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N E W N AT I O N A L C O M MANDER -- Thomas C.
Casaday, center, beams happily as he receives his stars of
the rank of Civil Air Patrol
brigadier general from his
wife, Olive, and U.S. Air Force
Brig. Gen. Carl S. Miller, CAP
E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r. G e n e r a l
Casaday, who has served Civil
Air Patrol's all-volunteer
organization since 1948, was
promoted and named national
commander of CAP during the
1976 National Board Meeting in
Philadelphia, Penn. (Photo by
MSgr. Russ Brown)

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CAP's Two Top Officials

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PHILADELPHIA, Penn.--The election of a new Civil Air Patrol national commander
highlighted the annual National Board Meeting held here at the Sheraton Philadelphia Hotel,
Sept. 17-18.
Almost 1,000 CAP members from throughout the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, attended the meeting which featured CAP Brig. Gen. William
M. Patterson banging the gavel down and ending his tenure as national commander.
Thomas C. Casaday of Birmingham, Ala., was elected to head the 64.000 member organization
and promoted to the rank of CAP brigadier general. General Casaday steps up to the position of
national commander from that of national vice commander. He is being followed in the latter
post by CAP Col. William H. Ramsey of Minnetonka, Minn., former commander of the North
Central Region.
The new national commander is the highest corporate official in CAP and
presides at meetings of the
National Board and the
National Executive Committee, corporate governing
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--In recent months Civil Air Patrol volunteers
bodies of the organization.
from seven states have added l0 names to the growing list of lives
General Casaday joined
saved in 1976.
A CAP gl:6und search team was credited June 30 with saving the life CAP in 1948 and has served in
of an injured hiker near Eagle Creek, Ore.
various leadership positions
The rescue effort was initiated with the Hood River County Sheriff's
within the Alabama wing, inDepartment requesting CAP assistance in looking for the hiker in the
wing commander. In
mountainous area. The injured hiker was taken to the Gresham cludingh e w a s a p p o i n t e d
1971
Hospital by ambulance.
Southeast Region comAn emergency locator transmitter (ELT) proved instrumental in
helping save the lives of the pilot and passenger of a light aircraft
mander and served in that
which crashed Aug. 9 on the outskirts of Oakland, Calif.
position until 1973 when he
(See Rescuers Provide, Page 2)
was elected vice chairman of
the National Board.
Among his decorations and
INSIDE INDEX
awards are the Civil Air
Patrol Distinguished Service
MER Changes Command ................................... age 4
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Medal. Exceptional Service
Two Enter Hall Of Honor ................................... Page 6
Award, Meritorious Service
NER Conference Scheduled ................................ Page 6
Aw a r d , t h e S e a r c h a n d
Nat'l Board Meeting ...................................... Page 7-10
Rescue Service Ribbon. the
CAP's Top Squadrons ....................................... age 11
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Rescue "Find" Ribbon and
People .......................................................... Page 12
the Frank G. Brewer Award.
Cadets Soar .................................................... Page 16

Rescuers Provide Help
To People In Trouble

HALL OF HONOR--CAP Col. Zack Mosley, left, and CAP
Brig. Gen. William M. Patterson, former national commander, proudly display the bronze sketches of themselves
after they were inducted into Civil Air Patrol's Hall of Honor
during the organization's National Board Meeting in
Philadelphia, Penn. General Patterson began his association
with CAP in 1952 and has held virtually every command and
staff position within the organizational structure. Colonel
Mosley was one of the volunteer civilian pilots who helped
form CAP in December 1941. See story page 6. (Photo by
MSgr. Russ Brown)

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE TWO

Two Officials Elected
(Continued From Page 1)
From 1942 to 1946, General
Casaday served with the
Army Air Corps as a B-24
pilot and flight control ofr i c e r. I n c i v i l i a n l i f e h e i s
president of E1-Casa Enterprises, Incorporated, and
is director of Union State
Bank, Pell City, Ala. He is a
Mason and Shr~ner; past
president of the Birmingham
Aero Club; St. Clair County
Aviation Authority; Birmingham Chapter of Industrial Editors; and a
former vice president of V.J.
Elmore Stores Incorporated
in Birmingham.
A veteran multi-engine
rated pilot with more than 2,500 flying hours, he uses his
Cessna Skylane 182 for CAP
air search and rescue missions and other humanitarian
operations.
The new vice commander joined CAP in 1960 and served as squadron commander,
Minnesota wing inspector,
wing chief of staff, wing
deputy commander and wing
c o m m a n d e r. H e s e r v e d a s
commander of the North
Central Region twice.
Colonel Ramsey is a rated
pilot and has more than 4,000
flying hours to his credit.

$500 cash award for the unit.
The runner-up in the comp e t i t i o n , t h e Va n D y k e
Cadet Sq., also of the
Michigan Wing, received a
plaque and a unit citation
award.
During the meeting CAP
also honored the winners for
1976 of the Frank G. Brewer
CAP Memorial Aerospace
Award. They are: Cadet Lt.
C o l . D o u g l a s B . S i p p y,
Washington Wing, winner in
the CAP cadet category;
CAP Maj. Michael J. Patterson, Pacific Region, senior
member category winner;
and Louis J. Michot,
superintendent of Public
Instruction for the State of
Louisiana, winner in the individual category.
Three outstanding senior
members were recognized
during special awards
ceremonies at the meeting.
Receiving recognition were
C A P C o l . O s c a r K . J o l l e y,
Col. A.A. Milano and Lt. Col.
James D. Bigelow.
Colonel Jolley of the
Southeast Region was named
Region Commander of the
Year. A CAP member since
1970, Colonel Jolley assumed
his present position in October 1973.
Colonel Milano, commander of the Pennsylvania
Wing, was selected as Wing
Commander of the Year. He
has been a member of CAP
since 1959 and in civilian life
is the owner of the Brentwood
Steel Company in Pittsburgh.
Colonel Bigelow, a member
of the California Wing, was
named Senior Member of the
Year. He was cited for conceiving a program whereby
weather satellites could fur-

nish weather information existing during the time of an
assumed aircraft crash.
Another highlight of the
gathering was the naming of
the Cadet of the Year. Cadet
Maj. William G.A. Betz, of
Flushing, N.Y., received an
engraved plaque and a $500
scholarship.
Cadet Betz is a member of
the Leonard Legion Cadet Sq.
in Flushing and has been a
member of CAP since 1971.
He is a freshman at Queensborough Community
College, N.Y., and currently
serves as commander of the
Leonard Legion Cadet Sq. He
was selected as the New
York Wing Cadet of the Year
in 1976.
A number of civilian and
military dignitaries attended
the Saturday night banquet.
Among the civilian notables
in attendance were Will Hill
Tankersley, deputy assistant
Secretary of the Air Force
for Reserve Affairs and
E d u c a t i o n ; D r. M e r v i n K .
Strickler Jr., chief, Aviation
Education Program Division
of the Federal Aviation Administration; and Percy H.
Davis, president of the Air
Cadet League of Canada.
Military men attending included U.S. Air Force Lt.
Gen. Raymond B. Furlong,
Air University commmander
at Maxwell AFB, U.S. Air
Force Maj. Gen. Ralph S.
Saunders, of Scott AFB, Ill.,
commander of the Aerospace
Rescue and Recovery Service" and U.S. Air Force
B r i g . G e n . C a r l S . M i l l e r,
commander of Headquarters
Civil Air Patrol-USAF and
executive director of the CAP
Corporation.

