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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 9

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MAXWELL AFB, ALA: 36112

SEPTEMBER 1978

To p R e c r u i t e r s g / i l l E a r n Prizes

MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -Prices ranging from aircraft for
the winning wing to monetary
prizes for squadrons and trips to
the national board meeting will
be awarded in Civil Air Patrol's
recruiting campaign.
The campaign, running from
Jan. 1 until June 30, 1979, will be
a contest among CAP units to
see who recruits the most new
members. Except for two prizes
based on the highest percentage
of new members, prizes will be
based on the total number of new
members recruited during that
time. Only new members recruited during the campaign will
be considered, not the overall
membership growth. Recruiting

credit will be given only for individuals recruited as new
members and not for renewals or
late renewals.
Membership applications must
be signed by the new members,
approved by the unit commander
and postmarked after Dec. 31,
1978, and prior to July 1, 1979.
Applications received by National Headquarters after July 15.
1979. will not be considered.
Applications received, but
which are returned by National
Headquarters because of incorrect or inadequate information, will not be considered until
they have been resubmitted and
processed. Therefore, recruiters
should screen the monthly

membership listings to insure
that newly recruited members
have been processed.
Members, who have been
recruited but found to be ineligible for membership, will not be
considered.
Only one member will be
credited for recruiting a new
member and that member's
name, charter number, serial
number and whether the
recruiter is a cadet or senior
must be written on the front of
the membership application

form of the new member for the
recruiter to receive credit. This
can be compared to a sales contract. Several salesmen might
show the same prospect the same
product, but the salesman who
actually closes the sale and has
the customer sign the contract
gets credit for the sale. in order
to receive proper credit,
recruiters should be sure their
names and other information is
correctly given.
Pooling recruiting efforts is
not permitted. No member may

take credit for a new member
who was actually recruited by
someone else. National Headquarters will maintain a record
of new members and their
recruiters. Winners will be announced as soon as possible after
June 30, 1979.
The following prizes will be
awarded.
Wing
First Place: A Cessna 172 for the
highest number of new members.
(See MANY, Page 2)

Winners Of Brewer
Awards Announced
PHOENIX. Ariz. -- Civil Air
Patrol will honor the four
winners for 1978 of the Frank G.
_~ Brewer-CAP Memorial
Aerospace Award during
ceremonies here Sept. 9. The
awards will be presented at
CAP's annual national board
meeting.
The four are: Lt. Col. Alan R.
Creighton, Michigan Wing,
winner in the Senior Member
Category; Cadet Andrew K.
Weaver, California Wing, Cadet
Category winner: John O'Hara,
Individual Category winner; and
the Department of Aerospace
Studies, Central Washington
University, winner in the Organizational Category.
The award, consisting of
engraved plaques, commemorates the late Frank G.
Brewer, a Birmingham, Ala.,
trucking ﬁrm executive, for his
lifelong interest in aviation,
youth and education. To win the
award, nominees "must have
made an unselﬁsh, Outstanding

contribution to aerospace (aviation) or must have encouraged
others to do so.'-'
Creighton is commander of
Group 16 (Ypsilanti) of the
Michigan Wing and in recent
years has been instrumental in
providing leadership and training
to CAP members in the area of
aerospace education He established an elective course in
aviation which he teaches.
The Cadet Category winner is
the executive support ofﬁcer in
the California Wing. Weaver joined CAP in August 1971 and has
been active in all levels of the
cadet program. This year, he was
chairman of the National Cadet
Advisory Council. Last year he
served as commandant of the
Cadet Ofﬁcers School and
travelled to the Republic of
China (Taiwan) after being
selected for the 1976 International Air Cadet Exchange. He
is a pilot and has compiled more
than 125 ﬂying hours.
John O'Hara, the Individual
Category winner, has taught
aerospace education in New
Jersey for eight years. He initiated a project six years ago to
build the Kearny Space and
Science Center, which is scheduled to be completed next year.
The center will include a mission
control center, a ﬂight simulation room, labs and classrooms
to aid in teaching aerospace
education to youth.
The Department of Aerospace
Studies, Central Washington
University, was cited for support, inspiration and accomplishments in the ﬁeld of
aerospace education during the
past year. Headed by Dr. J.
Wesley Crum, the department initiated 15 separate aerospace
education workshops and
seminars within the state during
1977 and has increased this to 31
( See BREWER, Page 2)

GLIDER SOLO -- Air Force Brig. Gen. P~iul E. Gardner, executive director of the Civil Air
Patrol, left, congratulates Cadet Jeffrey C. Seabert on having soloed in a glider during the recent Illinois Wing ﬂight encampment. For story and more photos on the encamp~ment, see p. 8.

Leadership Development Course Held
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -Forty-nine students from all over
the United States and one from
Cairo, Egypt, gathered here
recently for the Aerospace
Education Leadership Development Course.
The course, sponsored jointly
by the Civil Air Patrol and Middle Tennessee State University,
is an annual three-week event.
featuring guest speakers on
topics like leadership skills,
seminar dynamics and public
issues in aerospace.

Tennessee State University were
given for the course. This credit
can be transfered to other institutions where the students are
working on degrees or accepted
by their school systems for required recertiﬁcation or to meet
salary increase requirements.
D r. J o h n F u r b a y, w o r l d
traveler, lecturer and author,
w a s t h e k e y n o t e s p e a k e r.
Through a daily radio show Holiday World, he has become known
as a speaker on the changing
world'scene.

Students were people with an
interest in aerospace education
who had previously attended
aerospace education workshops
stressing th~ scientiﬁc principles
of ﬂight and space, career information and classroom instruction.
Six hours of graduate or undergraduate credit at Middle

Franklin J. McDermott of the
Civil Aeronautics Board; Seth H.
Preece, staff vice president of
Pan American Airlines; and
Raymond A. Young III, deputy
assistant secretary of the
Department of Transportation,
led a seminar on the economic
regulation of international air
carriers.

Another public issue under discussion was airport noise and aircraft noise reduction, which was
led by Charles R. l%ster of the
Federal Aviation Administration
and Joseph H. Driscoll Jr., deputy county executive of New
York's Nassau County.
Civil air transport~ research
and development were another
(See LEADERSHIP, Page 2)

SE PTEMBER 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEW S

PAGE.T.W.O

Congressmen G e t S e a r c h A i r c r a f t
WASHINGTON, D.C, -- The
Congressional Sq. ~National
Headquarters) recently acquired
a modiﬁed Cessna 172 -- an exUSAF T-41A as a replacement
for its previous search and
rescue aircraft.
The Cessna. which is equipped
for instrument ﬂight, high speed
and short takeoff and landing
operations, was test ﬂown by
Congressman Lester L. Wolff of
New York. following a short
acceptance ceremony at Andrews AFB. Md.
The congressman, who ﬂew
CAP coastal patrol during World
War II. piloted the aircraft for
well over an hour. Wolff is a CAP
colonel and the unit's commander.
Several days later, as part of
the squadron's aerospace education program, he led a special
delegation on an inspection of the
aircraft. The delegation, which
was comprised of several
members of Congress, ofﬁcials
from the People's Republic of
China (PRC) and congressional
staff, was briefed by Wolff on the
operation of the aircraft and the
missions of the Civil Air Patrol
and of the Congressional Sq.
Included among the visitors
were Congressman Benjamin A.
Gilman, squadron deputy com-

mander and Liaison Ofﬁce Chief
Han Hsu. ranking PRC ofﬁcial in
Washington. The brieﬁng was
one in a series of high level.
selected brieﬁngs and tours
regularly provided to members
of Congress and staff by the
squadron.
The modiﬁed Cessna will allow
the squadron to greatly increase
its commitment to the emergency services program. According
to Wolff. "We feel that the additional avionics in this aircraft.
together with the increased
horsepower, will enable the
squadron to safely expand the
scope of its emergency services
activities. The direct result of
this will be greater mission support for the Civil Air Patrol. the
Air Force and the general
public. "'
The squadron, an operational
unit attached to National Headquarters, will maintain the aircraft on a 24-hoUr-a-day ramp
alert. This, along with increased
search and rescue training, will
insure a quick and effective
response to emergencies in the
Middle East Region. In addition
to its emergency services role,
the aircraft will be used for cadet
orientation ﬂights and priority
transport missions.

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CONGRESSIONAL AIRCRAFT -- Col. Lester L. Wolff, Congressman from New York, commander of the Congressional Sq. (National Headquarters) points to the markings on the unit's
recently acquired search and rescue Cessna 172. (Photo by 1st Lt. Miriam Luddeke)

Many Prizes To Be Given In Recruiting Contest
(Continued From Page 1)
A_Cessna 150 for the highest percentage of new members.
Second Place: A rebuilt engine
from the CAP depot.
Third Place: A CAP vehicle.
Cadet Advisory Council
To the cadet advisory council
of the wing recruiting the most
cadets.
Highest number: $500 for a
special cadet function.
Highest percentage: $250 for a
special cadet function.
Squadron
First Place: $500.
Second through Fifth Place:
$250.

Sixth through Tenth Place: winning squadron in each wing
will receive a certiﬁcate.
$100.
In the event that the samewing
Individual Prizes
has the highest number of new
First Place for a cadet: A trip
members and the highest percento the National Board meeting
tage of new members recruited,
for the winning cadet and an
only one prize will be awarded.
adult escort, a solo ﬂight scholarThe second airplane will be
ship for $500 and a set of CAP
awarded to the wing with the
regulations.
next highest percentage
First Place for a Senior: A trip
recruited.
to the National Board meeting
Also, if the same cadet adfor the senior and a CAP guest
visory council has the highest
and a set of CAP regulations.
number of new cadets and the
highest percentage recruited,
The trips to the National Board
one prize or $750 will be awarded.
include priority military airlift, a
room for three nights and tickets
A trophy will be awarded to the
winning wing in each region. The
to the banquet. If military airlift

is not available, commercial fare number of new members
will be provided.
recruited. In the event of a tie for
Second Place for__cadets only: a squadron or wing prize, the
A $500 solo'ﬂight scholarship.
percentage recruited ~~"~
Third Place for cadets only: A
to determine the winner. In the
$500 solo ﬂight scholarship.
event of a tie for the percentage
The next 10 high recruiters, prizes, the highest number of
cadet or senior, will receive a $50
members recruited will deterbookstore credit.
mine the winner. Ties for inThe next 50 high recruiters, dividual prizes will be broken by
cadet or senior, will receive CAP
a drawing at national headjumpsnits.
quarters.
All prizes, except for the winAll members, cadets or senning cadet advisory council, will
iors, who recruit 10 or more
members will receive a set of
be based on cadets and seniors
CAP regulations.
recruited. Prizes for the winning
All prizes, except the percencadet advisory council will be
tage prizes, will be based on the
based only on cadets recruited.

Region Plans Three Fall Schools

For the beneﬁt of all
members of Civil Air Patrol,
the statistics for 1978 for
search and rescue activities
throughout the organization
are shown below.
These are unofﬁcial ﬁgures,
compiled by the Directorate
of Operations at CAP National
Headquarters.
Asof August 6,1978
Number of Missions ............506
Number of Aircraft .......... 1,759
Number of Sorties ............6,861
Flying Hours ................ 15,124.1
Personnel ......................... 19,508
Saves ...................................... 36
Finds. ..................................... 283

Nov. 11-12 at Miami,F!a.
To date the region has held six
leadership schools, with an
average attendance of 40 persons. Dr. Richard J. Ovington of
the National Headquarters staff
has assisted in planning and conducting the schools.
Additonally a search and
rescue circuit riders school will

be conducted by the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center personnel and instructors from the
Southeast Region at Moody AFB,
Ga., Oct. 7-8.
Applications for the search and
rescue school should be sent to
Headquarters Southeast Region;
AFRCC SAR School; Route 1,
Box 478; Elmore, Ala. 36025.

