checks should be made
payable to: NERCOM
S c h o o l / C A P, a n d s e n t w i t h
applications. Applications must
be received from wing headquarters no later than July 15,
1978.
Transportation: Applicants,
cadet or senior, will arrange
their own transportation to and
from the school. The Kutztown
Airport, located one-half mile
west of the school, is available
for light aircraft. Continental
Trailways buses do make a stop
in front of the school. Local
transportation from the airport
and train terminals will be furnished by the Communications
School upon request.
Students in all courses must be
physically~=~----capable~ of .... p a r -

ticipating in ﬁeld communications as well as classroom
work and must attend all formations at the school and activities scheduled by the staff. A
chaplain will conduct a Moral
Leadership Program which is

mandatory for cadet students.
All senior members must have
completed Level 1 training requirements.
If you need further information
about the school, write to the address listed above.

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Zack Mosley Book
In Second Printing
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- Zack
Mosley's book, "Brave Coward
Zack," published by Valkyrie
Press, Inc., is now in its second
-- and revised -- printing.
In his book, Mosley, a charter
member and one of the founders
of Civil Air Patrol, tells the story
of his 40-year career as creator
and author of the aviation adventure comic strip, "Smilin' Jack,"
and of his long interest in aviation. Mosley, a veteran pilot, is
still a colonel in Civil Air Patrol.
He ﬂew Coastal Patrol with CAP

during World War II and gives
many details of the early days of
Civil Air Patrol in the book.
The book would make an appreciated gift to anyone and
would be an excellent addition to
the library of any Civil Air Patrol
member. It is available at a discount from the CAP Bookstore,Maxwell AFB, Ala. Regular
price is $6.95 plus 50 cents
postage, but can be bought from
the Bookstore at $5.95 and the
Bookstore will pay the postage.
Use the coupon printed below to
order your copies.

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CAP Bookstore
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INSTRUCTOR TEAM -- LI. Col. Oliver J. Marlborough, left, and Lt. Col. Charles J. Alberts Jr.,
share their knowledge with students studying the communications and technical specialty at the
recent Louisiana Wing Squadron Leadership School.

53 Attend Louisiana Wing Sch{, ,l
ENGLAND AFB, La.-- The
Louisiana Wing recently staged a
two-day Squadron Leadership
School here which drew 53
students.

assisted by other members of the
w i n g s t a ff a n d D r. R i c h a r d
Ovington from the Directorate of
Senior Training at National
Headquarters.

Lt. COl. Charlotte Wright, the
Louisiana Wing director of senior
programs, directed the school,

These schools have been
developed to help train new
members in squadron staff work

and to train others who may have
been reassigned to different
positions. All wings and regions
are being urged to plan these
schools on a regular basis. Any
wing which needs assistance in
this area can call on the staff of
the Directorate of Senior Training at National Headquarters.

Enclosed is $
, Please send me
copies of "Brave Coward Zack"

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City
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(Make check or money order payble to:
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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

MAY 1978

PA G E E L E V E N

Rescuer's First Responsibility
Is To The Potential Survivor
By Maj. Robert Mattson
I'll give you some help. You're
HQ CAP-USAF
not working for the Air Force,
Hq. CAP, the wing commander,
Are the following attitudes,
y o u r u n i t c o m m a n d e r, t h e
statements and perceptions realemergency services ofﬁcer, the
ly true?
state, the sheriff, the FBO, your
1. If you know what you're dofamily, nor even yourself.
ing in SAR, you're not welcome
If you think you are working
at the mission base; you ask too
for one of these, you're in the
many embarrassing questions!
Lave
wrong businesSl You
2. If someone has developed an
effective program for SAR, he
on
will jealously guard against
is
anyone "stealing" it!
i ~the
3. The new "guy" in SAR
!~ ~ou
don't work for the survivors they
doesn't feel he needs to study or
to be trained, since he's a pﬂ~
already He doesn t have tim~ to
listen to the old timers.. = ..............
4. The "old heads" don't
to look at the books: they've b~en
the survivors. However, when
doing it their way for years. They
people think they're working for
don't keep up-to-date with new
themselves, place their position
techniques, and certainly don't
and role ﬁrst, and refuse to
have the time to listen to some
cooperate with others, there will
young fellow who's not even a
be no survivors.
pilot!
Working for the survivor does
Do these things happen? Do
not mean that each p~rson does
these attitudes exist? I'm getting
rumblings that they are commonhis own thing; rather, it means
that each individual acts in
place. Why? Why? Why?
cooperation with others involved
Who are we working for??
in providing aid to the survivor.
You dedicate hours of your
This may require you to keep
time and much money for SAR.
out of the way, to allow others to
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MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Casaday, national
commander of the Civil Air Patrol, has announced that 120 scholarships
of $50 each will be available for the ﬁrst 120 persons to enroll in the 1978
Aerospace Education Leadership Development Course to be held here
July 9-29, 1978.
In making the announcement, Ca saday reafﬁrmed his direet, p¢~tttvt~ ........
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DONATION -- Capt. Stuart Clark, left, commander 1O3rd
Comp. Sq. (Connecticut Wing), accepts a check for $300 from
SM Charles Perrault. Perrault makes the presentation on
behalf of the Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company of
Hartford, Conn., as part of its "Dollars for Doers" program.
It will be used to purchase educational equipment and needed
supplies.