Resc rd VSromPr 0 vi d e

' The California Wing shared credit for the saves after they "homedin" on the ELT signal and directed the East Bay Regional Park
Ground Rescue Team to the crash site for the recovery
The downed aircraft was on a flight from Concord, Calif., to Fort
Ord, Calif. Three CAP aircraft were launched in the search effort
after being notified by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center of
the overdue aircraft.
The Maine Wing concluded a successful two-day search for a missing light aircraft Aug. 11. The search was initiated when the plane was
reported overdue on a flight from Caribou, Maine, to Manchester, N.H.
N.H.
Two CAP squadrons and a
CAP 1st Lts George Byam and Leo Dyer of the Oxford Seni~$t~.~'~'~
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number of individuals were
notified of the emergency; however, due to severe weather resulting
recognized during the orgafrom Hurricane Belle, they were only able to search a short time late
nization's annual meeting.
in the day. A maximum search effort got under way the next day when
the weather cleared.
CAP 1st Lts. George Byam and Leo Dyer of the Oxford Senior Sq.
The South Macomb Cadet Sq.
located the downed aircraft by tracking its emergency locator tranof the Michigan Wing was
smitter signal.
awarded the coveted title of
The Idaho Wing was credited with saving the life of a hospital
patient on Aug. 15 through an airlift of urgently needed rare blood.
CAP Squadron of Distinction
Upon receiving the request from the Kootenai Memorial Hospital,
for 1975. The long hours and
two CAP members flew from Couer d'Alene to Sand Point, Idaho, airhard work not only paid off in
lifting the rare blood for the critical patient who was to undergo surthe way of recognition for the
gery.
winning unit, it also meant a
Another save was recorded Aug. 17 when the Minnesota CAP Wing
was credited with saving the life of a missing man.
CAP was called into action after being notified by the sheriff's
department that an 80-year-old man was missing. The man was
spotted by a Minnesota CAP aircrew and picked up by a civilian
ground team.
CAP Maj. John Dubla and 1st Lt. Bernie Winzenburg of the
Minnesota unit were credited with a save due to the lateness of the
hour and the age of the man.
Civil Air Patrol recorded its fifth life saved during the month of
August with the emergency airlift on Aug. 26 of a wounded man in
Alaska.
Within minutes after receiving a call, the Clear Civil Air Patrol
launched a light aircraft. The patient was picked up and transported
from Clear, Alaska, to the Fairbanks hospital.
Due to the lack of sophisticated medical facilities at Clear Air
Force Station, a save was awarded to the CAP pilot, Gene Augustine.
The Colorado Wing concluded an intensive six-day search for a missing light aircraft Oct. 2 and was credited with saving the lives of the
two persons aboard.
MAIL THIS FORM TO: HQ CAP-USAF/DPYD MAXWELL AFB, ALA. 36112
The search effort was initiated Sept. 27 when the plane, a Cessna
182, was reported overdue on a flight from Basin, Utah, to Denver,
NAME
Colo. Civil Air Patrol was alerted after telephone and field checks
for the plane proved negative.
After six days of searching, the wreckage was located in the vicinity
STREET
of Monarch Pass, east of Gunnison, Colo. Ken Baierlipp of the
Colorado Wing was the observer who made the find.
Ground vehicles were called in to recover the survivors and they
CITY
were taken to the Selida Hospital.
Civil Air Patrol recorded its third life saved in October when an inSTATE~
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jured passenger was rescued from a crashed aircraft on Oct. 4.
Search crews of the Illinois Wing were launched after being notified
(CIRCLE ONE) SENIOR/CADET
of the overdue aircraft by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
CAPSN
at Scott AFB, I11.
In less than two hours, CAP Capt. Nicholas Selig of the Sky Haven
CHARTER NO
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Senior Sq. Naperville, Ill., located the downed aircraft in the vicinity
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of Manteno, Ill.
CAP crews flew 16 search sorties requiring 39.5 hours flying time
We ~u~gest you use any extra, cop~es in promot/n~/edwr~s/n~ Civil Ar Patrol by iea~ing
during the mission. The incident brings to 28 the number of persons
the CAP ~W~ where non-members will get an opportunity tq reed it. (Public Libraries,
Civil Air Patrol has saved this year through its air search and rescue,
doctors offz~ ez.)
and other emergency service operations.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

NOVEMBER, 1976

U]lique Club Salutes Dedicated CAP Volunteers

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UNIQUE PRESENTATION--CAP Col. Thomas C. Casaday, third from left, (now brigadier
general and National Commander of Civil Air Patrol), takes a look at one of the mirrors he
presented CAP pilots, from left, Neff Fowler, Lee Whitehead and Les Lester. The CAP
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pilots received the mirrors and membership in the "40 MP/O Club." General Casaday is
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DANGER -- Cadets, left
to right, Laurie Houious,
Missouri Wing, Tim
O'Reilley, North Dakota
Wing, Ronald Scroggins,
Missouri Wing and Dean
We s t p f a h l , I o w a W i n g ,
stand ready to warn anyone who might be in
danger from a downed
power line in Minden,
Iowa. Members of the
North Central Region
were diverted from a
training mission when a
s t o r m s t r u c k t h e c i t y.
They assisted by providing
communications, running
errands for city officials,
warning people of dangerous areas and walking the
streets in pairs at night.

N O R T H H O L LY W O O D ,
Calif.--As a salute to the
dedication of Civil Air Patrol
volunteers who accumulate
search time of 40 hours in a
period of 12 months, the "40
MP/O Club" was formed
some two years ago.
Founded by the commander of California Wing's
former West Valley Group 6,
Chuck Gray, 140 names of
CAP fliers, observers and
ground crew members have
gradually been added to a uniquely designed plaque
d o n a t e d b y G r a y, w i t h
mementoes presented to the
honorees.
"I founded the "40 MP/O"
because I believe in
perpetuating recognition for
those who have persevered,
whether they made 'finds' or
not," Gray said, "and also
because I feel that it inspires
others concerned about the
welfare of a lost human being
and a waiting apprehensive
family.
"On the other hand it also
helps to consciously develop
increased proficiency and the
practice of safety in flying."
Since its inception it, the
Va l l e y, t h e " 4 0 M P / O " l i s t
has grown to include names
of CAP members from other
state wings. "Personal
tokens of appreciation that go
to each honoree are nameengraved steel mirrors
resembling those used for
distress signals in catching
the attention of searchers,"
Gray said. "Along with the
mirrors they are presented
with an identifying "40
MP/O" patch to be worn on
flight suits at search bases."
According to CAP Brig.
Gen. Thomas C. Casaday,
national commander, "The
patch will be recognized on

Presentations were made
by CAP Col. Thomas C.
C a s a d a y, ( n o w b r i g a d i e r
general).
Gray implements his belief
in perpetuating recognition
for volunteers by flying the
plaque to display at all wing
and region conclaves in the
U.S.
"Rank is omitted from
names on the plaque so that
all listed are on an even
k e e l , " h e s a i d . " H o w e v e r,
the names that lead into
theirs as inspiration are distinguished U.S. Air Force
men such as Gen. Jimmy
Doolittle," Gray said, "as
well as Gen. Charles Yeager,
Leslie Westberg, Carl Miller
and Colonels Roy Dreibelbis
and Bill Huxley."
Names also included are
C A P c o m m a n d e r s Wa r r e n
B a r r y, H o w a r d B r o o k fi e l d ,
P a t C o d y, B o b F r e s h w a t e r
and Ole Hanson who are
among the original 23 charter
members.

