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OCTOBER 1974

'74 Save Record
Extended To 27

PRESTIGIOUS AWARD--Mrs. Jean S. Parsons, wife of the late CAP 2d Lt. Harold P. Parsons, accepts the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to her husband from Alabama's
Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley (left), and National Commander Brig. Gen. Leslie J.
-Westberg, USAF. The presentation was made in a recent ceremony at National Headquarters. (Photo by MSgt. Russ Brown) ............

Carnegie Medal Awarded
To CAP Lt. Posthumously
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MAXWELL
AFB,
Ala.--Civil Air Patrol, 2d Lt.
H a r o l d P. P a r s o n s w a s
recently posthumously
awarded the Carnegie Medal
by Alabama's Lieutenant
Governor Jere Beasley and
Air Force Brig. Gem Leslie
J. Westberg, national
commander in a ceremony
here.
Lieutenant Parsons, who
was killed in a aircraft
accident in 1973, was cited for
his heroism in rescuing the
injured pilot of a plane which
crashed and burned at an air
show near Alabaster, Ala., in
1972.
Parsons, a spectator at the
a i r s h o w, r u s h e d t o t h e
aircraft and pulled the pilot
to safety just seconds before
the fuel tank exploded.
He is believed to be the
first member of Civil Air
Patrol ever to receive the
prestigious Carnegie Medal.
"rhe medal is awarded by
the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission of Pittsburgh,
Pa.
It was created in 1904 to
recognize outstanding acts of

selfless heroism performed
in the U.S. and Canada.
Recognition in all acts
considered worthy by the
Commission consists of a
medal. It may also include,
in acts in which disabling
injuries are sustained by the
r e s c u e r, a s u p p l e m e n t a l

continuing grant; in acts in
which the rescuer loses his
life, financial assistance for
the widow and children; and
in acts in which- no
disablement is sustained,
grants for education or other
worthy purposes in lives of
the rescuers.

MAXWELL AFB, Ala.,--Civil Air Patrol units from
Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were recently
responsible for saving a life in each state and pushed the total
saves this year to 27.
Pennsylvania's Group II00 was called upon to provide ground
search teams when an elderly lady was reported missing from a
nursing home in Danville, Pa. The unit put two search teams
into action and coordinated the entire search operation.
The lady was located in less
frequency and intercepted
than one hour after the
her distress call. After
search began lying in deep
making voice contact with
underbrush near the home.
her, CAP pilot Capt.
She was transported by
Theodore Suchecki, gave the
ambulance to a near-by
lost pilot instructions to hold
medical facility for treatdown her mike button
ment.
enabling him to home-in on
This search and rescue
the plane using a DF 88
effort was under the
Direction Finder.
command of CAP Capt. John
The CAP aircraft then
Blue, commander of the
intercepted the distressed
Danville Composite Squadcraft and escorted the
ron.
student pilot to Council Bluffs
A prompt response by
Airport.
Wisconsin members resulted
in saving the life of a youth in
a 10 foot fishing boat on a
remote lake in Bayfield
County. When he failed to
return home, his family
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -notified local law
Senior training officials have
enforcement officials who in,
announced that the Weapons
turn called upon CAP for
Employment Course for Allied
assistance.
Officers will be conducted here
Search aircraft spotted the
on Jan. 6-10, 1975 and again on
youth and directed a ground
Mar. 31 - Apr. 4, 1975.
The five-day course is
team to his aid.
conducted by the U.S. Air
A student pilot from
Force's-Air University Institute
Omaha, Neb., who was
for Professional Development,
attempting a cross country
to provide attendees with aflight was recently saved by
knowledge of current U.S.
that state's CAP Wing. She
weapons and their employment,
was flying from Millard
a familiarity with the
fundamentals of space
Neb, to Lincoln and return
operations and an appreciation
when she became lost,
for the U.S. national space
disoriented and low on fuel.
effort.
A CAP aircraft, which was
For Civil Air Patrol Aerospace
airborne at the time, was
Education Officers, the course
monitoring a radio distress
(See DATES SET, Page 2)

La. Governor Pledges
Support To CAP Wing ....
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Governor of the State of Louisiana
recently signed an executive order which provides support to the
Louisiana Wing Civil Air Patrol.
Louisiana now joins several other states which provide support to
CAP. The executive order provides for the state to reimburse the
Louisiana Wing for fuel, oil, lubricants, aircraft maintenance and
insurance on state generated missions. These are missions where
federal assistance or Air Force mission authorizations can not
normally be authorized.
Commenting on the agreement, Col. William H. Cahill, CAP,
Louisiana Wing commander, states that this is the culmination of
years of hope for the Louisiana Wing and will improve the CAP image
in Louisiana.
Also commenting on the agreement, Lt. Col. Tommy E. Rice, USAF,
chief of Disaster Activities, HQ CAP-USAF, said, "It will significantly
shorten the lines of communication and allow the Louisiana CAP Wing
to.qn!ckly respond to requests from state authorities and participate in
mmstons which they otherwise may not be able to support.
"Before the Air Force can grant mission authorization and thus
provide CAP with reimbursement," he explained, "all civil resources
must be utilized to the maximum."
The executive order (Number 69) was signed by Governor Edwin W.
Edwards on August 6.

Dates Set
For Course

OCTOBER, 1974

C I V I L A I R >ATROL NEWS

PAGE T1,VO

We Need H-E-L- P'.

MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- National Headquarters is prepari~t a
full color descriptive brochure on the International Air Crater
Exchange. This brochure will be used to explain our 1ACE Program
to U. S. State Department officials, U. S. Embassy personaeh aJ
foreign dignitaries.
Assi§tanee is requested from anyone who has participated il
1ACE as a eadet, escort, or host, in obtaining color photographs or
slides for use in this pamphlet. Our greatest need is for color
photographs showing either CAP cadets in the oriental nations or
the oriental cadets in our host wings. These photographs should be
of good quality and should show some type of group activity.
Please include a descriptive statement with each photo.
Send all photos to National Headquarters, Civil Air Patrol/EDE.
Maxwell AFB, AI 36112. All slides, negatives, or color prints will be
returned to the sender.

Dates Set For Course
(Continued from Page 1)

M O T I VAT I O N
to be held at
NER chief of
throughout in

-- This is the theme for the Northeast Region Conference which is scheduled
C o n c o r d H o t e l , K i a m e s h a L a k e , N . Y. , N o v e m b e r 1 - 3 . T h e n e w l y a p p o i n t e d
s t a f f , C A P L t . C o l . A r t L o e c h n e r, h a s i n d i c a t e d t h a t h e w i l l c a r r y t h i s t h e m e
an effort to make his region the best in the country.

CAP Chaplain Of The Year
Aids Escaped Polish Seaman
PORTLAND, Ore. Civil Air
Patrol's Chaplain Of the Year.
Lt. Col. Chester Wrzaszczak.
-offered "sanctuary" to an
escaped Polish seaman and
helped him gain asylum in the
United States last year.
On July 4th, Independence
Day, Jerzy Koarad jumped ship
o f f C o o s B a y, O r e . , w h e n h e
saw a U.S. Coast Guard cutter
n e a r b y. F o r 2 0 y e a r s , h e h a d
planned to escape from the
Communist-regime ruling his
native Poland. The opportunity
came when he signed for seaduty aboard the Polish fishing
trawler "Whelen". He had hoped
the vessel would come close
enough to a free port or vessel so
he could make a successful
escape.
He was taken by Immigration
officials to Portland where
Chaplain Wrzaszczak, Oregon
wing chaplain, offered sanctuary
at his St. Anne Catholic Church

and acted as an interpreter for
the escapee who knows no
English.
When the Immigration
Department announced it
intended to deport Konrad, the
chaplain appealed to the state
department as did hundreds of
other people all over the
country, who had read the story
or saw the man on TV.
The State Department
reversed the decision of the
Immigration Department and
allowed seaman Konrad to

remain in the U.S. for a year.
The permission is renewable
every year thereafter.
In the meantime, a member of
the chaplain's church offered a
job to the refugee in his trade of
carpentry.
Chaplain Wrzaszczak received
t h e " C h a p l a i n O f t h e Ye a r
Award: at the National Board
Meeting in San Francisco during
September for leading Oregon to
the top spot in the national
standing for CAP wings. He won
second place in 1972.

provides supplemental
information in the internal
implementation of the aerospace
education portion of the cadet
program and the aerospace
education program for senior
members and the general public.
The course is open to CAP
senior member officers in the
grade of captain through colonel.
Interested applicants should
apply on CAP Form 17,
Application for Senior Member
Activities, through their
respective wing and region
headquarters to HQ CAP-USAF/
DOT in accordance with the
provisions of CAP Regulation 509.
Deadline for receipt of

applications for the January
class is Dec. 6, 1974. Selectees of
this class will be announced on
Dec. 13, 1974. Deadline for
receipt of applications for the
M a r c h - A p r i l c l a s s i s M a r. 7 ,
1975. Selectees will be announced
on March 14.

