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F l o o d Wa t e r S p u r s C A P R e s p o n s e
M A X W E L L A F B ,
Ala.--Raging flood waters in five
North Central states sent
hundreds of Civil Air Patrol
(CAP) members along with CAP
aircraft, group vehicles and radio
stations into action recently to
assist Civil Defense officials with
emergency relief operations in
those areas.
Affected was the entire state
of Minnesota, southeastern
South Dakota, the northwestern
area of Iowa, the northwest

central area of North Dakota
and the western section of
Wisconsin where melting snow
sent tributaries of the upper
Mississippi River into flood
stage. Many streams were
choked with ice.
Civil Air Patrol members
fought the elements of an early
spring thaw until flood waters
began to recede in Minnesota
and Wisconsin. While the high
waters began to recede in the
five states with the exception of

the area around Minot, N.D.,
Civil Air Patrol units in Illinois
braced for expected flooding.
The civilian auxiliary of the
United States Air Force
members were on alert status
since Mar. 25 in Minnesota one
of the most seriously affected
states in the spring flooding. The
CAP units performed aerial
surveillance flights of the upper
reaches of the Mississippi River
from Grand Rapids to Winonthe Minnesota River frt.

Orthonville to St. Paul and the were 52 fixed communications,
Red River, rbm Morehear'
20 mobile radio stations and 10
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MAXWELL AFB, ALA.

MAY, 1969

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Membership
Given Von Braun
H UNTSVILLE, Ala.--Space
scientist Wernher von Braun
recently joined the distinguished
ranks of honorary members of
Civil Air Patrol.
Von Braun, director of the

Wolff,
2 Cadets
Honored

WASHINGTON--Representative Lester L. Wolff and two
Civil" Air Patrol cadets were
recently honored at the monthly
meeting of the Congressional
Sqdn. held in the Rayburn.
Butidmg here.
Wo l ff , c o m m a n d e r o f t h e
Congressional Sqdn., was
presented a replica drawing
depicting the sinking of an
enemy submarine by a CAP
aircraft. Maj. Gen. Walter B.
Putnam, national commander,
was guest of honor and made the
presentation during a breakfast
gathering of more than 60
persons, including a number of
leading congressmen.
The national commander also
presented the Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz Award to C/Cols. Leigh
D. Johnson and Richard L.
Delanoy, both of the National
Capital Wing.
Wolff was credited with more
than 70 submarine chase
missions during the early days of
World War II.

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m assive George C. Marshall
Space Flight Center here,
received the honor in ceremonies
at the center.
Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam,
national commander of Civil Air
Patrol and its some 65,000
volunteer members, flew to the
sprawling space flight center to
make the award.
General Putnam and yon
Braun conferred for 30 minutes
in the scientist's seventh floor
office.
Following the presentation
the general and members of the
Alabama Wing of Civil Air
Patrol, including Col. Thomas C.
Casaday, wing commander, and
Lt. Col. Morris K. Dyer, CAP, of
the program mmutgementJ3Y.fice
here, toured the Marshall center.
The Marshall Space Flight
Center is the largest field center
of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, and is in
charge of developing the space
agency's large space rockets--the
Saturn vehicles for the Apollo
lunar landing program.

SPACE SCIENTIST NEWEST MEMBER-Dr. Wernher yon Braun receives an Honorary
Membership in Civil Air Patrol from Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam, national commander, during
recent ceremonies at Huntsville, Ala. With them is Col. Thomas C. Casaday, Alabama Wing
commander. Von Braun is director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, which is
responsible for developing the Saturn vehicles for the NASA lunar landing program.

Byrd Donates 81 000
'For New Scholarship

L a t e r i n t h e d a y, a t a
luncheon at the Redstone
Arsenal Officers Open Mess,
Colonel Dyer was presented a
Civil Air Patrol Meritorious
Service Ribbon by the general.
A n d M a j . G e n . E d m u n d F.
O'Conner, director of program
management, was also made an
honorary member of Civil Air
Patrol.

Vacancies
stm Exist
or

Command

Hal _ . . r . v e n

DO YOU KNOW HIM?
Flying buff and licensed since
1937: insurance executive
who joiaed CAP on Dec. !,
1941: flew courier ferry
,, service, later taught
and theory o f
~avigation
~ i l ~ - ~ " flight. See page 7 for full
story.

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MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--Civil The winner will be among the will be announced shortly F C
Air Patrol's scholarship and 66 selected to receive financial thereafter,
g e
grant coffer swelled to more assistance under the auspices of
Civil Air Patrol.
than $41,000 recently, thanksto
MAXWELLAFB, AIa.--There
A three-man CAP Scholarship
a financial boost from Col. D.
N E C
O K s
is still time to apply for the
Harold Byrd, CAP chairman Committee will convene here in
1969 Civil Air Patrol National
mid-May to review the records
emeritus.
Staff College.
A B y r d c o n t r i b u t i o n o f of the more than 275 cadets in
Deadline for acceptance of
$1,000, to be awarded to a cadet contention for the awards. That
applications has been extended
F i l l ~ d : ~
for undergraduate study during board will consist of Col.
to June 15; a number of
the 1969-70 school year( sent duPont, CAP, vice chairman of
vacancies still exist.
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--Seven
the educational fund spilling the national board; Lt. Col. John interim commanders of Civil Air
If you are a senior member,
beyond the $41,000 mark. His A . G o o i s b y , C A P - U S A F, P a t r o l w i n g s w e r e n a m e d
warrant officer or holder of the
most recent donation will be inspector general; and Capt.
permanent commanders at the
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award here
given on a one-time basis, and James J. Kendig, assistant staff
Spring meeting here of CAP's is a rare opportunity to enlarge
may be used by the winning j u d g e a d v o c a t e . M r s . M a r y National Executive Committee. your horizons, develop new
leadership techniques and learn
cadet to further his/her studies R o b b i n s h a s b e e n n a m e d The seven also were promoted to
at any accredited college or r e c o r d i n g s e c r e t a r y f o r t h e the rank of colonel in Civil Air how best to serve the unit of
university. All qualified male committee. It will probably take Patrol, a rank which all wing assignment and contribute to
and female cadets are eligible for
the officials a week to screen the commanders carry.
Civil Air Patrol's multiple
the award,
applicants' records, and winners
missions.
(See SEVEN, Page 2)

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

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National Commander Discusses
Five Year Plan at MER Parley
L E X I N G TO N PA R K ,
Md.--Air Force Maj. Gen. Walter
B. Putnam, Civil Air Patrol's
national commander, presented
a rye.year plan for revitalizing
CAP programs and membership
to some 400 attending the

SWRegion
Meeting
Conducted
A highly successful
Southwest Region Conference
was held in Texas during April.
Col. Claude Chambers region
commander said, "It was one of
our better conferences. The
inspiring Tell.It.Like-It-Is speech
by Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam,
set forth a theme of renewed
dedication to the 350 members
in attendance,
Because of bad weather, the
air mobility exercise that was
held in conjunction with the
conference did not reach
expectations, but the planning
each wing acquired during this
exercise will be of use in future
exercises."
The conference was held at
The Inn of Six Flags, halfway
between Fort Worth and Dallas.
Many in attendance went to the
1969 opening of Six Flags Over
Te x a s . D u r i n g t h e o p e n i n g
meeting, members heard from
Col. D. Harold Byrd, CAP, of
Dallas, a past chairman of the
national board and one of the
original founders of the CAP.
Col. Samuel H. DuPont Jr., vice
chairman, spoke about the new
renewal system. General Putnam
and Colonel duPont were made
honorary ctitzens of Dallas.
Over 250 guests attended the
closing banquet. During the
banquet the trophy for the top
Wing in Southwest Region was
presented to Col. Luther C.
Bogard, commander of the
Texas Wing.

Middle. East Regional
con ference, Mar. 29-30, at
Sheraton-Belvedere Hotel here.
Theme of the conference was
standardization
through
practical application.
During the conference
General Putnam presented
C/Col. Linda Osterhoudt of
Lanham Cadet Sqdn., Maryland
Wing, the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz
Educational Achievement
Award. She is the 85th recipient
of the award in CAP's 27 year
history, and the first to do so in
Maryland.
Her other accomplishments
include winning the Gen. Billy
Mitchell and Amelia Earhart
awards and a Walter Schirre
educational scholarship. A
student at the University of
Maryland School of Nursing, she
is the first female cadet to earn
glider ratings and a private
pilot's license in the Maryland
Wing. Named the wing's
outstanding cadet, she also
became the first female cadet
from the wing to participate in
the 1968 International Air Cadet
Exchange by visiting Great
Britain.
Civil Air Patrol Brig. Gen. F.
Ward Reiily, a Chattanooga

UH, GENTS, PLEASE TAKE'NOTE- Linda L. Osterhoudt of
Lanham (Md.) Cadet Sqdn. recently became the first cadet in
the Maryland Wing to cam the Gen. Cad A. Spaatz Award. In
conjunction with the achievement, she was promoted to cadet
colonel at a Middle East Region Conference ceremony at
which Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam, national commander, was
guest of honor. (See story related on page 2.)

Five-State Area
Stricken by" Floods
7 Wing Commanders

(Continued from Page 1)
emergency communications
Wing ground crews were also from the flood control area.
engaged in sandbagging river Many of these stations were on
banks and dykes and operating the air for more than 74 hours.
communications outposts at A CAP communications central
Dakota; W. Dale Parsons, New Fargo and Grand Rapids.
command unit was also installed
M e x i c o a n d H e n r y F. Z e y,
In charge of the emergency
in Civil Defense Headquarters at
Illinois.
services assistance operations Fort Shelling, Minn., and 15
There are 52 wings in the was CAP Col. Stan Frank at ,,mobil#~ units were placed on
Fargo; CAP Lt. Col. John Shull standby for immediate use in the
Civil Air Patrol organization, one
a n d M a j . B y r o n E d w a r d s a t emergency.
for each state plus Puerto Rico
Grand Rapids and CAP Capt.
In Wisconsin, CAP pilots flew
and the District of Columbia.
Harold Belker at Minot, N.D.
flood surveillance missions over
Official civil auxiliary of the
At New Ulm, Minn., CAP
areas in the neighborhood of
Air Force, Civil Air Patrol is a members assisted in search Eau Claire.
n ' o n - p r o fi t , b e n e v o l e n t missions for a boy missing when
In South Dakota, units of
organization devoted to air h i s b o a t c a p s i z e d i n t h e
CAP in the area of Sioux Falls
s e a r c h a n d r e s c u e , y o u t h Cottonwood River. The search
were primarily involved in
aerospace education and training
was unsuccessful.
disaster relief.
and assistance providing
In Iowa there has been some
Also in Minnesota, CAP
humanitarian and relief services personnel manned radio stations
flooding reported in western
during local or national disaster.
areas of the state and CAP
members were placed on
standby incase of need.
than
An area of more
were
3 00,000 square miles
involved in continuing flood
w a t c h . C o o r d i n a t i n g CAP
emergency relief activities four
of the state was the Fifth Air
Force "Reserve Region with
headquarters at Seifridge AFB,
~ ~'~, ,.
Mich.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Walter B.
Putnam, CAP's national
commander, praised the work of
the emergency relief teams.

Given NEC pproval
(Continued from Page l)
The seven and the wings
which they command are Cols.
Howard Brookfield, California;
Toby Eister, Kansas; Willard D.
Gilbert, Maryland; Stephen ~.
Mills, Washington; William H.
Ramsey, Minnesota; Richard A.
Saisman, North Dakota and
Frank L. Swaim, Colorado.
The NEC also confirmed
interim commanders for five
other wings. They are Col.
Robert K. Bing, Vermont; Lt.
C o l s . R o b e r t T. S . C o l b y,
National Capital, (Washington,
D.C.); John H. O'Gara, South

Spaatz Award Given
To 3 Pennsylvanians
ALLENTOWN, Pa.--The
presentation of the Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz certificate to three cadets
was the highlight of the recently
held Pennsylvania Wing Ranger
Awards Dinner.
The three cadets, Ramon L.
Benedetto of Philadelphia Group
90; Michael A. Allen of Ridley
Park; and Richard B. Smith of
Duncansville, received the award
from Col. Lemuel H.
M c C o r m a c k J r. , d e p u t y
commander (CPG-2),
representing national
headquarters at the annual
affair. The dinner honored a
combined land rescue ranger
team from the Bethlehem
suburban Kiwanis Sqdn. and the
Allentown Optimist Sqdn. The
group placed first in the 1968
competition held at Raymond B.
Winter State Park near Lock
Haven, Pa.

( Te n n . ) b u s i n e s s m a n a n d
chairman of the national board
o f C A P, w a s t h e o t h e r k e y
speaker at the Middle East
Region conference. He described
CAP's capability of transporting
personnel and equipment
throughout the nation to areas
stricken by floods, hurricanes
and tornadoes. General Reilly
also outlined plans for
expanding cadet scholarship
programs and stated that CAP
aims should be to preserve the
patriotic heritage of the
American people.
Summing up the conference
and the objectives of Civil Air
Patrol over the next five years,
Maj. Gen. Lucas V. Beau (USAF
Ret.), a former national
commander, called the plan
"superb" and urged the
organization's membership to
share the responsibility of
making the program a success.
Among the distinguished
visitors were U.S. Congressman
Samuel N. Friedel of Baltimore,
a member of the Congressional
Sqdn., National Capital Wing;
David Stickles, WMAR-TV news
director, Baltimore and Andrew
Heubeck, Maryland Board of
Works secretary.