Leadership

ELMORE, Ala. -- The
Southeast Region will hold three
squadron leadership schools this
fall.
They have been scheduled for
Sept. 16-17 at Birmingham, Ala. ;
Oct. 21-22 at Jackson, Miss. ; and

Brewer Awards
Scheduled
For Phoenix

(Continued From Page 1 )
issue under discussion. Howard
T. Wright of NASA's Langley
Research Center and G. Daniel
Brewer of Lockheed-California,
discussed the high price of
research and development of the
latest technologies, which often
are too expensive to adequately
test or incorporate in production
aircraft, and whether NASA
should take over that role.
Another aerospace education
leadership development course
has been tentatively scheduled
for July 8-28, 1979. For information on next year's course, write
Hq. CAP-USAF/ED, Maxwell
AFB, Ala. 36112.

(Continued From Page 1)
such projects in 1978. The
workshops and seminars offer
both graduate and undergraduate
credit and are effective in inspiring teachers to return to the
classroom with practical ideas.
Crum is also an active CAP
member serving as a.lieutenant
colonel.
A committee at National
Headquarters, Maxwell AFB,
Ala., selected the winners from
nominations submitted from
across the nation.

STAFF COLLEGE -- The 104 students at the Civil AirPatrol's Eastern Staff College pose for a group photo in front
of the Roanoke College in Salem, Va., which hosted the
course.

College Graduates 104
SALEM, Va. -- The Eastern
Staff College (ESC) convened
l~ere July 9 at Roanoke College,
with an enrollment of 104
students in thirteen seminars.
They represented 22 wings.
For the third consecutive year,
Lt. Col. Barbara Morris, deputy
chief of staff for training of the
Middle East Region (MER) was
director and Lt. Col. Walter
Straughan, Air Force liaison ofﬁcer with the MER was
curriculum coordinator. Col.

Walter Bifulco of the Northeast
Region was commandant of
students. Air Force Lt. Col.
Philip Alker of National Headquarters conducted a course on :
listening in the evenings, as~ ........
supplement to the eurrmdum7
The CAP National Commander,
Brig. Gen. Thomas' CYCasaday
and Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul E.
Gardner, executive director, addressed the dining out and
presented diplomas at the
graduation exercises.

SEPTEMBER 1978

PAGE THREE

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

,iadets Visit Satellite Control
Facility At Vandenberg AFB
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -During the latter part of July, 15
cadets and senior members from
the California Wing's Group 11
visited the 6596th Instrumentation Sq. Satellite Control Facility
here.
This included ﬁve members
from the Vandenberg Cadet Sq.
101 and 10 members from the
Allan Hancock Cadet Sq. in Santa
Maria. Accompanying the CAP
contingent were Capts. Gilbert
H. Day and Carla S. Day, commanders of both squadrons
respectively.
Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n f r o m t h e
Vandenberg Cadet Sq. headquarters, located on base, to the
Satellite Control Facility was
provided via bus by the 4392nd
Transportation Sq.
Upon their arrival, Lt. Col.
Harold L. Caddell, deputy commander of the 6596th Instrumentation Sq., briefed the CAP
members on his unit's mission,
which is to track, command and
receive data from satellites in orbit. About 300 Air Force personnel use the complex antenna
equipment, telemetry receivers
and computers to support or-

biting space vehicles in a 24
hours a day, seven days per week
operation. Space vehicles supported include weather, communications, navigation,
biosatellites and other research
and development satellites in orbit.
After their initial brieﬁng,
Caddell escorted half of the
visitors o n a t o u r o f t h e
operational complex, while Maj.
Robert J. Menzel, operations ofﬁcer, escorted the remaining
personnel.
D u r i n g t h e i r t o u r, C A P
members viewed the command
center, computer equipment and
a large radome which houses a
60-foot diameter tracking antenna. Completed early in 1969, the
radome was constructed by joining over 600 ﬁberglass panels
stretched across aluminum
f r a m e s . Tw o s u c h h u g e
"balloons" which look like giant
golf balls protect the squadron's
two tracking antennas from
adverse weather and facilitate
maintenance on the antennas.
The visit was highlighted by a
demonstration of the movement
of the large 60-foot antenna and

the overall tour was met with
enthusiasm. Numerous questions
were asked by the cadets. The
general impression felt by all
cadets was summarized by Cadet
Lance E. Kelly of the
Vandenberg Cadet Sq. 101 who
said, "The electronics are intriguing and show that it is very
complicated to operate the computers and other systems."
The station is one of six that
comprise the worldwide network
of the Air Force Satellite Control
Facility. Some others are located
in New Hampshire, Alaska,
Hawaii, California and Guam.
The squadron is part of the Air
Force Systems Command and is
known as the "Blue Suit Station"
of the Air Force Satellite Control
Facility because it is completely
operated and maintained by
military personnel.
The aerospace education
program, according to Capt.
Gilbert I-1. Day, is one of the major missions of the Civil Air
Patrol and the cadets' study
program is frequently
supplemented here at
Vandenberg AFB by ﬁeld trips to
aerospace activities and
facilities.

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AIR RACE -- Steve Ritchie, a jet ace in the Vietnam conﬂict, was guest of honor at a meeting of the South Long Beach
Senior Sq. 150 (California Wing). Ritchie, a veteran of 339
combat missions, was the only American pilot to down ﬁve
MiG-21s. After resigning from the Air Force in 1974, he joined
the Adolph Coors Company of Golden, Colo., as a special
assistant to Joseph Coors. He is also president of the Combat
Pilots Association of America and director of information for
the 140th Tactical Fighter Wing of the Colorado Air National
Guard. He is a popular speaker on the free enterprise system
and national defense.

TV News Borrows Photo From Cadet's Collection
BAY CITY, Mich. -- When an
F-105 Thunderchief crashed on
the runway at Phelps-Collins Air
National Guard Base, reporters
and camera crews converged on
the scene.
CAP 1st Lt. Thomas W. Knaub,

an employee at WNEM-TV5,
proposed to his fellow news people that they use photos of an F105 to beef up the story. They
agreed that it was a good idea.
So Knaub phoned Cadet Mark
Sinicki to see if he had any photos

Squadron Coordinates Search
DEL RIO, Tex. -- The C.M.
Laddie Dolan Comp. Sq. here was
mission headquarters during a
recent search for a red and white
aircraft, piloted by C.C. Hobson,
75, with a friend, Lawton Petty,
56, as passenger.

ROCKETRY COMPETITION -- Cadets Mark D. Sassak, left,
and Todd J. Snively, Farmington Comp. Sq. (Michigan Wing),
prepare to launch one of the rockets entered in the recent
squadron model rocketry competition. Cadets and seniors
ﬁrst attended a precompetition class. Then each cadet ﬂight
and the senior group constructed its own rocket.
---

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The aircraft had left
Harlingen, Tex., June 27 for Las
Vegas, with a planned ﬁrst stop
at Del Rio or Fort Stockton.
Lt. Col. Gerry Colburn of the
Del Rio squadron was mission
c o o r d i n a t o r. N i n e s e n i o r
members and six cadets planned,
directed and coordinated the
search efforts. The search also
involved the Texas Department
of Public Safety, the U.S. Coast
Guard, the Air Rescue and

Recovery Service and other CAP
squadrons from Corpus Christi,
La Mesa, Midland, Austin, Pecos
County and El Paso. All other
search unitS were in constant
communications with the Del Rio
squadron headquarters.
The downed plane and a body
was sighted by the Coast Guard
C-131 from Corpus Christi to
search north of Harlingen. Then
a Coast Guard H-51 helicopter
and medical team was sent toaid
possible survivors.
Soon the spotted aircraft was
conﬁrmed as the missing plane;
however, there were no survivors.
The search mission lasted
seven hours from the initial
notiﬁcation to ﬁnd.

of the jet. By coincidence Sinicki,
information ofﬁcer for his
squadron, was planning to use F105 photos in his unit's newsletter
the same day. Sinicki gathered
all the information he had on the
Thunderchief and headed for the
TV station.
The newscaster selected a
large lithograph poster of three
F-105s in formation, which was
videotaped and returned to
Sinicki.
They invited Sinicki to stay for
the ll p.m. news when the picture would be used for the top
news s'tory dt the day. He sat in
the studio to see the news done
live. The poster appeared in vivid
color behind the newscaster as he
reported on the accident, before
he switched to videotape of the
crash site.
Sinicki said he began collecting
aircraft photos about two years
before he joined CAP. He started
buying photos from an aviation
photo exchange, then he wrote to
various manufacturers and the
Air Force requesting photos.

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PAGE FOUR

SE PTEMBER 1978

National Commander's Comments

Fed Up
declines in cadet membership.
For example, in 1970, we
recruited 20,000 new cadets. In
1977, only 14,000 now cadets
Are you tired of all the talk,
joined. Cadet retention has run
y e a r a f t e r v e a r. a b o u t
somewhere between 40 percent
recruiting and retention? You and 48 percent for the past
are? Well, so am I. Maybe that several years, so it only stands
to reason that a larger base will
is a part of the problem -- too
result in a larger overall
much talk and not enough acmembership.
tion.
One way to focus proper
Yo u p r o b a b l y k n o w t h a t
declining membership, es- attention on the problem of our
organization is through the
pecially in the
Wing Effectiveness Evaluation
cadet area, is
Program (WEEP). This has
one of the most
been tried several times in the
difﬁcult
past in an effort to stimulate
problems facmembership growth. Ining CAP today.
variably, however, there have
What you may
been disagreements over "arnot know is that
bitrary" goals assigned by
we have gone
National Headquarters. Some
from 28,574 cadets in December
wings feel they cannot handle
1975 to a current cadet
large numbers of new
membership of 24,576. Obviously, this decline must be revers- members, etc. So, this year, we
are trying a completely
ed.
different approach. I have inThe reason for the continued
vited your wing commander to
downturn are many and varied,
establish his own growth goal
and there is still the age-old
.... . :argument-of quality versus for the wing. I have also asked
for his personal commitment to
quantity. I, personally, am of
the ﬁrm conviction that we can see that the established goal -have both. I also believe that large or small -- is achieved.
He will need your help.
quality will inevitably rise to
Plans are also under way to
the top, and one sure way of obtaining quality CAP members c o n d u c t a m a j o r r e c r u i t i n g
campaign to coincide with the
is to recruit in sufﬁcient quantities.
e n d o f t h e W E E P y e a r.
Valuable prizes will be awarded
Cadet retention has
individual members for the
traditionally been a problem
most members recruited.
because of built-in attrition, but
statistics over the past years "Each one recruit one" is the
slogan for 1978. Again, we need
show a direct correlation
your help.
between recruiting losses and
By THOMAS C. CASADAY
Brigadier General, CAP
National Commander

We all recognize that
recruiting campaigns and
slogans are superﬁcial -- ﬂoss,
One popular school of thought is
that we should "ﬁx" our
current program before we
seek additional members. The
cadet program by its very
nature, and complicated by
logistics and airlift considerations, does present
problems. Often they are deeprooted and complex but our
National Headquarters staff is
working to indentify these
problems and to come up with
workable solutions -- or permanent ﬁxes. In the meantime,
however, if we do not keep
working to stimulate growth
and stop the losses, we won't
have to worry about ﬁxing the
program,
There is another school of
thought pertaining to senior
members which concerns me-and lately I've heard it more
and more: "Get rid of the dead
wood." While we should actively seek to weed out those
members who show they cannot
function within the framework
of the organization, or whose
presence causes dissension or
turmoil within the unit, CAP is
just like any other volunteer
organization. There are
workers and there are those
who wish to contribute but do
not have the time.
We have room for both. While
we certainly encourage active
participation by each member,
we must also recognize that

there is a place for the member
whose time or resources may
be limited, but who is willing to
support the organization by
joining and paying annual
membership dues.
And many of those who may
be unable or unwilling to hold a
regular duty assignment are
often willing and able to lend a
hand in time of need. Such
members should not be made to
feel inadequate or unwelcome.
After all, their membership
dues are paying for programs
for the active membership, and
all supporting members, active
o r i n a c t i v e , represent a
valuable asset.
I believe that increased
emphasis on recruiting, while
continuing to retain those
members we already have, will
result in overall growth across
the board. I would like to see a
great surge in membership the
ﬁrst year, but being realistic,
we probably will not achieve
that.
But I do expect maximum effort at every level to stop the
losses -- NOW. Wouldn't "
great, just once, to read a
column reporting that our
recruiting effort has been an
outstanding success?! I have
complete conﬁdence that,
together, we can meet this
challenge. Let's all work.
together for a bigger and better
Civil Air Patrol. I'm interested
in your ideas, too. If you have a
good suggestion, let me know
about it.