BOX SCORE
Cadets ........................................ 28,006
Seniors .......................................36,!40
GAM... ........................................... 296
Total ....................................... 64,442
(As of Sept. 30, 1976)
(3,761 increase since Jan I, 1974)

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bases." The patch is worn on
the suit, not the shoulder.
Six CAP members received
the symbolic keepsakes during the annual regional conference recently held at
Costa Mesa, Calif. The
presentation was witnessed
by wing commanders from
Hawaii to Alaska and U.S.
Air'F0rce officers associ a t e d w i t h C A P, i n c l u d i n g
B r i g . G e n . C a r l S . M i l l e r,
executive director of Civil Air
Patrol.
R e c i p i e n t s f r o m Va l l e y
squadrons of Group 7 during
the conference included Les
Lester, Lee Whitehead, Neil
F o w l e r, C l i ff Wo l c o t t a n d
James and Betty Goin, who
were credited with a "find."

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

NOVEMBER, 1976

Executive Director's Comments

Chaplains Play A Vital Role In CAP
by Brig. Gen. Carl S. Miller, USAF
CAP Executive Director

A group of dedicated
Americans representing many
faiths are working shoulder to
shoulder with their fellow Civil
Air Patrol members. They are
our chaplains -- over 1,000 of
them. This is the second
largest chaplaincy in the
world and by
far the largest
volunteer chaplaincy.
Additionally
approximately
250 ministers,
priests, and
rabbis serve as visiting clergymen, conducting the cadet
moral leadership training in the
absence of a duly appointed
chaplain.
These fully qualified and endorsed members of the clergy

contributed 136,252 man-hours
in carrying out their CAP
duties during 1975.
At every level the chaplain is
a vital member of the CAP
team. He or she (we have five
women chaplains) offers moral
and spiritual guidance to both
senior and cadet members, but
especially to the cadets. As
members of the commander's
special staff, they participate
in a unique ministry with people of all faiths. This practical,
down-to-earth ecumenism increases knowledge, respect,
and camaraderie among clergy
and laity. This is a healthy ex.
ample of religion in action.
I have been extremely pleased with the thrust of the "Values
for Living" topics used in the
moral leadership program. The
moral leadership training is
the single most significant contribution of the chaplain and

the CAP program. In additiofi
to its emphasis on personal integrity and morality, it confronts the cadet with the basic
principles that have gone into
the creation of freedom that
prevails in America. No other
training agency is doing this
kind of thing on any significant
scale. Attesting to the excellence of the material contained in the "Values for
Living" syllabus, it was awarded the Honor Certificate in the
government unit category by
the Valley Forge Freedoms
Foundation in 1974.
A new volume of "Values for
Living" has been published
recently, and an all-new USAF
Chaplain Film Guide just for
CAP chaplains has been sent to
each chaplain so that over 100
first-rate films can be used to
make a very good moral
leadership program even better.

As good a job as our
chaplains are doing, there is
still more to be done. We need
more chaplains to accomplish
the task. We still have far too
many units without a chaplain.
I strongly urge commanders
with no chaplain assigned to
spare no efforts in recruiting
one. He can be a most valuable
member of the team, and no
unit is complete without the
chaplain.
I am thoroughly convinced
that by his presence and personal witness he imparts a
desirable and needed spiritual
influence on all CAP personnel
-- cadets and seniors. Through
his activity and presence he
personally links his CAP unit
with the greatest obstacle of all
in the path of atheistic
materialism today -- faith in
God.

Colonel Morse Takes -Command Of MER

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R E S TO N , Va . - - C A P C o l .
Louisa S. Morse formally assumed command of the Middle East
Region during a well-attended
luncheon and ceremony at the
Andrews AFB, Md., Officer's
Club in late July. CAP Lt.Col.
William "Doc" Everett, was installed as the new Delaware
Wing commander at the same
time.
CAP Brig. Gen. William M.
Patterson, National Comm a n d e r, o f fi c i a t e d a t t h e
change-of-command ceremony
and welcomed Colonel Morse as
"the first lady to sit on the
National Executive Committee
(NEC)."
He expressed pleasure at having the opportunity to break the
barrier against women belonging to the National Executive
Committee. Colonel Morse led

the Delaware Wing for just
under 23 years.
In accepting her new command, she noted that it "takes a
lot of people to help anyone up
the ladder, "but that she had
done a lot of the climbing by
herself. Entering CAP in 1942 as
a private, she learned how to
march in a cow pasture and was
required to earn her way through
each rank. And "I was 'acting'
wing commander for. one full
year," she said.
Colonel Morse wears the
coveted Senior Observer Wings
for which she has completed 180
hours of flying time as observernavigator. Other decorations include the Distinguished Service
Award with one Bronze Clasp,
Exceptional Service Award with
three clasps, Unit Citation

Award with nine clasps, the War
time Blue Service Ribbon
(which signifies a minimum of
three years and 2,000 hours of
CAP service during World War
II), the Senior Member Certificate of Proficiency, the Gill
Robb Wilson Award, the Red
Service Ribbon with one silver
and one bronze clasp, the Air
Search and Rescue Ribbon with
silver clasp and the Senior
Member Recruiter Ribbon with
three silver clasps.

VFW Menders Support CAP
NEW YORK -- The Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) at its
convention here in August again urged its local units across the
nation to maintain and strengthen their ties with Civil Air
Patrol.
A resolution urging such support for CAP and other similar
youth organizations was passed unanimously at the convention.
The VFW has helped support local units of Civil Air Patrol
for many years.
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For the benefit of all
members of Civil Air Patrol,
the latest statistics of search
a n d r e s c u e a c t i v. i t i e s
throughout the organization
are shown below.
These are unofficial figures
compiled by Directorate of
Operations at CAP National
Headquarters.

(As of 10/10/76)
Number of Missions ........ 525
Number of Aircraft ........ 3673
Number of Sorties .., ...... 7119
Flying Hours ........... 14,302.9
Personnel ................. 20,578
Mobile Radios .............. ,987
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Fixed Radios ...............3,665
Saves ............................ 28
Finds.. ......................... 305

CAP Col. Jonathan H. HIII;++'~:~.-+--~
outgoing regional commander
expressed his gratitude at being
able to serve the region for
almost six years. "Any day where
you leave command is not the
happiest day," he said. During
his command, he noted that the
region has placed first nationally
for two years, was second for
one year and third for two years.
Colonel Hill has accepted a
national appointment as a corporate liaison officer.