Scholarships Offered To Enrollees

D O W N E D A I R C R A F T
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assist. It may mean accepting a
support role which is out of the
mainstream of the total effort. It
means sharing your knowledge
with others;~ helping them to
become more proﬁcient. It
means listening to others who
have new and better ways to
solve our SAR problems.
New ideas and methods are
coming into our SAR business
very rapidly.
At other times it may mean
working with, or for, someone
you really don't care for. (This is
difﬁcult but it may be best for
:~he:i~ur~ivor.) We should all be
~king for the survivor all the
~me~ there is no room for
: a~ing less! !
A second item this month is the
latest simpliﬁcation of POD
calculations. (If you don't know
what POD is, you can ﬁnd it in
CAPM 50-15, Attachment 7). Bob
G r e g o r i e , PA G r o u p 3 0 ,
Operations Ofﬁcer, assisted in
the development of the table.
You may use these in place of
the "SMC Calculations" on the
debrieﬁng side of the CAP Form
104. The answers will be very
close and are acceptable to the
AFRCC.

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Lost Engine Found In lowa Field
MASON CITY, Iowa -- Three
Iowa Wing squadrons recently
responded to a request by the
Department of Transportation to
look for an engine that caught

ﬁre and droppedoff a twin engine
Corsair near Elma, Iowa, recently.
Members of the North Iowa
Comp. Sq., the Cedar Rapids

CAP Cadets Nominated
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- Four
Civil Air Patrol cadets have
recently received congressional
nominations to the military service academies.
Cadet Justin Knaplund of the
Amelia Earhart Westchester
Cadet Sq. (New York Wing) was
nominated by Congressman
Richard Ottinger to the Air
Force Academy.
Three members of the Livonia

Cadet Sq. 11-2 (Michigan Wing)
also were nominated.
Congressman William M.
Brodhead nominated Cadet
Robert Graham to the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point
and Cadet Eric Checketts to the
U.S. Naval Academy at Anapolis.
Congressman John Conyers Jr.
nominated Cadet Akram Sidhom
to the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Comp. Sq. and the Ames-Boone
Comp. Sq. operated out of a mission headquarters at the Charles
City Airport. Lt. Col. Donald
Thompson of Cedar Rapids was
mission coordiantor.
Second Lt. Burton TeKippe and
SM Kenneth Miller of the North
Iowa Comp. Sq. sighted the engine three-fourths of a mile from
the town of Jericho.
When later interviewed on
KIMT-TV they said that it was a
one in a million chance that they
were able to ﬁnd it since it was
about a ﬁfth of the way in a plowed ﬁeld and buried in mud. Onlya
vortion of the cowling was showing.
TeKippe ﬂew air cover until a
ground crew arrived to conﬁrm
the ﬁnd.

MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- Ch. (Col.) Robert H. Beckley, CAP
National Chaplain, announced here recently that a third Christian Encounter Conference (CEC) for Civil Air Patrol cadets and senior
member' escorts is now available.
It will be at Silver Bay YMCA Camp in Silver Bay, N.Y., Aug. ~4-27.
All cadets and senior members who wish to attend this one, or one of
the other two conferences, should send their applications to the
National Chaplain at Maxwell AFB, Ala. 36112, as soon as possible.
The other two conferences are scheduled at Mars Hill, N.C., July 2@
28, and at Mo Ranch, Hunt, 'rex., Aug. 7-11.

Leadership Schools Scheduled
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- Two of the Southeast Region's leadership
schools have been held this spring; however, there are still two to be
held this month.
They will take place May 6-7 at the McGhee-Tyson ANG Base, Bldg.
213, in Knoxville, Tenn., and May 20-21 at the Rodeway Inn in Mobile,
Ala.
The schools will be held from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday and from
8:30a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
The schools will include a Command Seminar and a Level II Specialty
seminar. Classes on counseling and leadership will also be taught.
For further information write: HQ. Southeast Region; Route 1, Box
478, Elmore, Aia. 36025.

Missouri Wing Airlifts Blood
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The American Red Cross recently contacted the
Missiouri Wing to request airlift of an emergency supply of blood to a
hospital patient in Pittsﬁeld, Ill.
The Red Cross said that emergency abdominal surgery had been performed on a 74-year-old patient and that the blood was needed due to
complications.
A plane with three crew members was airborne within the hour and
carried the blood to Pittsﬁeld hospital representative who took it to the
hospital.

Coast Guard Exchange A vailable
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- According to information received here at
Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters, CAP members are authorized
to purchase uniform items from any U.S. Coast Guard ExchangeClothing Store.
CAP members must show a current Civil Air Patrol membership
card to be eligible to make such purchases. Authority for this privilege
is contained in Coast Guard Manual CG-146.

MAY 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE TWELVE

July Staff College
Planned In Virginia
CENTERVILLE, Va. -- For
the third consecutive year, the
Middle East Region will host the
Eastern Staff College under the
direction of Lt. Col. Barbara
Morris, deputy chief of staff for
Training.
The school will be held July 915, 1978, at Roanoke College in
Salem, Va., instead of at Randolph Macon College where it
had been held in previous years
because the school has outgrown
the facilities available there.
The curriculum will still include management and
leadership, but the seminars will
be based on daily assigned
problems instead of on Levels I
FUND RAISERS -- Fifty-three cadets and senior members of Groups 2 and 8 of the Illinois
Wing answer telephones for a fund-raising drive at Chicago educational television station
WTTW. The station's announcer said, CAP's "main mission is search and rescue and tonight
they are coming to the rescue of Channel 11." The only ineome for the station is contributions
from viewers since it carries no commercial advertising.

and II senior training.
Personnel from the Northeast
Region will have a greater part
in the school as seminar leaders
and staff members.
Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Casaday,
national commander, CAP, will
be guest of honor at the dining
out and will also present
diplomas at the graduation
ceremonies.
Applications should be sent as
soon as possible to Lt. Col. Barbara Morris; 10316 Armory Ave. ;
Kensington, Md. 20795. Wing
commanders have full details on
eligibility requirements and
other information on the school.