Wing Has Two Finds In One Day
LY N C H B U R G , Va . - M e m b e r s o f t h e Ly n c h b u r g
C o m p . S q . ( Vi r g i n i a W i n g )
recently made history in the wing
by ﬁnding two missing planes on
the same day.
Squadron member Maj.
Rucker Tibbs said it was the ﬁrst
time that two missing aircraft
had been found on one day in the
state. The same aircraft, an
Army surplus .Cessna Bird Dog,
belonging to CAP was used in
both searches. The aircraft contained special equipment bought
with money donated by an Illinois
family whose lost child had been
found by the squadron several
years ago.
DONATED AIRCRAFT -- Members of the Hillsborough Sr.
Sq. (Florida Wing) work on a Cessna 140 that was recently
donated by a CAP member. They have started to pull the
engine, scrape rust and reﬁnish the interior to put the aircraft in condition so it can be licensed by the FAA. The singleengine aircraft had been converted tn tricycle landing gear.
When refurbished it will be used by Florida's Group 3 for
training and search and rescue work.

The ﬁrst search was for a
Cessna that crashed in Prince
Edward County near HampdenSydney. The plane crashed while
the pilot was attempting a landing in a small ﬁeld. It clipped
some trees as it came down but it
did not catch on ﬁre.
Late that same night as the

CAP plane, piloted by Bruce Little with observer John Wacter,
was passing over Lunchburg, it
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they followed the signal to the
crash site in Augusta County.
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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 9

SEPTEMBER 1978

SEPTEMBER 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PA G E F I V E

Illinois Flight Encampment
Puts Cadets Up In The Air
Story and Photos by
TSGT. KEN KENNEDY, USAF

putting hot air in the balloon. Not being
able to solo was completely offset by the
challenge of the elements.
Cadets attending ranged in age from 13
"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of
to 20 years. Nothing can describe the
earth." This line from a poem entitled
appearance of those who soloed for the
"I-ligh Flight" describes the joy that was
ﬁrst time. Each cadet paid $100 to attend,
experienced by 35 Illinois cadets during
which represents less than one-third of the
the recent Illinois Wing ﬂight encamptotal expense.
ment.
Lt. Col. Mel S. Kristmann, who organizSelected from 63 CAP squadrons of the
ed the camp for this year, commented,
wing, 29 of the 35 soloed in either powered
"There are many unselﬁsh men and
or glider aircraft. Six cadets also went
women here who have volunteered their
aloft in a balloon, a rising means of ﬂight. t i m e a n d e ff o r t ; w i t h o u t t h e m t h i s
This type of ﬂight very vividly teaches the program could not be possible. The
real basics of ﬂight, wind, thermals, air
volunteers served as instructors, pilots,
density, etc. The six cadets enrolled in this
records keepers and even tow pilots.
program did not ﬂy solo due to the comMaj. Daniel L. Sullivan, a CAP glider
plexities and extreme dependence on
instructor pilot, summed it up this way,
weather conditions.
"To see the expressions of joy on young
people's faces as they return from that
Dubbed halloonies, then shorted to
ﬁrst solo is adequate compensation for all
loonies, as if their intelligence was
questioned, these dedicated people held
the work. Many, indeed, were the exthe most rigid schedule of all the cadets. pletives uttered: beautiful, great, yahoo,
Before most of the encampment awoke,
wow oh wow, but nothing but nothing says
it better than that grin."
the halloonies were already in the ﬁeld

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Above: What goes up must come down, and in the
case of a balloon at times it is nothing more than
a controlled crash. When it's time to return to
mother earth, you pick the smoothest looking
spot.

Above: The balloon envelope is ﬁlled with cold air by a
portable fan, then the hot air is blown in by a propane
burner.

Right: Cadet Mike Patton goes over the check
list with instructor pilot
Maj. Bill Thomas before
making a powered aircraft ﬂight.

Right: Cadet Jeffrey C. Seabert
logs his solo glider ﬂight in with
one of~the Air Force people
assisting the Illinois Wing ﬂight
encampment.

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE SIX

SEPTEMBER 1978

Local Firm Donates
Cash For Equipment
HICKORY, N.C. -- An appeal
to a local business active in
general aviation paid off for
members of Group 2 of the North
Carolina Wing with a donation of
funds to purchase an emergency
locator transmitter (ELT) direction ﬁnder (DF).
The unit was purchased
through the CAP Supply Depot
with money donated by Drillers
Service, Inc. of Hickory.
Shortly after the unit's arrival
in North Carolina, it was instrumental in pin-pointing the
location of a crash site in the
rugged mountains near Boone,
DONATED UNIT -- A ground direction ﬁnder, dunated by a local business, is checked out by Lt.
N.C. The aircraft, a Cherokee Six
Col. James O. Carr, center, director of communications for the North Carolina Wing, as Maj.
with one person on board, had
Don Johnson, left, commander of the wing's Group 2, and Cadet Brian Nix of the Hickory Comp. crashed just off the Blue Ridge
Sq. look on.
Parkway and was found by a DF-

New York Group Starts Land Rescue Team
ROSLYN, N.Y. -- For the ﬁrst
time in many years the New
York Wing's Nassau County
Group has added land rescue to
its list of emergency services
capabilities.
The group's land rescue team
was set up by Cadets John
Sotolongo, Michael Siewartsen,
Richard Licht, KennethBrennen
and Douglas Mackey. This unofﬁcial team met at weekends at
the airport for training. Then
after receiving ofﬁcial recognition from the group staff, the
cadets recruited 20 more cadets.

Although most of the cadet
staff has been to the Hawk Mountain Ranger School in Pennsylvania, most of the team's
training will be performed by Air
Force pararescue specialists
from the 106th Air Rescue and
Recovery Group at the Suffolk
County Airport.
The team has use of two fourwheel drive trucks and will
receive other equipment items
as they become available.
After a six-month training
period, the team will be ready for
duty on all emergency service
missions undertaken by the goup.

K e m p t o n A p p o i n t e d To A c a d e m y
RED OAK, Iowa -- Cadet Mike
E. Kempton, Red Oak Optimist
Comp. Sq. (Iowa Wing), has
received an appointment to the
U.S. Air Force Academy, according to Capt. Jim Black,
squadron commander.
OBSTACLE COURSE -- Cadet Mike Siewartsen of the New
York Wing's Nassau County Group's new land rescue team
leads his ﬂight through the tire run at the team's training
course. The course was built by rescue team members in the
woods near the group's operations building at Zahn's Airport
in Amityville, N.Y. (Photo by Cadet John Sotolongo)

Kempton, a CAP member
since 1974 entered the Academy
June 26 in the class of 1982.

He earned the Billy Mitchell
Award in July 1975. Other activities since joining CAP have
included the cadet leadership
school in the North Central
Region and the Air Force
Academy Survival Course.
Kempton was the ﬁrst Iowa
Wing cadet to solo in both the
powered and glider encam pments.

equipped CAP aircraft.
The airplane had to leave the
area before ground crews arrived, however, and the new ground
DF was used to locate the airplane and its deceased pilot in the
heavy woods.
The portable unit will be used
by all units in Group 2 as needed
until they all can acquire their
own.

Michigan Member
Enlists In ~y
FA R M I N G T O N , M i c h . - Cadet Mary Beth Hailer, cadet
commander of the Farmington
Comp. Sq. (Michigan Wing), has
enlisted in the U.S. Army.
H a l l e r, a t h r e e - y e a r C A P
veteran will undergo basic training at Fort McClellan, Ala., for
eight weeks. She will take advanced training in military police
work.
She has earnedher ranger certiﬁcation and radio communications badge and became a
qualiﬁed radiological monitor
t h r o u g h C A P. S h e i s a l s o
proﬁcient in ﬁrst aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
techniques.
Hailer has attended CAP encampments at Fort Knox, Ky.,
and at Phelps-Collins ANGB,
Mich.

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SPAATZ AWARD -- Cadet Stephen L. Foster, Milwaukee Comp. Sq. (Wisconsin Wing), right,
receives the Gen. Carl. A. Spaatz Award from Maj. Gen. Raymond A. Materia, chief of staff for
the Wisconsin Air National Guard. Next to Materia is Col. Ben D. Silko and Capt. Helen Silko of
the Wisconsin Wing staff. Foster is presently a student at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee where he is a member of ROTC. (Wisconsin ANG Photo)

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NE: The following is taken from "The Intercom," the newsletter for the California Wing Informacites the good :job done by 1st Lt. Brenda Nelson, information ofﬁcer for Group 12 (California
Ihe article deserves ,eprinting for everyone to read:
"OUTSTANDING I. O. JOB AT SAR EFFECTIVENESS TEST

~er wondered how you would handle
conference or SAR activity ff it were
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''THE RESULT? The ﬁrst day of the SARCAP,
there were three television camera crews on the scene
- - plus one reporter with his mini-cam from the Fresno
BEE newspaper, conducting interviews with SARCAP
mission ofﬁcers. CAP was featured in the evening news
on Channels 24, 30 and 47 - - and a lengthy photo
feature appeared in the Sunday issue of the Fresno
BEE. THAT'S NOT ALL... There was also interest
expressed by a couple of reporters on a future feature
on other local CAP activities and, interestingly enough,
one TV reporter confessed that she used to be a cadet.

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story or sending them a formal news release. They
only wanted a brief rundown on the facts, so I came up
with the pertinent details.'"

you would be interested in how one
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the professional approach of 1st Lt.
;roup 12 I. O. and Mission I. O. Train? received excellent press coverage.
; the positive response by local press
0reeks before the SARCAP, she had
ing radio and television stations and
resno, and received the proper conal CAP activities.
before the SARCAP, she phoned the
~d advised them that the event would
She then sent each press contact a

nments: 'The press indicated to me
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"The second day of the SARCAP, Brenda started
her day at 0730, not as I. O. but in her dual capacity
as Mission Observer Trainee. She comments on her
experience . . . "I found the exposure as an Observer
Trainee to be extremely valuable to me as an I. O.
because it provided me with an excellent background
and gave me a ﬁrsthand opportunity to be more
knowledgeable in my future contacts with the press."