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PAT R O L
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National Commander ................ Brig. Gen. Thgm,,s {. Casaday, CAP
Executive Director ............................... Brig. Gen. Carl $. Miller, USAE
Director of Information ....................... LI. CoL Herbert A. Bobb, USAF
Editor ........................................................
TSgt. Don Thweatt, USAF
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CHANGE OF COMMAND--CAP Lt. Col. William 'Doc'
Everett, left, Delaware Wing commander, observes as CAP
Brig. Gen. William M. Patterson, second from left, national
commander, officiates at the change of Civil Air Patrol's
Middle East Region command to CAP Col. Louisa S. Morse
from CAP Col. Jonathan H. Hill, right. (Photo by CAP Lt.
Col. Mel Hollar)

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VOLUME 8, NO. 6

NOVEMBERp 1976

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C IVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE FIVE

National Commander's Comments

by
Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Casaday, CAP
National Commander

I shall also be concerned with
Civil Air Patrol's credibility
and integrity. They are ~lways
on the line and we shall not
tolerate anyone who conspires
to destroy them. People will be
treated fairly and equitably,
but we will deal speedily and
harshly with those who cause
dissension, embarrassment
and waste in our organization.
to o r d s I s p o k e ~
the National
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There is no place in Civil Air
Board and to
Patrol for the dishonest, the
some one thoudisloyal or the disruptive. Our
sand other
track record of 35 years is pretattendees of
ty good, and I intend to see that
Civil
Air
it stays that way.
Patrol's 35th Annual Board
N o w, l e t m e t a k e j u s t a
Meeting in Philadelphia on
minute or two to enunciate
Sept. 18. At the risk of
some other deep rooted
offending those who must read
thoughts I have about this great
what they have already heard,
organization that we all love
I believe the following bears
and believe in so deeply.
repeating for the many
thousands who were unable to
I don't have to remind a
single one of you that we are all
attend one of CAP's finest convolunteers and as such receive
ventions.
no remuneration for tasks per"Let mesay~heretoday that I
formed, missions flown or
am deeply honored, and
money spent. In the strict
somewhat awed, by the trust
sense of the word and in accorand honor that has been
bestowed on me by your
dance with semantics, this
National Board and by you the
makes us amateurs. I
challenge that interpretation
people of Civil Air Patrol. It is
with a mixed sense of pride and
for I feel most keenly that
nowhere can one find a greater
humility that I accept the
sense of professionalism than
responsibilities of the office of
in Civil Air Patrol. I plan on
National Commander, Civil Air
looking like a professional,
Patrol.
working like a professional,
At the outset I want it known
and acting like a professional
that I will conduct the affairs
at all times. And I know you do
of this office to the letter of the
too Z There can be no place in
law as laid down in Civil Air
Patrol's Constitution and" t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n f o r
amateurism. I expect
Bylaws. I also intend to conprofessionalism to be
duct corporate, business in
strict accordance with the inmanifested in every shape and
tent of Public Law 557; that be- form--from the way we wear
our uniforms, to the way we
ing the 1948 federal legislation
fly, drive and maintain our
that made us the one and only
equipment, to our everyday
official auxiliary of the United
relationships within CAP and
States Air Force.
In this regard, I plan to act in
within our communities.
a military manner at all times
Professionalism starts with a
and shall expect all corporate "P" and in my book that means
officers and all members of this , only one thing -- PRIDE !
Another program that I plan
great organization to do likewise.
We shall continue to conduct ,on giving much attention to is
ZERO DEFECTS. I truly
ourselves and our business in a
believe much of the waste and
business-like manner, exercisan awful lot of the anguish that
ing to the fullest the communications system inherent in we have suffered through the
the chain of command. And, I years can be eliminated.
First, I plan on implementing
would remind all that the chain
a true ACCIDENT PREVENof command works both vertically -- up and down -- and TION PROGRAM. Let me take
just a minute to give you my
horizontally.
This being my first column
as your National Commander, I
wanted it to be meaningful and
to reflect many of my initial
thoughts and feelings as I
assumed command of Civil Air
Patrol. What better way than
to repeat the

views on accident prevention.
This is an area in which there is
still room for improvement. In
fact, it is an area that must im.
prove. I can tell you from
firsthand experience that the
agonies of an accident warrant
our utmost efforts to prevent
them.
This year the overall accident rate is slightly improved
over last year, and more important, there have been far
f e w e r f a t a l i t i e s . We h a v e
shown that we can do the job,
but we must continue to improve.
Incidentally, I feel much of
the credit for the improvement
of last year and so far this year
should go to General Miller. As
the new boy on the block m to
use his own words -- he pointed
out something that we should
have seen ourselves. We commanders and supervisors were
not accepting the responsibility
of insisting that safety received
the necessary emphasis. We
took his advice and got more
involved in accident prevention. We began to admit that
the so-called "pilot error" accident involved much more
than simple pilot negligence.
We recognized that responsible
leadership means personal involvement. .
Like preventive medicine, I
would hope we can diagnose,
isolate and take positive corrective action before the
patient becomes critical. I
believe it can be done and I
plan to outline at an early date
a comprehensive program to
do just that. We can ill afford to
continue to place CAP lives in
danger, costly corporate equipment in jeopardy, and waste
countless thousands of dollars
because we aren't working
hard enough at eliminating
slipshod work, poor techniques,
and a lackadaisical attitude
towards corporate people and
property. I urge each of you to
carry out your own "Zero
Defects" program in your own
unit and in your own way. It all
goes back to PRIDE.
We must also work harder at
RETENTION. We have got to
retain the good people. You are
the good people who keep
getting the job done. Tran-

sients, quick joiners and fly-bynights are not the ones who
make this outfit go.
Nonetheless, we must continue
to improve our program,
broaden our horizons and
generally make both cadet and
senior programs more attractive and meaningful. Our retention problem stems partly from
the fact that our programs
aren't attractive, and our
programs aren't attractive
because we aren't imaginative
and creative enough. If we
want tOretain, We must recruit.
Then, we must determine who
the quality people are and do
our best to retain them. This
we do by giving them
challenges, responsibility and
authority.
I intend to invoke fully the
provisions of Section 22 of the
Bylaws. This deals with tenure
for region and wing commanders. If we are to keep our
command structure dynamic
and encourage leadership at
the lower levels to aspire to
higher and greater responsibilities, then we must not
allow the system to become
stagnant at the top. It is imperative that leaders encourage and inspire others to
prepare themselves to move up
and to take over. I believe that
after four years dissidents
become too irritating, new
problems look like old
problems, fresh ideas come
more slowly, and innovation
gives way to comfort zones.
Therefore, I propose to implement a mandatory reassignment system that will closely
follow the four-year tenure
statute. Only by a planned and
programmed turnover can we
systematically insure that our
corporate structure is dynamic
and not static.
There's no easy way to
success -- no quick panacea for
some of our ills. I plan on working hard and making hard
decisions, and I'll expect
others to do likewise. Only by
sheer effort, deep determination and a total commitment
will we succeed.
With God's help, I pledge you
my best efforts and I ask for
yours in return.
Thank you very much."