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CAP Couple Assist Alaska Air Ev ac
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Capt.
R e a g a n a n d M a j . Vi r g i n i a
Crowell, members of the
Washington Comp. Sq. 1 (Oregon
Wing), spent the past New
Year's Eve in Alaska ata remote
radar site on the Chukchi Sea 170
miles north of the Artic Circle
where they took part in an
emergency air evacuation.
Maj. Crowell was then working
as a remote site medical teclmi-

clan when a retired Air Force
NCO at the site came to her in
the evening of Jan. 31 with considerable pain from a possible
heart attack.
Following her initial examination, she contacted the emergency room at the Elmendorf AFB
hospital where the duty physician
concurred with her provisional
diagnosis and thought the man
should be brought to Elmendorf

Earhart A wards--March 1978
0
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Luz M. Oehoa .................04292
Kai E. Gerkey ................ 05108
Jay M. Hyland ............... 05148
Mark S. Tomblin ............ 07006
Randal L. Rose ..............
David C. Restuchar ......... 08425
LeeA. Barker ................ 09090
Kayla A. Powers ............ 10090
Bernard A. Mo ............... 10105
Steven J. Holmstrom ....... If011
David R. Letarskl ........... 11211
David P, Johnson ............ 11271
Leah M, Reimer ............. 12123
Harold W. Grigdesby ....... 12123
Kay L, Lincoln ...............20072
Brooke C. Smith ............. 20199

Wally J. Menrschaert ...... 20199
James F. Goodruw .......... 20561
Curt A. Hed ................... 21017
Marie L. Vozzo ............... 22057
Richard S, Graziano ........ 23018
John M. Neese ...............25033
Claudio J. Solorzana ........ 25054
Joseph T. Collins ............ 25066
t, lnda J. Krygeris ........... 28037
Stephen K. De Blois ........ 31073
Daniel J, White .............. 31164
Richard C. Frost ............31273
DaVid W, Trup ............... 22029
Craig L. Williams ........... 36057
Patti A. McKeevar .......... 26042
3
Mary E. Salvage ............. 7068
Stanley A. Skrabut .......... 87~8

Robert N. Reges ............. 37222
Michael J. Snodgrass .......380~
Joel K. Goloskie .............38025
Corinne A. Kokoszka ....... 38035
Mark D. Baugh .............. 39019
Joseph T. Kinard ............39010
James L. Baker ..............41144
Andrew W. Hermeman ....43057
Dana B. ~m Wood .........47094
George L. Hodgson ......... 48055
Susan M. Pawlowski ........ 48126
Hector C. Diaz ? .............. 520~/
Juan C. Montancs ...........52035
Eduardo Leciano ............599~
Carmen M. Gonsales ....... 32097
Luis F. Fernandez .......... 52105

Mitchell A wardsBMarch 1978
Sheila S. Sturgeon ........... 04261
Allen L. Hammaun ......... 05068
Richard L. Province ........ 05998
David B, Rushing ........... 5143
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Kevin J. Shompar ........... 05148
John S,Gonzales ............. 051~,
Henry R. Tichy .............. 060'59
Beth A. McDewell ..........07004
Ronald J. Clift ...............0 7 ~
Kra/g M, Doyle .............. 08066
Karen L. Fronckowiak..... 0~27
Scott E. Kirby ................ 09023
Cristuv Dosev ................11011
Guy G, McCulloch ........... 11020
Donald H. Coleman ......... 11041
Ronnld P. Barback .......... 11042
Phyllis A, Gatewend ........ 11137
Mary E. Rafferty ...........11263
Janet R. Breygogle ......... 13004
Tim L. Mulnix ................ 13004
Dione M. Chmielewski..... 13004
Norman D, Burtness ....... 13075
Lonnle R. Dillon ............. 14061
.Lisa C.M. Bayhi ............. 16021
John A, Fandel .............. 180f~
James M Wright ............ 18071
Paul R. Quellette ............19019
Raymond P. Brunelle ...... 19050
Donald G. Benudry Jr ...... 19G60
Eddie L. Jackymack ....... 20065
Paul V. Harris ............... 29965
Frederick J. Brown ......... 20164
Robert J. Golden ............ 20199
Kathleen M. Nietzke .......20538
Steve A. Schroeder .......... 20550
David W. Sod~ ........ 21012
Scott A. Huberty ............. 21041
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Robert B. Smith .............2506
Vincent T. AnwyH; ...... , . . . 2 , ~
Paul M. Proulx ,,~..:.....U~dl