Wash. Cadets Pay
Visit To Canada
McCHORD AFB, Wash. -Sixteen cadets from McChord
and Olympia Squadrons recently
paid a three day visit to the
Royal Canadian Air Cadets of
Squadron 513.
During the visit they toured
Va n c o v e r
Harbor and
surrounding
waters via a
Canadian
Forces vessel,
watched the Queen Elizabeth
Parade and attended a banquet
at the Royal Canadian League.
The cadets were housed by the
Royal Cadet League cadets and
their families.

Editor's Note: In the "Units Get Control of Cadet Test" article on
page 3 of the September issue of the Civil Air Patrol NEWS we
inadvertly dropped a word from the eighth paragraph.
The para should have read...Once the squadron has the test, there
will be NO requirements to submit CAPF 55's on any other eligible
cadets.
We apologize for the error and hope that it caused no undue
hardships on anyone.

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T H E Y W E N T T H AT- A W AY - - C a d e t s W i l l i a m R . B o w m a n
and Steven Rethemeyer of the St. Joseph Composite
Squadron (Missouri Wing) clean up the litter which trailed
more than 2,000 walkers who participated in a recent March
of Dimes Walkathon held in St. Joseph, Mo. Other cadets and
s e n i o r m e m b e r s f r o m t h e C A P u n i t a s s i s t e d t h e Wa l k a t h o n
by checking the walkers' cards, passing out meal tickets and
serving refreshments.

OCTOBER, 1974

PAGE THREE

C I V I L A I R PAT R O L N E W S

First In CAP

MER Holds IO Workshop
ANDREWS AFB, Md. -- The
Middle East Region recently
conducted the first region-wide
Information Officer (IO)
Tr a i n i n g W o r k s h o p h e r e . A i r
Force Reservists from the
9e09th Air Reserve Information
Squadron (ARIS) planned,
coordinated and instructed at the
workshop.
The four-day course
incorporated
classroom
instruction and practical
exercises with information field
trips in the Washington, D.C.,
area. Representatives from the
local media were guest lecturers
for the workshop.
Reserve Majors Gerre Jones,
John Wilson and Paul Knapp
conducted the classroom
sessions. The training first
covered the basic areas,
recognizing a story, gathering
the facts, writing the story and
placing the story in either
newspapers or on radio or
television. More advanced
areas, such as speech writing,
conducting an interview and
holding a press conference, were
covered later.
The 16 CAP seniors and cadets
who attended the workshop were
given a tour of the Pentagon
where they heard briefings on
the functional areas of the
Secretary of the Air Eorce
Office of Information (SAF/OI).
The SAF/OI division chiefs made
the presentations. A special
nighttime briefing was
presented to the CAP members
by the Command Services Unit
at Boiling AFB.
Each class member was also

allowed to participate in a
practical application period at.
the Nation's Capitol.
Congressman Jerry Pettis,
(Rep.-California),
was
interviewed in his office by three
members of the workshop while
the other classmembers
observed and took notes.
Congressman Pettis is the
deputy commander of CAP's
Congressional Squadron and is a
firm believer and backer of Civil
Air Patrol's programs. During
class the next day, the CAP IOs
reviewed what they had learned
during, the interview.
The media guest lecturers
talked to the group on how a CAP
IO can best service each distinct
media (newspapers, radio and
television). The most prevelant
theme was "Get to know and
learn to work with your local
city editors and program
directors."
Air Force Captains Brad
Thomas, a USAF recruiter in the
Washington area, and Al
Alderfer, Andrews base
information officer also spoke to
the class. Captain Thomas, in
discussing his job, emphasized
the advantages both groups gain
when "CAP and local Air Force
r e c r u i t e r s w o r k t o g e t h e r. " I n
explaining the various facets of
his position, Captain Alderfer
urged the IOs to "get to know
and cooperate with their local
military base IO."
The CAP IOs were housed at
the Andrews AFB Visiting
Officers Quarters (VOQ) during
the course and meals were
available at a nearby dining hall

or the Officer's Club. All formal
classes were held in a meeting
room provided by HQ Air Force
Systems Command.
Sparkplugs behind
this
training program were
CAP
Capt. Barbara Morris, MER
Director of Information, and Air
Force Lt. Col. Walter Straughan,
Director of Training. USAF-CAP
MER Liaison Office. Captain
Morris, who had the original
idea for the workshop, is already
looking ahead. "Next year, we
want to conduct a two-level
workshop with both a basic
course and an advanced course
for those who attended this
year," she said. "Also, we hope
to be able to invite IOs from
other regions to attend, but that
O U T S TA N D I N G C A D E T - - M S g r. M i c k e y M c C u l l o u g h
is dependent upon
the
availability of housing."
(right), receives the cadet of the quarter award from 2d Lt.
Colonel Straughan feels that
Ken Mason, leadership officer of the Mid-Cities Composite
this,workshop was an important
Squadron, Bedford, Tex. Sergeant McCullough is presently a
beginning. "I'm firmly
j u n i o r a t Tr i n i t y H i g h S c h o o l w h e r e h e i s a m e m b e r o f T h e
convinced that you can't buy the
National Honor Society.
quality of instruction the 9009th
ARIS provided. My hope is that
the IOs who were here this year
will go back to their units and
wings and encourage other IOs
to attend," he commented.
WARREN, Ohio--Civil Air Patrol's Group III (Ohio Wing) joined
with the Air Force Reserve's 910th Tactical Fighter Group to hold an
Was the Workshop worth all
open house at Youngstown Air Reserve Base recently.
the time and effort? 1st Lt. Jim
Featured in the program were Group III rangers rappelling from a
Maloy, CAP, Morgantown Cadet
hangar roof, static displays and a first aid tent.
Squadron (West Virginia Wing),
The Air Force had C-123, A-37 and KC-97 aircraft on display while
thinks so. "Members are always
the Navy brought in a T-34 and the Army an 0-87 helicopter. In all, 12
asking "What does CAP do for
aircraft were on hand, including four CAP aircraft.
me?" Well, this was just one of
the things that CAP does for its
members," he said.
Capt. Marion Hess, National
Capital Wing IO, summed up
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Civil Air Patrol participated in the 78th
the workshop's benefits when
A n n u a l F r o n t i e r D a y s i n C h e y e n n e t h i s y e a r. T h e y p r o v i d e d a n
she said, "The knowledge
ambulance which was stationed at a First Aid Station in the
gained and the enthusiasm of the
grandstand.
group should prove invaluable to
Francis E. Warren AFB was tasked with supplying ambulances for
their respective units as well as this year's event. They were supported by CAP's Laramie County
the entire Middle East Region."
Cadet Squadron and the Air National Guard who each supplied an
ambulance.
(FOOTNOTE: Other CAP
regions are encouraged to
consider conducting similar
workshop/training programs.
Air Reserve Information
FORT WORTH, Tex.--Twenty-eight cadets from Texas' Group Six
Squadrons (ARIS's) are located
recently visited the General Dynamics Corporation here where they
in Philadelphia (9010th),
visited the home of the F-111 and YF-16 aircraft.
"Newburgh, New York (9011th),
The tour, sponsored by the Hustler Composite Squadron, included 20
Los Angeles (9012th), Miami
(9013th), Chicago (9014th) and m a l e a n d 8 f e m a l e c a d e t s w h o w e r e a c c o m p a n i e d b y 6 s e n i o r
~embers.
N e w Yo r k C i t y ( 9 0 1 5 t h ) .
Additionally, there are Information Flights under these
squadrons across the country.
Naturally, the resources of the
Seniors
34,460
Washington, D.C. area are not
24,090
Cadets
available elsewhere. However,
470
the basics needed to conduct the
GAM
course (professional informaTo t a l
59,020
tion reservists, media "guest
(As of Aug. 31, 1974)
lecturers" and local civic
officials to interview)
are
( 1,652 decrease since Jan. 1, 1974)
nationwide commodities.)

AFR-CAP Hold Open House

Unit Supports Frontier Days

28 Visit F-111, YF-16 Plant

WORKSHOP DISCUSSION During a break in the Middle
East Region IO Training Workshop, Air Force Reserve
Maj. John Wilson (center), discusses some points from his
presentation with two of the CAP IO's who attended the
com'se. CAP 2d Lt. Jo Ann Pierce, (left), represented the
Tr i - C i t y C o m p o s i t e S q u a d r o n ( V i r g i n i a W i n g ) , w h i l e C a d e t
IA. Col. Michael Smith was from the Middle River Composite Squadron (Maryland Wing).

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C I V I L A I R PAT R O L N E W S

PAGE FOUR

From The Commander

by Brig. Gen. Leslie J. Westberg,
U S A F, N a t i o n a l C o m m a n d e r
In my travels around the CAP circuit, I have met and observed many
Reserve Assistance personnel in
action. I am impressed with their
qualifications and the fine role
t h e y p l a y a s a d v i s o r s t o C A P. T h e
professional advice and specialized knowledge they possess can
be a valuable resource to the
unit commander
in assisting him
with his training
programs and
other functions.
T h e r e a r e a
variety of tasks
Reservists perform that parallel
their Air Force
experience and training.
To name a few:
Instruct technical courses in the

cadet and senior member training
programs.

Recruiting new members by
appearances before civil groups, high
school assemblies and the like to
explain the CAP program and what it
has to offer.