Case No. 1: The Cessna 182 owner and three passengers arrived at
the airport at sunrise. Fuel and oil were added to the aircraft. The lineman on duty did not observe a complete preﬂight inspection being accomplished. The aircraft soon departed, ﬂew a low oval pattern and
crashed on i~mal approach, 200 yards from the runway, while trying to
land. Two persons were killed and two seriously injured.

Following is a copy of her "FACT SHEET" which
she provided to the news media,

Findings:
1. Pilot's medical certiﬁcate had expired ﬁve years
before. Renewal had been denied because of the pilot's medical
condition.

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a Wing Effectiveness Test
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salon base will be opened 24 June at 0730 hours.
ight operations on 24 June from 0800-1700 hours.
25 June from 0800-1400 hours.
ssion debrieﬁng on 25 June after 1400 hours.

2. The oil ﬁller cap could not be located. A great
amount of oil was on the windskield and inside the engine
cowling.
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~nual California Wing CAP Search and Rescue Test, evaluated by United
ares Mr Force. bar Force will present problem to CAP on Friday
ening. Hisslon coordinator will assemble search mission team, and
ssion base will be opened Saturday morning. Test will be carried
tt as i~ it were an actual search and rescue mission.
vil Air Patrol senior (adult) and cadet (teenage) members from as
~r north as Redding and as far south as San Diego, who are rated both
' Civil bar Patrol and the State of California as Emergency Service
~ecialists. Approximately 100-150 members are expected; at least 30
rcraft, both corporate and privately-owned, are expected to patriciate in the search. CAP ground teams will also be involved to whatever
:tent necessary. Fresno and bladera Sheriff's Departments have been
~vited to participate.
~cal CAP personnel who will be holding mission staff positions:
MISSIO~ COORDINATOR: Capt. Sid Stark
BASE C0b~4ANDER: Capt. John HeJ~gartner
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: 1st It. James Nelson
INFORMATION OFFICER: 1st Lt. Brenda Nelson
COb~t~ICATI~qS OFFICER: Capt. Sallie Rmairez
m Joaquin Valley Group 12 and Fresno Composite Squadron 60, Civil
.r Patrol Headquarters, 5432 Perimeter Drive: Fresno (NE side of
yesno Air Terminal).
mual evaluation by U. S. Air Force of California Wing Civil Air Patrol's
;adiness and effectiveness in carryxng" out authorized air and ground
;arch and rescue mission,
mR INFORMATION CONTACT: (Name and telephone numbers),

For the next few months, the SAFETY CORNER will offer YOU an
OPPORTUNITY to get involved in aircraft accident investigation from an
investigator's viewpoint. After reading the accident briefs, discuss them
with other members and try your hand at ACCIDENT PREVENTION. If
your thoughts and observations reveal a need for IMPROVEMENT/PRE.
VENT1VE ACTION at YOUR UNIT, be the ﬁrst to let someone know and
be sure the problem gets CORRECTED!! MAKE SAFETY YOUR BUSINESS ! !

3. A survivor said he heard a horn blowing during the
turn to ﬁnal approach.
Cause and Preventive Action: YOU DECIDE. (See other block
in Bulleting Board for Hints.)

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Case No. 2:
The pilot and three passengers boarded the Piper
Cherokee aircraft for a cross-country ﬂight. With a full load of fuel, four
adult occupants, and two cases of soft drinks on board, the aircraft gross
weight exceeded that maximum allowable by 100 pounds. The ﬁeld
elevation was 4,000 feet above sea level, and the runway length 3,000 feet.
The slightly muddy runway sloped uphill on the departure path, the
direction chosen because of the prevailing headwind. A forested area
bordered the airport. The aircraft accelerated slowly and staggered into
the air. Flight continued 300 yeards past the airport boundary then the
aircraft banked and settled into the trees. All four occupants were injured.
Findings:
1 The pilot had been unable to compute weight and
balance for a ﬂight the previous day. The pilot often boasted
at "getting the most out of the aircraft."

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SEPTEMBER 1978

Cadets Co
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Approximately 285 Civil Air Patrol cadets recently
received certiﬁcates of completion in one of four
areas of training conducted here during the past
summer.
"This is the ﬁrst time that four activities for CAP
cadets have been carried out at the Academy in one
summer," said Lt. Col. Howard J. Rice, director of
the plans and programs ofﬁce. "This marks the second year that women CAP cadets were part of the
program and we were glad to have them."
The training was conducted by Air Force
Academy personnel and CAP ofﬁcers assigned to
the various projects.
Two encampments for CAP cadets were on the
agenda. The Colorado Wing encampment started
the activities during June, and the Nebraska Wing
encampment ended the series in July. The cadets
were housed in the Preparatory School dormitories
and participated in tours, brieﬁngs and
demonstrations at the Academy, Peterson AFB,

NORAD and Ft. Ca
One woman CAF
long survival traini
of her peers. In a
water survival tecf,
and at the Academ
learned how to use
hand to survive if 1
terrain. They lear~
lives some day.
The ﬁnal activity
Ofﬁcers' School in
Rocky Mountain R
Michael R. Foster,
was in charge of th(
James P. Gaffney
ﬁcer.
Each of the four
awards banquet w
various programs r

SURVIVAL BRIEFING -- TSgt. J.F. Yuenger, right, of the Academy survival training staff,
gives CAP cadets a rundown on basic techniques used to live off the land in hostile terrain. The
cadets are seated on a parachute canopy. They learned to make such things as tents, ﬁshnets
and sling shots from parachutes.

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VIEW FROM THE TOP -- While CAP cadets watch from below, an Air Force Academy sur.
vival instructor explains the step-by-step procedure for releasing a parachute harness prior to a
water landing. Each cadet had to follow the procedure in a simulated parachute water landing
as part of the survival training.

SURVIVAL TOOL -- A many bladed rocket knife, useful in numerous
tool, is examined by Air Force Academy Cadet Second Class Mary D
Rose Mary Grzasko. Daley, a former CAP cadet in the Fredericksl
Wing) visited the CAP cadets in survival training. Grzasko is from the
Cadet Sq. (Arizona Wing) and was the only female CAP cadet attendin

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WATER SURVIVAL -- A cadet splashes into the Academy's South Gate Lake in a simulated
parachute landing. After releasing the harness, the cadets, using ﬂotation gear, swim to a
series of rubber rafts and had to crawl into them. Air Force instructors keep a watchful eye on
the trainees at all times during the exercises.

SURVIVAL TROPHY -- In appreciation for his work as an instru
CAP Cadet Mary Grzasko, right, presents Air Force Academy (
Thomas W. Beard with a "plaque" consisting of wing patches o~
CAP cadets in the ﬂight sewn to a piece of parachute canopy.

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et participated in the weekaurse along with about sixty
moving study of land and
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outh Gate lakes, the cadets
pment and food supplies at
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cadets outstanding in the
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FOREST PENETRATOR -- Academy survival instructor SSgt.
David L. Pfeill, right, prepares to give the lift signal when a cadet is
ready to use the forest penetrator, a type of helicopter rescue
device that will go down through dense foliage to a distressed crewman below. The cadet sits on a fold-down seat, clasps the upper part
of the device and will be hoisted 30 feet into a training tower.

CAREER COUNSELING -- Capt. J.P. Gaffney, second from left, of the Academy directorate
of operations, discussed nomination procedures and admission requirements with CAP cadets
at the end of the survival coarse. At present 278 former CAP cadets are enrolled in the Cadet
Wing at the Air Force Academy.

PERSONNEL LOWERING DEVICE --Cadet Rose Mary Grzasko
prepares to use a personnel lowering device on the parachute drop
tower. The device is used by the jumper to lower himself to the
ground should the canopy be caught high in a tree top after jumping
out of an aircraft.

VEE TENT -- CAP cadets build a rain shelter by using a
parachute canopy, shroud lines and dead timber poles. As
part of the Academy survival course for CAP cadets, they
learned to build suitable shelters for arctic regions, desert
country and rain forests.

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OPERATIONS
1. ELTS. (1) We are continuing to experience problems in the licensing of ELT training units. Each CAP region ~nd wing
should have in their possession at least one Pointer ELT, model 6000. These units were jointly purchased by the General Revenue Fund and bach CAP wing for the express purpose of training CAP personnel in electronic search techniques. The Pointer
6000 meets FCC criteria for frequency tolerance and harmonic suppression, but must be licensed by the FCC prior to use.
FCC Form 406, Feb 1976, should be used to apply for the FCC license. (See Fig 21-1, CAPM 100-1). Forward applications to
CAP-USAF/DOK. (2) Some units were shipped to USAF-CAP ofﬁces, check with your respective liaison ofﬁcer. (3) Some
Pointer ELTs were shipped from depot equipped with lithium-sulfur batteries. FAA Advisory Circular 20-91,4/11/75 warns
of possible hazards associated with accidental release of sulfur-dioxide (SO 2) gas from these type of batteries. Therefore, care
should be taken in the storage and use of these units thus equipped, since the effects of SO2 could result in incapacitation.
(4) For service and repair of the Pointer 6000, send it direct to Pointer, Inc., 1445 West Alameda Drive, Tempe, AZ 85282.
The manufacturer will replace lithium-sulfur batteries with niclde-cadium batteries when units are sent in for repair, however,
they will not send new batteries to individual regions/wing upon request.
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2. CB COMMUNICATIONS. CAP units and members are reminded that single side-band (SSB) CB transmitters are authorized a maximum power output of 12 watts, and amplitude modulated (AM) CB transmitters a maximum power output of 4
watts. Excessive power output from these units not only interferes with other CB communicators, but can also interfere with
the reception of local television and broadcast stations. Some exoess DOD equipment is capable of transmitting from 400 to
several thousand watts on CB frequencies. Operations of such transmitters on CB channels is in violation of FCC regulations
and can subject the corporation and individuals to civil penalties, including frees.
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3 . AFRCC SMC COURSE. The AFRCC SMC course for the Paciﬁc Region has been changed to 9-10 Sep 78 in the Portland,
OR area. For further information contact your region training ofﬁcer.
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4. Headquarters CAP-USAF/DOSS has volunteered to be the temporary clearing house for search and rescue computer programs. If you or your unit have any computer programs for any aspect of SAR, from personnel and equipment listing, to ELT
DF, to d~termining high probability areas, pleasesend them to DOSS. Because so many: different computers and different
languages are being used it is asked that all program listings contain: the language being used; what type of machine is being
used, the name, address, telephone number of the programmer; many, many remarks stating what the program is doing; a list
of formulas used, and complete instructions for using the program. A sample run would also be helpful. In the near future
there will be a list of available SAR programs and how to receive them.
5. DCPA SUPPORT OF RM TRAINING. It is the intent of the federal administration to merge the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA) with several other disaster aid agencies forming the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
This change should become ﬁnal prior to April 1979. DCPA has assured DOSC that radiological monitor(RM) training is
still available to all interested Civil Air Patrol members and that present RM courses will remain current through next summer.
Make a request to your state emergency services ofﬁcer for any needed RM training. Please refer any training denial to CAP
-USAF/DOSC.
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6. NEW AIRLIFT PROCEDURES. Final notiﬁcation of airlift support or nonsupport will be provided by HQ CAP-USAF
/DOOA to requesting units not later than ten days prior to the requested travel day. This new procedure is an effort to prevent "last minute" notiﬁcation to awaiting participants. Unless speciﬁcally requested by unit project ofﬁcers, mutually
agreed by passengers and concurred with by the wing commander, CAP-USAF/DOOA efforts to obtain military airlift will
not be made after the tenth day prior to travel. Check with your wing airlift coordinator/USAF-CAP liaison ofﬁcer for further
details.
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INFORMATION
7. NEWSLETTERS. Every information ofﬁcer is expected to publish some kind of newsletter on a regular basis for distribution to the members of his own unit to keep informed. Each IO is also asked to send a copy, each time it is published, to
the Directorate of Information at National Headquarters. If you do this, it will help your wing score more points in the WEEP
(Wing Effectiveness Evaluation System.)
But please send them on time! Send them when you publish them. Do not walt until the end of the quarter so you can
send them all at once. If you wait a month, two months, three months to send them, the chances are good that they will
arrive too late to be counted. It happens all the time!
So, send one copy of your newsletter each time one is published, when it is published, to National Headquarters. The only
a d d r e s s y o u n e e d i s : H Q C A P - U S A F / O I I , M a x w e l l A F B , A L 3 6 11 2 .
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8. DOUBLE PAPERS. From time to time, families which have more than one member in Civil Air Patrol ask us to eliminate
the extra copy of Civil Air Patrol News coming to their house and thus save the organization a little money. The fact is, we are
unable to do this.
Every member of CAP automatically gets a copy of the paper and the mailing list is printed from the membership list, If
your name is taken off the list it means that you will not get a membership renewal notice at the proper time.
In addition, studies have indicated that a system to automatically eliminate all papers going to the same address would cost
more to operate than the few dollars it would save.
So, you will keep getting that extra paper. But how abgut doing something usefuLwith it - - use it for a recruiting tool!
The paper is excellent for this purpose. Leave your extra copies in such places as airport waiting rooms, bus depots, doctors'
and dentists' ofﬁces, school libraries, and the like. You never know what prospective member will pick one up and get interested in Civil Air Patrol.
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SEPTEMBER 1978