Lt. Col. John McNaab, ranger
commander, presented the
winning team its honors.
The more than 400 persons
attending the dinner paid a final
tribute to the late President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, who bad
been an honorary member of the
Pennsylvania Wing before his
death March 27. Col. Phillip F.
N e u w e i l l e r , C A P, w i n g
commander and charter member
of CAP, presented the honorary
membership to Eisenhower at
White House ceremonies.
U.S. Representative Fred B.
Rooney of Pennsylvania's 15th
Congressional District, was the
guest speaker at the event. In his
address, he said, "If the young
people of today are to be good
citizens of tomorrow they must
have stable personal values
firmly based on moral and
religious,concepts."

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CONGRESSIONAL VISIT-Virginia State Representative
Dave E. Satterfield of the third district chats in front of
nation's capitol with C/Maj. Merrill Powell and C/Capt. J. H.
Hill. The cadets were members of the Southside (Va.)Cadet
Sqdn. who recently visited Washington.

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MAY, 1969

1 ÷ 25 to Almost Home
MAI. S. J. TEMPLE-TON
Eastern ARRC, Robins AFB, Ga.
(NOTE: Major Templeton is an old friend of the Civil Air Patrol. He
has attended and spoken at a number of region conferences: the
latest of which was the Operations Seminar, MER Conference,
Baltimore, Maryland, March 28-30, 1969. The EARRC covers the
eastern-most 22 states and is the agency which coordinates all search
and rescue missions for this area. The following is a true story.
Names, personal data and other identifying aspects of the mission
have been changed.)
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General Sees
New Role
For Reserves
DENVER, Colo.--Maj. Gen.
Wa i t e r B . P u t n a m , n a t i o n a l
commander of Civil Air Patrol
(CAP), addressed the first annual
CAP Reserve Assistance
Coordinators Conference here
last week.
Some 75 Air Force
Reservists, CAP coordinators
and high-level Air Force officials
attended the three.day meeting
where they discussed Air Force
Reserve assistance to Civil Air
Patrol.
Most of those present were
region and wing coordinators for
the CAP Reserve Assistance
Program. Through this program,
Air Force Reservists earn
retirement points for work with
Civil Air Patrol.
General Putnam spoke on
CAP and its activities.
A civilian auxiliary of the U.
S. Air Force, CAP has as its
mission air search and rescue,
assistance during periods of local
or national emergency, and
aerospace education and
training.

SIGN LEASE FOR MEMORIAL BUILDING-Humboldt
County Board of Supervisors Chairman Elwyn L. Lindley
(center) signs a lease with Civil Air Patrol's Eureka Comp.
Sqdn. 34 for a plot of land at Murray Field Airport.
Participating in the ceremony (left to right) are Mrs. Jenny
Home, Eureka Quota Club: Richard Spjut. Sqdn 34
commander; Mrs. Marguerite Hadley, widow of Ervin Hadley:
Dave Zebo. County Aviation director and Lt. Elmer Haskin,
CAP, of Sqdn. 34. The new headquarters to be constructed on
the site for the Eureka Squadron is designed to be a memorial
for the unit's former commander who died on a search mission
aboard a helicopter during the 1964 floods ravaging California.

Eureka's Dream of Memorial
To Commander Nears End
floods ravaging California.
EUREKA, Calif.--Eureka
The CAP unit joined Eureka
Comp. Sqdn. 34's long-awaited
Quota Club to collect money for
dream of erecting a living
memorial to the unit's former the building on a fund drive.
commander recently moved Much of the money in the fund
toward reality when a lease for a for the building came as a result
plot of land at Murray Field
of public participation at an
Airport was signed. The 20-year annual memorial day air show
presented by Civil Air Patrol in
cost-free lease with Humboldt
County can be renewed when it
the area.
expires.
The Squadron now has
The Hadley Memorial
approximately $6,000 in its
Headquarters building for Sqdn. coffers-for construction of its
34 will be erected on the leased h e a d q u a r t e r s b u i l d i n g .
land. Plans for such a building Construction work is slated to
began four years ago shortly begin in the summer and when
after Eureka Squadron
complete the headquarters will
Commander Erwin "Bunny"
have a search and rescue section:
Hadley died aboard a rescue
training room, equipment rooms
helicopter which crashed on a
and a hanger.
rescue mission during the 1964

Only CAP Senior Members
OKd for Aerial Searches
Questions continue to arise as
to whether or not a non-CAP
member may participate in a
search mission. The United
States Government recently paid
damages for the death of a
non-CAP member who was
killed while acting as an observer
on a USAF authorized search
mission.
Although this was the first
time such a judgement has been
made as a result of operation of
a private aircraft by its CAP
o w n e r, i t m a y c o n s t i t u t e a
precedent for future claims of
this nature. Tlaerefore, it is
extremely important that CAP
commanders insure that only
CAP senior members participate
in .USAF authorized missions.
When non-CAP members
,gPlunt~er their services and their

aircraft, mission coordinators
can not accept that service, will
not assign search areas not in
any way authorize any activity
in support of a USAF authorized
mission. However, the CAP has
no legal authority to restrict
non-members from conducting a
search of their own. If
non-member activity hampers
CAP efforts or creates a safety
hazard this information should
be reported immediately to the
Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
Center.
This matter should be made a
recurring item of emphasis to all
CAP commanders and mission
coordinators. It should also he a
continuous follow-up item of
inspection for all Air Force
personnel involved in CAP
Emergency Services operation~.

Mitchell
Winners
Considered

MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--The
Air Force Academy has
announced that it will accept
three CAP cadets who have
received the Gen. Billy Mitchell
Aw a r d f o r e n r o l l m e n t i n i t s
Preparatory School at Colorado
Springs, Colo. One stringent
prerequisite is that interested
cadets must be able to pass the
flight physical.
Graduation from the Air
Force Academy Preparatory
School virtually a~sures entrance
into the
academy upon
graduation.
A .selection committee at
National Headquarters
CAP-USAF is in the process of
tapping noninees whose names
the
will be submitted to
. Academy ~Se] .ecfiorl ,Boar~t.;

Holiday seasons alert the men who watch over the USAF
Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service search and rescue centers in
the U. S. to prepare themselves for the inevitable SAR missions that
go with these otherwise happy times of the year. Millions of
Americans are on the move for long awaited family reunions;
thousands of light private airplanes are in the air with families
heading in every direction to be "home" for the holidays. Every year
there are those that do not arrive. This is the story of one such flight
on Dec. 24, 1968.
George and Irene Anderson were
well on their way home to be with
their families for Christmas. This was
a trip that had been planned for
months and would be a chance to
show everyone their new Piper that
George had bought for use in his
construction business in Dallas. All
of the Christmas shopping had been done in those last hectic days;
the packages were wrapped and neatly stored in the luggage
compartment; there was George's usual expert touch in all the plans
for their trip. Their flight was easy to the half-way point. A light
lunch, the airplane serviced and they were off on the last leg of the
flight.
George had every reason to be proud of his success in life. lie had
been out of the Air Force for only five years and his construction
company had become a success beyond his brightest hopes. During
20 years in the Air Force he had been one of its best pilots flying the
line in MAC and retired a major with over 10,000 hours in his Form
5. Having his own plane in civilian life was like having a car to
anyone else. He loved every minute in the air.
Yes, life had been good to George Anderson. He was in perfect
health. He was a success in every way. His children were now grown
and happy in their lives, too. Happiness to George and Irene was
getting away from it all and keeping on the move just as they had
done in the Air Force.
This would be a special Christmas for them. All of the Anderson
family clan had planned a really big Christmas celebration at the
family home. Irene's family would be there, too. It would be the
biggest event in the year for everyone. George's mother, two
brothers and his new sister-in-law would be at the airport to meet
them. There was no question about roiling the chocks on THIS ETA.
It was an easy flight to figure. A straight line on the map, 052
degrees, 1 + 25 enroute. The weather was a little bad, even bordering
on marginal at the destination airport. But George figured the long
range forecast of 8,000 feet, 7 miles in light snow showers would
hold up. Regardless, he had a new plane with a perfectly working
VHF transceiver and he knew he could slip in anywhere.
Flying a small plane with just you and your wife would allow you
to do things they never would allow in the "big" ones. ARer all, on a
VFR clearance into the Big City area without talking to Big City
Center, who would know you were there? It was worth the chance,
he could always stay low, VFR, if the weather got too bad.
George looked over his charts {those good oi' WACs, they're all
you need to fly anyplace!) and noted the sharp rise in terrain to the
east of his course. No problem--just stay on track and if you have to
dodge around to stay in contact with the ground, do it to the west.
Very simple!
Next came the last minute weather check. No one seemed to he
quite sure about the enroute weather. The cold front that had passed
was slowing down and could cause lower ceilings and more snow. It
only took a moment to fill out a VFR clearance, departure point
and destination. No sweat at all.
The sleek little plane eased into the air and climbed effortlessly to
6,000 feet. They were on their way now, only a little over an hour
and they would be seeing the smiling faces of their loved ones at last.
George had the VOR locked on the first check point and watched
the needle as it obviously hung on to the station. Between his WAC
chart and that needle, he could tell within ten feet of where he was,
even in that white :;ky, flying over the snow-covered land down
below.
It was snowing only lightly now and George had momenk~ when
there was no contact with the ground, but the VOR needle was
strong on every station so there really wasn't anything to be
concerned about. The flight was almost half over and he would be
timing in 11ome Town VOR soon. It would be a simple maneuver,
tracking out on 055 degrees from there into the airport.
George and Irene were 30 minutes out from ttome Town VOR
now. The VOR frequency was changed on September 1 to 115.3:
the ground elevation at the VOR is 120(}. the elevation of the airport
is 1240. Four months ago the frequency was 117.2 but was changed
by the FAA to fit into the high altitude structure serving the Big
City area. As always, when changing frequencies, proper noti fication
through NOTAMS, chart changes, etc., was made by the FAA to all
the aeronautical agencies in the U. S. Frequency 117.2 was moved
....... (See I +-~5 Page 7)
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MAY, 1969

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

EDITORIAL

FROM THE NATIONAL COMMANDER

Soldier, Citizen And Patriot S T A R T A L K
"I've always loved my ~dfe; I've always loved my children;

sol-

Th

d i e r, c i t i z e n , p a t r i o t a n d 3 4 t h P r e s i d e n t o f o u r c o u n t r y - - D w i g h t
David Eisenhower.

By MAJ. GEN. WALTER B. PUTNAM, USAF
National Commander, Civil Air Patrol

W h e n w e t h i n k o f h i s p l a c e i n h i s t o r y, o u r t h o u g h t s i n e v i t a b l y
Since Civil Air Patrol became an auxiliary of
p l a c e h i m a t t h e h e a d o f t h o s e g r e a t g i a n t s o f Wo r l d Wa r I I f a m e .
the Air Force 21 years ago, the United States
And we think of the qualities of greatness that made him unique
Government, through the Department of the Air
among all.
Force, has given hundreds of millions of dollars
in the support of this organization. In the past
Those qualities can be more easily explained by one of his own
s t a t e m e n t s s h o r t l y a f t e r V E D ~ y i n L o n d o n . I t w a s d u r i n g a c e l e - year alone, Air Force support amounted to more
bration where the triumphan~ Supreme Commander of Allied
t h a n e l e v e n m i l l i o n ( $ 11 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ) d o l l a r s . T h i s
Forces in Europe was officially given the freedom of the city of
assistance has taken the form of air lift support,
London.
donated and excess equipment, use of Air Force
training facilities, and a full time Air Force
In an address that day General Eisenhower said, 'q come from
n a t i o n a l h e a d q u a r t e r s a n d l i a i s o n s t a ff . I f l o c a l
the heart of America."
base support of CAP units were included the
amount would far surpass eleven million
He did come from the heart of America, Rot only the geographic a l h e a r t b u t f r o m i t s s p i r i t u a l h e a r t a s w e l l . H e e x e m p l i fi e d w h a t ($11,000,000) dollars.
Without this support, it is doubtful that Civil
millions of parents hoped that their sons would be--strong, courageous, honest and compassionate. And with his own great qualities A i r P a t r o l c o u l d h a v e f u n c t i o n e d a s a v i a b l e
o r g a n i z a t i o n . C e r t a i n l y, t h e C A P b u d g e t c o u l d
of heart, he personified the best in America.
not begin to support the corporation without the
G e n e r a l E i s e n h o w e r h o l d s a u n i q u e p l a c e i n A m e r i c a ' s h i s t o r y, fi n a n c i a l a n d p h y s i c a l s u p p o r t o f t h e A i r F o r c e .
Rs heart, and the hearts of people the world over.
Since CAP is now "coming of age," perhaps it
is time to ask, is CAP providing a reasonable
" T h e m e a s u r e o f D w i g h t E i s e n h o w e r ' s p l a c e i n h i s t o r y, " s a i d
return on this investment?
President Nixon, "is that we have to reach back two centuries, to
I have been your National Commander for six
the first days of our Republic, to find another American who was
months, during which time 1 have traveled
' a c i t i z e n , fi r s t i n w a r, fi r s t i n p e a c e , fi r s t i n t h e h e a r t s o f h i s
w i d e l y, i n s p e c t e d m a n y u n i t s a n d t a l k e d w i t h
countrymen'." (AFPS)
numerous members, in many cases I have been

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greatly impressed by the quality of our people at
the lower echelons.
H o w e v e r, ! a m d i s t u r b e d w h e n ! l o o k a t t h e
results of the 1968 National Commander's
Evaluation. It indicates to me that Civil Air
Patrol, overall, is not meeting its goals, is not
m a k i n g a p o s i t i v e e ff o r t t o m a t c h t h e A i r F o r c e
contribution.
! think this is a combination of a lack of
leadership and living in the past.
Civil Air Patrol cannot expect to grow with
the times with horse and buggy leadership, and
antiquated organizations and methods. It needs
dynamic leaders who will accept the challenges
facing the organization and inspire the
membership into action.
In addition, we must chart a bold new course
in the future. A course leading to expanded
membership and a program relevant to our times.
We must set goals, realistic but aggressive goals,
then make sure that we reach them.
In short, Civil Air Patrol has a long way to go
to match the Air Force's effort. There is no
question in my mind that we can do it, so LET'S
G E T W I T H I T.