Working with high school
principals in an attempt to have CAP
cadet programs as part of the school
curriculum.

Help in all phases of unit
administration and give advice in all
areas pertaining to their specialties.
In that connection, I am frequently
asked by unit commanders and
Reservists, "Can a Reserve member
be utilized in CAP staff positions

including command appointments?"
T h e a n s w e r i s " Ye s " .
H o w e v e r, a n y d u t y p e r f o r m e d b y
Reservists while serving in CAP staff
or command positions will not allow
point credit in the Reserve Assistance
Program (RAP). This stems from
the Air Force requirement that any
point gaining activities a Reserve
member may be engaged in must be
controlled or supervised by the Air
Force. This would not be the case
while performing in a purely CAP
capacity, since CAP is a private, nonprofit corporation with bylaws and
policies set forth by the National
Board (CAP) and its National
Executive Committee. Another
restriction imposed is that the
member must be wearing the proper
uniform when performing special
tours of active duty or earning
inactive duty training points--in
other words, the standard Air Force
uniform when performing in pursuit

of Air Force or Reserve activities,
and the CAP uniform while serving as
a C A P o f fi c e r.
It should be noted that the success
and continuation of the Reserve
Assistance Program depends entirely
on acceptance and support of the CAP
m e m b e r. S i n c e i t s i n c e p t i o n i n 1 9 6 8 ,
the RAP has won wide acceptance by
t h e m e m b e r s h i p a t l a r g e . To w a r d
that end, I am also pleased to find
that a significant number of our
Reservists are CAP members, This is
notable since membership is not a
requirement, but does reflect
personal dedication to CAP and its
mission.
I encourage unit commanders to
accept the help offered by Reservists
s e r v i n g i n t h e R A P. A s k t h e m t o
pitch in--the Air Force training and
experience they possess can be a
valuable benefit to the unit.

Chatrman s Comments

by Brig. Gen. William M. Patterson,
C A P, N a t i o n a l B o a r d C h a i r m a n
(Following are the remarks of Brig.
Gen. William M. Patterson, CAP, Chairman, National Board, to the General
Assembly of the National Board Meeting
on Sept. 20, 1974)
We want to extend a special thanks
to each of you for making this San
Francisco convention an important
event in a critical time.
I enjoyed hearing General Westberg
recap some of the
great things your
individual and collective efforts made
possible this year.
On many of those
visits so well remembered, I had the
pleasure of being
with your National
Commander.
My thanks and personal endorsement is
added to his congratulations.
Yo u r c o n t r i b u t i o n s ,
your
professionalism-and your progress in
emergency services, communications,
aerospace workshop~, electronic search
techniques, and other areas has again
projected a prideful national image.
13ut, if we're completely objective, that
is, honestly looking at the entire picture
we're somewhat like that professional
baseball team that had to change
uniforms. The club had several superstars including the league's most valuable
p l a y e r. T h e y w o n s e v e r a l i n d i v i d u a l s
awards--But...
The team lost the big games;
They lost the pennant;
The manager lost his job.
The fans lost interest
--And the city lost its franchise.
The story is clear. Civil
Air
Patrol has three primary missions...and
until each of them is functioning
satisfactorily...we've got to be concerned.
--And when our problems are in the
area of one of our top priorities--youth

motivation--it must be considered by
each of us as a personal challenge.
Have you seen that bumper-strip which
reads: "The population explosion is
everybody's baby?"
That's how we feel about our cadet
activities. We have a tremendous wealth
of people in Civil Air Patrol who are
skilled in highly selective areas.
Pilots who can fly intricate crisscross search patterns over irregular
terrain.
Skilled technicians who can move into
a stricken area and in a matter of minutes
establish the only air/ground communications.

Educators who can implement
programs at state levels while earning
the respect of their associates.
Administrators who continually
demonstrate executive abilities for which
industry would, and does, pay handsomely.
Now these are just a few of our many
more rare skills which require years of
training, experience and a large amount
of innante abilities. These are critical
positions and very selective. Not
everyone is blessed with the attributes
required for these jobs.
But it's a different ballgame in youth
motivation--Everybody has something to
contribute right now.
We can no longer dump this on the
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NEWS

N a t i o n a l C o m m a n d e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B rig. Gen. Leslie J. Westberg, USAF
N a t i o n a l B o a r d C h a i r m a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . Brig. Gen. William M. Patterson, CAP
D i r e c t o r o f I n f o r m a t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lt. Col. Wm. Capers III, USAF
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Chief of Internal Information ................. ..........................
Capt. J. H. Ragan, USAF
E d i t o r . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SMSgt. Don Bowes, USAF
A s s i s t a n t E d i t o r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TSgt. Don Thweatt, USAF
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OCTOBER 1974

VOLUME 6, NO. 10

shoulders of our people who are directly,
primarily concerned. We can no longer
ask oar national staff; or our squadron
commanders; or our director of cadet
activities or the cadets themselves to go
it alone.
This, my friends, is everybody's baby!
It was this compelling need that
motivated our special session of the
National Executive Committee-[n my program message reference was
made to the NEC meeting in St. Louis as
e x t r a o r d i n a r y. T h e w o r d e x t r a o r d i n a r y
was used for several reasons. In the
first place, we don't usually hold such
meetings in the month of August.
As you know, oar bylaws provide that,
and I quote: "The National Executive
Committee shall meet at least three times
annually, at times other than when the
National Board is in session." unquote.
Except for isolated incidents, we have
traditionally adhered to the bylaw by
scheduling NEC meetings in December,
March and June.
Yo u r c o m m i t t e e w a s c a l l e d i n t o t h i s
special session last month because we felt
time was running out on us. Our long,
frustrating efforts to halt a dangerous
cadet membership decline had gotten us
nowhere. We felt we needed a final, toplevel, no-nonsense, shirt-sleeved, work
session before we met in San Francisco. We
felt we had to come here and present to
you something new; something promising;
an([ al)ove all, something workable! We feel
we've done just that. In a few moments,
you will be
introduced to these
modifications.
Again, reminding you these changes
a r e n o t r e v o l u t i o n a r y. . . t h e y a r e
evolutionary. They're not even new. Two
years ago, in August of 1972, General
duPont asked me to chair a special
meeting which directed itself to the
problem of declining cadet membership.
We thought we had problems then
because our cadet census had dropped to
28,427.
Since then we've continued to nose dive
and have lost an additional 4,300 cadet
members.
(See Page 6)

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Controllers Lauded
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--Civil Air Patrol Capt. John F. Cullen
was so thankful for the prompt reaction of two controllers in the Santa
Fe, New Mex., t()wer that he recommended them for special
recognition by the Department of Transportation.
The action took place on a recent flight from Santa Fe to Colorado
Springs, Colo., when the plane Cullen was piloting suddenly and
without warning lost its engine.
Recalling the incident, Cullen wrote, "Instinctively I set up a glide,
looked over the rugged terrain for a place to land, and called Santa Fe
tower to declare an emergency and advise them of my position and
intentions.
" ' F o r t u n a t l y, " h e c o n t i n u e d , " t h e e n s u i n g f o r c e d l a n d i n g w a s
accomplished without further incident. The selected landing area was
a sandy, dry creek bed. As we slid, gear-up, to a stop on the sand, my
passenger and I looked at each other and realized that we were
uninjured.
"It was at this point that the efficiency of the two contollers, which
could have been life saving, became apparent. Within minutes they
had two National Guard helicopters on the scene, and shortly after
that the State Police arrived."
Heconcluded, "I feel that these two men should be singled out for
special recognition...their prompt mobilization of the rescue team
could have saved my life had I been injured in the landing attempt.'"
Cullen is a member of Colorado's Pike's Peak Emergency Services
Squadron.

THUMBS UP -- Philadelphia Disaster Exercise Chairman, Stephen W. LeBoutilier (left),
g i v e s C A P L t . C o l . P a u l R . K o p c y n s k i ( r i g h t ) , P h i l a d e l p h i a G r o u p Te n C o m m a n d e r, t h e
"thumbs up" on his group's participation in the annual disaster exercise which took place
this year at the Philadelphia International Airport. Looking on are CAP Lt. Col. Herbert
Carrier (second from left), and Capt. Raymond Blickle, both on the Group Ten staff. The
group was commended on their excellent performance during the exercise.(Photo by CAP
Capt. William H. Larkin Jr.)

Charts Prove Success
During Unit SAR Test

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For the benefit of all
members of Civil Air
Patrol, the latest statistics
of search and rescue
activities throughout the
organization are shown
below.
T hese are unofficial
figures compiled by
Directorate of Operations
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(As of Sept. 15, 1974)
NuU:~er o°~ micS:~ts
Number of sorties

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BELLE VERNON, Pa. -- New
topigraphical charts prepared by
two members of the Rostraver
Senior Squadron 1301 have been
proven successful during tests
run by the unit.
Designed by CAP Lieutenants
Emery Plesko and Thomas
R i l e y, t h e c h a r t s w e r e t e s t e d
during a recent practice search
and rescue mission. They are not
for navigation, but only an
instrument to locate a target in
any search and rescue mission.
The charts were the idea of
Lie_uten~nt Plesko who said,
"After locating a downed
aircraft in the air we must direct
the ground units to the site by

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using charts. With the old charts,
the plane would appear as a dot,
which could cover many square
miles in mountainous terrain.
The new charts enlarge the area
seven and one half times or the
dot becomes approximately a
quarter inch square and along
the contour lines for locating a
target, the area could be
pinpointed within the size of a
football field. This enables
ground units to immediately
select the easiest and- fastest
access route and to arrive at the
site in much shorter time."
Assisted by Lieutenant Riley,
Plesko began work on the charts
as a winter project. After eight
months of work the project is
now completed.