Ch aries W. Fabijanic ....... 29~8
Roger W. Andrujco ........29058
David O. Lacr(ms ............ 29092
Peter A. Barbin .............. 30012
John L. Zoldi ................. 31011
Michael J. Carroll ...........31296
Matthew S. Trieb ............31333
Robert G. Thomas .......... 32111
Dickie W. Hayes ............. 32111
Michael E. Richards ....... 32119
Scott A. Livingston ......... 24015
William M. Pry[ogle ....... 34114
Bon L. Adolf .................. 3601g
An toelo Heruandes .........36073
Gary J. Hancock ............26073
Ellysha L. Macivor .........37010
Ann E. Bomgardner ........ 37045
Na thanlel Lewis ............. 37048
Donna M. Chamberlain.... 37088
Eddy J. Peyeolds ...........370~8
Debby A. Baker ..............3 7 ~
Stephen C. Krotow .......... 37105
TedJ. Davis .................. 37145
Ricky L. Tantlthger ......... 37145
Matthew J. McMillen ...... 27146
Rebecca M, Devinay ....... 37273
Frank E. Jolly ............... 39975
David W. McCutchen ....... 41073
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John D. Sullivan ............. 42262
Da nny A. Dollar ............. 42279
Tim A. Sume ................. 43027
Mark E. Spain ................ 45064
Michael G. Fonseca ........ 45064
Michael K. Southall ......... 45122
Tim'othy F. Hufhnna ....... 45122
Robert S. Bush ............... 45122
James K. Willis Jr ..........4.5122
Jeffrey D. Ewthg ............ 451~
Greg T, Had~ ............... 4600~
Dave A~ Muou ...............4S0~

Ivan S. McKnight ............ 47013
Richard M. Byrnside ....... 47013
Jeffrey S. Garnes ...........47013
Robert W. Rutta .............47013
Jeff L. Nelson ................ 48046
Steven J. Schmidt ........... 8061
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Wesley J. Barut .............. 1057
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Randal A. Leval .............51057
Douglas J. Dawson ......... 51057
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Modesto Lope~ ...............52035.5
Raymond Ramos ............ 52035
Juau J. Arce .................. 52035
Miguel A. Lopes ............. 52035
Monserrate Cruz ............32035
Jose Marrero ................. 52035
Wa nda I. Almodovar .......52087
Kelvin Nieves ................ 52097
Eddie Robles .................52097
Evelyn Hernandez .......... 52097
Raul Hernande~ .............52097
Luis E. Lopez ................ 52097
Ana L. Valasquez ............ 52097
Wanda I. Ortiz ............... 52097
Wilfrndo Santiago ...........52097
Maria De Los A. Ateca..... 52097
Genevieve Gonsales ........ 52097
Maria M. Cuadrado ......... 52097
Julio C. Medina .............. 52097
Lucia I. Aloyo ................ 52097
Jose L. Delgado ..............52097
Jose A, Ortlz .................. 52108
Albert Rtvera ........~ ....... 521~[
Jose D. Santos ...............52108
Alan P. Cacho ................ 52111

for treatment. The man was put
on oxygea and given intravenous
therapy.
A conference call was set up
between Maj. Crowell, the
Elmendorf physician and the 71st
Air Rescue and Recovery Sq. at
Elmendorf.
At the same time, Capt.
Crowell, who was maintenance
superintendent at the site, dispatched personnel to make a
report on the runway condition.
Using that information and
weather report the rescue people
decided not to attempt a ﬂight
until the next morning.
A C-130 with Air Force
pararescue personnel aboard
arrived at the site the next morning. It was directed to the parking place by Capt. Crowell, and
with the engines still running,
pararescuemen went to the air
station to check on the heart att a c k v i c t i m a n d supervise
loading for the ﬂight.
The patient was then
transported to the air strip. Maj.
Crowell stayed with him all the
way to the aircraft. Capt.
Crowell then directed the taxiing
aircraft to its take off point.

PRESENATION -- Scott Matheson, governor of Utah, left,
holds the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award which he will present to
Cadet Kathy Hart, Oqairrah Mountain Comp. Sq. (Utah
Wing). Hart is presently attending the University of Utah.
She is from Billings, Mont., and is a former member of the
Billings Comp. Sq. (Montana Wing).

The Crowells are now back in
Oregon where they have been actively involved in search and
rescue activities for CAP. Capt.
Crowell is also the County Director of Emergency Services.

AFJROTC Members
Join To Take Part
In Flight Training
HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, Fla.
-- Air Force Junior Reserve Ofﬁ c e r s Tr a i n i n g C o r p s
(AFJROTC) at Citrus High
School will join the Civil Air
Patrol and become eligible for
pilot ground school and ﬂight
training, according to Capt.
William E. Greet, commander of
the Citrus County Comp. Sq.
Under the plans developed hy
Greet and Maj. Arlyn A. Sukut
(USAF Pet.), advisor to the
AFJROTC unit, the cadets would
ﬂy in CAP abrcraft out of Crystal
' River Airport. .

T U I T I O N G R A N T - Garrett Schwartz, president, Front
Range Chapter, Air Force Assodatlon, Colorado, right,
presents a cheek for $382 tuition for CAP's National
Leadership Development Course on Aerospace Education to
USAF Col. Elmer J. Zulauf, Rocky Mountain Llaisom Region.
The scholarship recipient has not yet been chosen.

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HIGH AWARD -- Capt. Mark S. Riggsbee, Shelby County
Comp. Sq. 2 (Tennessee Wing), left, receives the Col. Frank
Borman Falcon Award from Congressman John Duncan
during recent ceremonies in Knoxville.
CONGRATULATIONS -- Cadet Third Class Mary W. Daley
of the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 1980, center, receives
the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award from Brig. Gen. Stanley C.
Beck, commandant of cadets at the Academy, as Commander
Ernest L. Lewis of the Navy Systems Command looks on.
Lewis was deputy commander of cadets of the
Fredericksburg Comp. Sq. (Virginia Wing) when Daley was a
cadet there.