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ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NA"r'lof~4L ADVISORY COMMITTEI
FOR AERONAU'r'I C.S.

IN "THREE. YEAU AND
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MAJ. GIN WALTER II. PUTNAM, USAF
National Commander
Lt. COl. John W. Miller

Director of Information

,Capt. Mervyn E. Roberts Jr.

Chief, Internal Information

Firebirds Defeat AIfR'- F'-C To Win Drill Meet
E L M E N D O R F A F B ,
Alaska--Firebird 400 Cadet Drill
Te a m o f C i v i l A i r P a t r o l ' s 1 7 t h
Cadet Training Sqdn. outclassed
marchers from the 33rd Air
Force Junior Reserve Officers
Tr a i n i n g C o r p s ( A F R O T C ) f r o m
West Anchorage High School to

twin a local drill competition
here recently.
Last year's Alaska CAP Wing
Drill champ;ons lived up to their
title and outclassed the
AFROTC unit by 95-75 points
in a competition judged by an
all.Air Force team. Judges were

Air Force MSgt. James Brown,
TSgt. Richard Anderson, 21st
Air Base Group military training
instructor and SSgt. Jess Griffin,
21st Transportation Sqdn.
Anderson and Griffin served as
t r a i n i n g i n s t r u c t o r s i n Te x a s
before their assignment here.

MAY, 1969

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE 5

To The
Women In CAP
FRESNO, Calif.-Cadets and

Wing AidsI
Operation
Rccciw's Certificates

By MRS. WALTER B. PUTNAM
senior members from CAP's
Squadron 60 assisted the Fresno
P E T E R S B U R G , Va . - - P r e s e n t a t i o n o f A d v i s o r y C o u n c i l
Women are people, too!
Certificates w~s the highlight of a recent gathering of the Governor's City Water Department with
flood control operations
Aviation Advisory Committee. Receiving CAP advisory certificates
Have you ever thought of the fact that more than half the
throughout the area last January population of this country is female? Yet, only today have women
were Grady W. Dalton, House Representative from Virginia; Jon R.
Donnelly, aviation editor for the Richmond (Va.) News-Leader; when torrential rains ravaged begun to enjoy equal opportunity with the male portion of the
California.
Judge William E. Spain, Hustings Court of Richmond; Col. Arlie G.
nation's populace.
Andrews, Virginia Wing commander; Lt. Col. Dewey W. Swicegood,
The group was primarily
" Yo u ' v e c o m e a l o n g w a y, B a b y ! " s i n g s t h e t e l e v i s i o n
prominent in state aviation circles; and Lt. Col. Williard G. Plenti Sr., e n g a g e d w i t h s a n d b a g g i n g
director of Division of Aeronautics, State of Virginia.
operations when area canals commercial. It is true, of coume; women HAVE come a long way
burst and swamped a nearby
since the days when they were not permitted to
residential area and a shopping
~ attend college, were not permitted to own property,
cen ter.

f,\!) lhmor- t, ir Guard

MANSFIELD, Ohio--The craftsmanship of Civil Air Patrol C/3C
Charles Nikolaus produced a plaque of appreciation for the 164th
Tactical Fighter Sqdn. of the Ohio Air National Guard. The plaque,
which is a replica of the 164th's insignia, was presented to Lt. Col.
David Sherick, squadron commander, during a recent unit training
assembly held "at the Mansfield Lahm Airport. For the past six
months, the Mansfield-Richmond Sqdn. 509 has fulfilled its training
obligation by weekly meetings and by attending a Sunday drill
period with the Mansfield air guard unit.

C<,mmandcr Promoted
DENVER--Frank L. Swalm, commander of the Colorado Wing of
Civil Air Patrol, has recently been promoted to colonel. Col. Donald
E. Hale, CAP, Rocky Mountain Region commander, pinned the new
rank on during ceremonies here.

i{angcr Sc!+..;ol P,'omoted
.LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.--The Pennsylvania Wing Ranger Section
has begun the task of planning for this year's summer ranger school,
a major training session for wing members for the past 15 years. The
school will run for nine days, beginning July 12, and participants
must provide their own food, clothing and shelter plus there is a $5
registration fee. Out-of-state CAP members are encouraged to attend
in addition to Pennsylvania personnel. Additional information may
be obtained by contacting the Pennsylvania Wing headquarters,
Ranger Section, P.O. Box 2044, Lehigh Valley, Pa. 18001.

First Issi,(

Puldieation +

WICHITA, Kans.--The first issue of Jayhawk Traffic Magazine
official publication of the Kansas Wing of Civil Air Patrol, recently
came off the press. The 16-page glossy periodical, to be published
monthly, will circulate to CAP personnel throughout the state,
airport officials, pilots, local and state governmental offices and
other interested personnel. The magazine staff is under the direction
of Capt. Ernest Greenof, Wichita and Lt. Beverly Baumer of
Hutchinson.

Conzmilt .'e eleclcd
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--The National Scholarship Selection
Committee has been formed here, chaired by Lt. Col. John A.
Goolsby Jr. Other members include Col. Samuel H. DuPont Jr. and
Capt. James J. Kendig. Mrs. Mary Robbins has been named recorder
for the group. A second committee, given the task of selecting the
winner of the annual Frank Brewer Award, has been named. Those
members are Col. Howard E. Reed, chairman, and Lt. Cols. Glenn H.
Dowler and Lt. Col. Frank Brewer, members.

Jackson +ille Member Dies
J A C K S O N V I L L E , F l a . - - S e n i o r M e m b e r C . T. M c M u r r y,
communications officer of the Jacksonville Search and Rescue Sqdn.
for the past several years, is dead. A retired telephone executive,
McMurry was bedridden with a crippling leg ailment. Despite this, he
had set up an elaborate communications system in his bedroom.
Earlier this year, McMurry received a Girt Air Patrol Award of Merit
for his outstanding work in the ~rvice of his fellow man.

Two (:APc,'s Honored
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--The Distinguished Service Award has
been awarded to Cols. Stanhope Lineberry and Raymond H. Gavel
CAP. For Lineberry, it was his second such award. Gaver,
former commander of the California Wing, was cited for his work
with CAP since 1962 through 1969.

With streets under four feet
of water, the cadets and seniors
still arrived at the disaster area
and responded to the requests to
sandbag the immediate area.
They also cleared streets of
stalled automobiles while
responding to an appeal from
stranded motorists.
After the rains and
emergency subsided, the Civil
Air Patrol members continued to
help with mopping up
operations.

~p,A:::~!.~. '~]lz.~ were shut out from the world of business, industry,
~"~ '+~and the arts.
~ - - . . _ _ I ' J Wo m e n w r i t e r s o f t h e p a s t s o m e t i m e s u s e d
"~ + ~"~ masculine pen names in order to conceal their sex.
One familiar example was French novelist George
: t " :~ ~ Sand whose real name was Amandine Lucille Aurore

Westring
Honored
By Jaycees

Civil Air Patrol, however, has been different. From its earliest
days, women have been welcomed into CAP and have played a
significant role in its development.

GREEN BAY, Wisc.--Civil
Air Patrol Capt. Richard W.
Westfing, ;executive.,, ,legal and
finance officer of Packer City
Comp. Sqdn., Wisconsin Wing,
has been awarded the Green Bay
Jaycees Distinguished Service
Award for 1969.
He earned the award for
distinguished s e r v i c e t o t h e
community.
A licensed pilot, Captain
Westring, a lawyer by profession,
is involved with youth, church,
community activities and music.
He is a supervisor on the
Allouez Town Board, chairman
of the Brown County
Republican Party and was
secretary and chairman of the
campaign
coordinating
committee.
Captain Westring was also
chairman of the Cancer Crusade,
directed and produced a United
Fund movie; worked with the
Chamber of Commerce; the
Boys Club and Civil Air Patrol
on various drives for
membership and funds. He
serves on the council of his
church, plays the piano for
entertainment and participates
in community singing.

~:~m~"~:~ Dudevant (nee Dupin).
~ , ~ i : ] ~ I n t h e e a r l y d a y s o f t h e t h e a t e r, w o m e n w e r e n o t
used at all; boys and young men played the roles of
women on stage.
Women pioneers in many fields of endeavor were treated shabbily
simply because they were women. Only in modern times have
women begun to be accepted on equal footing in the professions,
such.as law and medicine.

Women pilots and observers regularly fly search and training
missions. Women members take part in outings, encampments,
cross-country hikes and ground search training.
Women serve in squadron activities in just about every job open.
A number of squadrons have women commanders. Women direct
communications activities, training programs, and help run local
units.
Women wing commanders, too, are not uncommon. There have
been at least three.
As cadets, gids and young women visit foreign countries, study
aerospace careers and opportunities, undergo pilot training, take
leadership courses, learn to march, and engage in other training of
almost every kind.
CAP is one of the few organizations which offer women and gids
such opportunities for service, education-and adventure-on
practically equal footing with the male portion of the organization.
Civil Air Patrol is a good organization, dedicated to worthwhile
causes. Be proud you are a part of it] Help it to grow!

CAP Pilot Eyes Spot
In Powder Puff Derby

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Second nation's greatest, oldest and
Lt. Mary F. Van Staven, CAP, longest annual air classic for
Middle East Region's assistant women aviators. It is the trade
personnel officer, will compete n a m e o f t h e a n n u a l
in the 1969 Powder Puff Derby, c o a s t - t o - c o a s t a i r m e e t
the all-woman transcontinental
sponsored by All.Woman
air race, as a co.pilot in a
Transcontinental Air Races Inc.
Twin-Commanche airplane. She The race is open to all qualified
leaves California July 4 from San women pilots flying stock model
Diego's Lindbergh Field along
aircraft, single or multi-engined
with other women competitors
1 4 5 t o 4 5 0 h o r s e p o w e r,
"Playing the piano helped and is scheduled to arrive Dulles manufactured in the last decade.
pay for my education," he said. International Airport, Virginia,
Contestants are scored
He had his own dance band and where the race ends.
according to their ground speed
jazz combo while at the
Mrs. Van Stavern is the first
in relation to their handicaps
University of Wisconsin where i n d i v i d u a l f r o m R e g i o n a n d
he received his law degree. While Virginia Wing to compete in the a n d t h i s i s c a l c u l a t e d b y
subtracting the par speed from
at college he was affiliated with derby. She joined CAP's West
average ground speed.
the Delta Tan Delta fraternity
Richmond Cadet Sqdn. a year
and the Phi Alpha Delta, a legal
ago and was recently appointed
Winner of the derby receives
fraternity.
to the region staff. Last year, she h e r n a m e i n s c r i b e d o n t h e
His interest in flying led him served as the administrative Powder Puff Derby trophy at
to become a member of Civil Air
o f fi c e r f o r C i v i l A i r the Smithsonian Institution.
Patrol. "I have a private pilot's
Tr o p h i e s a n d c a s h a w a r d s
Patrol-sponsored powered flight
license," he said, "and recently e n c a m p m e n t f o r c a d e t s
totaling $8,500, of which
acquired an interest in a small
$5,250 go to the first five place
conducted at Frederick, Md.
plane."
.. ,,The. 4~owor-~-uff- ~- is-the,.-Av~ _a~.. be, in~...