PA G E E L E V E N

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

S A R P u . b l i c a t i o n s Av a i l a b l e
By
Lt. Col. ROBERT MATTSON
HQ. CAP-USAF

I've been on the road lately
with members from all parts of
the country. I usually carry a few
books from my SAIl library, and
frequently CAP members are
surprised to ﬁnd that such books
are available.
Most members are not aware
of the wealth of SAR knowledge
available in many ﬁne books and
publications. Several persons
have asked me to publish a list of
SAR-related publications in this
columns. I will list a few
references, but I want to make it
clear that these are by no means
the only books written, nor are
they necessarily the best.
Probably the most complete
listing of SAR-related materials

is the recently published
"Resource Guide for Search and
Rescue Training Materials",
available through the National
Association for Search and
Rescue. This 62-page listing of
materials is available free with a
renewed membership in NASAR.
Also available are some of the
papers from past conventions (I
like the two by Stan Bush, 77-1001
and 1011). NASAR, P.O. Box
2123, La Jolla, Calif. 92038.
Following are some of the
publications I am familiar with
and have found useful:
From Dennis Kelley, P.O. Box
153, Montrose, Calif. 91020.
1. Search and Rescue
Magazine, $7 per year.
2. Mountain Search for the Lost
Victim, by Dennis Kelley, $7.50.
3. Mantracking, by Roland
Rohbins, $8.95.

From Arner Publications, P.O.
Box 307-R, Westmoreland, N.Y.
13490.
1. Scent and the Scenting Dog,
by William G. Syrotuck, $7.50.
2. A Statistical Analysis of Lost
Persons in Wilderness Areas-No.
2, (1973), by
William G.
Syrotuck, $2.95.

3. Behavior of Lost Persons in
Wilderness Areas, by William G.
Syrotuck, $2.95.
4. Some Grid Search for
Locating Lost Individuals in
Wilderness Areas, by William G.
Syrotuck, $2.95.
5. An Introduction to Land
Search Probabilities and
Calculations, by William G.
Syrotuck, $2.95.
6. Outline for Strategy and Tactics, by William G. Syrotuck.
From Western Region ESAR,
16109 N.E. 169 Place, Woodenriﬂe, Wash. 98072.
1. Team Member and Team
Leader Training Manual, $2.50.
2. An ESAR Training Program,
$1.50.
3. The Use of String Lines for
Search and Rescue, $1.
4. An Experimental Analysis of
Grid Sweep Searching, $2.

From Survival Education
Association, 9035 Golden Given
Road, Tacoma, Wash. 98445.
Survival the Unexpected
Wilderness Emergency, By Gene
Fear.
Note: Gene Fear has a wealth
of survival and preventive SAIl
information, just ask him for a
complete list of publications.
From Mazamas, 909 19th Ave.,
Portland, Ore. 97209.
Hypothermia: Killer in the Unprepared, by Dr. J.G. Lathrop.
From Pathways Press, 525 Jeffree St., El Cajon, C01if. 92020.
Tracking -- A Blueprint for
Learning How, by Jack Kearny,
$7.95.
Again I want to impress upon
you that this is not the "best" list
of SAIl books, but merely some
publications that I am familiar
with.

Earhart Awards -- July 1978
Sui Len Brown ........ 50043
James R. Steinmetz .. .04384
Timothy S. Carroll ....08122
James R Brooks Jr .... 11137
Sheryl L Lindemann . lI2M
Eugene F. Kelly ...... 21015
Scott C. Jones ........ 23057

Da rid A. Rodgers ....... 25053
Wayne A. Morgan ....... 26002
Michael D. Roberts ..... 28037
Robert L. Murphy ....... 28044
David L. klazel ....... 31076
Norman S. Carter ....... 34209

Renee C. Mazaheri ...... 7010
3
Eric D. Crowell ......... 7021
3
Glenn T. Emig ..........37049
Kathrvn A. Clifford ..... 37040
Sharon.f. Trask ....... 48158
Alfonso midge .......... 2022
5

The following additional Earbart Awards were presented in June 78
and were not previously published.
33048
Tony A. Nitz ............ 08051 Jim Fahlsing ...........
Brian J. Bernat ......... 4096
3
Stephen K. Tolle ........ 15058
Sherman R. Coach ...... 15058

37025
Phillip M Vite ..........
Jean A. Bromberg ...... 37068

Mitchell A wards July 1978
Scott A. Jaaken ......... 01016
Dennise L. Flanigan ..... 2036
0
Jefrey L. Spitzer ........ 02050
Christopher L. Taylor ... 02085
Lorric A. Logan ......... 04285
Eric A. Sirautman ...... 05015
Matthew L. Garrison ....05041
Scott E. Marzolis ......05072
Eric V. Chms~ ......... 05099
Stephen M. Denes ..... 05148
Leroy G. Thompson ... 06058
Theodore A. Ballard .....08142
Kim E. Wehb .......... 10083
John A. Bryant ....... 11008
Faye L. Alps .......... 11020
12012
Kevin Lewis.
Charles D. Lawhoro . .. 14112

Michael J. Mallozzi ..... 191107
Gary F. Martenini i ..... 19070
Steven J. Cox ...... 20216
-...
Robert G. Schert ......21021
James J. Wesslund ...... 21042
Anna P. Raez ....
22048
27049
Michael M. Dunham .....
James W Mosley ..... 30016
James C. Forbes Jr. .. 31048
Jeffrev R Wooden . .. 31111
Audrey L. Spurgeon ....31258
Theodore J. Gehring. .. 31320
.. 33048
Terris L. Meidinger
Jay A. Mortenson ....... 33048
Mark A. MeClure ....... 34070
Jessie L. McDonald
.. 34131
David M. Spellacy ....... 34139

Gregory J. Hiehle ....... 34188.
John T. Vistiea .........36019
R . S . R i c k e r t . . . . . 37160
William A Brunt ...... 37150
Corintta B. Lichtmav ....37214
Steven C. Blackburn ..... 39027
John B. Blackburn ...... 39027
J o n M . P e t e r s . . . . . . . 42186
Gary E Holden
.42186
Edward R. Stater ....... 45025
David A. Mullins ...... 45035
Berkeley R. Thomas ....45060
Gerry L. Famigliett.. I' 45117
Ross M. Wilhelm ..... !.. 46039
Barbara J. Kamikawa ... 48112
Paul G. Niesen ........ 40153

The following additional Mitchell Awards were given in June 1978.
They were aceidently omitted from the list printed last month.

CA DET OFFICERS SCHOOL -- Cadets from the Rocky Mountain Region pose for a group pieture at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., where they attended a cadet ofﬁcers
school.

Member Wins Honors

PLANTSVILLE, Conn. First
Kim L. Bahner
. 01100
Craig R. Zimmermann .16014
Jeff Cellars
.
.. 34051
Lt. Pamela Baur, a member of
.. 21094
Nathan J. Ruser! .
. .. 34070
David W. Woodruff ...... 02070
Stephen R. Lcgge
the Bristol Comp. Sq., has earnMiebelle E Boorsma .... 02070
Gerrold A. Jerry Jr .... 31153 N e a l D . M i l l e r . . . . 37089
Robert M Stack
.. 06004
Clifford B. Denis ....
31294 Da rid C: Levltre .....
38003
ed a number of honors recently,
Arthur J, Schick ....... 08293
both scholastic and Civil Air
Patrol.
A recent graduate at the
University of Connecticut. she
served in 1977 as secretary of the
Geology Club. From October 1977
through May 1978. she worked as
Civil Air Patrol News publishes each month a list of Civil Air Patrol an undergraduate research assismembers who have died recently. Notice of deaths should be sent to the
tant on a carbonate deposition
Personnel Section of National Headquarters in accordance with and diagenesis project.
Regulation 35-2, or to the National Chaplain's ofﬁce -- not to Civil Air
In May, she was inducted into
Phi Beta Kappa, national honor
Patrol News. Listed are names, ranks, dates of death and CAP unit.
society. Later she received her
ANDERSON. Eleanor S.. Second Lieutenant. June 5.1978. Cortez Sr. Sq., Colorado Wing.
DOWLING. John n.. Second Lieutenant. July 23.1970. Manasota Sr. Sq, Florida Wing.
Bachelor of Arts degree in
GORRELL. Donald V., Captain. March 10.1078. San-Val Group 22, California Wing.
Geology with honors. She parRAZARD. George V.. Captain, July 4.19"/0. Border Comp. Sq., Vermont Wing.
Pi[J(;f;INS. Kim D.. Cadet. July 17.1978. MansﬁeldComp. Sq. 1603, Ohio Wing.
ticipated for the past two years
JOY. Geraldine. G.. First Lieutenant. June 30.1978. Fairmont Comp. Sq., West Virginia Wing.
in the Honors Program at the unLOBLEY, William J.. First Lieutenant. July 12,1978, MarNe-Newton Comp. Sq., Pennsylvania Wing.
iversity.
PELTIER. Edmund H Major, July 4,1978, MichiganWing,
SCULLY. William T. Second Lieutenant. Aug. 6,1978, Cheboygan Comp. Sq 17-5, Michigan Wing.
This summer. Lt. Baur is parTUINENGA. William, First Lieutenant. May 31.1078. Park Forrest Sr. Sq., Illinois Wing.
ticipating in an internship
WICKtlAM Scott L . Cadet. July 24.1978, Cache ValleyComp. Sq , Utah Wing.
WOODS. James A.. Cadet. July 3.1078. Firelands Cadet Sq. 1002, Ohio Wing.
program at the Geophysical
Laboratory of Carnegie Institute
in Washington. D.C. This fall and
for the next two years, she will
attend the Colorado School of
Mines where she has received a
graduate research assistantship.
Eventually she will receive her
Master of Science degree in
Geophysics and would like to
y o u r s a f e t y i s i m p o r t a n t i n a n y s e a s o n specialize i n E a r t h q u a k e
Seismology.