CAP Radio Personnel
Directs Rescue Of Girl
B y Maj. Frank A. Burnham
HQ. California Wing
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Two old
rimers, a cadet and a young
senior member who only recently
made the transition from cadet
ranks weren't credited with a
ﬁnd or a save in mission earlier
this year, but Carol Robson of
Fort Collins, Colo.,' knows her 10year-old daughter, Michel, is
alive today because of their work
and especially because CWO Bob
Keilholtz of Pasadena Cadet Sq.
17 (California Wing), made a difﬁcult, on-the-spot, ﬁeld decision.
The mission began when the
pre-1960 Cessna 182, piloted by
Gene McCaffrey of Boulder,
Colo., carrying his wife, Rachel,
and their granddaughter, failed
to arrive at San Diego's
Lindbergh Field on a ﬂight from
Prescott, Ariz.
The California Wing Mission
Data Team conﬁrmed that the
aircraft had reached the Colorado River entering California and
that the pilot did intend continuing to San Diego despite the
weather conditions.
With almost all of Southern
California socked in, mission
coordinator, Capt. Rod Lattimer
of Group 3, deployed ground DF
teams into the area of greatest
probability.
Several airliners reported receiving ELT signals in an area
west of the Julian VOR to the
Los Angeles center.
Keilholtz was dispatched to
operate a radio relay from Mt.
Laguna, an area not covered by
Southern California's four VHF
repeater stations.
Capt. Gary Limpus of the
California Wing Staff and his
wife, Capt. Dolores Limpus,
spent more than 12 hours in the
ﬁeld the ﬁrst afternoon and night
and returned the next morning.
The ELT was difﬁcult to track,
but they ﬁnally triangulated it

and narrowed the area to a few
square miles.
When Limpus tried to radio the
coordinates to base, Keilholtz,
listening to both sides of the conversation, realized that the informarion was not getting through.
He also knew that on the east
sideof the mountains a San Diego
County Sheriff's helicopter was
just landing at Ocrillo Wells after
searching for some missing
hikers.
Keilholtz, who also monitored
the weather at the coordinates
given by the DF team, saw that a
momentary clearing had ocanother location."
"Keilholtz made a ﬁeld decision, and a good one," California
Wing Mission Control Ofﬁcer Lt.
Col. Betty Decker declares,
"when he told the DF team ~o
maintain position in the face of
instructions being radioed (but
not being received) for it to go to
another location.
He also directed the sheriff's
helicopter to the scene on
another frequency and provided
communications between the units until they were able to talk
directly.
The clouds remained out of the
area just long enough for the
helicopter to spot the wreckage
and land nearby and take Michel
to safety."
According to doctors, the girl
was in fair condition with a
broken jaw and suffering from
exposure. Her grandparents did
not survive the incident.
Authorities agree that with the
weather situation, her injuries
and the probable deterioration of
her morale, Michel probably
would not have survived another
day and night.
In a telephone call to the
California Wing, Carol Robson
asked that her gratitude be
relayed to all involved, especially the DF team and Keilholtz.
"Just tell those people I ask
God to bless them," she said.

Cadets Work On Nebraska Levee
FREMONT, Neb. -- When the
Platte River overﬂowed its
banks recently causing the worst
ﬂoods in 40 years, members of
the Fremont Cadet Sq.
(Nebraska Wing) were called out
to ﬁll sandbags to reinforce the
levee near this threatened
northeast Nebraska town.
Further south, the town of
Valley and several suburbs of

E Q U I P M E N T C O M PA R I SON-Members of the California Wing's Group 1
squadrons recently assisted with the March of
Dimes Superwalk '78 in
Northridge, Calif. While
there they had a chance to
compare equipment with
paramedics on a Schaefer
ambulance.
ABOVE:
Paramedic Scott D. Jasgur,
center, demonstrates equipment carried in the ambulance to Cadets David Weiss,
left, Yvonne Wuchter and
Richard Venrick. RIGHT:
Ist Lt. Charles Hagan, left,
deputy commander of the
North Hollywood Comp.
Sq. 3, discusses equipment
in the unit's emergency
services van with
paramedic Ray Gilson.
Cadets David Weiss, sec o n d f r o m l e f t , To n y
Oomans and Steven Weiss
look on. (Photos by Capt.
Beth Hughes)

Omaha were ﬂooded by the
Platte and Elkhorn rivers.
The American Red Cross called on the Nebraska Wing headquarters to provide aerial surveillance of the rivers and the
weakened dikes. The Civil Air
Patrol provided a Cessna 172 and
a PA-18 to cover the ﬂooded
area.

Other Omaha area CAP units

assisted the Red Cross with its
emergency food distribution
program to the victims.
Other agencies providing relief
to ﬂood victims were the
National Guard, Salvation Army,
local sheriff and civil defense ofrices.
Damages from the ﬂood totaled $67 million.