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE 6

MAY, 1969

Thous ds of Cadets Listed
For 196!) Summer Programs
2
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06015 PHILLIPS, MICHAEL A.
06041 CASSELLA, ROBERT A.
06054 MOCKE, JUDSON W JR.
17035 ELLIS, JEFFREY K.
1 7 0 3 5 R I C H A R D , G R E G O R Y P.
19057 MOZER, ROBERT E. JR.
19012 P F A F F : R O B ~ T M .
19012
LCNGLEY, GARY S
19028 WOOD, KATHLEEN
28035 ARSENAULT, AIME
RICKS, PAMELA
28035
29094 D O T O , PA U L J R .
H YAT T: M A R K A .
29037
29035 (]WEN, RICHARD F.
31201 CRIST, RCDNEY S
3 11 8 9 W E I R : D O N A L D S .
31004 GRKCO, FRANK J.
31224
MALONEY, STEPHEN R.
GL~LEV~CH, ALAN H.
3 11 0 3
LARK.-rN, BRIAN J.
31237
31249 TITCOM5, STEPHEN L.
COSENTYNO, MICHAEL J.
37172
EDSON, JAMES D.
37049
SU]~qER, WILLIAM R.
37016

370J.8 ;OPOSZ, MARION B.
37007 KAJIOKA, DONALD H.
37017 ROBSON, BRUCE H.
37172 ZDOBINSKI, DANIEL.J.
38010 WELLS, GEORGE M.
LARKIN, RICi{ARD J.
38021
ROMANO, .;AMES j.
44009
0 7 0 11 DEI~AZ_~O, RAI2H E..
0 7 0 0 4 OSHAUGHNESSY, MI,'HAEL
07010 MffELENAER, ANDREA E
18013 H A L L , D A E R Y L W
18003 HAWKINS, RAYMOND T.
18044 M I L L E R , L A R R Y A .
25038 WINBORNE, ALONZO D.
25038 D E L A N O Y, R I C H A R D i .
25018 E VA N S , J O H N C .
32081 B R AT T O N , R O B ~ T E ~
32078 D I X O N , D A V I D B .
39014 MAYFIEI~D, RANDY H.
39OO7 G L O V E R , W I L L I A M L .
45OO2
HILDRETH, BRUCE ~.
STEWART, JAMES B.
45064
45002 N I E S S , I I N D A A .
45002
S P R G U L , D AV I D A .
47038 MART/N, .JOSEPH K.

James Winfred

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2 5 0 2 6 P E T ~ . S , B Y R O N V.
111 7 2 R O O S E V E LT, G R E G E .
111 7 2 C U N N I N G H A M , J O H N T.
11090 SJOSTROM, GEOFFREY
111 7 2 B U R N S , R O B E R T B .
11 0 9 0 S U L L I VA N , J A M E S W.
111 8 9 L A R S O N , L A W R E N C E R .
111 3 5 P U L A S K I , H R A D F R O D L .
1 2 1 2 6 L ] ~ T D L E Y, D A V I D H .
1 2 1 2 3 R O O F, S T E P H E N D .
15007 DEPRN, JAMES D.
2 0 1 4 5 S C R V L LW ~ , K E ~ T M J .
2 0 0 2 1 C H E N , M I C H A E L W.
2 O O 6 5 WA R D , M I C H A E L D .
20058 KIN(}, RICHARD L.
2 0 1 4 5 H E LW I G s J U D YA N N E
34027 SAOE, RANDALL L.
34046 WENGER, MI~ S.
3 4 0 4 6 M D C ~ D AV T M L .
3 4 0 7 6 S H E E T S , B R I A N P.
3 4 1 3 9 B R I G H T, M A R K A .
3 4 1 7 7 L ~ N I C K , T E R R E N C E F.
4 8 0 9 5 . S C H U LT Z , M I C H A E L D .
48048 PETERS, MICHAEL S.

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Educator's A ward
Earned by Edgar
(Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of sketches featuring
personalities who receive the Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education
Leadership Award for outstanding service to this nation and its
aerospace posutre through professional leadership in education.)

COMMANDER IN NEW MEXICO-During a recent visit to Albuquerque, N.M., Maj. Gen. Walter
B. Putnam. national commander, got the official red carpet treatment from New Mexico Wing
officials. Greeting the commander upon arrival were Lt. Col. Richard T. Dillon, former wing
commander, and Col. Ray Hubbard, USAF-ret., of the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce.

Notice of Aircraft for Sale
The following corporate
aircraft have been approved for
sale to interested buyers. Bids or
inquiries for information relative
to these aircraft should be
sumbitted to the organization
possessing the aircraft. Bid
closure date as indicated.
AERONCA L-16A. Date of
Manufacture: 1947. N2529C.
R e q u i r e s r e c o v e r i n g a n d
engine/airframe overhaul. Estimated
cost of repair: $2950.00. Mark
e n v e l o p e " s e a l e d b i d . " B i d closure
Upon
d a t e : 2 0 M a y 1 9 6 9 .
n o t i fi c a t i o n h i g h b i d d e r t o submit
certified check to: Michigan Wing
Civil Air Patrol, Box 2595, Selfridge
AFB, Michigan 48045.
/%ERONCA L- 16A. Date of
Manufacture: 1947. N2588C.
Requires complete recovering and
engine/airframe overhaul. Estimated
cost of repair $2625.00. 81d closure

date 20 May 1969. Mark envelope
"sealed bid." Upon notification high
bidder to submit certified check to:
M i c h i g a n W i n g C A P, B o x 2 5 9 5 ,
Selfrtdge AFB, Michigan 48045.
B E E C H C - 4 5 H . D a t e o f
M a n u f a c t u r e : 1 9 5 2 . N 6 3 6 5 T.
R e q u i r e s s p a r X r a y, b o t h e n g i n e s ,
props and airframe overhauled.
Estimated cost of repair $9500.00.
Bid closure date: 20 May 69, Mark
envelope "sealed bid." Upon
notification high blqder to submit
certified check to: Michigan Wing
C A P, B o x 2 5 9 5 , S e l f r i d g e A F B ,
Michigan 48045.
AERONCA L-16A, Date of
Manufacture: 1947. N2 090A.
Fuselage requires recovering.
Airframe time: 2142:45; Engine time
SMOH: 1261:10. Last annual
inspection: 1967. Aircraft Possessed
b y N a t i o n a l C a p i t a l W i n g , C A P, O M R
8ox 428, Boiling AFB, Washington,
D.C. 20332. Bid closure date: 29
May 1969.
P I P E R P A 1 8 . D a t e o f
M a n u f a c t u r e : 1 9 5 3 . N 2 4 5 T. R e q u i r e s
recovering, engine overhaul; has a
bent crankshaft flange. Estimated

c o s t o f r e p a i r $ 3 5 11 . 0 0 . A i r c r a f t
p o s s e s s e d b y I n d i a n a W i n g H q C A P,
CMR Box 2928, Grissom AFB, IN
46970. Bid closure date 29 May
1969.
B E E C H C - 4 5 H . D a t e o f
Manufacture: 1952. N8643E.
Requires engine overhaul, both
engines; replacing of surface fabric on
all control surfaces and an annual
inspection. Estimated cost of repair:
$8695.00. Aircraft possessed by New
H a m p s h i r e W i n g H q . C A P, B o x 3 9 5 ,
Keene, N.H. 03431. Bid closure date:
20 May 1969.
PIPER CHEROKEE 140-4. Date
o f M a n u f a c t u r e : 1 9 6 7 . N 5 11 0 G .
R e q u i r e s n e w t i r e s . To t a l a i r f r a m e
anO engine time: 411 hours.
Equipped with CAP standard
equipment, Narco III Radio/90 ch
Com/lO0 ch VOR-LOC, wheel speed
fairings, and an auto flite wing
leveling unit. Minimum acceptable
bid $7500.00. CAP reserves the right
to refqse any and all bids. Aircraft
p o s s e s s e d b y t h e Te x a s W i n g H q .
C A P, P. O . B o x 3 3 0 7 , T y l e r T X
75705. Bid closure date: 29 May
1969.

MAXWELL AFB, .~.la.--Every State Teachers Association as
Texas high school may soon outstanding Educator of the
offer separate, accredited year; the 1956 A. Harris Texas
ae rospace education courses, Award for achievements in
thanks in large measure to the e d u c a t i o n a n d t h e 1 9 6 3
pioneering efforts of Dr. James
American Educator's Medal,
W. E d g a r, Te x a s S t a t e g i v e n b y t h e F r e e d o m
Commissioner of Education Foundation at Valley Forge for
since 1950.
notable work in behalf of the
..... ~a~Of Life.
In 1967, Edgar, recognizing
that young people needed
Edgar's far-sighted support
aerospace schooling long before a n d h i s w h o l e h e a r t e d
they reach college, decided to cooperation with the goals and
explore the possibility of adding a i m s o f C i v i l A i r P a t r o l ' s
aerospace education studies to aerospace education mission
high school curriculum, not as more than merit his being
chosen to receive CAP's first
part of a general science course,
but as an entirely new and Aerospace Education Leadership
Award in grateful recognition of
separate course.
his conspicuous service to the
To bring about such a major
a d v a n c e m e n t o f aerospace
change, Edgar's first step was to education in Texas.
request authorization from the - j_
Texas Board of Education to
convene a group of 21
prominent leaders in education,
military and aviation to discuss
whether or not such a need
existed in the state. It was the
group's opinion that such studies
were needed.
After forming a 32-member
Texas Aerospace Education
Council, headed by Arthur I.
Martin, Edgar took that group's
recommendations from the
Secondary School Curriculum
Committee and met with the
state education board for
approval.
The council's proposals,
reinforced by Edgar's support,
are now being considered by the
Texas Education Agency, whose
members are reportedly
opti mistic that a favorable
decision is forthcoming.
Among Edgar's many honors
are the 1955 Distinguished
Service Award of the Texas

RETURNS-Former Cadet
Michael M. Lundblad, now a
midshipmen at the U~. Naval
Academy, recently visited
with members of the
Bloomington (!!1.) Comp.
Sqdn.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE 7

Former Board Chairman
Plays Vital CAP Role
member pictured on Page 1 is
Col. Paul W. Turner who served
as National Chairman of CAP
from 1962 to 1965. He now
holds the post of National
Finance Officer.
In professional life, Colonel
Turner is an insurance executive
and resides in Nashville, Tenn.
He was born in 1905 in
Waverly, Tenn., and grew up in
Nashville where he attended
Nashville elementary schools,
Montgomery Bell Academy, and

Nashville airport.
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courses at ~e University of
Tengessee.
He entered the insurance
business in 1928 and has been so
engaged since that time. He is a
member of the firm of
Turner-Weaver Co. of Nashville.
~.. Colonel Turner's earliest
flying was done with the old
105th Observation Sqdn. in
Nashville. This unit was a
forerunner of today's Air

The CAP veteran later won
t h e Te n n e s s e e . B u r e a u o f
Aeronautics Flight Scholarship
Award, earning his private pilot
license in 1937. He later earned
a commercial pilot license and
has accrued thousands of hours
flying time.
Colonel Turner became a
member of Civil Air Patrol on
Dec. I, 1941, the day the
organization was formed. During
the early days of CAP, he flew
courier ferry service; search and
rescue missions; and taught
navigation, theory of flight, and
other ground school subjects, lie
established and directed a Civil
Air Patrol ground school for
fixed base operations in middle
Tennessee during tile war years.
The colonel has held
practically every command
position in CAP from that of
squadron commander to
National Chairnlan. lie is now a
member of the National
Executive Committee.
He assisted in planning and
developing many of CAP's
programs at a national level and
sponsors the Paul Turner Safety
Award. This award is presented
each year to the CAP region
with the best ground and air
safety record.
Colonel Turner is a member
of St. George's Episcopal Church
of Nashville, a 32nd Degree
Mason, a Shfiner, and a member
of a number of Nashville civic
organizations.

CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY-The gavel of Civil
Air Patrol's national board chairmanship is presented Col.
Kenneth C. Whaien, CAP, by outgoing board chairman Col.
Paul W. Turner at command ceremonies.

Married to the former
Elizabeth Gebhart in 1927, he is
the father of three daughters.

CAP LEADERS MEET AIR FORCE SECRETARY-Col. Paul W. Turner (center), former national
board chairman of Civil Air Patrol, and Col. Joe L. Mason, USAF, (left), former CAP national
commander, talk with Eugene M. Zuckert, former Air Force secretary, on a visit to Washington,
D.C. (United States Air Force Photo)

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RETIRING CONTROLLER RECEIVES FIRST-Retiring
National Controller, Col. Jimmy Granberry CAP, (left), who
died some months ago, became the first National Controller to
receive a life membership plaque from Civil Air Patrol.
Presenting the award was Col. Paul W. Turner, CAP, then
national board chairman. (United States Air Force Photo)

1+ 25 to Almost Home
(Continued From Page 3)

36 miles east to the Mountain View VOR, surface elevation 3010
feet.
One thing George always prided himself in as a pilot was that he
kept a clean ship. His map ease was complete. He took careful pains
to keep his maps neat and in order. Even now he could "see" where
he was on his chart by the radials that his trusty VOR was telling
him. It was a comfortable feeling to be so sure of himself. It was
time now to tune in the Home Town VOR. Should be no problem
picking it up now, only 30 minutes out.
George checked his chart, read 117.2 for Home Town and tuned
it in. The VOR needle didn't hesitate and began swinging around
toward the 052 degrees heading, but stopped at 077 degrees. George
thought this strange, but he had been fudging a little to the left of
course and he had been maneuvering maybe a little more than he
thought to stay VFR, so he must have gotten off course to the west.
No sweat--just pick up a heading to intercept 055 degrees and you
can forget navigation, you're home free.
George was feeling a little guilty about being IFR most of the
time now. But the flight will be over soon and he'll slip through OK.
He was d~wn to 3750 feet now in order to keep under the clouds,
but that still gave him good terrain clearance into Home Town. He
tuned in the Home Town Tower, checked his time and knew he'd be
over the VOR in a few minutes. Ah, yes, there goes the trusty
needle--"Home Town tower, this is Piper 3479J over the VORTAC,
descending for landing at Home Town, over."
"Piper 3479J, this is Home Town tower, you are cleared for an
approach to Home Town, call three miles final. Current weather 700
overcast, 1% miles in snow showers, wind out of the northwest at 15
knots, gusts to 22."
Silence.
Piper 3479J did not respond, nor did the airplane arrive at Home
Town. The family waited, but when George and Irene didn't arrive,
they went home to wait for the call telling them they couldn't make
it because of the weather. It was Christmas Eve.
Four days later the search directed by the Eastern Aerospace
Rescue and Recovery Center at Robins AFB found Piper 3479J
crumpled against a jagged mountain close to the Mountain View
VOR. The elevation was 3010 feet. The approach plate to Home
Town Airport indicated 3000 feet as tile approach altitude. George
and Irene were dead. The recovery, ground party found them in their
plane, crumpled Christmaspackages in the snow close by and
George's map case still intact. It was thrown clear and all of his maps
that lie had kept so ueat for all those years were in still new
condition.
Maps are like people who fly. They must be kept up to date. This
is a changing world and none of us want to get off until old age
catches up. Frequently the latest charts don't even tell it all and
NOTAMS give us the information we need to complete tile mission.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE 8