A I R P O R T T O U R - - C a d e t Te r r i D a v i s a n d D a v e H a r m s o f
the Grand Rapids Composite Squadron (Minnesota Wing)
watch as Ed Simpson of the Hibbing Flight Service Station
shows how information is received and recorded when
talking to aircraft in flight during use of directional finder
equipment. The two cadets were among 16 from their unit
who toured the station recently.

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OCTOBER, 1974

History Is
Alive In
Texas Unit
G R A N D P R A I R I E , Te x . - Civil Air Patrol history came
alive here recently for the
Crusader Composite Squadron
when Warren Mastin, now a CAP
second lieutenant, and his son
joined the unit.
Lieutenant Mastin's brother,
Dick, was one of the 64 CAP
members who were killed in the
line of duty during World War II.

BEAMSWITH PRIDE -- SM Ann Wostel (center), beams
with pride as she holds the Gun. Carl A. Spaatz Award
e a r n e d b y h e r s o n , C a d e t C o l . R a n d a l l P. W o s t e l o f t h e
Helena (Montana) Cadet Squadron. The presentation was
made by Montana Governor Thomas Judge (right), at public
ceremonies in the State Capital building. Ann is Finance
Officer for the Montana Wing, while her sou serves as
chairman of the Montana Cadet Advisory Council.

Calif. Cadets Support Fly-ln
PALO ALTO, Calif.--Civil Air Patrol members from the Palo Alto
Cadet Squadron 100 were on hand to lend support, for the first
Helicopter Fly-In held here under the sponsorship of the American
Helicopter Association of San Francisco.
Helicopters on display included military helicopters flown by the
U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.

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He died in 1944, in the crash o f
his aircraft while on a routine
c o u r i e r fl i g h t f r o m To p e k a ,
Kan., to Kearney Neb. The 29~
year-old Civil Air Patrol officer
was stationed at Salina, Kan., at
the time.
Wa r r e n M a s t i n a n d h i s s o n
Dick, named for his uncle, have
proven enthusiastic members of
the squadron. Mastin has taken a
staff'position and his son has
already completed one
achievement in the cadet
program. In addition, Dick has
been selected for solo flight
training.
The addition of the two
Mastins to the squadron has
allowed many cadets and seniors
to partially relive the early
history of CAP much more
easily than most members can.

GIFT -- Mike Pulley (right), Awards Chairman of the
Exchange Club in Santa Maria, Calif., presents a check to
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California Wing as Cadet Michael Ulin looks on. The
donation, which will be used for cadet encampments, was
made when CAP was honored by the Exchange Club at a
recent luncheon in Santa Maria.

Oct. 9-17

lACE Planning

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C.A.P-About Face!

That August 1972 meeting lasted two
days. It was attended by many dedicated,
knowledgeable and experienced people
from both sides of the CAP-USAF team
and highly respected educators.

just one pen...the pen. He almost had a
monopoly--and he got complacent. But
when his accountant showed him a sharp
two-year decline, he got the message. He
studied the problem. He took the right
action. His company now produces
sixteen types of pens.

They included: Major General Locke;
Brigadier General Ellis; Colonel
C a s a d a y, C o l o n e l G o l d m a n , C o l o n e l
Lyons; Mr. Sorenson; Dr. Merv Striekler
and many others. All that firepower was
brought to bear on one target--cadet
membership--and we missed the bull's
eye, and here's why!

In other words, he broadened the appeal.
The life-styles of American youngsters
have burst into more varieties of blossom
than the Botanical Gardens. Everyone's
on his own trip...they can't be reached
with one pen.

We were reluctant to bite the bullet and
admit to each other that our program had
lost its general appeal. We could not--or
would not,admit that the time had come
to deemphasize some areas and broaden
others.
Oh, we discussed them far into the
night--but when nitty-gritty time came,
we appeased each other and stayed with a
limited appeal program.
These programs obviously have grown
less appealing as the life styles of today's
young men and women became more
diversified.
Let me be completely candid.
I think we'd been spoiled. Not too many
years ago, our young men and women
came to us in a tidy package, all in step,
and receptive to our youth motivation
programs.
All that changed--not overnight--but so
abruptly that we weren't able to call an
audible at the line of scrimmage. We went
with the same game plan that was
already losing the big one.
We weren't the only ones caught short.
In civilian life, selling is my business. Forget
my other fancy titles--in the final
analysis, you can call me a saleman. A
distressing number of business firms go
under because they did not adjust in time
to the times. Let me give you just one
example. A manufacturer used to produce

We've got to offer a broader platform, a
variety of attractions, that blend more
easily into their individual life style.
That's what we've done!
To r e d u c e i t t o a b u s i n e s s
nutshell...We're applying the psychology
of selling in a splintered market without
winding up in splints. There is no way,
today, that we can succeed in selling our
p r o g r a m . . . a s i t s t a n d s n o w. . . t o a n
acceptable number of today's young men
and women.

very grateful to Mr. Sorenson, Mr. Bacon,
Mr. McMinn and the rest of the
aerospace education staff for getting this
important briefing together for its
premiere this morning.
What you're about to see and hear has
the full endorsement of your entire
National Executive Committee. We don't
h a v e t i m e f o r d e b a t e . Yo u w i l l s e e a
conceptually sound program. I want you
to sit back, relax, and put everything else
out of your mind. Give this your
undivided, unbiased attention. I ask you to
begin here and now--even as these
modifications are presented--to start
thinking of what you can do, in your back
yard, to get things rolling. These changes
will become effective on the first of
January, 1975. There's much work left to
do for all of us--But there's also 90 days
left to put the new look into high gear
from the opening gun.

These changes will not, by themselves,
magically solve our problems. It does
mean, however, that we will no longer
have our hands tied behind us while
Again, reminding you that you will see no t a c k l i n g a g i a n t w h i c h , a s G e n e r a l
radical changes. All of us in St. Louis felt " W e s t b e r g s a y s , t h r e a t e n s t h e v e r y
existance of this great organization.
that Civil Air Patrol's present program
was well conceived, well structured, and
Now, we've got some new ammunition
very solid. We agreed that as an
to fight back with and if we apply our
aerospace education vehicle, it is second
unified strength, we are going to win this
to none. However, we felt that we must
bottle!
recognize those changes that have, and
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with
are, taking place in our social structure.
personal pleasure and professional pride
We had to evaluate the effects such
changes are having on those young people
that I present the director of Editorial and
Curriculum at National Headquarters..our
who could--and should--be in Civil Air
own Hal Bacon.
Patrol. Your NEC further felt that there
was a need for a greater amount of
(Briefing)
activity in the programs as well as a.need
Thank you, Hal...and please extend my
for diversification insofar as career fields
appreciation to everyone who worked so
and career objectives were concerned.
hard to create this excellent presentation.
With these basic objectives clearly
I think you can see why your individual
delineated, General Westberg returned to
support, your personal interest and your
National Headquarters and briefed the
self-generated ideas,
always so
staff. 1;hat was the beginning of
important, are now vital.
painstaking research and lots of work. It
was a crash project of monumental
This concept literally takes the lid off
proportions but they did it. All of us are our cadet activities ceilings.

It deserves the best that is in each of us
to get it moving and keep it rolling...back
up the hill!
Of course, our squadron commanders
will be--as they always are--right in the
middle of the action...carrying the
biggest load. I know how they feel...l've
been there! and the tough job I had 20
years ago has grown progressively
tougher.
To m a n y o f o u r s q u a d r o n
commanders--and again sympathizing
with them--their job is like that guy on
the mission impossible show.
Week after week impossible problems
are shoved at him when a stentorian voice
emerges from a tape recorder. Bristling
with authority and immeasurable
wisdom, it defines the newest problem.
The voice reduces earthshaking situations
to crisp words of advice--and then the
unseen genius cops out..."//anything goes
wrong," he warns, "forget you ever knew
me."
Finally...and this is the clincher...the"
whole works blows up]
Having been a squadron commander, I
can readily understand why our
commanders identify themselves with the
big blonde hero.
Well, we've come a long waY this
past year in tangibly expressing our
appreciation for the job they do; we've
developed some correct and timely
tools to help him get the job done; and
there's more coming! We've captured the
incessant, demanding and varied tasks
they accomplish on film.
It's the slide presentation I discussed
last April in my editorial.
That's a long--overdue, well-deserved
and factual tribute that can, if properly
used do many things.
I'd like all our squadron commanders;
former squadron commanders and those
who plan to become squadron
commanders to stand for a moment.
Ladies and gentlemen, how about
joining me in a salute to the most
valuable people in all of Civil Air Patrol.