MAY 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE FOURTEEN

CAP News In Photos

iiii~,

FALCON AWARD -- Brig. Gen. Claude W. Biehn, adjutant
general for the Oregon National Guard, presents Cadet Gary
~rimor, Corvallis Comp. Sq. (Oregon Wing) the Col. Frank
Borman Falcon Award. Lorimor, a student at Oregon State
University in the AFROTC program, also received the Gen.
Carl A. Spaatz Award at the same time.
SPAATZ AWARD -- Cadet David N. Simmons, left, of the Arvada Comp. Sq. (Colorado Wing)
receives the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award from Lt. Gen. Kenneth L. Tallman, superintendent of
the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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APPRECIATION -- Harold G. Brown, defense property disposal ofﬁcer, Lexington-Bluegrass
Army Depot, Lexington, Ky., left, accepts a certiﬁcate of appreciation from Maj. Nathaniel
L. Tucker, commander Group 4 (Kentucky Wing). Brown was honored, for helping CAP to
obtain serviceable equipment. (U.S. Army Photo)

CADET HIKE -- Cadet Jose D. Santos, right, leads newly
recruited members of the Cidra High School Cadet Sq. (Puerto Rico Wing) on an overland hike to the squadron encampment area at Montellano. (Photo by 1st it. Pedro Zayas)

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RADIO DUTY -- Cadet Rick Goodman, left, assists another
cadet of the Raleigh Comp. Sq. (North Carolina Wing)
operating a radio at the squadron's command post at the
Raleigh-Durham Airport. On weekends from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening, cadets monitor the radio and
provide current weather updates and other information to
pilots. (Photo by 1st Lt. Lynne Edwards)

in ....
FLIGHT TIME -- Cadet members of the Stratford Eagles Comp. Sq. (Connecticut Wing) pose
with Capt. Daniel Lessard, front row kneeling, deputy commander for cadets, before boarding a
C-130 for a ﬂight to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, where they visited the Air Force Museum.
(Photo by SM Konstatine Rycbalsky)

MAY 1978

Northeast
Region
New Hampshire Wing Information Ofﬁcer Col. Herbert Gray presented an
award to 2nd Lt. Bertha Lessard, Hooksett
Comp. Sq., for conducting an outstanding
unit information program... Lt. Col.
Richard Blom, commander Group 30
(Pennsylvania Wing), recently received
an Air Force Association Citation for the
Outstanding Group of the Year from the
Olmstead Chapter of the AFA. Capt.
Richard Welliver, former Group 30 administration ofﬁcer and now assigned to
the region staff, received the senior
member of the year award. Cadet Janet
Jones was named the outstanding cadet of
the year for the state ... Members of the
National Aviation Facilities Experimental
Center Comp. Sq. (New Jersey Wing)
received training with the 177th Fighter
Group of the New Jersey Air National
Guard. Cadets Heather Perkins, Scott
Clark, Carmen DiGiacinto and Charles
Thompson trained in the medical
laboratory and conducted routine eye and
hearing tests, EKGs and urine analysis.
The squadron als0 recently assisted the
American Heart Association in the local
chapter's fund drive.
John V. Klein, Suffolk County executive,
recently congratulated Cadet Donald
Prince, Suffolk Cadet Sq. 10 (New York
Wing) on being named squadron Cadet of
the Year ... Cadet Rebecca DeVinnv, Indiana Cadet Sq. 703 (Pennsylvania Wing),
recently received a certiﬁcate for
"Outstanding Contribution to the Accomplishment of the Recruiting Mission"
by SSgt. Raymond L. Snyder Jr., Air
Force recruiter in Indiana, Pa. She completed 200 hours of volunteer work for the
Air Force Recruiting Service ... Several
members of the Westchester Group (New
York Wing) recently completed a multimedia ﬁrst aid course with members of
the Mt. Pleasant, N.Y., auxiliary police.
The course was sponsored jointly by CAP,
the Red Cross and the Police Benevolent
Association.
The recently renamed Blair County Sr.
Sq. 1503 (Pennsylvania Wing), formerly
known as Squadron 615, has been assigned
to Group 1500, commanded by Ist Lt. Gary
Gerardine, who was formerly commander
of Squadron 615 ... Seven members of the
Lebanon Sr. Sq. (New Hampshire Wing)
were honored for 20 or more years service
to the Civil Air Patrol. Col. John Plane,
wing commander, presented Capt. Clifford S. Henderson, squadron commander,
with a certiﬁcate recognizing his 25 years,
in CAP. Henderson in turn recognized Ist.
Lts. Leo T. Kelly and George N. Rice for
36 years: Ist Lt. Glenn Chapman for 31
years, Lt. Col. Blair Watson for 26 years;
Lt. Col. Vernon N. Clark for 23 years, and
Lt. Col. Howard C. Young for 20 years.
The squadron is now in its 26th year of
operation ... The Rostraver Blacksheep
Sr. Sq. (Pennsylvania Wing), after receiving the latest directives for mission
qualiﬁed pilots and observers is undergoing a complete update.
Cadets of the Orange County Group
(New York Wing) recently took the part of
victims in a disaster exercise held by Horton Hospital ... Members of the Suffolk
County Group (New York Wing) Cadet Advisory Council held their Second Annual
Ball in Sayville recently. Cadet William
Malone, cadet commander of Squadron 5
and also chairman of the council, received
the Cadet of the Year Plaque. Squadron 10
was named Squadron of the Year. Cadet
Ann Tracy of Squadron 4 was named Miss
Suffolk County and Cadet John Hertz of
Squadron 6 was named Mr. Suffolk County. This was the ﬁrst year that these last
two awards were given. Capt. Joy Nelson
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drew Balistreri pinned on his ﬁrst lieutenant bars ... Ten cadets of the Amelia
Earhart Westchester Cadet Sq. (New
York Wing) have completed the American
Red Cross course in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation. Five members of the
volunteer ﬁre department also attended
the course, which was given in the
squadron headquarters building.
Members of the North Pennsylvania
Comp. Sq. 905 will attend special brieﬁngs
given by the General Electric Corpoation's Viking and Space Shuttle team
members ... Cadets Marian F. Cronin,
Linda J. Krygeris, Brian Bowen and Dirk
H. Slone recently ﬂew on an inﬂight
refueling mission aboard a KC-135 of the
New Hampshire Air National Guard unit
at Pease AFB. Lt. Col. Herb Gray of the
New Hampshire Wing staff accompanied
the members of the Highlanders Comp.
Sq. on the ﬂight. Future ﬂights for other
cadets of the squadron are planned ... The
entire membership of the South Hills
Comp. Sq. 613 (Pennsylvania Wing) is
studying the Red Cross ﬁrst aid course.
Senior Member John Silver is conducting
an FAA-approved ground school for all interested members of the squadron.