Communications Play Vital Role in

qualified radio communicators on the ground
CAP COMMUNICATIONS IN ACTION-When
a Civil Air Patrol unit goes into the air on a to provide constant guidance from the mission
control base to the pilots. (USAF Photo)
search and rescue mission, there is always

CAP COMMUNICATIONS REPAIRMEN-Warrant Officer
Bob Briggs (left) and Lt. Edward Smith of the New Castle
Cadet Sqdn., Delaware CAP Wing, unite to repair a receiver set

M A X W E L L A F B ,
Ala.--Communications is not a
new word around Civil Air
Patrol. This all volunteer
organization has been interested
in an effective radio network
since December, 1941, when
CAP was officially established in
the Office of the Civil Defense.
It quickly became apparent at
that time that a more efficient
communications system was "a
must." This hand of patriotic
Americans realized the need for
"air-to-ground" communications
while flying light aircraft on
anti-submarine missions along
the east coast. They flew these
missions with little or no
navigational or communications
aid and performed magnificently
for the nation during the war
years.
When CAP was chartered by
Congress in 1946 as a non-profit
organization, communications
within the
was born
organization. The volunteer
advantage of
force took
government surplus equipment
and former military technicians
after the war's end to start a
program of training for its

personnel to operate and
maintain a nation-wide radio
network. This project was aimed
at supporting CAP's search and
rescue missions and emergency
services operations throughout
the cou ntry.
CAP modified much of the
surplus military communicatiops
equipment donated by the
government and the
organization's communications
mission began to expand. As the
organization's activities
increased over the years,
demands on its communications
service also increased. Then it
operated more than 200 stations
on two high frequency channels
but the magnitude of
interference and operating
problems on the amateur band
showed change was needed if
communications was to be an
effective mission tool.
Recognizing the problems,
Air Force Maj. Gen. Lucas V.
Beau, CAP national commander,
called together communications
directors from the regions for
t h e fi r s t N a t i o n a l
Communications Conference.
Held at Omaha, Neb., Sept. 12,
1954, under the chairmanship of
CAP Col. Ben S. McGlashan,
Pacific Region, the conference
was designed to align the overall
communications structure.
The committee brought CAP
communications problems to the
Air Force attention and received
four broadcasting frequencies
and the first checkerboard
system for its regions was
established.
By 1959, CAP had a
formidable search and rescue
capability which captured public
attention while working
alongside the Air Force Air
Rescue Service, state and local
government agencies. Under
National Headquarters guidance
CAP had networks operating in
each region, state and local level.
Communications support to

purchased by their unit. The two CAP Communicators tested
what they had learned in various communications tests and
exercises. (Photo courtesy of Lt. Robert MacDonald, CAP)

Regions Are Linked to National Headquarters
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--Vital
to the overall mission of Civil
Air Patrolcommunicationsplays
a decisive role in aerial
surveillance, air search and
rescue and in humanitarian
services. There are 4,832 fixed
communications stations; 8,397
ground mobile communications
stations and 1,424 airborne
communications stations in the
CAP organization.
More than 12,000 Civil Air
Patrol members hold Federal

licenses, and CAP radio
operator's licenses,
To o b t a i n a n C A P R a d i o
Operator's license, an individual
must:
1. Obtain an FCC Restricted
Radio Telephone Permit
2. Be issued a CAP Radio
Operator's Proficiency card,
which he receives after passing a
CAP written proficiency test.
Communications link CAP
National Headquarters with its
eight geographical region

headquarters where the message
is passed on to communications
directors at all of CAP's 52
wings.
Region Communications
Directors are: Lt. Col. Arthur
Loechner at the Northeast
Region: Lt. Col. James H.
Cheek, CAP, for the Middle East
Region; Col. John W. Richards,
C A P, f o r t h e G r e a t L a k e s
Region: Lt. Col. William R. Hill,
CAP, Southeast Reigon: Lt. Col.
Thomas M. Ross, CAP North

Central Region; Maj. Dennis A.
Riise, CAP, Southwest Region;
Lt. Col. Robert H. Fletcher,
CAP, Rocky Mountain Region
and Col. Ben S. McGlashan,
CAP, Pacific Region.
Mission of the director of
communications is to provide his
commander with the means of
communications necessary to
administer and control region
activities, operations, training
and emergency services
operations.

COMMUNICATOR'S ROLEcommunications in Supportinl
the nation.

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MAY, 1969

PAGE 9

verall CAP Mission
emergency service missions
continued to rise as Civil Air
Patrol logged more than 60 per
cent of the 254 Air Rescue
Service missions for civil and
military, aircraft lost in 1962.
CAP pilots on these missions
were supported by land, air, and
ground mobile communications
stations.
With the communications
systems constantly changing and
the CAP mission increasing
a n n u a l l y, t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n
petitioned the Federal
Communications Commission
(FCC) to use 26.620 megacycles
in an effort to strengthen its
network. Granted permission,
C A P p u r c h a s e d lightweight
equipment to
perform
effectively short-haul
communications and to
implement new land, ground, air
and mobile stations,
A new type of radio,
triggered by amateurs in
America and abroad, then

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appeared on the communications scene, climaxing the end
of one system and the use of a
single-sideband system for
nationwide use.
Civil Air Patrol, however, was
not permitted to use the new
system as it was not authorized
under existing FCC regulations.
Then in 1966. the National
Communications Committee
petitioned the FCC for authority
for CAP to use the
single-sideband nationwide. A
year later authority was granted.
Prepared to modernize the entire
communications network, CAP
was faced with several problems
in equipment and technical
information. Equipment
manufacturers provided this
information and some
companies agreed to furnish the
corporation new equipment at
reduced prices.
Last year, the FCC permitted
CAP to use a special
"muiti-comm" frequency
between ground and air mobile
stations while performing
practice training missions and
tests. Simultaneously, Air Force
agreed to consider a
recommendation that it be
authorized to operate on CAP
frequencies while specific CAP
stations be permitted to operate
on Air Force frequencies when
both were engaged in joint
missions.
While Americans orbited the
moon last year, CAP
communications were engaged
with an earthly problem,
converting 4,832 land stations to
the single-sideband concept, a
project that they hope to
complete by 1974. Thus far, 620
stations have been converted.
These include 43 from the North
E a s t R e g i o n ; 11 0 f r o m t h e
Middle East Region; 83 from the
Great Lakes and 80 from the
South East Regions; 70 from the
North Central Region; 41 from
the South West Region; 45 from

the Rocky Mountain Region and
148 from the Pacific Region.
It is the first step in linking
the voice of command from
National Headquarters to its
geographical regions then on its
wings in the 50 states including
Puerto Rico and the District of
Columbia.
As Civil Air Patrol cadets
graduate annually from an Air
F o r c e c o n d u c t e d
communications course, the
t r a i n i n g t h e y r e c e i v e will
ultimately benefit
the
organization's communications
structure.
It will .also help CAP
specialists to keep pace with
modem advances in technology
in the ever-changing
communications-electronics
field.
The significance of this action
alone heralds the end of a long
trek toward modernization. The
beginning of a new era of
importance forecasts a brighter
future throughout Civil Air
Patrol for the "voice behind the
mission''--the CAP
Communicator.

FUTURE CADETS FROM
THE NORTH-These
youngsters whose parents are
in a CAP Squadron above the
Arctic Circle greeted National
Communications Committee
Chairman, Col. Ben S.
McGlashan when he visited
Alaska on a field trip.

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FEMALE SUPPORT FOR CAP-Pretty volunteer Miss Sherry
Nepil spent most her weekend as a volunteer radio operator at
the CAP Rescue Center Command Post at North Las Vegas
airport supporting CAP air search and rescue activities in the
area. (United States Air Force Photo)

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FA A O R I E N TAT I O N - T h e
use of radar in air traffic
control is explained to Civil
Air Patrol Cadets Ardie C.
Arnold, Ralph W. Omholt,
and Nancy Howard of the
Alaska Wing. Presenting the
briefing at the Federal
Aviation Administration's Air
Tr a f fi c C o n t r o l S c h o o l a t
Anchorage is FAA Instructor
Joe Britton. (FAA Photo)
C O I ' 4 ~ U N I C AT O A $

s artist's sketch depicts the multi-purpose role of Civil Air Patrol
e organization's search and rescue missions annually throughout

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CADET RECEIVES OJT-A Civil Air Patrol cadet from the
Arkansas Wing learns the fundamentals of radio network repair
during a course on single-sideband tranceivers, lAir Force
Photo)

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

Sorenson Singled Out for Award
From Colorado Thunderbirds
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--The
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Thunderbirds of Hinkley High
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School at Aurora, Colo., have
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CAP-USAF's assistant
chief of staff for education and
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training, to receive their 1968-69
Aerospace Education award. He .
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is to receive the award, May 23,
y 23,
a t t h e T h u n d e r b i r d ' s sixth
annual awards banquet.
Sorenson earned the award
from the group named after the
famed aerial demonstration team
of the U.S. Air Force for his
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contributions to aerospace
education.
While teaching an aviation
education course at Weber High
School, Ogden, Utah, he
coordinated CAP's aerospace
education program. He also
served as athletic coach while
teaching there from 1949 to
1954.
Born in Logan, Utah, he
He left his teaching post in graduated from Logan High
1 9 5 4 t o b e c o m e d i r e c t o r o f School and later attended Utah
aerospace education at CAP's
State University. He interrupted
P a c i fi c R e g i o n a n d i n 1 9 6 2 his education in 1943 to join the
assumed his present position at
U.S. Army Air Corps and during
CAP's National Headquarters.
his three and a half years as a

pilot realized the importance of
air power. It was then he became
interested in developing courses
for aviation-minded Americans.
After the war, he returned to
U t a h S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y,
completed his studies and earned
a bachelor of science degree.
Since then he has taken graduate
work at four universities.
"CAP's aerospace education
program is included in the
curriculum of 600 high schools
nationwide," he said.

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MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--The
"Zero Defects" program, the
effective management tool used
by the military and the major
industries, will be implemented
nationwide throughout Civil Air
Patrol, announced Air Force Lt.
Col. Edwin Lewis, CAP-USAF's
deputy c h i e f o f s t a f f f o r
material.
Awards will be made to
cadets and senior members
within each CAP wing every six
months who have practiced the
"Zero Defects" concept of
eliminating errors in their
mission and work.
These awards will be
individual recognition and a
Zero Defects certificate.
The Zero Defects is a
program of planned motivation
aimed at inspiring individuals to
do their specific jobs fight the
first time every time. It stresses
the importance of worksmanship
in which the individual can take
pride and for which he will be
recognized.
The program also emphasizes
the prevention of errors by
identifying and removing their
causes. Aimed at CAP units, the
Zero Defects concept is to
motivate each person to strive
for perfection; improve
effectiveness of all CAP
organizations through positive
action; improve the quality of
services and eliminate errors at
all levels.
Specific information on the
implementation of the program
is being sent to all Civil Air
Patrol units in the near future,
Colonel Lewis said.

FROM AROUND THE NATION--Five squadrons from Orange
County, Calif., recently toured the North American Rockwell Space
division at Downey, Calif. The Apollo 8 spacecraft was designed,
tested and built here. A briefing by Lt. Col. Norman B. Watten,
USAF Reserves, initiated the tour. Included was a series of movies
and slides showing pi!ots undergoing training, astronauts view of
earth from space, and the various stages of rocket separation during
spacecraft journeys .... United Air Lines recently hosted a tour of
O'Hare International Airport for 22 cadets and seniors of the
Evanston, Ill., Sqdn. They got inside look at Boeing 720 Jet
Malnliner.

Anniversary Celebrated
Members of the Ludlow Cadet Sqdn. in Springfield, Mass.,
marked the tenth anniversary of their squadron in ceremonies there.
The unit was chartered on March 16, 1959 while its membership
consisted of five seniors and 12 cadets .... Kansas Wing will shortly
announce names of cadets selected for attendance at number of
summer activities. Forty-one cadets were considered for sundry
programs sponsored by CAP .... Col. Frank Borman, spaceman
commander of Apollo 8, was a recent guest speaker at Rapid City
High School where about 25 members of Civil Air Patrol were in
attendance.