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C I V I L A I R PAT R O L N E W S

OCTosB_~,, 1,97'4

Cadets Complete Two Courses

Communications Equipment Briefing.

MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- More than 80 cadets
from throughout the United States recently
completed a one-week Space Flight Orientation
Course and a two-week Communications
Electronics Course in Alabama and Mississippi
respectively.
During their stay at the George C. Marshall
Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Ala., 52 male
and female cadets completed a course designed to
further their aerospace education and to motivate
them toward careers in aerospace and its allied
sciences.
The course consists of classroom lectures and
seminars covering the history, philosophy and
objectives of space flight; propulsion and
structural design of space vehicles and guidance.
They also received information on instrumentation
and communications of space flight with the
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Keesler AFB, located near Biloxi, Miss., was the
site where 34 cadets completed the
communications course planned and conducted by
U.S. Air Force instructors.
The course included communications principles,
radio operator training, tours and practical
laboratory exercises involving the latest types of
Air Force electronics equipment ami systems.

Experimental Aircraft

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C I V I L A I R PAT R O L N E W S

PAGE EIGHT

OCTOBER__ 1974

Temperature And The Pilot
by Lt. Col. S. W. Raymond, CAP
Illinois Wing Medical Officer
Temperatures over or under
comfort level can be a serious
m a t t e r. A l l fl y i n g c a r r i e s a n
element of stress; add to this a
thermal environment causing
discomfort and the elements of
physiological upset are present.
Discomfort and loss of efficiency
are cumulative -- the colder one
is the colder one gets; and the
hotter one is, the hotter one gets.
One may fly well but overlook
the ancillary tasks such as
forgetting leaning, carburetor
heat, full rich, or even putting
the gear down.
The effects from cold vary
from chilliness to freezing. Frost
bite of exposed parts of the body
is actually freezing and can
occur especially on the tips of
the ears and nose on a cold windy
day during the preflight
inspection. The frozen part turns
white and becomes numb. As
they thaw they become red and
painful. A word of caution, never
rub the frozen part with snow;
warm it up gradually.
Heat and sun cause a variety
of conditions. Excess sweating
causes the body to lose salt and
w a t e r. T h i s c a n l e a d t o h e a t
exhaustion in which there is
weakness, dizziness, nausea,
thirst, cramps, tingling of hands
and feet, pounding of the heart,

shortness of breath, and a cold
pale clammy skin. In extreme
cases coma and death can result.
Sun-stroke occurs in direct sun
daring hot weather where the
head has been unprotected. The
skin becomes flushed, hot, and
dry. There is little or no thirst.
There is a rapid pulse,
restlessness
and possibly
Both heat
convulsions.
exhaustion
and sun-stroke
require water, salt and cooling.
Sunburn is possible in winter
or summer and it can be so
severe as to be fatal as with any
other burn on large surfaces of
t h e b o d y. T h e s u r v i v o r s o f a
South Pacific ditching suffer
more from sunburn than they did
from hunger or thirst.
Forced landings are always a
possibility and the prevailing
temperature, wind, and weather
play their parts. A landing may
be in zero temperature and deep
snow or on a burning desert. Be
comfortable before you start.
Don't rush the preflight and
check-list in an effort to get the
heater working or the ventilator
to blowing. A cold pilot may
become drowsy when the cabin
warms up and a sleepy pilot has
no place in an airplane. Be well
dressed in winter and ventilate
the cabin in summer.
Clothing should be selected

Correction
A proofreading error was made in one of the answers in the
"Cadet Directorate Provides Solution" column in the September
issue of the Civil Air Patrol NEWS. It is repeated here in its correct
form.
PROBLEM: Can a cadet who is also in AFJROTC and who has
completed the first three AE books start his CAP program with the
fourth packet and as a C/Sgt?
SOLUTION: Only the aerospace education and leadership portions
of the achievement contract can be accredited for AFJROTC
participants. It will be necessary for you to progress through all of
the achievements in sequence to meet CAP requirements. As
stated in CAPM 50-16, this means you must complete the physical
fitness, moral leadership, and activities requirements for the
achievements with the leadership and aerospace education portions
b e i n g c r e d i t e d . Yo u r C A P r a n k i s e a r n e d o n t h e b a s i s o f
achievement contract completion.
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with the thought of a forced
landing in mind. It is better to
have too much rather than too
little. Even in summer, nights
c a n b e c h i l l y. E x t r a s c a n b e
carried in the baggage
compartment. In winter,
mittens, overshoes, and
earmuffs are a must. Stay in the
cabin; it will protect from wind
and precipitation. In summer
stay in the shade of a wing and if
water and salt tablets are available use them freely.
We can't control the
t e m p e r a t u r e o f o u r
environment, but the pilot can
remain comfortable and
protected with proper clothing
and planning ahead.

Roles Reversed
During Mission
H O U S T O N , Te x . T h e r o l e s
were reversed for seniors and
cadets during a recent practice
search mission for Texas' 13th
Group. The cadets ran the
search while the seniors looked
on.

Col. Calvin Reuse, group
c o m m a n d e r, s e r v e d a s t h e
senior advisor and Cadet Lt. Col.
Paul Owens, Thunderbird
Composite Squadron and Cadet
Maj. Donna Osgood, Ellington
Composite Squadron, served as
mission coordinators.
T h e p l a n n i n g a n d
implementation for this mission
was the work of the Group Cadet
Advisory Council. The cadets
were given their choice of which
positions that wanted to hold.
This was followed by two
training sessions to show the
cadets what their respective
duties would be.
The cadets flew as observers,
m a n n e d t h e m i s s i o n
headquarters and communications networks, while the seniors
flew the planes, observed the
cadets performance and ran
errands.

T O P S E N I O R - - C a p t . D a v i d P. M c I n t o s h ( l e f t ) ,
commandant of cadets for the Duluth, Minn., Squadron
received the Outstanding Senior Member Award for the
M i n n e s o t a W i n g f r o m C o l . J o h n T. J o h n s o n , w i n g
c o m m a n d e r. A l s o h o n o r e d b y t h e M i n n e s o t a W i n g w a s t h e
Skyhawk Squadron, which was named the Outstanding
S q u a d r o n o f t h e Ye a r. C o l o n e l J o h n s o n m a d e t h e
p r e s e n t a t i o n t o L t . J o h n Wa k e fi e l d , c o m m a n d e r o f t h e u n i t .
(Photo by Maj. George H. Tucker, CAP)

(Editor's Note: Last December we reported that the Ohio Wing was
holding their Type B encampments in conjunction with their SAR/CD tests.
It was indicated then that this provided an outstanding opportunity to
train cadets in all positions during a SAR/CD test. We have received a
report from 1st Lt. Richard J. Curran, encampment commander of a recent
Ohio encampment. Following are a few excerpts from that report.)
"The Ohio Wing Cadet Advisory Council picked and assigned
encampment cadet officers and these-would in turn assign all
cadets to their duties. This pre-selection of all important cadet jobs
is iimportant, provided all selected cadets arrive and do their jobs.
"Those cadets who were on hand and assigned to leadership roles
were used in same with some lateral switching taking place. The
two squadron, two-shift approach was used and the cadets were
assigned to either Squadron A or B as they came aboard.
"With the development of two squadrons, the duty assignments
progressed the same way. Squadron A would be on the mission 8 to
12 and Squadron B would be in class 8 to 12. All cadets broke for
lunch 12 to I and the roles were reversed in the afternoon.
"In total review I feel that the cooperation I received from the
Mission Staff was the best in CAP. We worked together with no
discourse and in total harmony. It was a wonderful sight to see so
many happy cadets. And they felt they had accomplished something
in being there -- NOT JUST BEING USED.
"It is my hope some of the lessons learned by my staff will be put
into policy, but at the same time we must remember that too rigid
planning will not make for a better mission. You must be flexible."

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C I V I L A I R PAT R O L N E W S

OCTOBER, 1974

Issues Requirements To
Enhance Operational Safety
In one of the most extensive
regulatory actions ever
undertaken to enhance
operational safety in the skies,
the Federal Aviation
Administration of the Department of Transportation recently
issued new and more stringent
requirements covering the training, testing and certification in
virtually all pilot categories.
A biennial flight review also
will be required for the first time
for all pilots not engaged in
airline or other commercial
operations where FAA already
required periodic flight checks.
Both flying skill and
aeronautical knowledge will be
covered in the review providing
the examiner with a opportunity
to evaluate the overall ability of
the subject pilot and comment
on any problems detected.
The changes in Part 61 of the
Federal Aviation Regulations,
which covers certification of
pilots and flight instructors,
w e r e e f f e c t i v e N o v. 1 , 1 9 7 3 .
However, applicants for eilot
certificates and ratings will have
the option of meeting either the
existing or new Part 61
standards for one year after the
effective date, or until this
November. The biennial flight
review requirement also
becomes mandatory after Nov.
1,1974.
A f f e c t e d b y t h e n e w FA A
regulations are the requirements
for student, private and
commercial pilot certificates as
well as those for instrument and
flight instructor ratings. The
requirements for airline
transport pilots will not be
changed.
Underlying the broad scale
revision of Part 61 is the
adoption of a new "total
operational training concept" .of
pilot certification which gives a

flight instructor full
responsibility for all phases of
required training. Under this
concept, all of the procedures
and maneuvers now required by
Part 61 for the various pilot
certificates and ratings will be
dropped and replaced by a
general outline of much broader
pilot operational areas in which
flight instruction is required.
In contrast to the present
system of rating a student purely
on his ability to pass a written
test and demonstrate practiced
standard maneuvers, the student
will now have to show overall
piloting proficiency in all of the
flight operational areas before
his instructor can find him
eligible for the prescribed flight
test. The test itself will be only
on the procedures and
maneuvers selected by the FAA
inspector or designated
examiner giving the test.
In recognition of the flight
instructor's increased
responsibilities,
the
requirements for this rating are
to be significantly upgraded.
Applicants will need a
commercial pilot certificate,
and instrument rating, ground
instruction as well as flight
instruction capability, and class
rating for instruction given in
multiengine airplanes and
helicopters. At present a private
pilot with 200 hours can qualify
for a flight instructor's rating.
In the private pilot category,
the flight time requirements will
remain at the present 40-hour
minimum level in accordance
with the ICAO (International
Civil Aviation Organization)
standards, but there will be a
new emphasis on flight
instruction, night and
operational problem areas.
The requirement for flight
instruction from a certified
flight instructor, for example,