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE SIX

TRAINING SESSION -USAF AIC John D. Brads h a w, l e f t , s t r a p s C A P
Cadet Alan D. Daniels of
Del City, Okla., into the
aircraft ejection trainer at
the physiological training
unit at Sheppard AFB,
Tex. Cadet Daniels was
one of about 90 Civil Air
Patrol cadets from
throughout Oklahoma who
held a weeklong encampment there. A visit to the
training unit and a ride in
the ejection trainer was
part of the week's activities. (USAF Photo)

Subscription Service Prices
To Increase Effective Nov.and it is
1
its institution in 1971
MAXWELL
AFB,
Ala.--The Subscription Service to Civil Air Patrol
Regulations and Manuals
offered by the CAP Bookstore
will cost $18.00 per year
effective Nov. 1, 1976. The
Renewal Service will cost
$7.50 per year effective Nov.,
1,1976.
This is the first price increase in this service since

required not only by increased costs of publications but
will now include a new type,
heavy duty binder, which is
expandable to accommodate
a filing requirement of five
inches as opposed to the old
type binder which was a two
and one half inch capacity.
The new type binder is
available, as an individual
item, for $7.50 each.

NER To Conduct Conference
NORTH'AMITYVILLE, N.Y. According to CAP Lt. Col. Sid Birns.
Northeast Region information officer, the Northeast Region will conduct its annual conference Now. 12-14 at the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha
Lake, N.Y.
A package rate for CAP senior members and guest is $79 and the
rate for cadets will be $57.
Reservations may be made by contacting the Concord Hotel.
Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. 12751, Attn: Convention Reservations.
Colonel Birns also said. "The Northeast Region now has one on the
finest working staffs and they will be on hand to advise and help you to
achieve your goals."

Hartmann Graduates With B.S. Degree
KANSAS CITY, Mo.--First Lt.
MaryAnn Hartmann. who in 1972
received a four-year scholarship .
in the humanities, has been
graduated cum laude from Avila
College here with a B.S. degree
in nursing. She expects to follow
a nursing career here.

1st It. MaryAnn Hartman

Other honors included being
named to "Who's Who Among
Students in American Colleges
and Universities." being inducted into Sigma Theta Tau,
national nursing honor society,
and Kappa Gamma Pi, national
honor society for graduates of
Catholic colleges. She is also a
member of Delta Epsilon
Sigman, national scholastic
honor society.
Lt.Hartmann. a member of
the Clinton-Scott Comp. Sq. at
Scott AFB, Ill., has been a
member of CAP for nine years,
having joined at age 13, She participated in three national
special activities--the Nurse
Orientation Course, the Communications Electronics Course,
and the 1971 International Air
Cadet Exchange.

CAP To Observe Birthday
MAXWELL AFB,
Ala. Civil Air Patrol
units throughout the
United States and
Puerto Rico will
observe the 35th anniversary of the
organization during
"Civil Air Patrol
Week' '-Dec. 1-7.
Formed on Dec. 1,
1941, by light aviation
enthusiasts and
private pilots as a
means of donating
their time and aircraft for the nations
" civil defense effort,
CAP won recognition
during World War II
for its extensive
operation which included submarine
patrol and courier service.
To d a y , t h e a l l volunteer organization flies 80 percent of
all Air Force authorized air search and
rescue hours in the
United States. It is
also active in many
other areas including
relief activities in
periods of disaster
and conducting a comprehensive program
on
aerospace
education.
CAP members will

also observe the week
by attending church
on Dec. 5,while wearing their uniform,
Included in this
issue is a cartoon

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carried on the
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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

SCENES FROM
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Brig. Gen. William M. Patterson, right, national commander, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Carl S. Miller executive director.

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national commander.

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BREWER AWARD--CAP Maj. Michael J. Patterson, left,
Pacific Region,"was the senior member category winner of
the Frank G. Brewer.CAP Memorial Aerospace Award. The
annual award was presented by CAP Col. Frank G. Brewer
Jr.

CADET CATEGORY--Cadet Lt. Col. Douglas B. Shippy,
left, of the Washington Wing, accepts the cadet category
Frank G. Brewer-CAP Memorial Aerospace Award from
CAP Col. Frank G. Brewer, Jr.

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY--Louis J. Michot, left, Louisiana superintendent of education,
receives congratulations from CAP Brig. Gen. William M. Patterson, national 6ommander, after being presented the individual category Frank G. Brewer-CAP Memorial
Aerospace Award by CAP Col. Frank G. Brewer Jr., center.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen
R a y m o n d B . F u r l o n g , c e n t e r, A i r U n i v e r s i t y c o r n
mander, and CAP Brig. Gen. William M. Patterson
right, national commander, made special Distinguishe~
Service Award presentations to: (from !eft), U.S. Ai

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NOVEMBER, 1976

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left, of the California Wing, was awarded the coveted Senior
Member of the Year Award by CAP Brig. Gen. William M.
Patterson, national commander.

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receives the Air Force Association Award for being named
CAP's Cadet of The Year from Ken Row, right, AFA-CAP
Liaison Officer. Watching the presentation is John V. Sorenson, CAP deputy chief of staff for Aerospace Education and
Cadet Programs.

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of the Virginia Wing, shakes hands with CAP Brig. Gen.
William M. Patterson, national commander, after receiving
the 1976 Safety Award.

'ce Brig. Gen. Carl S. Miller, executive director;
? C o l . T h o m a s C . C a s a d a y, n a t i o n a l v i c e c o m ader; and Dr. James P. Gilligan, assistant Secretary
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C H A P L A I N AWA R D - - C A P C o l . T h o m a s C . C a s a d a y,
center, national vice commander, presented the Thomas C.
Casaday Unit Chaplain of the Year Award to CAP Chaplain
(Lt. Col.) Stephen E. Schullery, left, of the Ohio Wing. Here
Chaplain Schullery receives congratulations from CAP Col.
Oscar K. Jolley, Southeast Region commander.

TEAM EFFORT--A special Distinguished Service presentation was made to a husbandand-wife team by Air Force Brig. Gen. Carl S. Miller, left, executive director, and CAP,
Brig. Gen. William M. Patterson, right, national commander. Receiving the special award I
were CAP Col. A. Sidney Evans of the Middle East Region and his wife, CAP Lt. Col. Lucille
V. Evans.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

NOVEMBER, 197#.

Board
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CAP Leaders

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Singing Ambassadors

Posting The Colors

Special Religious Service

Depot Discussion

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Seminar

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PAGE ELEVEN

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

CAP's Top Squadrons Tell 'How'
( E d i t o r s N o t e : A s i n p a s t y e a r s , w e h a v e g i v e n t h e To p C a d e t S q u a d r o n s
of Distinction an opportunity to explain "How and Why" they were chosen
the "elite" of the CAP units with cadets assigned. This issue includes the
stories, as given to us, from the first, second and third place squadrons. It is
the hope of National Headquaters officials that this insight into how these
units got to the "topi' will be of benefit to other units and help them achieve
that soon.)