Outstanding Cadets Honored
Guests of honor at a recently combined air show-auto racing
event sponsored by the National Hot Rod Association were two
Brackett, Calif. Cadet Sqdn. members. They were C/TSgt. Robert
Smith and C/Sgt. Diana Huss, who got the red carpet treatment as
special guests. Ten seniors and 31 cadets have begun a special
16-week course in first aid. Members of the Shamokin Sqdn. 1104,
the group will pursue both standard and advanced aspects of first aid :
in a course sponsored by,. the American Red Cross .... Cadets of the
Wheaton-Silver Spring squadron in Maryland joined the Navy
recently--at least long enough to visit the David Taylor Model Basin
of the Navy Ship Research and Development center at Carderock,
Md. Following an orientation briefing, the group was given a tour of
the hydromechanics lab where effects of hull design on ships are
studied .... The North Carolina Wing Cadet Advisory Council has
held its'first quarterly meeting, and elected C/Capt. Steve Guinard of
the Charlotte Sqdn. to replace C/Capt. Robert E. Bratton as vice
chairman.

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NEW WEARING APPAREL-Second Lt. Kathryn J. Wilson of
national headquarters models the new blazer and skirt to be
worn by cadets selected to attend the International Air Cadet
Exchange this summer. Uniform information may be obtained
by contacting the CAP Bookstore at Maxwell AFB, Ala.

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ALABAMA WING'S CADET QUEEN-Cadet Joan M. Morse
of Mobile.Brookley Cadet Sqdn., CAP, was named Alabama
Civil Air Patrol Wing's Queen for 1969 recently: She was
crowned at an annual Cadet Military Ball at Gunter AFB, Ala.,
by Air Force Col. Lemuel H. McCormack, a CAP-USAF
deputy commander, at CAP's national Headquarters at
Maxwell. She was named the winner from among more than
200 cadets from 26 CAP units in Alabama. (United States Air
Force Photo)

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Civil Air Patrol
Future Discussed

M A X W E L L A F B ,
Ala.--Greater public awareness
of Civil Air Patrol's
multi.purpose missions was
among the topics discussed when
James T. Pyle, CAP's National
Board of Visitors chairman, met
with Maj. Gen. Walter B.
Putnam, CAP national
commander, here last month.
Other items discussed included
development of plans for CAP's
future and an agenda for the fall
meeting of the Board of Visitors
to be held at the organization's
national headquarters at
Maxwell.
D i r e c t o r o f N e w Yo r k ' s
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Druzak
Garners
Spaatz
MCCHO R D AFB,
Wa s h . - - C / C a p t . S t e p h e n A .
Drnzak of the Wenatchee Comp.
Sqdn. recently became
Washington State's first recipient
of the Gem Carl A. Spaatz
Award.
Druzak received the award in
t h e o f fi c e o f G o v. D a n i e l J .
Evans. Maj. Gen. Walter B.
Putnam, national commander,
flew to Washington to make the
presentation.
While here, General Putnam
was the guest speaker at an
awards banquet for more than
160 members of the Washington
Wing. It was held at the
McChord AFB Officers Open
Mess.
In addition to presenting the
Spaatz award, General Putnam
presented the National
Commander's Citation to Lt.
Col. Clarence A. Miles of
Spokane. Colonel Miles is the
first senior member in the nation
to qualify for the honor based
on completion of eight Air
Force schools and courses. Miles
is also the first recipient of the
Gill Robb Wilson Award, given
for meritorious performance and
exceptional distinguished service
in the senior member program.

Aviation Development Council,
Pyle heads a committee of
distinguished leaders in business,
industry and aviation which
assists the national commander
in developing the organization's
plans for the future.
Past administrator of the
F e d e r a l A v i a t i o n
Administration, Pyle is the
architect of Dulles International
Airport at Washington, D.C.
Other board members include
L t . G e n . R o b e r t W. H a r p e r,
former Air University
commander, who now resides at
Harlingen, Tex.; Brig. Gen. J. B.
M o n t g o m e r y, f o r m e r 8 t h A i r
Force commander and now
president of Marquardt
Corporation, Van Nuys, Calif.;
Ve r y R e v. M s g r. J a m e s J .
M a r k h a m , v i c e - c h a n c e l l o r,
Military Ordinariate, New York;
Dwane L. Wallace, Cessna
Aircraft Company president,
Wichita, K a r t s . a n d E a r l N .
Parker, Air Force Association's
national director, Fort Worth,
Tex.

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COMMENTS,
FROM THE CHAIRMAN
By BRIG. GEN. F. WARD REILLy,
CAP National Chairman
For the past several months your attention has
been directed to the great potential of the Cadet
program, when properly endowed, to provide
career opportunity to those with ambition and
motivation toward an Aerospace Career.
It is appropriate to now consider the
foundation upon which Civil Air Patrol was built
and the architects of its destiny, the Senior
Member, in the voluntary employment of its
resources to meet local and national emergencies,
to motivate the youth of America to the highest
ideals of leadership and to further airspace
mpremacy through Aerospace Education.
Only those who are resolute in character,
determined in purpose, able and willing to
contribute to the mission accomplishment should
qualify for membership, which is a privilege and
not a right. Performance of duty within our
capability is a sacred obligation.

The Senior Membership statistical records
reveal the disenchantment of many who have
lacked the prerequisites of membership or likely
have been attached to units lacking in the ability
to utilize their contributions of effort or to
motivate their interest. These factors cannot be
permitted to continue. Constant monitoring of
organizational effectiveness is essential.
We should be ever mindful, especially in today's
psychological environment of some sectors of our
young society, that Civil Air Patrol stands as a
symbol of courageous, patriotic Americans
dedicated to the preservation of our way of life
and to this end our effort will not be in vain.
The areas of responsibility and contribution of
Senior Members in Civil Air Patrol will be the
subject of further consideration. Remember you
are a member of a great organization and the
responsibility is yours to keep it great.

Thousands Listed for Special Activities
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48126 GRIMORD, RICHARD A.
21037 F]SK, THOMAS W.
42085 GAINES BENNY E.
48118 ECKF_~T, ROBERT E.
42200 MURRAy S~OTT V.
23024 ROCHE JAMES C~
48112 KAMIKAWA, PAUIA~ C.
23o24 MANN JACKIE H.
42140 CLPRY SELMA A.
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LEWIS, JAMES C.
08237 MACNF/[L~ WILLIAM
08174 BEEKMAN, JOHN F.
08002 HINTZ, JOHN F.
09026 JEFFREY, BENJAMIN W.
09023 DARLKY, VERNON O. JR.
52059 MOHLER, WILLIAM F.
52060 GARCIA, VICTOR M.
52061 BEZA, LU'/S F.
52061 RODRIGUEZ, LUIS R.
52061 RODRIGUEZ, H~IBERTO
52066 FIGUEROA, MANUEL
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14031 ROBERTS. MARK S.
14046 JAEGER, GREGORY J.

GOVERNOR CITED-Honorary membership .in Civil Air
Patrol was recently conferred on Gov. John A. Love of
Colorado, following a briefing on CAP activities by Col. Frank
Swaim, wing commander. The governor was briefed on CAP
responsibilities, equipment available and personnel assigned.

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02071 SAMALIK, WENDEf I.
03042 PEANE. THOMAS F.
16OO< SMITH. STEVEN W.
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36007 KLEIN, CLAYTON C. dR.
36019 BENNETT~ APRIL K.
36004 WHITE, NEAL E.
46062 OECHSN]~, ROBERT
46030 LEHMAN, DAVID
46003 8ATTERFIF_J~D, GARY
46003 SCHROEDER, JAMES
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50028 HANSON, ROBERT F.
50028 LAURIE, ROBERT B.
04184 MCFETRIDGE, ROBOT C.
04029 BEASOM, FREDRICK A.
04224 REANEY, DAVID W.
O4146 FORBIS, JERRY B.
04096 OERTEL, TERENCE R.
04214 LAZEd~, J. NEAL
04119 BLAYNEYr STEPHEN B.
51001 KASEB~G, JOHN L..

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O6041 DAVIES, JOHN Eo
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(36015 FOY, GEORGE Ho TIY
06015 WNUK, STEPHEN M.
17038 MCALPINE, ROYCE K.
17035 SWARTZ, BRIAN F.
1904/~ BOURBEAU, MARK S.
19006 ASTON, THEODORE R.
19032 DELCOURT, GERARD Ao
19002 CASSIA, JOSEPH R.
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Colonel Bottom--In Memoriam
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Col. J.
Fred H. Bottom, commander
of the Tennessee Wing and a
1941 charter member of Civil
Air Patrol, is dead. He was
67.
Services for the veteran
aviation enthusiast were held
on April 8 at Memphis
Funeral Home with burial in
Forest Hill cemetery.
Colonel Bottom died at St.
Joseph Hospital here after a
long business and aviation
career.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ruby Mason Bottom.
Colonel Bottom was a
seasoned flier with more than
3,500 flying hours, and one
of the original members of
Civil Air Patrol.
He helped organize
Memphis and Tennessee fliers
in December 1941, when

and search missions during
Civil Air Patrol was created,
Begun as a group of
World War II.
Colonel Bottom was
non-military pilots who
president of Arthur Fulmer
released service pilots from
ferrying and courier
Co. until 1960 when he was
appointed commander of the
operations, CAP grew to a
national auxiliary air arm
1,600 member Tennessee
Wing. He devoted the last
which flew submarine patrol
years of his life almost
exclusively to his command,
one of 52 wings in nation.
In July 1968, Colonel
Bottom was awarded the CAP
Distinguished Service Award
for meritorious services
performed during 1965-68.
Representing National
Headquarters CAP-USAF at
the funeral were Cols. Lemuel
H. McCormack, deputy
commander (CPG-2),
Clarence Hobgood, national
chaplain: and Charles W.
We b b , c h i e f , a e r o s p a c e
education and training.

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Nationwide COMTEST
Te r m e d a
Success
MAXWELL AFB, AIa.--A
nationwide communications
exercise was conducted by Civil
Air Patrol's National
Headquarters recently to test the
system's capability to support
A i r F o r c e , F e d e r a l Av i a t i o n
Administration and Civil
Defense agencies in times of
natural or national emergency,
announced Air Force Maj. Gen.
Walter B. Putnam, CAP national
commander.

\
S E A R C H PAT T E R N - L t . U l r i c h M e i n h o l d , S q d n . 6 0 7
commander, pin.points the location of a four-passenger plane
he had spotted from the air while-on a search and rescue
mission with the Pennsylvania Wing. All four occupants died
when the plane crashed in the Allegheny Mountain's Ogle
Ridge.

Pennsylvania Finds
Crashed Airplane
PITTSBURGH, Pa.--A single
engine plane with four persons
aboard reported missing in the
Johnstown area triggered a
large-scale Civil Air Patrol
ground and air search and rescue
operation. Lt. Col. A. A. Milano,
CAP, Group 60 commander,
directed search operations
sending 24 aircraft from his unit
and Group 1400, Pennsylvania
Wing.
The airplane wreckage was
located by Lt. Uriich Meinhold,
Sqdn. 607, on Ogle Ridge of the
Alleghenny Mountains. He
directed Capt. Frank W. Fork,
CAP, Western Pennsylvania
Ranger team tactical officer and
rangers from North Hills Cadet

Sqdn. to the crash site.
This ground search team
secured the area until
Pennsylvania S t a t e P a t r o l
officers arrived.
The occupants of the plane
were dead. Killed were Maurice
Getz, Robert McKnight, Michael
Roll and Thomas Hancock all
from Mount Union. All were on
a flight from Johnstown to
Mount Union.
The aircraft accident is under
investigation by civil authorities.
Nerve-center for CAP air and
ground search operations on this
mission was Allegheny County
Airport at which the
organization's air arm was
launched.

Wife Beats Husband
To Save Downed Fl er
D Y E R S B URG
TENN.-Quick response time
and experience gained in
practice search and rescue
missions enabled a Civil Air
Patrol husband and wife team to
find a downed aircraft 14
minutes after being notified of a
Piper Commanche's forced
landing near here.
Lt. Bill Braese, CAP, and his
wife Evelyn, also a CAP Lt.,
were alerted by Dyersburg Flight
Service Station that the plane on
IFR from Memphis to Louisville
was experiencing engine failure.
The pilot attempted to return to
Dyersburg and came out of the
overcast too low to land at the
airport. He reported to the FSS
that he was going into a field
near a factory and water tank.
Braese, Dyersburg Municipal
Airport manager, started his
search in a Musketeer aircraft
while his wife flew a Cessna 150.
Mrs. Braese spotted the downed
airplane and reported the pilot's
position to the Flight Services
Station. A ground search party

located the site and found the
pilot and his passenger without
injury. Only slight damage to the
plane's landing resttlted from the
accident.
Mrs. Braese credited the
effectiveness of the mission to
the experience she received in
CAP SAR tests and knowing the
pilot's route and the two
prominent land marks in that
area.

Utilizing Air Force and CAP
communications, messages were
transmitted to test the
organization's communications
network. There are more than
17,000 radio stations in the
system. The exercise was also
designed to provide training for
the individual CAP
communicator.
Composed of civilian
volunteers, male and female of
all age groups, CAP
Communicators stand ready to
play a major role in connecting
with nationwide search and
rescue missions. They help
locate downed aircraft and assist
in innumerable mercy missions
involving the saving of lives and
the protection of property. This
network spans the nation from
Alaska and above the Arctic
Circle to Hawaii and Puerto
Rico.

CAP communication supports
not only rescue and mercy
missions but also has the
potential of supplementing
military and government
communications in the event of
national emergencies and
disasters.
During the five year period

(1964-68) CAP communications
have participated in more than
350 search and rescue missions
annually, each requiting a vital
complex of radio station
networks. During 1968, more
than 5,000 ground, mobile and
aircraft stations were pressed
into service.