HONORARY MEMBER ---Missouri's Governor Christopher
S. Bond accepts the CAP Seal from CAP Lt. Col. William J.
Wenkert after the governor recently proclaimed a month as
"Civil Air Patrol Month" in the state. The governor was also
awarded an honorary membership in the organization. The
meeting marked the beginning of CAP's summer recruiting
campaign throughout the state. Also present during the
ceremony was CAP Col. Donald N. Fulton (center), former
Missouri Wing Commander.

will be raised from 3 to 20 hours.
There also will be a new
requirement for 3 hours of night
flying with provision for
granting a "Day only"
certificate to those who fail to
meet this requirement. In
addition, the flight legs for solo
cross country flights are being
increased although there is no
change in the total 10-hour
requirement.
Under the new total training
concept, applicants for private
pilot . certification~
must
demonstrate ability to conduct
such operations as the following:
controlling and maneuvering an
airplane solely by reference to
instruments; airport and traffic
pattern operation, including
collision avoidance practice;
flight at critically slow speeds,
including recognition and
recovery from imminent and full
stalls; and emergency
operations, including simulated
aircraft and equipment malfunctions.
To qualify in the commercial
pilot category, applicants will
need an instrument rating for
certification with unrestricted
privileges. The total flight time
requirements also will be
increased from 200 to 250 hours
although 50 of the total hours
may be logged in a ground
trainer. The number of hours of
flight instruction required also is
being increased from 20 to 50
hours and applicants also will
have to have 10 hours of training
in complex aircraft ~ those
having flaps, controllable
propellers and retractable gear.
Requirements for instrument
ratings also are to be
strengthened. Applicants will
have to demonstrate proficiency
in the use of three types of
navigational aids -- VOR, ILS,
and ADF -- instead of just one.
The ILS and ADF approaches,
however, may be demonstrated
in a ground trainer.
Among other new certification
requirements are:
Flight
instructor
endorsement each 90 days for
student pilot solo flight.
Presently, student pilots with 40
hours of flight time may be
permitted unlimited solo privileges;
Completion
of
appropriate ground instruction
in prescribed aeronautical
subjects for each type of
certificate. Credit is allowed for
a p p r o v e d h o m e s t u d y,
high school, and Civil Air Patrol
courses;
IFR checks for instrument
pilots whose recent IFR
experience lapses;
M a n d a t o r y fl i g h t
instruction for applicants taking
tests for multiengine ratings:
and,
Annual proficiency checks
for pilots acting as pilot-incommand of airplanes type
certificated for more than one
pilot flight crewmember.
To facilitate implementation
of the new Part 61 requirements,
FA A w i l l i s s u e n e w fl i g h t t e s t
guides designed around the new
pilot operational training
concept and its objectives.
The new rules are based on an
FAA Noticeof Proposed RuleMaking (No. 72-9) issued Mar.
16, 1972 and on analysis of 1603
public comments submitted in
response to that notice.

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OCTOBER, 1974

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

People In The News
for future cadet pilots was recently conducted by
Fourteen members of the Winston-Salem
~omposite Squadron were recently awarded the Capt. Wilbert L. Sawyer, Jr., USAF reserve
Federal Aviation Administration "Safety Pin" assistance officer, for members of the West
Richmond Cadet Squadron, Richmond, Va...Four
during a FAA Flight Safety Seminar sponsored by
senior members of the Thunderbird Senior
the CAP unit. The members received the "Safety
Squadron, Pueblo, Colo., recently increased the
Pin" after completing a safety flight check from
an FAA Aviation Safety counselor...Cadet Alvin W. number of pilots in the wing following their private
High from the Paine Field Composite Squadron rating flight checks. Receiving their Civil Air
Patrol Wings were Capt. Joan M. Alyea, 2¢1
(Washington Wing) was recently awarded the
Reuben H. Fleet scholarship. High plans to use the Lieutenants James Castle, Shannon Hawthorne
$500 scholarship as part of his tuition at the and Theo D. Griifin...CAP Lt. Col. Rafael E.
University of Washington where he is working on a Irizarry, Puerto Rico Wing Civil Defense
coordinator was recently awarded the Outstanding
BSAA in Aeronautics and Astronautics.
The cadet communications and information Information Award at a ceremony at the National
Office of the Civil Defense Preparedness
officer of Hickory Composite Squadron (North
Carolina Wing) Richard Moser was recently Agency...Two Civil Air Pa'crol Chaplains were
recently named to head the Chaplain's
named to the eighth annual edition of Who's Who
Ecclesiastical Endorsing Agency for Old Catholic
Among American High School students. Cadet
Moser has been active in CAP for more than two and Non-Conference Orthodox Clergy in America.
Senior Administrator is Very Rev. Kenneth
years...Cadet MSgt. Paul Kirby, a member of the
Bowie-Belair Composite Squadron (Maryland Siefert, deputy chaplain for the Great Lake
Wing) was recently voted the "Most Outstanding Region, who holds the rank of CAP major. The
Junior Administrator is Rt. Rev. John D. Fesi who
Male Cadet" during the wing's annual summer
serves two CAP units in the Chicago area and holds
encampment. More than 140 cadets from
the rank of CAP captain.
throughout the state participated in the training...
Cadets Lt. Col. Eddie Billman and Maj. Larry
CAP Chaplain Maj. Kenneth Siefert (Great
Battin both of the Crusader Composite Squadron,
Lakes Region) recently addressed more than 500
clergyman attending the national meeting of Grand Prairie, Tex., recently participated in a two
day riot control exercise along with U.S. Army
C a m p u s S t r e e t W o r k e r C l e r g y h e l d i n personnel. The training was conducted in the city
Indianapolis, Ind...A change of command cere- of Honey Grove, Tex...TV viewers in Southwest
mony was held recently in Farmingdale, N.Y., to Virginia recently were informed about CAP when
honor CAP Maj. Irving Friedman who retired after three members of the Roanoke Squadron appeared
serving for 12 consecutive years as commander of on 'Kaleidoscope' a public affairs program aired
the Nassau Composite Squadron 5...Five cadets
by WBRA-TV. CAP Capt. Paul Willard, Cadet Col.
from the Paine Field Composite Squadron,
Richard Anderson and Cadet Lt. Col. John Powers
Everett, Wash, recently joined the U.S. Armed
answered questions concerning CAP in the Roanoke
Forces. The cadets included Andrew Jeschke, Tom
Olson, Steve Newman, Daniel Winnie and Randy area.
Cadet Dennis Spencer recently became the sixth
Stearns.
Cadet TSgt. Bob Johnson recently became the member of his family to join the ranks of Civil Air
Patrol. Dennis, along with his four brothers and
first cadet from the Muscle Shoals Composite
father, are members of the Prescott 209th
Squadron (Alabama Wing) to complete the
Composite Squadron, Prescott, Ariz...The Bellows
Radiological Monitoring Course and qualify as
Cadet Squadron, Kailua Hawaii recently lost a
Radiological Monitor for Civil Defense...Cadet
Thomas Atkinson of the Forest Hills Cadet member when Cadet Lt. CoL Michael Palencia
was sworn into the U.S. Navy. He had been a
Squadron (N.Y. Wing) recently received an
member of CAP for more than four years...A
appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md...CAP Capt. Allan Kelley recently radiological Monitoring Course was recently
served as encampment commander during the conducted by CAP 1st Lt. Francis M. Phillips of St.
Mathews Composite Squadron, Louisville, Ky.,
Kentucky's Wing summer encampment., .The
with 11 personnel completing the training...B
oldest member of the Rhode Island Wing CAP Lt.
Col. Alfred DiCiurcio was recently presented a Don Johnson, Reid McKay and David Underdown
certificate of appreciation for his performance by all of the Hickory (North Carolina) Composite
"Air Force Col. Bill Tsufis, North East Region Squadron have received their Standard First Aid
Liaison Officer. Colonel DiCiurcio joined CAP in Certificates . .
Cadets from California's Central Coastal Group
1944.
ll recently put their rockets on display under the
Twenty-year-old Cadet Dale J. Heaton, was
supervision of Capt. Alfred Williams, McConnell
recently awarded a federal student grant of $876.
Squadron and Lt. LeRoy Fanset, San Luis Obispo
Heaton, who is a member of the Paine Field Cadet Squadron 103 . . . Lt. Col. Delaine EmComposite Squadron, Everett, Wash., will mons. the first female chief of staff of the Indiana
u s e t h e m o n e y t o f u r t h e r h i s t r a i n i n g i n Wing recently received the Gill Robb Wilson
aircraft and power plant mechanics at Ev- A w a r d i n s p e c i a l c e r e m o n i e s i n I n erett Community College...A navigation class diana.