South Macomb Cadet

to Moral Leadership and consists of lectures and round-table
discussions presented by or
moderated by our chaplain, Captain Hamilton.
In addition to these regularly
by Capt. Vernon P. Michalke, CAP
scheduled activities, we also
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. -have a number of special acWe firmly believe that our havtivities such as a trip to the
ing been selected the number
Coast Guard Installation at
one cadet Unit of Distinction for
Selfridge ANG Base, a visit to
1975 was not the result of a set of
the Aero Mechanics School at
Detroit City Airport and a tour
fortuitous circumstances, but inof the weather briefing and constead, the outcome of careful
planning.
trol tower at the City Airport.
In November 1974, our group
In order to combine business
commander held a meeting of
and pleasure, the squadron parks
cars and assists in timing and
the squadron commanders and
other duties at the Michigan
senior staff members to formulate and implement a plan to
Model Airplane Competition and
enable all~ three squadrons to
at other events. This enables us
place somewhere in the top 10 in
to participate in many activities
and to earn money for squadron
the nation.
This meeting lasted some six
projects.
hours, during which time each
A number of other activities
have given our cadets wellsquadron commander evaluated
his squadron's position with
rounded experience and, at the
regard to such points as
same time, have helped to mainrecruiting, retention, etc., and
tain interest in CAP and the
using this as a basis, decided
squadron.
what he and his squadron would
Some of these are: Two enhave to accomplish to place
campments, one at Selfr.idge
somewhere in the top 10 cadet
ANG Base and one at Fort Knox,
squadrons.
Ky. This was supplemented by
Some of the more general
two survival campouts during
areas of endeavor were increasthe winter and spring seasons.
In December we have an open
ed emphasis on academics and
the flying program.
house, which parents are invited
This ,squadron has always been
to attend in order to see what the
strong in the academic area but
squadron and their family
increased emphasis resulted in
members are accomplishing.
17 Mitchell and nine Earhart
State Senator Joseph Snyder of
Awards. Academic excellence
the 2nd District was our keynote
was brought about by the inspeaker last year.
sistence on closed book exWith regard to military
aminations, in spite of which.
leadership, our squadron won se,
cadets averaged an 83.5 per cent
cond place in the Michigan Wing
passing grade.
Drill Competition held at Willow
With regard to the flying
Run Airport on May 29, 1976.
program, we increased our acSquadron cadets participated
tivity in the area of orientation
in both wing and group search
flights during the summer of
and rescue exercises.
1975, when the weather was
On the subject of retention, we
more suitable for scheduling
have nine cadets who have
received the two-year service
flights and more cadets were
available to participate in flying
awards, and we have the highest
activity.
retention rate in our Group.
Four cadets earned their solo
In conclusion, it must be
wings as a result of the interest
pointed out that none of this
stimulated by more emphasis on
would have been possible
flying activity.
without the dedication and hard
The thrust for academic exwork of an experienced senior
cellence has paid off in other
staff.
Finally, we wish to render a
related areas. Seven of our
members are in college, insalute to the other two fine
cluding one senior member in
squadrons of our Group which
graduate school and one senior
placed second and third in the
member in undergraduate
top 10 in the'Nation.
school on a CAP scholarship.
Had it not been for their
healthy competition and close
One female cadet was chosen
pursuit, we might not have made
as an alternate for the United
States Air Force Academy and
"Number One."
the same young lady was chosen
as "Miss Michigan Wing" for
Van Dyke Cadet
1975.
Again, on the academic side, it
Squadron 3-7
is also noteworthy that .our
No. 2
Macomb Group III won the
Michigan Wing Cadet Bowl and
Michigan Wing
that four of the six members of
by Capt. E. V. Fret, CAP
the team were members of
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich.
Squadron 3-2.
-- Van Dyke Cadet Sq. 3-7 was
Academics is just one aspect
honored to be selected the
of the well-rounded program of
Number Two cadet unit of disactivities in Squadron 3-2. One
tinction.
night each month is devoted to
We think it probably happened
physical fitness training, during
because, to tell the truth, we
which, the cadets do their mile
THINK NUMBER ONE in all
run and other requirements to
our activities.
complete contracts.
Squadron enthusiasm from
The major portion of one
senior to cadet for the CAP
meeUng each month is devoted
cadet program is boundless. It is

Squadron 3-5
No. 1
Michigan Wing

Van Dyke Cadet Squadron 3-7 Search Air Rescue Practice
not uncommon for a senior who
has spent three hours at a weekly meeting to be found working
an additional 10 to 20 hours at
home on preparation for the
varied activities that involve our
cadets.
Seldom is a senior telephone
not busy on squadron matters.
But the enthusiasm of our
seniors is reflected amply in the
vigor of our cadets and their
CAP activities.
Last year our cadets and our
other two squadrons (who placed
first and third in the nation)
from Macomb Group III joined
forces to win the First Annual
Michigan WingCadet Bowl. This
year, still going strong, we again
won "The Bowl" to retain the title to the trophy.
The following is a sampling of
our activities:
Van Dyke cadets took classes
in aircraft identification
Cadets viewed practice mission jumps of paramedics at
Selfridge Air National Guard
Base
Cadets earned Standard First
Aid certificates
A cadet was named one of the
"Top Ten" at a CAP Special Activity in Alabama
For the Michigan Wing
summer encampment we sent 35
cadets to Fort Knox last year
(the largest number from any
one Michigan squadron) and
came home with many awards
Van Dyke cadets also participated in a successful cadet
search and rescue exercise held
throughout group level
A cadet won an AFROTC
scholarship
Another cadet has been
selected and accepted to the Air
Force Academy
Still another cadet won the
Ohio Cadet of the Encampment
Award
We have cadets who are earning and have earned their solo
wings
Van Dyke publishes a quarterly squadron newsletter called
The Minuteman which is almost
exclusively written by cadets under senior advice.
In addition to these activities,
our cadets are also earning their
rank in the CAP aerospace
program and.the Billy Mitchell

and Earhart Awards are starting
to roll in!
Our seniors participate in CD
tests, search and rescue exercises and are enrolled in ECI
courses so that the enthusiasm
of Van Dyke is evident from
senior to cadet.
But the overriding feature of
Van Dyke Cadet Squadron is the
spirit of "Doing Your Best."
When "open book" testing came
about, our cadets requested that
we maintain closed book testing.
They felt that they would then
have to try their best to make
the grade and to our cadets that
was the most important
thing.., doing your best.
This attitude even reaches
"two-week old" cadets. We
know this to be true because our
leadership officer brought our
"two-weekers" (it's the second
meeting for them) before our
seasoned three flights. He asked
if the flights wanted these new
cadets in the condition they were
,in. In one voice the flights
answered "No, Sir!" As one new
recruit wrote, it "shook all of us
up" and "after that I tried
harder to better myself."
At Van Dyke Squadron we
enthusiastically feel that the
secret to Civil Air Patrol is "Doing Your Best."