California Floods Test
Communications Value
GOLETA, (~alif.--Civii Air homes and businesses,
Patrol communications played a
Members of Central Coast
major role here recently when
Group II dispatched a mobile
torrential rains caused devasting radio station to the advance site
flood waters raging throughout at Santa Ynez Airport, near
the Santa Barbara County. Nerve
Paradice. to assist U.S. Marine
center Yor rescue operations and
C o r p s , E l To m N a v a l A i r
the only communications link
Station, and U.S. Coast guard
was CAP high frequency channel
helicopter crews in rescuing 122
5 r a d i o n e t w o r k a t S a n t a persons stranded on rooftops
Barbara Sqdn. Headquarters, and those isolated by broken
California Wing.
bridges and washed away roads.
Several others were rescued
The headquarters became the f r o m t h e c o m m u n i t y o f
command post for rescue
Paradise. In addition helicopter
operations for helicopter crews,
crews airlifted food and water to
and law enforcement officials
involved in rescuing hundreds of
area residents from rooftops and
trees.
Swollen creeks and streams,
choked with debris after six
consecutive days of torrential
rains, overflowed engulfing the
coastal community. Water and
mud seeped into nearly 1,000

Rome Joins Atlanta Unit
On 'Plane Controls Search
ROME, Ga.--Members from
Rome's Civil Air Patrol Sqdn.
joined Atlanta members to comb
an area east of where a
Lockheed Hummingbird aircraft
crashed near Rockmart. They
were looking for controls that
may have fallen from the
airplane when it crashed in
mid-March while on a test flight.
Capt. Earl Kennedy, CAP,
Rome Sqdn. commander, was in

LINK IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND-Air Force Maj. Willis
S. Dunks, USAF-CAP liaison officer with the Alaska Wing of
Civil Air Patrol, receives a test message from the Pacific Region
CAP-USAF Liaison office. He was one of several Air Force and
CAP personnel participating in nation-wide communications
test recently. Assisting in the test is Maj. Jose Romano, CAP,
fight, Alaska Wing's deputy for communication.

charge of search operations. An
aerial marker was placed along
the plane's flight route to assist
ground search parties to comb
the heavily wooded area which
the plane passed over before the
pilot ejected.
The special drive to locate the
plane parts was directed at
Lockheeed Georgia Company's
request. . ............ ,.

stranded residents not in
immediate danger and hay to
stranded livestock. They also
performed reconaissance flights
over the disaster area.
Among the individuals
evacuated to safety was an
expectant mother who gave the
Coast Guard helicopter crew
some anxious moments.
CAP communications were
credited with providing valuable
assistance to the overall
emergency services operations
by the County Sheriff's Office in
Santa Barbara.

Darlington County In
'Good Samaritan' Role
COLUMBIA, S.C.--Civil Air
Patrol members from
Darlington County Sqdn. took
on the role of "Good
Samaritans" recently and
aided approximately 80 area
families suffering food and
fuel shortages resulting from a
severe ice storm.
CAP'crews serviced 60 food
freezers, provided power from
a generator for four hours and
supplied 20 families, kerosene,
portable heaters, and cooking
units. They also assisted two
grocerymen and a dairy farmer
with deliveries in the
week-long operation.
I n v o l v e d i n t h e

Majs. Buff Hickey, squadron
commander; Sam Riley, cadet
d e p u t y c o m m a n d e r ; R e v.
R i c h a r d B a i l e y. s q u a d r o n
chaplain; S/M Carroll Jordan,
Cadets Mitchell Darnell and
Laverne Freeman.
"Our primary interest other
than search and rescue work
and humanitarian services is
cadet aerospace education,"
s a i d M a j o r H i c k e y. " T h i s
operation showed what CAP
units can achieve in the
community when an
emergency arises," he said.
There are 15 senior
members and 15 cadets in
D~rljngton County.unit .......

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE 13

New Jersey's Search for Six Is Futile
PORT NEWARK, N.J.--New
Jersey Civil Air Patrol wing
launched the largest air search in
its history when 28 CAP aircraft
and 53 member-owned aircraft
participated in a week-long
operation beginning Mar. 31 in
an effort to locate a missing
Piper Aztec aircraft with six
persons aboard. The airplane,
piloted by Percy Dunham,
disappeared on a flight from
Bader Field, Atlantic City to
Teterboro Airport, Norther, N.J.

Also aboard the aircraft were
the pilot's wife, Edwina, his son,
Brad and three teenagers.
New Jersey CAP wing was
alerted to begin search
operations by Eastern Aerospace
Rescue and Recovery Service
Center, Mar. 30. After the center
was notified by the Ridgefleld
(N.J.) Police that the Dunham
relatives reported the flight
overdue.
After a communication's
check revealed the pilot had

taken off from Bader Field the
previous day in sleet without
filing a flight plan, CAP Mission
Coordinator, Lt. Col. Thomas
Dwyer of the New Jersey Wing
began search operations. The
U.S. Coast Guard later joined
the search operations by
conducting a 10-mile wide
search pattern from Atlantic
City to Sandy Hook.
Civil Air Patrol sent out a
state-wide appeal for
information asking anyone

hearing the noise of an airplane
in trouble to report its position.
Several people responded
throughout the state and every
possible lead was carefully
checked but to no avail.
Reports of aircraft wreckage
and an oil slick off the New
Jersey coast brought the Coast
Guard into the search operation.
Despite the Coast Guard's
intensive search efforts, no
wreckage was located.

t t t e%o - - v" " - Finds
Crashed Airplane :
on an air and ground search for a
missing Mooney Mark 21
aircraft, members of Crossville
Comp. Sqdn. of the Tennessee

on a flight from Springfield,
Ohio, to Tifton, Ga., crashed
atop Waiden's Ridge four miles
from Crossviile, shortly after

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Continues
Air Search
L A N C A S T E R ,
Calif.--California's Lancaster
CAP Sqdn. 39 members still
remmn hopeful of finding a
DC-3 Gambler Special airplane
missing on a flight from
Hawthorne, Nev. to Burbank,
Calif. last February with a group
of people aboard.
Clear weather, increased
visibility and melting snows
raised CAP pilots hopes of
finding some part of the airplane
as the Civil Air Patrol resumed
its search pattern along the
pilot's route.
Immediately after the plane
was reported missing, CAP
attempted to launch an intensive
air search but extremely bad
weather forced the civilian
auxilary of the United States Air
Force to temporarily suspend
the mission. During this period
the eastern slopes of the Sierra
Nevada mountain range were
lashed by snow storms
blanketing the entire area
beneath three to five foot of
snow.
All possible efforts by ground
rescue teams to comb the areas
reported were called off because
of the blizzard conditions
prevailing in the area.
CAP pilots have flown
hundreds of sorties and ground
rescue teams roomed all
accessable areas thus far but to
no avail.

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ground party arrived.
The search team was
composed of S/M Mel Matthews,
Maj. Vivian Slaughter, CAP,
Capt. Jack Slaughter, CAP and
Mark, Sulllvan,~ a local .farmer,
who acted as a guide.
Later in the day, a Civil Air
Patrol pilot reported sighting
what he believed was plane
wreckage 5.8 miles west of
Crossville airport. Aircraft were
launched to survey the area
reported but no wreckage was
found.
CRASH SITE LOCATED-Civil Air Patrol S/M Jim Whitson (center) and Lt. Henry Rodgers show
In two days of air and ground
Capt. Jack Slaughter (left) the location of a wreckage of a plane on the map. The two members of
search operations, the unit of
Cro~sville Comp. Sqdn. were on an air search for a missing Mooney Mark 21 aircraft when they
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Crossville. A ground rescue party reached the area and found all the plane's occupants dead. (CAP
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CAP Spots

Lost Anglers
COLUMBIA, S.C.--A Civil
Air Patrol pilot, Lt. J. D. Brant
of Charleston Comp. Sqdn.,
South Carolina CAP Wing, was
credited with saving the lives of
two fishermen recently who
were reported overdue from a
trip at Edisto Island near here.
R e s c u e d w e r e J a m e s W.
Smith of James Island and his
companion who stayed over
night on a creek on Edisto Island
when winds up to 50 m.p.h.
lashed the area. The pair was
located the following day by
Lieutenant Brant who flew his
light airplane over the area on a
search and rescue mission.
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Binghamton Group Helps at Aecident
BINGHAMTON, N.Y.--Units
of the Binghamton GroupS of
New York CAP Wing returning
fresh from a winter survival
school at Hawk Mountain, Pa.,
were the flint at an accident
scene recently south of Wilkes
Barre. Some of the training they
mcelve¢! at the muvival, school

CAP and the Air Force
discontinued the search Apr. 7
after the intensive air search.

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Lancaster

In the week-long search and
rescue operation, New Jemey
CAP wing expended 2,200
man-hours; flew 152 sorties and
logged a total of 249.5 hours.
Supporting the overall mission
were 166 pilots and observers,
63 cadets and senior members in
ground rescue teams and seven
land rescue vehicles.

was put into use when the group
under the command of Maj.
M.D. Lord rendered first aid to
the accident victims.
Other CAP" members helped
with evacuating the victims from
the scene of the accident and
directed traffic until
tim Highway Patrol antved..

Orange County Squadrons
Assist 1/ictims of Flood
SILVERADO CYN,
Calif.--Approximately 40 Civil
Air Patrol cadets and senior
members came here Mar. 8 to
assist with disaster relief and

mopping up operations after
floods and mud-slides engulfed
the area.

The contingent of Civil Air
Patrol personnel sandbagged the
area, helped evacuate flood
victims and cleared mud and
water from homes, yards and
B R O W A R D , F l a . - - C a p t . patios. Others were engaged in
Richard K. Hall, CAP, Broward digging out automobiles stuck in
Group 16's operations officer, the mud while another group
r e c e n t l y r e c e i v e d C i v i l A i r carried household furniture and
Patrol's Aircraft certificate and appliances from homes that were
ribbon at an awards ceremony partially flooded,
here.
He earned the awards for
The California CAP unit
finding a downed twin.engined r e c e i v e d m u c h p r a i s e a n d
aircraft that crashed last January gratitude from area resident for
in the Florida Everglades and their assistance in the disaster
directing a CAP Ranger team relief and mopping-up venture.
from the Florida Wing to the
crash site.
Participating in the mission
The incentive awards fl~m were cadets and seniors from
the Florida Wing were presented Orange County Sqdns. 88, 73
by Lt. Col. E. T. Cohee, CAP, and 56 of the California Wing of
Group 16 commander.
Civil Air Patrol,

Captain Earns
SA_R Diploma

Navy Chief Visits
CAP Headquarters
For Briefing
M A X W E L L
A FB,
Ala.--Representatives o f t h e
O f fi c e o f C h i e f of 'Navy
Personnel were briefed Friday
on the mission and sundry
activities of Civil Air Patrol
during a visit to National
Headquarters.
Following the CAP
orientation, Capt. Thomas E.
Morris, U. S. Navy Reserves, and
Capt. Henry H. Bishop, USN,
Bureau of Naval Personnel,
conferred with various staff
agencies within National
Headquarters.
Captain Morris, president of
the U. S. Naval SeaCadet Corps,
presented a briefing on the cadet
corps and its similarities to Civil
Air Patrol.
Lt. Col. John L. Bridges of
the Air Force Office of Reserve
Affairs at the Pentagon
accompanied the Navy officers
during their one-day stay at
Maxwell.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

MAY, 1969

Florida Wing Hosts Female Survival School
"

(Editor's Note: Following story and pictures recently appeared in
Palm Beach (Fla.) Times, and reprinted here with the permission of
that newspaper)
PALM BEACH, Fla.--It's becoming less and less of a man's world
nowadays.
Now they are running a Female survival School, courtesy of the
Florida Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
Soon there won't be any pretty damsels in distress. No Perils of
Pauline. They will know bow to rescue themselves.
Those were the days, my friend.
Anyway, CAP held its first "Petticoat Trail" in northern Palm
Beach county. The gais, ages 13-18, were accompanied by female
seniozs (19-9.) and were under the direction of Army National Guard
Special Forces personnel.
The 48-hour weekend training session was designed to prepare the
girls to cope with rugged terrain, swamps and water and to be able to
live and move in safety. The program also consisted of map reading,
campass navigation, fizst aid and night patrolling.
Maj. Sandy B. Owen, CAP, was the project officer in charge.
Assisting her were Maj. Paul W. t?otter of the Air Force Reserve and
MSgt. Start Kramer.

Male Corporal Plots Patrol For The Gals

Now, Let's Take A 10-Minute Break
Pamela O'Quinn Has Blisters

Goals Are Outlined

vital and potential manpower
BOLLING AFB, DC.--The
mission goals for Headquarters source for the USAF."
Command, USAF were recently
General Ohman concluded
announced by Maj. Gen. Ntis O. t h a t t h e " g o a l s w i l l b e
Ohman, commander,
implemented immediately
"These goals give meaningful throughout this command. They
purpose to our highly complex
will give each member the
and varied global missions," opportunity to know where we
General Ohman stated,
are going and how he is going to
"They effect every individual,
help us to get there."
unit and detachment of the
Large 16X20-inch posters
command throughout the world,
listing the goals and suitable for
from Andrews Air Force Base,
gateway to the nation's capitol, f r a m i n g a n d h a n g i n g i n a l l
Headquarters Command, USAF
and Boiling Air Force Base,
under development as a model offices and locations will be
distributed shortly to all
U. S. Air Force Base, to
members of our detachments command units. Implementing
instructions are being forwarded
that support various unified
to all commanders.
c o m m a n d s s u c h a s N ATO ,
STRIKE Command and
The goals will preface all
USAF
' '"tlie CiViJ'~Air Patrol~ "@hich:~'i~ a ::',brlefm~:~:immedmtely.