SUCCESSFUL DRIVE -Senior Member Del Arema
(right) discusses the Civil
Air Patrol program with a
visitor to the auction and
drawing held by the
Polaris Group (Alaska
Wing) recently. The group
raised more than $20,000
during the day-long event
which also included static
displays and a recruiting
drive by members of the
group.

S I M U L AT E D I N J U RY - - C a d e t W i l l i a m P. H u s t e d o f
California's Rialto Cadet Squadron 49, was one of 20 Civil Air
Patrol members who acted as "patients" during an
Operation MA (Mutual Aid) exercise. Here, he receives
necessary aid from firemen during the exercise, which was
sponsored by the Apple Valley Fire Department and
involved all fire departments in the desert area as wellas
the forest service and George AFB.

Florida Group Active
In Various Functions
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -Cadets and senior members of
the Gainesville. Composite
Squadron have been kept busy
with tasks ranging from
controlling ground operations for
a fly-in lunch to tree trimming.

Cessna 150 provided by the fixed
base operator.
Also during the bivouac, the
cadets discovered that many of
the runway lights were not
operating. The unit members
returned them to working
condition.

The cadets were used
extensively during the fly-in to
park aircraft, refue!ing and
clean-up operations.

Army-CAP
Tr a i n To g e t h e r

Following the fly-in the unit
bivouaced on the airport
property to mark off a area for a
tree trimming operation. Cedar
and oak trees, some as high as 8
feet, had grown up adjacent to
the runway creating a hazard to
aircrMt operations. The Federal
Aviation Administration ordered
the runway closed or the trees
cleared.

FORT DEVENS, Mass. -- The
U.S. Army Reserve's 399th Civil
Affairs Group from Danbury,
Conn., recently were re-enforced
by CAP members when they
conducted a training exercise
here.
The 399th Danbury Composite
Squadron pitched-in and assisted
the Army unit with their daily
duties, performing functions in
the administrative section,
dining hall and supply section.
Members of the 399th Civil
Affairs Group sponsors the CAP
unit. Upon completion of this
training, they made the cadets
honorary members of their
organization.

Cadets and seniors worked
through the weekend to clear the
area. During breaks in the
operation, cadets were given
flight instructions by the
squadron commander, CAP
Capt. John L. Barber, using a

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C I V I L A I R PAT R O L N E W S

OCTOBER, 1974

Two Wings Hold Joint
Encampment In Indiana
G R I S S O M A F B . I n d . Tw o C i v i l A i r P a t r o l w i n g s r e c e n t l y
converged on this Air Force installation for their joint summer
encampment. The one-week encampment attracted 80 cadets and 12
seniors from the West Virginia and Indiana wings.
The cadets lived the military life for one week and got to see how the
Air Force operates on a day-to-day basis.
A number of tours were arranged for the cadets including the
control tower, radar approach control, fire department, life support,
and various other training divisions. A special highlight of their visit
was a tour of the Strategic Air Command alert facilities and an inside
view of an EC-135, one of SAC's airborne command posts.
The cadets also received orientation flights.
Encampment commander was Capt. Harding Kennedy from the
Indiana Wing while his deputy was Lt. Col. Frank Higginbotham from
the West Virginia Wing. Cadet commander of the encampment was
West Virginia Wing Cadet Lt. Col. Robert Smith.

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Charles H. Melton
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James R Cox
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Melquiades Lamelas
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Dean D. Woods
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Pamela D, Sibert
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Wdham J. Cnrliss
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Dean O. Smith
Wdliam G. Bowden
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Wdliam J. Harlicka
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Skye M. Mitchell
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Norman L. Dingmore
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John G. Sladen
Thomas R. Kauffmaa 34139
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Daniel Stanicar
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Rachel R. Vucic
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Leonard E, Nadolny
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Larry W. Jones
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Fred R. Rauch II
39019
Lynette R, Callahan
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Lowell K. Burger
41013
S. Craig Davis
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Stephen T. Rojecki
45095
Gary R. Scott
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EricD.. Didomenico 46002
Jonathan R. Bonds
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Mark E. Wilson
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Robert J. Wagner
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Joseph G. Orlowski
48064
Eli H. Waiters
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Gladys M. Rosario
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Joseph Alverio
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Laurence F. Haines
Donald J. Bryce
Joan E. Anthony
Ronald G. Horton
Hans A. Lichtfuss
Gall L. Thompson
Joseph R, Branciforte
Joseph R. Lester
Jocelyn K. Hancock
Larry W. Anderson
Garry R. Matlow
Robert E. Hails
Leonard D. Flowers
Louis C. Bryniarski
William G. Huneway
Joseph A. Skibinski
Boyd K. Bender
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Lisa M. Hobbs
William S. Collins
Gary G. Noll
Keith K Kriesel
Vivian A. Phelps
Rodney L. Horn
David W. Alexander
Lawrence G. Charles
Ronald G. Pfitzner
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John A. Phillips
Kelly S. Carney
Patrieia A. Boik
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David D. Cleary
Peter M. Vozzo
Brian E. Schmidt
Mary A. Kurosz
R.M. Prestipino
Steven M, Korcheck
Leona M. Boesen
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Linda D. Kristof
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William Oliver
Lawrence E. Collins
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William C. Redeen Jr.
John C. Spalding
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Mark A. Drews
John A. Romero
Tam R. Cook
William L. Wilcox
Daryl T, Exstrom
Johanna K. Chang
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Guidance Offered On Prices
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -Aerospace education officials at
National Headquarters have
issued the following guidance to
alleviate confusion as the pricing
of cadet packets and the new
aerospace education text "Your
Aerospace World."
Achievement Packet
Cost

packet and the new text. The
cost of the new text for
individuals ordering it without
ordering an achievement packet
is $2.00. The catalog number for
the new text is 37.

The reason Achievement
Packet 1 remains $2.50, even
though the aerospace education
text has been removed, is that
the Aerobics Book has been
added to Packet 1.
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not affected by the new text and,
therefore, their prices remain
unchanged.
Achievement Packet 2 has the
new text in it and; therefore, the
$2.50 price includes the cost of
the text. However, Packets 3-7
do not contain the text; and
cadets
currently
in
Achievements 2-6 will have to
purchase the text separately
when they order their next
packet.
The cost of the text in these
cases is $1.50 if the cadet is
ordering Packet 3 or 4 and $1.00
if the cadet is ordering Packet 5,
6 or 7. The check which
accompanies the order form to
National Headquarters must be
made out for the total cost of the

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BEST IN PROGRAM -- Cadet. Lt. Col. Lal:ry Jon Battin
( r i g h t ) , o f Te x a s ' C r u s a d e r C o m p o s i t e S q u a d r o n w a s n a m e d
the outstanding cadet of the Civil Air Patrol Medical
S e r v i c e s O r i e n t a t i o n P r o g r a m a t S h e p p a r d A F B , Te x . ,
r e c e n t l y. M a k i n g t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n i s A i r F o r c e C o l . D o n a l d
Wa g n e r, d e p u t y c o m m a n d e r o f S c h o o l o f H e a l t h C a r e
Sciences. Sixty-two cadets from 35 states and Puerto Rico
attended the week-long orientation program which
emphasized the importance of health care sciences and
showed the cadets programs that are available as possible
future careers. (Air Force Photo by AIC Larry Orr)
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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE TWELVE

ELT Signal
Located In

Mail Sack
LEBANON, N.H. -- Would you
believe a 'lost' airplane in a mail
s a c k ? N o t h a r d l y, b u t i t
happened when the
New Hampshire Wing dispatched
a search crew to locate an
emergency locator transmitter
{ELT) signal which had been
picked up by t-he Flight Service
Station at Lebanon's airport.

CONTRIBUTION -- CAP Col. Frank L. Swaim (left),
commander of the Rocky Mountain Region, accepts a $500
contribution from United Airlines to cover the cost and
installation of a direction finding unit on a Civil Air Patrol
aircraft. United Capt. James Cross, director of United's
[light operations at Denver, Colo., makes the presentation to
Swaim, who also is a veteran United pilot. The DF-88 unit is
necessary to receive and pinpoint signals transmitted from
emergency locator transmitters now required by law on
most general aviation aircraft.

Cadets Are Water Oriented
SEATTLE, Wash.--Cadets from the Sandpoint Cadet Squadron are
learning water survival instructed by CAP 2d Lt. Richard E. Cote, unit
member and First Aid instructor.
The activity, sponsored by the squadron, takes place during the
regular squadron meeting time.