Seliridge AFB Cadet
Squadron 3-5
No. 3
Michigan Wing
by Capt. Thomas M. Fellows, CAP

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich.
First of all, Michigan Group
Three had decided all three
squadrons in our group weuld
strive for Top 10 during 1975. It
was decided by the group and
squadron commanders that to
achieve this idea all would have
to work together.
They then proceeded to find
. out all the requirements and
scoring system needed to reach
this goal. Keeping in mind that it
was a group goal, when a
problem developed for one
squadron the others offered
ideas and help.
Before we could expect the
cadets to put in extra hours and
hard work, the senior members

had to make the first move The
senior staff had to expand their
knowledge in their study guides
and staff positions, so this meant
meeting three or four nights
weekly.
Former cadets, who came
back into the program as
seniors, made excellent instructors because of their past experience and knowledge obtained as cadets.
We recruited a senior member
who made an excellent information officer because of his outside occupation as a radio broadcaster. This enabled us to do extensive recruiting and helped us
make our organization known.
One problem we had to overcome was lost and missing contracts. In order to control this,
the cadet's name and serial
number was put on the
Bookstore order form but they
were sent to the commander's
address. This eliminated a lot of
contracts being misplaced.
Unit 3-5 was the youngest in
our group, and we had no cadet
officers at the beginning of 1975.
The seniors had decided to give
the cadets a boost by setting up
study classes according to rank.
Each chapter was taught by instructors and quizzes were given
before the cadet requested permission to take the test for their
next contract.
This procedure also
eliminated the number of test
failures.
In order to keep up the
squadron morale, we had to set
up enough activities and participate in wing competition,
while at the same time striving
for completion of contracts.
The activities included a carloe
trip, CE missions, search and
rescue exercises, fund raising
activities to enable our cadets to
participate in the wing encampment and to receive flight orientations.
The seniors also began a Cadet
of the Quarter and Cadet of the
Year Award within our squadron
to give the cadets additional initiative.
In conclusion, it meant a lot of
hard work and determination if
we were going to achieve our
goal together.

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PAGE TWELVE

NOVEMBER, 1976

People In The News
PACIFIC
Seventeen cadets and senior members of the
Tri-Cities Comp. Sq. (Washington Wing) have
attended the 3rd annual Operation Freedom.
The event consisted of classes on first aid, communications, survival, compass and maps and
shelter construction... Cadet 1st Lt. Martin Pettit of Washington Wing's Yakima Comp. Sq. has
been appointed to the U.S. Air Force
Academy... Two members of the Fort Van- ,
couver Comp. Sq. (Washington Wing) Ist Lt.
Richard Pender and Capt. Walt West have completed air crew training at Camp Young,
Shelter, Wash...

Diana Hurley has exchanged her Civil Air
Patrol uniform for that of the U.S. Air Force.
She was a member of the Paine Field Comp. Sq.
(Washington Wing)... Some 250 students and
teachers of three local schools have been briefed on Civil Air Patrol by Cadets Maj. Fred
Heline, Lt. Col. Dan Getzloff, and 2d Lt. Rob
Cline. The cadets are members of Oregon
Wing's Grants Pass Comp. Sq..." The color
guard of Washington Wing's Fort Vancouver
Comp. Sq. recently performed at ceremonies
held at the Marshall Elementary School. The
color guard consisted of Cadets Bob Lawson,
Kelly Cayee, Martin Coffman, Jim Roy and
David Lawson...

Several members of the Paine Field Comp.
Sq. (Washington Wing) received awards at the
unit's annual awards banquet held at the
squadron's headquarters. Bill Campbell was
named Outstanding Cadet in Emergency Services. Academic Award went to Cadet ,Paul
Warns. Dale Heaton was named Senior Member
of the Year and David Larson was named Outstanding Cadet. The Commander's Award went
to Cadet Jolene Hurley and SM Rollan
Tuller...

GREAT LAKES
Twenty-four CAP cadets of the Clinton-Scott
Comp. Sq. (Illinois Wing) recently received
orientation flights on a UH 1, Huey helicopter at
Scott AFB, Ill... Cadet Mike Galat has earned
his solo wings after 16 hours of instruction. He
is a member of the Van Dyke Cadet Sq. 3-7...
Members of the Ozaukee Comp. Sq. (Wisconsin
Wing) provided humanitarian assistance in
Ozaukee County after an ice storm struck
southeast Wisconsin earlier this year. Those
assisting included Maj. Henry C. Waldeck,
Cadets David Barbasiewicz, Donald Deetjen,
Peter Federspiel, Richard Menigoz, Chris
Pinkowski and Gary Tackles...

Paul Chreitien of the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) recently spoke to members of
the Don Gentile Sq. 1706 Ohio Wing on the operation of the CIA.~.Cadets Dennis and Donnie
Lighty, twin members of the Marion Comp. Sq.
(Indiana Wing) recently earned their solo
wings on their 16th birthday... A member of the
Northbrook Cadet Sq. (Illinois Wing) Cadet
Mark Bailey has earned his private pilot's
license.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN
The Colorado Wing has held a senior officer
training school at Fitzsimmons Army Medical
Center, Denver, Colo. The 15 officers attending
were schooled in principles of leadership,
military discipline, wear of the CAP uniform
and drill and ceremonies... Cadets Daniel W.
Elzie, Flossie E. Elzie and Susan E. Elzie
recently were given an orientation flight by
CAP Maj. Daniel Gloekler, operations officer of
the Mile Hi Cadet Sq. (Colorado Wing)... CAP
Capt. William P. O'Brien has been presented a
plaque for his outstanding performance at the
Colorado Wing's senior officer training school
held recently...

Thirteen members of the Mile Hi Cadet Sq.
(Colorado Wing) attended the Bicentennial
Airshow given by the Confederate Air Force at
Colorado Springs in early July... Five members
of the Mile Hi Cadet Sq. (Colorado Wing) have
participated in flag presentations at the Red
Rocks Theater at the VFW in Ft. Logan, Colo...
Cadet Jon Johnson a member of the Timberline
Cadet Sq. (Colorado Wing) was recently awarded a flight scholarship by Civil Air Patrol. The
scholarship will allow him to receive enough
flight instruction to earn his solo wings...
The Utah Wing has awarded CAP Certificates
of Appreciation to two U.S. Air Force units at
Hill AFB, Utah, for their support of CAP during
the Utah Wing's change of command ceremony
held at Ft. Douglas, Utah. Receivifig certificates were the 1881st Communication Sq.
and the Detachment 8 Photo Squadron...