" "'Lydla "Icacnman," " --"Left, And Nina Garcia Share n_.ttauon~ ~O~AD, and every member of ~eadquart¢= Command,

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

Thousands Listed for
Summer Training
Leadership School
(Continued From Page II)
19047 LYONSKI, JOSEPH ,7.
28010 LEGARE, ARMAND E.
28035 CUI~CTNGS, WARREN
29082 TULLY, DIANE M o
29082 SHAFFREYs JOHN ~.
29002 BI[SS, RICHARD D^
29084 BUCKWALTER, JOSEPH Ma
29081 MADAS, JOSEPH M.
29086 KELLY, MARY
31143 ALMA~ JOSEPH H.
31088 F'.CHTEL, DENNIS J.
JlOO4 GRECC., RONAIL D.
31224 GREENBERG, MART/N P.
31004 G['RKA,, DAV ~ A
31238 HARRIS, RICHARD G.
31039 KING, JA~S R.
31147 MAYS, ~IIIIAM H o
31228 MIRPHY, MTt'H~ZL W.
31048 VARSAMES. J: hN R.
31237 WILI, fS: ~!'~'[N t..
31189 HUDZ[NSK], RONAI~ Pa
31327 WOGDARD. DANIEL
38010 GRZE~IEN, DANIEL Po
38022 BISSONNETTE, BRIAN As
38003 TREMBLAY, PAUL E o
38010 RADICAN, STEPHEN R°
07011 WRIGHT, EDWARD J.
07011 TIDONA, ROBERT J o
07011 MILLER, CHRrSTOPHER W o
O7011 VANVEEN, PHILL_'P A.
07006 WINSLOW, DFAN Lo
18021 BEAV~S, DANNY J.
18028 TRENT, DAVID P o
18049 BARNEY, WAYNE E.
18049 LEIGHTY, JERRY L a
18063 DAVIN: WILLIAM J o
18021 DEFONTES, JCHN Do
18021 FRESE, JOAN M~
18003 SHOMBER, CYNTHIA L°
18049 CORMACK~ MARGARET H.
18071 K~NNELLY, ROBERT L.

CHAPLAIN JOINS TEXAS UNIT-Lt. Col. J. Norman McConnell, former National Chaplain of
Civil Air Patrol, chats with C/Commander 1st Lt. Janet Prestridge and Ronald D. Quates, newest
cadet to join the Bayou City (Tex.) Comp. Sqdn. Colonel McConnell recently joined the Bayou
unit after holding pastoral positions in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He recently retired from the
United States Air Force after 26 years service, holding the title of national chaplain when
Headquarters CAP-USAF was at Ellington AFB, Tex.

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Graveyard
For Planes
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32064 POLLECK, RICHARD S.
32111 WOODWARD, RICHARD D.
32079 MALCOLM: jAMES T.
32048 COLLINS, ROGER M.

39007 BAILEY, CHARLES B.
39014 LOSAN~ KARNE E.
39025 PETERS, SUSAN M.
Nash, CAP, of Texas.
39056 LVDLAM, F. CALTON
Located four miles southeast 45062 CARTER, JUDY A.
of Tucson, the graveyard holds
45002 SHACKELFORD, STEVE C.
45062 COCHRAN, MICHAEL T.
4,000 obsolete aircraft valued at
45064 HALMCK, CHARLES S.
$5 million. There are 50
47013 PRUETT, JAKE H.
different aircraft types including
47049 HERIOT, JAMES H.
models of the B-47, B-52, B-66;
47013 MIT.AM, LOUIS L.
47053 DOUGLAS, SHARON M.
C-97; C-I19, EC.121, C-47,
11008 ~(OWALSKI, ANDREN
C-54, F-IO0, F-IOI, F-I04, A-I,
11113 LOUGH, LESLIE D.
A-S, C-45, F-8, F-9, F-11, P-2,
11205 MCGINN, DORTHY L.
S-2, T-S3, P-61 and AT-6.
11090 VILVAS. FAITH H.
Although the planes are
11008 BALLAP~, TIMOTHY L.
surlSlus,'it is almost impossible
i1222 HUMENIOK, MARK R.
to buy one. Military aircraft
11211 STENCILER, MITCHELL T.
11211 GORSKI, ARTHUR M.
must be reduced to metal ingots,
Ii18~ BORDERS, DARRYT, S.
if purchased. Commercial and
11173 ZARFFSKI~ M~RG~. M,
cargo planes usually have some
i ~ o 9 o ~ A ~ * . , : " W: " . ; . M
of their parts removed, he said.
~t2n
mOND~N M~Y A.
EMERY, RANDALL ~.
B e s t b e t f o r obtaining o n e o f
12139
12088 HAY, RO.~h~ [ A.
the planes is if it is to be used
12165 H~OHES: ROBERT L.
for historic, monumental or
12139 MCPhJDE, MARK E.
display purposes, Colonel Nash
12123 R E A D I N G . ~ I , i E N S .
said.
12139
STIEG SCL,~F W.
Persons interested in
15039 STAI~S, DAVID W.
20145 G~A~T. MA~K S.
acquiring a surplus plane should
20164 KLANN ROBERT '_.
write to Defense Surplus Bidders
20145 SI"RDY, I OC~SE C.
C o n t r o l O f fi c e , F e d e r a l C e n t e r, 2 o ~ 4 5 .~,~.I,~o. 0!t~EN A.
Battle Creek, Michigan 49016. 20~07
~R~Z~, JOANN ~.
surplus aircraft is in Tucson,
Arizona? asks Lt. CoL Gerald K.

HAN~,~ON, STEPSEN Do
20145
FRITTS. ,'AMES M.
201h5
SNEAD~ CHARIES R~
20145
DUNN~ THOMAg R.
20119
20226
OXNER~ SHARON M..
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34117
34027 SIMON, MARTIN R.
34027 KELLER, WILLIAM P.
34051 BOOK, JOHN P.
34051 REED, GEORGE L.
34051 ERICSON, JOHN
34051 SPOERR, WENDY S.
34070 V ~ L L I O N , LY N N E E .
34070 LINDSAY, WILLIAM S.
34074 KNEPPER, NAOMI R.
34077 ROBINSON, ARTHUR C.
34096 CHARLES, WAYNE
34122 KINSELLA, TIMOTHY E.
34167 HODGES, LINDA L.
34181 DIDIER, LARRY L.
48055 PIRNER, BILLIE L.
48018 ENGL~, KAREN L.
48041
LINK, MARY B.
48018 WACHS, JEFFREY C.
48118
ECKERT, DAVID T.
48048 PARKER, DAVID G.
01042 HART, WILLIAM A.
01005 MORRIS, WALTER R. III
01055 MURPHY, KENNETH W.
01029 GIVENS, GEORGE R.
01055 CAGLE, DAVID B.
08130 ADAM~, WILLIAM F.
08116 DELEON, MARK F.
08237 DENNISON, ROXIE A.
08035 GIRARD, EDdARD G.
08130 GLOVIER, JAMES W.
08100 HOLDEN, KENNETH P.
08090 KOPEL, NEIL A.
08180 LANCASTER, RODNEY V o
08159 MASSEY, JAMES K.
08209 PEDROGO, CAKMEN R.
08159 POSTROZNY, HENRY S.
08255 STEIGER, STEVEN M.
08117 TILSON, DONALD J.
08130 WOHLFARTH, THOMAS R.
09065 WELTY, CHRISTOPHER J.
09065 WATRY, THOMAS D.
09065 DAVIS, DANIEL W.
09065 CaREEAR, JOSEPH C.
52094 E M M ~ L L I , C A R L O S R .
52017 BRACERO, GILBERTO
52061 MALDONADO, CARLOS
52066 TIRADO, FELIPE
52015 ORTIS, MANUEL A.
52074 MARTINEZ, JES-'S M.
52064 ROQUE, EDUARDO
52091 V I L L ~ I ~ R A FA E L A .
52073 RAMIREZ; RAMON
52094 ROSADO, JOSE A.
52066 PEREZ, SANTOS
52061 'DROZ; MIGUEL A.
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MAY, 1969

Participation
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M A X W E L L A F B ,
Ala.--Participation and
completion in the Civil Air
Patrol cadet program aids
significantly the CAP cadet
members planning to join Air
Force Reserve Officer Training
Corps (AFROTC) units while
attending colleges or universities
throughout the nation.
"University and College

AFROTC Professors of
Aerospace Science may waive
requirements for General
Military Training courses (GMT)
for CAP cadets if the individuals
meet the requirements of
paragraphs 617 a.5.d.,"
AFROTC Manual 45-L reads.
Affected by the ruling are
cadets attending colleges or
universities and planning to join
L
AFROTC.
Those cadets completing the
first three phases of the CAP
Cadet Program and holding the
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz award are
credited with completion of the
GMT requirements.
Individuals who have earned
C O L U M B I A , S . C . - O n e o f the Amelia Earhart award may
the United States Army's highest receive credit for 75 per cent of
medals for valor other than in the AFROTC GMT training.
combat, the Soldier's Medal, has
Those cadets who earned the
been awarded to a former Civil General Billy Mitchell award
Air Patrol senior member
may receive credit for one year
recently.
(50 per cent) of GMT in their
Receiving the medal was
school's AFROTC unit.
Army Spec. 4 James B. Kirk of
AFROTC credit will not be
L a n c a s t e r, S . C . , f o r m e r
given to cadets who have not
information officer of Lancaster earned the Billy Mitchell award.
Comp. Sqdn. of Civil Air Patrol's
Aerospace Science professors
South Carolina Wing.
planning to grant CAP cadets
He earned the award for
credit for the AFROTC GMT
rescuing three occupants of a r e q u i r e v e r i fi c a t i o n o f t h e
single engine airplane when it i n d i v i d u a l ' s c a d e t p r o g r a m
crashed near here.
record. Cadets applying should
The Commandant of the U.S.
provide the professor of
Army Signal School, Fort
Aerospace Studies with evidence
Gordon, Ga., presented the
of completion of the Mitchell,
medal at ceremonies recently.
Earhart or Spaatz awards.

Army Cites
Ex-CAP Man
For Valor

LOGS ORIENTATION FLIGHT-It was a red
letter day recently for Michael (Mike)
Blackshear when he received a jet orientation
flight with instructor/flight examiner father
Maj. Harold H. Blackshear of the 149th Fighter
Group, Texas Air National Guard. Cadet
Blackshear was awarded the flight because of

his active participation in the Brooks AFB,
Tex., squadron. The jet ride was made possible
through the cooperation of Col. Charles A.
Quist Jr., commander of the fighter group and a
Ionglime supporter of Civil Air Patrol of the
three local squadrons.

I. HARDBOUND TEXT BOOKS-The attention of all is
called to the fact that the Hardbound Edition of the
A e r o s p a c e E d u c a t i o n Te x t , C a t a l o g N o . 1 5 , i s c u t o f p r i n t .
B e c a u s e o f r e v i s i o n s t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l Te x t B o o k s i t i s n o t
deemed feasible to republish the books as a single volume
until all revisions are completed, This information was
published in last month's CAP News but the bookstore
continues to receive orders for this edition and the money
must be refunded causing a considerable amount of
paperwork. Please order the individual texts until further
notice.

2. lACE UNIFORMS-Personnel have been selected for
participation in this year's up-coming lACE Program and all
have been notified. The Bookstore has received its shipment
of Blazers and Slacks in the special sizes for this event;
h o w e v e r, i t w o u l d b e a p p r e c i a t e d i f a l l p a r t i c i p a n t s w o u l d
advise the Bookstore personnel of the size Blazer and Slacks
they will need, An informal note will suffice. This will permit
us to check "'on-hand" sizes against requirements to insure
that we can properly outfit everyone. This informal advising
Will not constitute an order and we will await receipt of the
order before shipping. It will, however, be of great assistance
to us in preparing for the up-coming program.

3 . T E X T B O O K - P O W E R F O R A I R C R A F T- T h e r e h a s b e e n
a delay at the publishers for the newly revised text book
P O W E R F O R A I R C R A F T. A t t h e p r e s e n t i t i s a n t i c i p a t e d
that delivery to the Bookstore will be 1 July 1969, We regret
this delay but it is a matter over which we have no control.
Orders received at the bookstore will continue to be placed
on a back-order status and the texts will be shipped as soon
as received.

4 . C A P S , S E R V I C E A N D F L I G H T- W e s t i l l h a v e a f a i r l y
good selection of Service Caps in stock for both Lt. Colonels
and Colonels and Company Grade and Enlisted personnel. We
are out of size 7 3/8 in the Colonel grade. Service Caps for
Lt. Colonel and Colonels sell for $7.50 and the others for
$ 5 . 2 5 . We h a v e a n e x c e l l e n t s e l e c t i o n o f m a l e fl i g h t c a p s ,
both Officer and Enlisted, which are selling for $ 1.00. We call
this to your attention especially in preparation for the
Summer Activities Programs which will commence shortly.