The crew, consisting of CAP
Lt. Col. Calvin Stiles and CAP
Capt. J. Blair Watson, were
scarcely airborne when their
direction finding equipment
indicated that the ELT's signal
emanated from the vicinity of an
intersection in the business
district of the neighboring
Vermont town of White River
Junction.
A ground team, headed by
CAP Maj. Raymond Mitchell,
was dispatched and, aided by
postal employees, traced the
signal to the local U.S. Post
Office. They found a sack of mail
in which an ELT was being
shipped and had
been
accidentally activated.
The transmitter package was
temporarily removed from a
truck which was being loaded
with mail destined for various
points in Vermont. The find
spared authorities a frustrating
chase across the Vermont
countryside.

'AT THE CONTROLS' -- Cadet SSgt. Tim Seckel takes his
turn "at the controls" of a C-141 aircraft that members of his
unit -- the Green River Composite Squadron (Washington
Wing) -- toured during a recent visit to McChord AFB. In
addition to touring the C-141, the 15 cadets also visited the
Radar Approach Control facilities and the control tower.

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CADET SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
The 1975 Cadet Special Activities have been developed to provide incentive programs for qualified
c a d e t s . I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e c a d e t s , s e n i o r m e m b e r s a r e a ff o r d e d a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o a c t a s e s c o r t s .
This brochure is directive and all requirements must be fulfilled by the cadet and the commander
as listed.
CADET SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:
1. The cadet special activity program was established as a motivational force to encourage
greater participation in the cadet program. Selection for any one of the cadet special activities
is a reward for having attained achievement and advancement.
2. Special activities broaden the scope of thinking and experience of each cadet selectee. In
fact, certain activities contribute directly to the cadet's knowledge of career opportunities, not only
in the Air Force, but also in civilian aerospace career fields. Participation in this most active
program can be a high point of a cadet's life and contribute immeasurably to the formulation of life
goals and ambitions.
3. Many cadet activities have been established and are controlled and conducted at squadron,
wing, and region level. This pamphlet describes only those activities sponsored by National Headquarters.
C A D E T A P P L I C AT I O N P R O C E D U R E S :
1. For all activities except IACE cadets will apply on CAPF 31, dated June 1974. Each qualified
cadet mtmt complete two copies of the form, Sections I and IV, and have parent complete Section V
of the application in addition to the applicant's signature. He must submit one copy to his squadron
commander by 1 March. The squadron commander will complete Section II and forward all applications to the wing. The remaining copy must be retained by the cadet for presentation at the activity
should he be selected to participate. This is the only paper work required of the cadet to make app l i c a t i o n f o r a s p e c i a l a c t i v i t y.
2. Before applying, the cadet should check the qualifications and entrance requirements for the
selected activities, as listed in this brochure.
a. Current CAP cadet/STP membership at time of application, selection, and during the
a c t i v i t y.
b.

Proper sex.

c. Required minimum age by 1 July in the year in which the activity is held.
d. Minimum required achievement level by 31 December 1974. (Completed Earhart and
Mitchell contracts, when required, must be dated and postmarked on or before 31 Dec 74).
3. For IACE, comply with procedures in CAPM 50-16 and special instructions to be dispatched
by National Headquarters/EDAS to all units and Earhart cadets.
THE CADET SELECTION PROCESS. For all activities except 1ACE squadron commanders will
f o r w a r d a l l C A P F o r m s 3 1 s u b m i t t e d t o t h e m ( w i t h S e c t i o n s I , I I , I V, a n d V c o m p l e t e d ) t o w i n g
selection boards so as to arrive notlater than 20 March. Wing selection boards will make the select i o n s a n d n o t i f y t h e s q u a d r o n s a n d c a d e t s o f t h e i r c h o i c e b y t h e fi r s t w e e k i n M a y, a t w h i c h t i m e
arrangements for physical examinations should be made. Selection boards may require a personal
interview with cadets who apply since selection factors include military bearing, appearance, att i t u d e , g e n e r a l k n o w l e d g e , a n d i n t e r e s t i n t h e a c t i v i t y. N o r e q u i r e m e n t s w i l l b e w a i v e d , a n d c a d e t s
with the highest earned grade willbe considered first. After verifying qualifications of all selectees,
th~ wing commander will submit CAPF 7 (original cop~'} of primary selectees and alternates by
course as listed in this brochure to NationalHeadquarters/EDAS by 1 May 1975, with copy to region
c o m m a n d e r, r e g i o n l i a i s o n o f fi c e , a n d w i n g l i a i s o n o f fi c e . R o s t e r s w i l l i n c l u d e c h a r t e r n u m b e r,
C A P S N ( S S A N ) , c o u r s e , p r i m a r y, a l t e r n a t e , s e x , n a m e ( l a s t n a m e , fi r s t n a m e , m i d d l e i n i t i a l ) , a n d
complete address with ZIP code. All applications will remain with the wing to be used in the event
the wing quota increases, decreases, or vacancies occur. (Reallocation of unfilled quotas will not be
made by wing/region without National Headquarters approval.)
AC rIVITY ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Physical examinations shall be completed after the cadet is notified of selection but not
later than 30 May. Cadet will immediately report the results to his squadron commander who will in
turn notify wing headquarters so that the wing may select alternates if necessary.
2. The cadet will handcarry a copy of the physical examination form (CAPF 32 or the FAA form,
a s r e q u i r e d ) t o t h e a c t i v i t y, a n d p r e s e n t i t t o t h e a c t i v i t y d i r e c t o r u p o n a r r i v a l .
3. The cadet will also handcarry and turn in to the activity director his copy of application,
CAPF 31, with Sections I, IV, and V completed.

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of cadets and to motivate them toward careers in aerospace and allied sciences. Course includes history,
p h i l o s o p h y, a n d o b j e c t i v e s o f s p a c e fl i g h t ; p r o p u l s i o n a n d s t r u c t u r a l d e s i g n o f s p a c e v e h i c l e s ; g u i d a n c e ,
navigation, instrumentation, and communication; systems engineering and visits to an astronautic and
m a n u f a c t u r i n g e n g i n e e r i n g l a b o r a t o r y. * C o s t $ 2 8 . 0 0 * * P e r s o n a l f u n d s $ 2 0 . 0 0

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ALL CADETS

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CADET SPECIAL ACTIVITIES CONTINUED...
T R A N S P O RTAT I O N F O R C A P PA RT I C I PA N T S AT T E N D I N G C A D E T S P E C I A L A C T I V I T I E S . W i n g
commanders are responsible for preparing and distributing travel authorizations, properly authenticated by the wing liaison officer, which indicate points of departure and destination for all special
activities. Exceptions: The IACE and those cadets andsenior members who require MAC air transportation to attend a national activity (Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico). These orders will be published
and distributed by Headquarters CAP-USAF. Due to the coordination and time involved in publishin~
and distributing orders, no alternate will be accepted after 30 days prior to the starting date of an
activity for which Headquarters CAP-USAF is responsible for publishing the orders.
NOTE: Cadets who are selected for special activities and accept the selection must do so only with
the understanding (1) that USAF airlift may not be provided (except IACE) and (2) that they are
obligatin~ themselves to provide their own transportation to and from the activity site if necessary.
Parents/guardians of cadets selected shall be made aware of the above condition.

FOR
CADET SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
MALE CADET UNIFORM ITEMS
3 complete uniforms shade 1549/1550
(with accessories)
1 blue flight cap
6 pair black socks
1 blue raincoat
1 pair black low quarter shoes
1 utility uniform
FEMALE CADET UNIFORM ITEMS
2 shade 1549/1550 service uniforms
(with accessories)
1 blue flight cap
3 pair neutral shade hose
1 blue raincoat
1 pair black smooth leather pumps
I black handbag with shoulder strap
1 utility uniform (blue)
RECOMMENDED

PERSONAL

AND

MISCELLANEOUS

CLOTHING ITEMS-MALE &

FEMALE

Appropriate civilian suit/party dress and accessories
Sweater or jacket
U ndergarments
Sports wear including gym shoes
H andkerchiefs
Swimsuit
Bath towels and wash cloths
P aj areas/nightgowns
Sewing kit
Sun glasses
Shoe shine kit
Flashlight and extra set of batteries
Iron
To i l e t a r t i c l e s / c o s m e t i c s
First aid kit (kaopectate)
C amera
ADDITIONAL CLOTHING REQUIREMENTS BY COURSE
IACE - Blazer outfit. NOTE: No military uniform required for IACE except utility
uniform or flight suit when specifically directed for certain countries.
A FA S C - 3 s e t s 1 - o r 2 - p i e c e u t i l i t y u n i f o r m s w i t h c a p .
1 pair combat boots/brogans with 4 pair heavy socks.
1 field jacket. 1,pair work gloves. (Also, one stocking/ski cap
or equivalent warm head covering.)
AT C F C - 1 fl y i n g s u i t w i t h l e a t h e r g l o v e s . 1 p a i r C o m b a t b o o t s / b r o g a n s
with heavy socks. 2 sets 1- or 2-piece utility uniforms with cap.