A member of Civil Air Patrol
since 1973. she has held many
cadet and senior positions and
most recently was administrative ofﬁcer for her
squadron.
At the recent Connecticut Wing
conference, she received the

Outstanding Personnel Ofﬁcer
Award for the wing and has been
commended before for her ex- .
cellence in administrative work.
She was promoted to her present rank in April She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Baur of Plantsville.

FLIGHT SIMULATOR -- Capt. V.C. Hart of the Texas Air
National Guard, left, gives Cadet Robert DuBuisson of the
Alief Airborne Comp. Sq. (Texas Wing) a rundown on the F101B ﬂight simulator. The cadet's squadron recently toured
the facilities of the lllth Fighter Interceptor Sq. (Texas
ANG) at Ellington AFB. (Photo by Ist Lt. R.B. Beverlin Jr.)

PA G E T W E LV E

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

SE PTEMBER 1978

Safety Can Be A Rewarding Job
From the Directorate
of Safety
National Headquarters
So now you're a safety ofﬁcer!
No, it's not something you have
to hide from your in-laws or take
shots for. If you're the new safety
ofﬁcer, you may be wondering
what lies ahead.
Congratulations! You have one
of the toughest and often most
thankless jobs in CAP. It can also
be one of the most interesting
and personally rewarding. The
challenge is to take a mass of
people who have "heard it all
before," and attempt to have
them think long enough to keep
from bashing their bodies or our
equipment.
That's the tough part! Try to
think up new ways to say the
same old thing. You need to be
catchy and yet not hokey, timely
but not too late or early, and
forceful but not abusive. Selling
safety is like selling insurance -deep down everybody wants it
but...
You can be sure of a few things
in your new job. First, you'll get
exposure! You can bet that you'll
be in the limelight when there's a
mishap or inspection. That comes with the territory.
Yo u ' l l g e t t h e f e e l i n g t h a t

everyone thinks you should have
magically reached out 300 miles
away and prevented that careless
young driver from becoming part
of a bridge abutment. That's the
thankless part. You will probably
spend your entire safety career
and never be able to say, "Aha, I
prevented that mishap right
there." Don't let the lack of spectacular feedback discourage you.
Keep on truckin'I
Another guaranteed advantage
of a safety job is lack of
boredom. With levels of activity
remaining the same or actually
increasing, you will probably
stay pretty busy. Word of caution: Remember the prime
mover -- mishap prevention!
Don't get caught up in the tail
wagging the dog.
Yes, the reports and brieﬁngs
need to be accomplished, but you
can't be a completely effective
mishap preventer huddled behind
your desk. Get out! Wander, inspect, visit, assist or whatever
you want to call it, but get out in
the work areas. The odds of a
mishap occurring in your ofﬁce
are small. You'd be surprised at
the number of unreported
hazards you can pick up in a work
area. That kind of info is "gold"
-- the real crux of your mishap
prevention program.

The other item that you really
need to cultivate is "support,"
both up and down. The support
from, above should be there
automatically. It may be passive
and need to be stimulated, but
you can bet that your commander is interested in safety.
You have been selected (or
retained in your job) because the
commanders feel that you can
help to protect their assets. He,
or she, depends on you and the
rest of the safety staff (which
may also be you) to take the best

possible shot at mishap prevention, which in itself protects and
preserves resources. You may
have to rekindle that commander's interest, but it's there.
Support~ from down under is
also a necessity. You need folks
down in the pits that will call,
assist, brief or whatever is
necessary to help safety info ﬂow
in both directions. Work closely
with unit commanders in the
selection of additional duty safety folks and your effectiveness
will be greatly enhanced. If all
you have are the people that

"got stuck with the job," you
may have the proverbial
albatross hung around your neck.
One last word from the Directorate of Safety! If we can help
you, let us. We've got access to a
lot of materials, publications, or
at least know who to pass the
buck to. Write, call or visit and
we'll try to help you pump up
7our program.
(NOTE: This article is a
revised extract from the July
1978 "Safety Ofﬁcer's Study
Kit." )

CAP Couple ,Marry In Air
D U B L I N , Va . - - C i v i l A i r
Patrol members 2nd Lt. David
Jones and SM Sandra Martin
were married high in the air over
their home town, according to
2nd Lt. Paula Ann Gould of the
New River Valley Senior Sq.
here.
The two had been considering
marriage before Martin joined
the squadron in June. Once the
wedding date was set, squadron
members jokingly suggested
aeronautical twists to the
ceremony.
They were married Thursday

evening, June 22, at the New
River Valley Airport in Dublin.
Pastor Don Smith, also a CAP
member conducted the services.
Smith is currently taking ﬂying
lessons from Jones at the airport.
Jones is a part time ﬂight instructor for the Annalachian Flying Service, which supplied the
twin-engine Cessna for the
marriage ﬂight.
CAP "members and friends
watched as the couple repeated
the ﬁrst part of their vows in the
airport terminal. After the
minister prayed that they "re-

main in love and peace forever,"
the pair, hand-in-hand, left the
terminal and with the pastor and
their parents, joined the pilot,
Randy Safewright, for the ﬂight.
The couple were prounced man
and wife while traveling 2,000
feet above the heads of the congregation. Upon landing they
preceded the guests into the terminal lounge area for the reception.
The new Mrs. Jones said, "We
wantc~ to do it our way and we
did."

Exercise Held A t Niagara Falls

Q
Maj. Paul E. Routhier, Group 1400, Pennsylvania Wing,
center, receives the Silver Medal of Valor from Air Force
Brig. Gen. Paul E. Gardner, executive director of the
Civil Air Patrol, left, and Lt. Col. Andrew Skiba, commander of the Pennsylvania Wing. Routhier saved the life
of a boy in September 1975 when the bank on which he was
standing collapsed into a ﬂood-swollen stream. Routhier
jumped into the water and grabbed the boy before he could
be swept away.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The
Rochester Group (New York
Wing) participated in the recent
wing search and rescue exercise
wlth aircraft, a corporate
Cessna, a member-owned Beech
and a rented helicopter.
The aircraft were sent to the
base station at Niagara Falls for
dispatch on ELT searches. The
corporation aircraft was ﬂown
by 2nd Lts. Claude Dibble and
Fred Haas. The Beech was ﬂown
by owner Robert McAvoy, with
SM Marion Jeerings along as
observer.
The helicopter, rented by 1st
Lt. Diane Anderson, was intended to help on the searches and
make positive close-up identiﬁcation of the targets.
However, time and other considerations prevented it from
being used as such. It was put on
static display for a thorough examination by CAP personnel present.
Jon Boyd, chief pilot for Nor-

cross Helicopters in Rochester, tor, gave an impromptu discuswho is Andersons ﬂight instruc- sion on helicopters.

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COCKPIT CHECKOUT -- Cadets Mark Kaiser, front, and
Roger Van Dongen investigate the cockpit of a helicopter on
static display during a recent New York Wing exercise.

Two Holiday Crash Sites Found

\

Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul E. Gardner, left, presents the
Sliver Medal of Valor to 2rid Lt. Michael W. Bronson,
Latrobe Cadet Sq. (Pennsylvania Wing), center, as Lt. Col.
Andrew Skiba, wing commander looks on. Bronson saved
the lives of 17 persons, four of whom were under two years
of age during the recent Johnstown ﬂood. Bronson jumped
into the ﬂood water from a helicopter and guided the people to the helicopter and assisted them in boarding it.

BELMONT, Calif. -- A recent
holiday weekend involved
searches for two aircraft in
California.
One search began when a plane
with four passengers was
reported missing on a ﬂight from
Tahoe to Redding July 3. Lt. Col.
Jim Bigelow, as the wing mission
control ofﬁcer, initiated the
search and activated a search
base at Lincoln Airport. Together
with Maj. Jim Howell of the West
Bay Comp. Sq. 110, he evaluated
weather satellite photos and
radar weather data. They called
the sheriffs in the counties involved and the California
Highway Patrol. They also
notiﬁed the Nevada Wing.
An area of high search priority
was the Red Bluff-Mt. Lassen
region where two severe
thunderstorms had been record-

ed. The aircraft was soon found
with no survivors in the area
where the storms had passed.
A second aircraft was reported
missing July 5 and another

search base was set up at Fresno.
The aircraft was found six days
later with no survivors in Badger
Pass near Yosemite National
Park.

Museum Looks For Memorabilia
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The
Lighter Than Air Association is
looking for memorabilia for'a
museum they are planning to
locate in L~ikehurst, N.J., which
was he hub of lighter-than-air
(LTA) activity in the United
States, according to Cadet
Charles N. Thompson III of the
NAFEC Comp. Sq. (New Jersey
Wing).
Any person willing to donate
LTA memorabilia to the Lakehurst museum should contact
Michael C. Miller, public affairs

ofﬁcer, of the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Lakehurst, N.J. 08733. The telephone
number is (201) 323-2527 or 2556.
People are asked to describe
the item, its importance to the
LTA era, and their willingness to
donate it to the museum. Each
donor will be given due credit.
T h e LTA A s s o c i a t i o n w a s
originally formed by the late
Vice Admiral Charles E. Rosendahl to preserve for posterity
memorabilia from the LTA era
at Lakehurst, said Thompson.

SE PTEMBER 1978

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS ~

PAGE THIRTEEN

Blue Berets Camp
In Minnesota Park
Maj. ANABEL TUCKER
North Central Region
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The
North Central Region recently
held a very successful Blue Beret
Encampment at Fort Snelling
Park near here.
Cadets were given two weeks
of extensive training in survival,
search and rescue, radiological
monitoring, ﬁrst aid, map
reading, rappelling and other
subjects, designed to train them
to work better with their own
squadron leaders when they
return to their units.
The cadets came from the
seven-state North Central Region

and also from Wisconsin and
Illinois.
Col. William B. Cass, North
Central Re~ion commander, who
founded the Blue Beret program
was leader of the encampment.
Air Force pararescuemen from
Selfridge AFB, Mich, who also
instructed the classes, were SSgt.
Mike Seraﬁn,. SSgt. Bob Rohde
and SrA. Dan Inch. The encampment commander was 1st Lt.
Beth Erickson of the Minnesota
Wing.
The Blue Beret program is a
part of the National Emergency
Assistance Training (NEAT)
system. Anyone wishing more information is requested to write
1st Lt. Greg Scoﬁeld at the North
Central Region Headquarters.

BREAKFAST TIME -- Air Force Reservist Maj. Dean Boyd serves breakfast to a long line of
encampment participants led by Cadet Pam Curtright.

ONE-MAN CARRY -- Air Force PJs SSgt. Mike Seraﬁn, left,
SSgt. Bob Rohde and SrA. Dan Inch demonstrate a one-man
back carry.
PICK-UP -- Cadet Kenneth McCoy practices a newly learned
pick-up for a one-man carry.

RAPPELLING -- It's a
long way down for this
cadet who makes a rappelling descent.