Middle East
Region
Cadets of the Wheeling Comp. Sq. (West
Virginia Wing) recently greeted a new
member, Cadet Bob Luchetti who joined
the squadron in January...Over 180 Civil
Air Patrol members in Maryland recently
helped out at the United Cerebral Palsy of
Central Maryland's telethon. Personnel
were assigned to the telephone headquarters at Montgomery Wards and TV
s t a t i o n W B A L . Tw o s q u a d r o n c o m manders, Capt. William Loring and Maj.
Robert Martin, were interviewed and gave
a brief description of CAP.
Lt. Col. Ernest L. Lewis,
Fredericksburg Comp. Sq. (Virginia
Wing), is a commander on active duty
with the Navy, who is advanced develop.me.hi project ofﬁcer for the XFV-12A Vert i c a l / S h o r t Ta k e o f f a n d L a n d i n g
(V/STOL) technology prototype aircraft,
which will soon be tested at NASA's
Langley Research Center. Lewis is
teaching squadron members the language
and fundamentals of V/STOL aircraft.
Cadets of the St. Mary's Comp. Sq.
(Maryland Wing) recently had orientation
rides on aircraft from the Congressional
Sq. (National Headquarters). For many
cadets it was the ﬁrst time in the air. Ofﬁcials from both squadrons felt that such
joint activities will help build the cadet
program. Plans have been made to repeat
the ﬂight for other cadets.

Southeast
Region
Six members of the Howard Showalter
Sr. Sq. (Florida Wing) got an extra treat
recently. Just before a safety seminar that
they were scheduled to attend one Saturday, First Lady Roselynn Carter arrived
in Herndon Airport in Air Force Two.
When squadron members arrived, they
found the DC-9 parked outside and four
stewards in the snack room. They struck
up a conversation that soon turned to the
aircraft and before long the found
themselves on a tour of the jet.
Se.nior Member Bryan Posey of the West
Miami Cadet Sq. (Florida Wing) ﬁnished
91st in the recent Greater Miami
Marathon. Of the 230 people who competed, only 140 ﬁnished. Squadron cadets
took part in the United Way Walk-A-Thon
recently. All the cadets walked part of the
way. Cadets Tom Conard and Ronald
Gulla walked the entire 20-mile distance.
Lt Col. Clayton Miller and 2nd Lt. James
W. Smith of the Deland Comp. Sq.