FORT TOUR -- Cadet Cindy Huizenga loads the powder as the cadets help the militia ﬁre their
cannon during a tour of the fort in the park where the encampment was held.

CPR TRAINING'-- Cadets practice cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation on a dummy during the Blue Beret Encampment.

PAGE FOURTEEN

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

SEPTEMBER 1978

C A P News
In Photos

HAWAII ALOHA -- Col. William K. Baker, third from right in the top row, Hawaii Wing com,
mander, and representatives from various Hawaii CAP units welcome visiting cadets from the
Mainland with traditional leis. The cadets attended a tWo-week encampment at Dillingham
Military Reservation learning to ﬂy both glider and powered aircraft. They also toured military
installations while studying aerospace technology. (USAF Photo by SSgt. Bert Man)

AVIATION SURVEY -- Cadet Steve C. Lipe, left, Springﬁeld
Comp. Sq. (Missouri Wing), interviews Ron Reser of Miles
Aero Service at the Springﬁeld Municipal Airport during a recent general aviation survey that CAP cadets conducted for
.......... t~.~er~.~b~on A~im stration~ .~

CHOPPER CHALLENGE -- Contest directors Dave Darr,
left, and Bob Hayden, right, discuss one of the entries in the
recent First Annual Chopper Challenge at the Connellsville,
Pa., airport for radio controlled model helicopters. The
cadets helped provide security for the event. The cadets are,
left to right, standing, Tom Wells, Warren Shanlis, Steve
Lupher, Amy Miller and Jim Werkman; kneeling, Sam Miller
and Joe Miller.
YEARS OF INTEREST -- These photos, right, sent us by
Lt. Col. George S. Bochenek of the New Jersey Wing
prove his 50-year interest in aviation. The ﬁrst photo was
made in 1929 when he was six years old. The model plane in
the photo was made by a tinsmith who had never seen an air.
plane close up. The second was made when Col. Bochenek
was in ﬂight training in the Southeast Training Command,
Class of 44E. The plane is a PT-17 trainer. The third photo
was made this year when the colonel and another vintage PT17 met up with each other at the "Garden State 300" air race.

FIRST AID PRACTICE -Cadet John Rouse of the
Pompano Cadet Sq.
(Florida Wing) plays victim while squadron mates
practice their ﬁrst aid
skills during a recent
emergency services
bivouac ..................

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

SEPTEMBER 1978

Northeast Region
First Lts. Charles Thompson and Eric
Sithens, 2nd Lt. John Smith and Cadets
Carment DiGiacinto and Charles Thompson of the NAFEC Comp. Sq. (New Jersey
Wing) recently assisted the Cumberland
Comp. Sq. in standing guard over a crashed plane still in the trees... Maj. V.M.
Sargent and 1st Lt. R.A. Nason of the
Downcast Patrol Comp. Sq. (Maine Wing)
were senior members in charge of a recent modiﬁed survival training school for
cadets of the Maine Wing... Recently 50
members of the New York Wing's Sector
3, under the command of Maj. Allan
Pogorzelski, visited the Canadair Wing of
the Royal Canadian Air Cadets in Montreal, Canada. This "is the 19th annual exChange visit.
At a recent awards ceremony, Cadet
Debra Galdenzi, a member of the East
Shore Minuteman Cadet Sq. (Connecticut
Wing) was the recipient of the Daughters
of the American Revolution Award which
is presented annually... Cadets Warren
Shaulis, Tom Wells and Jim Werkman,
along with Capt. Florence Martz, information ofﬁcer for the Southmoreland Comp.
Sq. (Pennsylvania Wing) presented a
program on Civil Air Patrol at their district's summer school... Maj. Raymond C.
Blickle has been named commander of
Philadelphia's Group 10, Pennsylvania
Wing.
Forty-two members from three Pennsylvania Wing groups provided trafﬁc and
runway control in the AllentownBethlehem-Easton Airport's simulated
aircraft disaster exercise recently. The
squadrons participating were from Allentown, Whitehall, Stroudsburg, Upper
Perkioman and Philadelphia... Lt. Col.
David C. Winslow, aerospace ofﬁcer for
nadiana Senior Sq. (Pennsylvania Wing)
s retired from his position of professor
at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Middle East Region
First Lt. Elizabeth Lent, a certiﬁed
First Aid instructor and safety ofﬁcer for
the West Richmond Cadet Sq. (Virginia
Wing) taught a cardiopulmonary
resuscitation course to Ft. Lee residents
and cadets of the squadron. Cadets
successfully completing the course were:
Christopher Grosenick, Paul Wilkinson,
Chad Brandt, Michael Girardi and Vincent
Serio... Cadet Darrell French has been

promoted to the rank of major and assigned the position of cadet advisor to the
Easton Comp. Sq. (Maryland Wing). He
was the ﬁrst cadet to solo the squadron's
aircraft and received his pilot's certiﬁcate
through the squadron's pilot training
program.
Reisterstown Comp. Sq. (Maryland
Wing) recently held its ﬁrst meeting at
their newly acquired base headquarters.
The squadron's new base is a large trailer
donated for their use by a local resident,
William Fabrick... Maj. John Lowman,
Capt. L.J. Bassett and 2nd Lt. Paula
Gould, all members of the New River
Valley Sr. Sq. (Virginia Wing) have
graduated from Eastern Staff College...
Senior Member Philip Lee Palmore of
South Side Comp. Sq. (Virginia Wing) has
entered the U.S. Army... Cadets Michael
Zimmerman and Chris Hansen of the Fairfax Comp. Sq. (National Capital Wing)
have earned the private pilot ratings.

Southeast Region
Eight senior members under Maj.
William Anderson attached to Group 3 and
Hillsborough I Senior Sq. (Florida Wing)
along with 25 cadets from Tampa Cadet,
Brandon, North Tampa, MacDill and
Imperial Squadrons assisted in the Special
State of Florida Olympics for the handicapped held recently at the University of
South Florida. Civil Air Patrol was in
charge of the nerve center providing communications and runners for the athletic
events... Cadets William Culmer, Kimberly Cumler, Lea Harvey, Gordon Sweezy,
W i l l i a m Tr a v i a n d S e n i o r M e m b e r
William Travi has successfully completed
cardio-pulmouary resuscitation training.
They are members of the Imperial Cadet
Sq., Florida Wing.
The Cadet Advisory Council of Group
i0 (Florida Wing) assisted by the Miami
Springs Optimist Cadet Sq. recently held a
cadet leadership school at Miami Beach
Boys Camp... The Air Force Sergeant's
Association, Chapter 451, and its women's
auxiliary recently presented the Albany
Comp. Sq. (Geergia Wing) a donation of
$100 each. The donation was accepted by
squadron commander, Lt. Col. Donald
Pye... Howard Showalter Senior Sq.
(Florida Wing) has presented Showalter
Flying Service, Inc., a plaque for their
over 30 years of outstanding service to
Civil Air Patrol.
Pompano Beach Cadet Sq. (Florida

Wing) members attending the summer encampment at the Naval Training Center in
Orlando were Cadets James Becotka,
Todd Cruz, Carl Dix, Brian Gillespie,
Michael J. Gintoli, Brian Jeffries, John
Rouse, Hollie Scott, Greg Stein and
Douglas Swank... Tampa Cadet Sq.
(Florida Wing) hosted a rocketry weekend
for Group 3 cadets recently. Cadets were
given lectures on rocket construction,
rocket performance, rocket launching and
range safety by senior cadets who conducted the weekend.

Great Lakes Region
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Stephen E. Schullery
(Ohio Wing) has been named the Great
Lakes Region Chaplain of the Year. U.S.
Congressman Clarence Miller made the
presentation... Capt. Maury Kleinman and
Cadets Paul Forsyth, Pat Ross and Harry
Jackson of the Riverdale Cadet Flight
(Illinois Wing) spent the weekend recently
touring the Air Force Museum at WrightPatterson AFB, Ohio... The Dover Bay
Cadet Sq. (Ohio Wing) has visited
Washington, D.C. Their tour included the
Tomb of the Unknown Soliders, the Capitol
Building, Lincoln Memorial and the
Smithsonian Institution.
Cadet Jerry Thompson, a member of
Wisconsin Wing's Group 10 has attended
Northwest Outward Bound School in Seattle, Washington. The school teaches such
survival methods as wilderness skills,
mountain climbing, leadership and how to
live off the land... Purdue Cadet Sq. (Indiana Wing) hosted the Indiana Wing
Cadet Competition recently. The squadron
won the ﬁrst place ribbon for the highest
team average on the written test which in
turn aided their winning of the trophy and
ﬁrst place ribbon for the overall competition.

North Central Region
The Fargo-Moorhead Cadet Sq. (North
Dakota Wing) had the opportunity to visit
Minot AFB recently. They were given a
tour of the 5th Fighter-Interceptor
Squadron, the control tower, and the
security building... 1st Lts. William Diamond and Louis Laury has been certiﬁed
as qualiﬁed RADEF instructors. They are
members of the 837 Senior Sq. (Missouri
Wing).

PA G E F I F T E E N

So uthwest Re gion
Second" Lt. Paul Mosteller of the
Lafayette Comp. Sq. (Louisiana Wing) has
been presented the Find Ribbon for his efforts in the successful search for an
emergency locator transraitter... Second
Lt. Charles Fuhrman, squadron safety ofﬁcer for the Phoenix-Litchﬁeld Comp. Sq.
(Arizona Wing) talked of ﬁre safety in
dress during a recent meeting. Fuhrman
is also a reserve ﬁre ﬁghter and investigator with the Rural Metro Fire
Department.
Members of the Delta Comp. Sq. (Texas
Wing) have taken part in a disaster relief
program sponsored by the American Red
Cross... Cadets Albert Rees, Ronald Beck,
and Robert Sheppard of the Lafayette
Comp. Sq. (Louisiana Wing) attended the
annual cadet summer encampment held
recently. They were afforded the opportunity to live on an Air Force base and
view the various aircraft there... Cadets
Craig Weisman, Lee Jinks and Webby
Skinner, members of the Valley Shamrock
Comp. Sq. (Texas Wing) were given a ride
in the Goodyear blimp, America, recently.
The squadron is sponsored by Valley
Shamrock Service Stations, one of the
largest Goodyear tire distributors in the
Rio Grande Valley. Cadets and senior
members of North Austin Comp. Sq. (Texas Wing) attended Armed Forces Day activities at nearby Ft. Hood recently.
Squadron members toured static displays
as well as museums depicting the history
of the First Calvary and Second Armoured
Division.

Paciﬁc Region
Two members of Sandpoint Comp. Sq.
( Wa s l i i n g t o n W i n g ) h a v e r e c e n t l y
graduated from Central Washington
University. They are Carmen Camelon
and Teresa Sloan... First Lt. Linda J.
Timm has been named commander of
R.G. Fowler Cadet Sq., California Wing...
Group 16 of the California Wing recently
participated in a Civil Defense Medical
Exercise. Cadets and seniors from the
group staff became victims of a simulated
major disaster... Members of the Lane
County Comp. Sq. and Mahion Sweet
Comp. Sq. (Oregon Wing) participated in
the Creswell Air Fair recently. The
members were able to view stunt ﬂying,
parachuting, gyrocopters andantique airplanes.

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'You've Got A Job To Do, And You Do It'

1st Lt. FRANK
FOLLMER
Carson Comp. Sq.
Nevada Wing
CARSON CITY, Nev.- While
recently visiting relatives in
Kentucky, Capt. Leroy Clement
of the Carson Comp. Sq. saved
his uncle's life.

Using cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) techniques,
which he learned in a ﬁrst aid
class, Clement sustained his uncle's breathing until an ambulance arrived to take him to a
hospital.
"My uncle had set the table
and I heard a thud in the other

Three Cadets Nominated

MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -Three cadets have been
nominated to the Air Force
Academy. One is from Indiana
and two are from Missouri.
Cadet Steven Suddarth of the
Purdue Cadet Sq. (Indiana Wing)
has entered the Academy in the
Class of 1982. He has been in the
Civil Air Patrol two years and
has a private pilot rating in small
aircraft and his instructor rating
in gliders. He has served his unit
in various staff positions, such as
ﬂight sergeant, ﬂight commander, adjutant and executive
ofﬁcer.
Cadet Douglas Bissell, former
cadet commander of the
Lafayette Cadet Sq. (Missouri

Wing), and Cadet Donald Gordon, former deputy cadet commander of the same unit, have
also received appointments to
the Academy.
Bissell received his nomination
through his U.S. Senator in
Illinois. Gordon was nominated
b y U . S . S e n a t o r Thomas
Eagleton of Missouri.
Bissell was active in sports and
scholastics in school. Gordon was
also active in school sports and
academics. Both cadets share an
interest in aviation. Gordon was
the ﬁrst cadet in the squadron to
solo and Bissell was instrumental
in starting a model rocketry
program.

room and heard my aunt call for four miles_away.
He said, "I don't know that I
did it exactly right by any means
The doctors said the uncle had
help. My uncle was lying in the
no brain damage since he had
and I wasn't worrying about the
doorway between the kitchen and
been out only about a minute.
numbers and all the things that
the dining room," he said. "He
Later they said there had been
go along with it but I started todo
wasn't breathing and had no
very little heart damage.
pulse."
something and it seemed to
,Although, when he was brought
work.
Clement said, "I proceeded to
in, he was listed as having had a
remove his shirt and started the
"The only comment I have
severe myocardial infarction.
three breaths on the mouth-toabout this is the same thing they
"The heart specialist told my
mouth. I did that a couple of
told us when we took ﬁrst aid, -aunt that it was almost certain he
times and there was still no
"You never know when you'll
pulse."
couldn't have made it if he hadn't
need to use this technique."
had CPR. He's 83 years old and
Meanwhile his daughter called
He said it is one thing to have
had had a bad heart most of his the emergency with someone you
for the ﬁre department amlife.
bulance.
don't know, but it's another to
"After a couple of minutes his
"I was afraid I had broken" have it happen with someone in
heart started a very erratic
some ribs," said Clement, the family. It's a different Situ~
beating and he started breathing.
"Although I went as easy as I
tion, it's a different kind of feelI had to do about two minutes of could. My uncle mentioned to my
ing. I was more hesitant and I
alternating between mouth-to- aunt~that he was awfully sore in was more afraid that I'd do
mouth breathing and rhythmic his chest and couldn't fathom
something wrong. But at the
pressing on the chest. As I was
why he was sore there. I told the
same time I just went right to
giving him more breaths, I could doctor that CPR had been used it."
see his chest and it looked like his but they didn't ﬁnd anything
"You hope you can keep going
heart was going to jump out of
broken or cracked.
until someone gets there. What
his chest -- very erratic beating
"I think that once you've been
would really be scary if I were
-- but it was beating."
through the training, when you
alone there myself and had to do
It took about ﬁve minutes for
get there you think, 'Oh my gosh,
the whole shot of phone call and
the ambulance to get there. They
this is the real thing!' But it's
keeping him alive.
started oxygen and took him to
just a matter of "You've got a
"After this I have a little more
the hospital, which was about
job to do and you do it.' "
conﬁdences."

PAGE SIXTEEN

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

SEPi~EMBER 1978

New Paint Scheme Approved For Aircraft
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- A new paint scheme for
Civil Air Patrol corporate aircraft has been approved
by the National Executive Committee. However, aircraft purchased prior to June 3, 1978, will not have to
be repainted.
The change is expected to save the organization a
considerable amount of money in the cost of purchasing, afﬁxing and, later -- when the aircraft is sold,
removing the "CAP" abbreviation and the state name
from the wings of the aircraft. The money saved, according to ofﬁcials here at National Headquarters,
could be better used for more important maintenance.

Under the new scheme, the wingtips on the aircraft
will be red. Near the end of each wing will appear two
blue stripes -- one a wide dark blue, the other a
narrower light blue, separated by a narrow white
stripe -- as a standard identiﬁcation for corporate aircraft.
The wide blue stripe which presently appears on the"
fuselage would be removed. In its place would be two
blue stripes in an aerodynamic design, one a wide dark
blue, the other a narrower light blue stripe, separated
by a narrow white stripe.

The vertical stabilizer would have horizontal red,
white and blue stripes with the name of the state
appearing on the white stripe. The CAP seal would
continue to appear near the top of the stabilizer.
The glare shield in front of the windshield will be a
ﬂat black or a ﬂat dark blue with a narrow ligbtblue
stride on either side. The spinner will be the same dark
blue as that on the fuselage. The top half of the wheel
skirts will be light blue and the bottom half dark blue.
Civil Air Patrol regulations arebeing changed to
reﬂect this new paint scheme.

APPROVED CAP AIRCRAFT MARKINGS & PAINT SCHEME
N O T E : I F C O S T I S A C O N S I D E R AT I O N , A L L

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6 INCH DARK BLUE BAND
INCH WHITE BAND
3 INCH LIGHT BLUE BAND

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(INCLUDING FLIGHT CONTROL)

NOTE:

ALL COLORED BANDS ON THE
S TA B L I Z E R W I L L B E PA R A L L E L T O
T H E V E R T S TA B C A P.

CAP SEAL CENTERED BETWEEN
RED LINE AND BOTTOM OF
TA I L C A P

LIGHT BLUE STRIPE - 1 INCH WIDE ,'"~ /"~
WHITE STRIPE - 1 INCH WIDE

3 INCH RED
9 INCH WHITE BAND - 4 1/2 INCHES ON
EACH SiDE OF CL

6 INCH DARK BLUE

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L I N E O F S TA B L I Z E R A S M E A S U R E D
F R O M V E R T S TA B AT TA C H I N G P O I N T T O
T H E B O T T O M O F T H E V E R T S TA B C A P
S TAT E N A M E I N P O S T O F F I C E A B B R E V I AT I O N
AND WORD "WING" IN 4 INCH
LETTERS
I.E., VT WING
IN DARK BLUE
LETTERS,

NOTE:

NOTE:
N NUMBER WILL BE 3 INCH
WHITE LETTERS CENTERED BETWEEN THE
END OF THE REAR WINDOW AND THE EM.
PENNAGE. LETTERS WILL BE CENTERED ON
THE BLUE STRIPE,
SPINNER WILL BE THE SAME COLOR AS THE WIDE SIDE STRIPE.
THE GLARE SHIELD WILL BE A
F L AT D A R K B L U E O R F L AT B L A C K .

NOTE:

TOP HALF OF WHEEL SKIRTS WILL
BE LIGHT BLUE, BOTTOM HALF
DARK BLUE WITH A 1 INCH WHITE
STRIPE IN BETWEEN.

B O T T O M O F L A R G E S I D E S T R I P E . W I L L S TA R T
AT T H E B O T T O M O F T H E C O W L A I R I N L E T,
TOP WILL BEGIN 3 INCHES ABOVE THE BOTTOM
LINE AND RUN IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO JUST
U N D E R T H E H O R I Z S TA B . T H E L A R G E S T R I P E
S H O U L D B E 6 I N C H E S W I D E AT T H E B E G I N N I N G
OF THE N NUMBER. THE SMALL STRIPE
S H O U L D B E 2 I N C H E S W I D E A N D PA R A L L E L T O
THE LARGE STRIPE. THE TWO STRIPES SHOULD
B E S E PA R AT E D B Y A I I N C H S T R I P E O F W H I T E .

CAP Made His Dreams Come True
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- A
Civil Air Patrol member, CWO
James Giacobbe of the Daytona
Beach Comp. Sq. (Florida Wing)
has written National Headquarters, expressing his thanks
to the organization for helping
h i m a c h i e v e t w o childhood
dreams.
The .letter follows:
Dear Sirs,
I am writing this letter to tell
of two childhood dreams that
have come true.
As far back as I can remember
I wanted to ﬂy. Through CAP I
not only learned how to ﬂy, I'm
also well on my way to a private
license, which otherwise I
wouldn't be able to afford.
My second dream was that I
always wanted to join the Air
Force. Now I've not only enlisted
but thanks to the CAP program
and the Mitchell award, which I

earned in May, I'll be starting at
a higher level. CAP has really
paid off for me.
I have never belonged to an
organization with so many
dedicated people, whose hearts

are ﬁlled with the wealth of
charity and sharing. I plan to remain active in CAP and support
my next CAP squadron wherever
I may be stationed. Thank you,
CAP.

Indiana Exercise On TV News
SEYMOUR, Ind. -- The recent
Indiana Wing search and rescue
evaluation test was covered by
the Channel 6 television news.
During the program the public
saw CAP air operations and communications in action, according
to Capt. Virginia Hovell, information ofﬁcer of the Seymour
Cadet Flt.
The NBC afﬁliate in Indianapolis showed a statewide
viewing audience the use in the
Great Lakes Region of a twoprong exercise. The two-prongs
were a primary and a quick-ﬁnd
target.

T-he quick-ﬁnd target gave
movement to the activity and
gave pilots training in giving
directions to the ground team to
locate the ﬁnd target, said
Hovell. The television news
showed the aerial ﬁnd of the
primary target by Capt. Louis
Switzer.
The exercise involved 44 senior
and 21 cadet CAP members. Exercise headquarters were set up
at Freeman Field in Seymour,
home of the Seymour Cadet Flt.,
under Maj. Joseph Gilkey, mission coordinator.

F O R T - 3 4 A I R C R A F T,
A P P R O P R I AT E S I Z E W H I T E L E T T E R I N G
{ F U L L N A M E O F S TAT E ) C E N T E R E D O N
L A R G E B L U E S T R I P E A N D D I R E C T LY B E L O W
CAP SEAL.

I F A I R C R A F T H A S A C O R R U G AT E D V E R T
S TA B , C A P S E A L W I L L B E C E N T E R E D O V E R
THE N NUMBER.
F O R T - 3 4 A I R C R A F T: C E N T E R C A P S E A L
BETWEEN CANOPY AND DARK BLUE STRIPE
AT T H E M I D P O I N T O F T H E F R ( : ) N T C A N O P Y.

Wing Pilots Fly
Second A ircrqft
To West Virginia
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -The West Virginia Wing has
received its second new Cessna
172 from National Headquarters
at Maxwell AFB, Ala., under
CAP's Aircraft Modernization
Program.
The ﬁrst Cessna 172 was
delivered last October and the
latest in June.
Tw o C A P p i l o t s f r o m t h e
Parkersburg Comp. Sq., Lt. Col.
George Polen and Capt. Edward
GlOsser, ﬂew a Cessna 150 from
West Virginia to Maxwell and
left it there as a trade-in. The two
pilots then picked up the new aircraft and ﬂew it back here.
This new plane brings to four
the total in the West Virginia
Wing -- two Cessna 150s and two
Cessna 172s.

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