PA G E F I F T E E N

(Florida Wing) recently received cer- niture store, has been named chairman of
the Benton County Chapter of the
tiﬁcates of appreciation of the outstanding
American Cancer Society's 1978 Educaservice with the squadron from squadron
tion and Fund Raising Crusade which
commander 2nd Lt. Marvin Lane.
began in April ... Cadet James Elliot,
Thunderbird Comp. Sq. 4 (New Mexico
Wing), was named Wing Cadet of the Year.
Squadron cadets also recently attended a
day of activities' sponsored by the
pararescue unit at Kirkland AFB ... Maj.
C a d e t s M i c h a e l S c e g l i o , J e ff r e y
Rupert E. Hazen, chaplain of the Teml~e
Williams, Mark Oldham, Tom Miron,
Comp. Sq. 307 (Arizona Wing_), was recentMichael Huck, Gall Patridge and Terry
Baumgartner and 2nd Lt. Dennis Evans of ly awarded the Army National Guard
Meritorious Service Medal upon his retirthe South Macomb Cadet Sq. 3-2 (Michigan
merit from the guard. Hazen previously
Wing) are enrolled in an adult education
received the CAP Meritorious Service
aviation ground school course at Fraser,
Award. Maj. John H. Penner has been
Mich._Two members of the President
n a m e d c o m m a n d e r o f t h e Te m p e
Gerald R. Ford Cadet Sq., (Michigan
squadron, replacing 1st Lt. George
Wing), Cadets Chris G. Coakley and RanHelman, who joined the Air Force and is
dy Muhguia, volunteered to~ assist the
presently going through navigator trainMothers and Dads' Clubs at Brother Rice
ing.
High School in a recent fund raising project ... The Farmington Cadet Sq.
(Michigan Wing) has chosen three Cadets
of the Quarter. They are Cadets Roth
Snively, Marisa Brown and Ann Williamson ... Cadet Ronald Reimer of the Lake
County Comp. Sq. South (Indiana Wing)
North Valley Comp. Sq. (Colorado
has been elected chairman of the Wing
Wing) recently took part in a Wing cadet
Cadet Advisory Council ... The nine man
SARCAP. Cadets worked as ground ten
Ohio Wing drill team, led by Cadet John members, air crews and staff at mission
Benedict, gave a ﬁve minute innovative
headquarters. Cadet Roberta Proctor was
drill exhibition before an audience during
commended for doing a good job as the air
half time at the West Pennsylvania Drill
operations ofﬁcer. Other cadets parAssociation Competition recently.
t i c i p a t i n g w e r e G r e g g B e a r y, J o h n
Members of the Trenton Cadet Sq.
Gullinane, Anton Eret Jr., Allen Ham(Michigan Wing) recently attended a
man, Fred Lavigne, Brenda Leonhardt,
planetarium show at the Cranbrook
Daniel McConnell, Michael Pesall and
Institute of Science,in Bloomﬁeld Hills,
Kevin Yackle ... 2nd Lt. Kathleen A.
Mich., entitled "Traveling Under the
Baysinger, North Valley squadron inforStars," which depicted the positions of the marion ofﬁcer, was named the Outstanding
stars as seen from different parts of the
Senior Member by the squadron comworld at various times in the past ... Capt.
mander, Lt. Col. Leonard E. Bluebaugh.
P a u l a H u ff a k e r, s u p p l y o f ﬁ c e r f o r
Other._aw~_wexe presented to Cadets
Michigan~sGroup t6, was selected Senior
Joel Flores, Outstanding Cadet Airman;
of the Month for February ... The Blue
Cadet Anion Eret Jr., Outstanding Cadet
Water Cadet Sq. (Michigan Wing) moved
N.CO and Gregg Beary, Oustanding Cadet
into its new permanent home at the St.
Ofﬁcer. Capt. Stanley Kilgore was given a
Clair County Airport in February.
special ELT award. North Valley cadets
The Lockbourne Comp. Sq. 1000 (Ohio
recently attended a training exercise at
Wing) held its awards night recently. First
Fort Carson, Colo., which taught ﬁeld
Lt. Gerie Cornette was named Senior
safety and sanitation, ﬁrst aid, litter
Member of the Year for managing the inevacuation, night navigation and rappelformation and recruiting programs. Cadet
ling.
David A. Toy was chosen as Cadet of the
Year ... For the past few years Maj. Julius
Appel of the Kentucky Wing's Group 4 has
had a window display at the Cincinnati,
Ohio, Greyhound Bus Terminal. Changing
it frequently, he displays about 75
At a recent West Bay Comp. Sq. 110
different types of aircraft and vehicles, in(California Wing) awards banquet, Maj.
cluding a Greyhound bus, ﬂags, and CAP
Henrik Lock was named Senior Member of
posters.
the Year and Cadet Alan Healey was
presented the Cadet of the Year Award. A
number of unusual awards were also given
out, one of them was the "Sponge" given
to the best plane washer ... Maj. Marvin
Mullins, former commander of the North
Six cadets from the Salina Comp. Sq.
Hollywood Comp. Sq. 3 (California Wing)
recently received a plaque from cadets in
(Kansas Wing) and Capt. Jeff Guernsey of
the Wing staff recently were invited by the
the squadron, which he commanded for six
Salina Army National Guard to watch the
years. It was presented by the new commander, a former cadet, Capt. Jay WeinM-60 tank on the Ft. Riley ﬁring range.
soft ...The Delta Comp. Sq. 44 (California
Cadets attending were John Wies, Lee
Wing) was recently named the OutstanPhillips, Gary Phillips, Bob Lagerstrom,
Ron Harvey and Joel Bradshaw ... Maj.
d i n g S q u a d r o n o f t h e Ye a r b y t h e
Yosemite Group 16. Cadet Francisco MarShirley Rosacker, information ofﬁcer for
the North Iowa Comp. Sq. (Iowa Wing)
tinez of the same squadron was named
Outstanding Cadet in Leadership. Cadet
who is starting her 20th year with CAP
Amy Greczyn was named Outstanding
was named the outstanding squadron inCadet in Aerospace Education ... The newformation ofﬁcer for Iowa for the second
year in a row. She had previously been inly formed Hickam Comp. Sq. (Hawaii
formation ofﬁcer and commander of the
Wing) recently held a static display on CNiantic Cadet Sq. (Connecticut Wing)
141 Starlifter and C-5 Galaxy aircraft for
Three other squadron members, Maj.
its members at Hickam AFB ... Members
William Rich, Capt. Dale Recker and 2nd
of CAP units in Peninsula Group 2
Lt. Burton TeKippe Jr were awarded the
(California Wing) won two of the three
awards at the recent wing conference in
search and rescue ﬁnd ribbon.
Fresno. Capt. Meyetta Behringer, R. G.
Fowler Cadet Sq. 114, was named Outstanding Female Pilot and Capt. Lee White,
commander of the San Jose Sr. Sq. 80,
accepted the Outstanding Senior Squadron
1st Lt. Norman Polk, Rogers Comp. Sq.
o f t h e Ye a r Aw a r d o n b e h a l f o f t h e
squadron.
(Arkansas Wing) owner of a local fur-

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Region

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Region

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Region

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Region

Southwest
Region

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