SOUTHWEST
CAP Ist Lt. Teresa Price and Lt. Col. Peter
Whitney of the Bayou City Comp. Sq. (Texas
Wing) recently appeared on a local TV show
reaching some 200,000 viewers. They presented
the history of Civil Air Patrol, its current
programs and answered questions on how
viewers could contact CAP squadrons in their
area... Cadets of Oklahoma Wing's Pioneer
Comp. Sq. walked away with honors during the
annual NJROTC Review held at Ponca City, Ok.
Capt. Eric Lasher received the Junior Honor
Cadet Trophy, SSgt. John Frost received the
Exemplary Personal Appearance and Honor
Cadet Ribbons. SSgt. Clayton Johnson received
the Aptitude Ribbon, AIC Brian Streeter received the Exemplary Personal Appearance Ribbon
and Amn. Richard Sims received the Good Conduct Ribbon...
Janie Lee Watson, a CAP captain in the
Oklahoma Wing has attended the U.S. Air
Force's National Search and Rescue School at
Governor's Island, N.Y. Capt. Watson serves
CAP as an emergency services officer and civil
defense coordinator... Capt. James Osborne,
commander of Oklahoma Wing's Pioneer
Comp. Sq., recently spoke to the After Five
Lion's Club on the functions and history of Civil
Air Patrol and its importance to the community... SM Don Kennedy of the Magnolia
Comp. Sq. (Arkansas Wing) has received an
honorable mention award in the portrait division of the 25th Annual Magnolia, Ark.,
Sidewalk Arts Festival...

Cadet SSgt. Andy Croft was named as the Outstanding Cadet Officer. The award for the
Oustanding Cadet was presented to AIC Linda
Artemile. The unit's Cadet of the Year trophy
went to Cadet TSgt. Marcus Burke... Outstanding cadets from three units of the Florida
Wing were honored at an Air Force Association
(AFA) banquet held recently at Patrick AFB,
Fla. Those named Outstanding Cadet from their
units were James Choss of the Patrick
Squadron, Terry Murphy of the Central Brevard
Squadron and Charles Elder of the South
Brevard Squadron... Members of the Cocoa
Beach, Fla. Kiwanis Club recently heard the
Civil Air Patrol story which was presented by
CAP Capt. Al Seeschaff, information officer of
Florida Wing's Group 21. The presentation.was
followed by a question and answer period and a
short talk on CAP needs by CAP Lt. Col. Ross
Sedita, Commander Group 21.
At the Georgia Wing statewide drill competition held at Robins AFB, Ga., recently
members of the Atlanta Comp. Sq. took top
honors. Members of the drill team included
Cadets Robert Noble, Ronnie Gabriel, Bill
Styer, Charles Noble, Bill Martin, John
Fenigan, Shon Peterson, Lt. Col. Jeff Peterson,
Scott Ayars and Chuck Patch ... Members of the
Florida Wing's Group 21 recently hosted CAP
cadets of the Michigan Wing on a tour of the
NASA's Kennedy Space Center... Cadet WO
Steve Walker, a member of Florida Wing's
Eglin Comp. Sq. was presented a Merit
Scholarship Award during the recent Bicentennial Banquet held by the Air Force
Association's Eglin Chapter. The scholarship
will enable Walker to pursue either
studies or flight instruction...
Eighty-six senior members and cadets of the
Florida Wing have attended the Wing Task
Force Mission Seminar held at MacDill AFB,
Fla., for the upgrading of the mission coordinators on mission activities.

MIDDLE EAST

NORTH CENTRAL

CAP's Peninsula Comp. Sq. (Virginia Wing)
recently assisted a high schQol Air Force JROTC
Drill Competition at Langley AFB, Va., by
providing communications and runners...North
Carolina Wing Commander CAP Col. Eugene
Harwell has presented a special recognition
award to the wing's lllth Air Rescue and
Recovery Sq. which recognized 2,500 safe hours
of flying for the squadron's Cherokee 180 aircraft... The U.S. Coast Guard recently asked for
CAP's assistance when a reported oil slick
deposit on Chesapeake-Bay was under investigation. An observation mission was flown
by CAP 1st Lt. Mike Doyle and 2d Lt. Alfred
Gelletly of the Easton Comp. Sq. (Maryland
Wing)... Cadets of the Newark Cadet Sq.
(Delaware Wing) were recently given an orientaiton flight on a U.S. Army helicopter...

Six CAP cadets representing the Capital City
Comp.. Sq. (Missouri Wing) have attended the
Civil Air Patrol leadership training school at
Kemper Military Academy. Those attending
the training included MSgt. Richard Graziano,
Sgt. Glenda A. Bone, Sgt. Gale J. Huey, Sgt.
Ray J. Newman,Sgt. Charlene K. Stivers and
AIC Glenn R. Heermance...

CAP Capt. Charles A. Clark of the North
Carolina Wing's Group I recently flew Jerry
Vehaun, Civil Preparedness Director for Buncombe County, over a flooded area in the county
to survey flood conditions caused by heavy
rains.

Ned Powers, a former Grand Rapids resident
now living in Des Moines, Iowa, was recently
interviewed by cadets of the Grand Rapids
Comp, Sq.~as a part of the Operation Pioneer
program. The program is a Civil Air Patrol
Bicentennial activity where cadets interview
aviation pioneers and is being conducted by
CAP cadets from all across the United States...
Cadet 1st Lt. Kevin Long of the Des Moines
Comp. Sq. has instructed member of his unit in
the American Red Cross Multimedia Standard
First Aid Course.

SOUTHEAST
Three members of the Palm Beach Cadet Sq.
(Florida Wing) were recently presented awards
at ceremonies held during a unit open house.

NORTHEAST
The Rostraver Senior Sq. 1401 (Pennsylvania
Wing) has conducted flight orientation and safety programs for the Wheeling Pittsburg Steel
Corp. Explorer Scouts... Pilots from the Annville Senior Sq. 306 (Pennsylvania Wing) participated in a Fly-In for the American Cancer
Society of Lebanon County, Penn., at a local airport... Cadets and senior members of New York
Wing's Nassau Comp.Sq. 7 have completed the
American National Red Cross's nine-week standard First Aid Course. Those completing the
training included Candide Bulin, William
Savarese, John Bassani, Deirdre Caffrey, John
Cannon, James Dobbins, Peter Falldorf, Fred
Gregory and Joan Lee. Also Joseph McKenney,
Stephen McKinney, Scott Roth, Kevin Sheen,
Juliana Straehle, Robert Tierney and Jill Van
Houten...

NOVEMBER, 1976

PAGE THIRTEEN

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

Illinois Wing CAP Members
Hold Encampment At Chanute
CHANUTE AFB, Ill. -Thousands of Civil Air Patrol
cadet and senior members took
part in summer encampment
programs this year throughout
the United States and Puerto
~i~ ~ ~i ~ii ~ili~i~i~ ~// Rico.
Encampments were held at
Air
~ i~ ~]~i i~ iiiii~iii ~ ~iii~ Force bases. Naval air
stations and Army bases..,
Thousands of manhours are expended on Civil Air Patrol
summer encampments each
year, giving CAP cadets a first
hand look at the military
lifestyle.
Ty p i c a l o f s u m m e r e n campments was the Illinois encampment held here with 170
cadets and 20 senior members
attending.
Nebraska, Iowa, Kentucky and
'Indiana Wing also held their
programs at Chanute AFB this
summer.
During the week-long
program, cadets saw a burn
demonstration used to train
A 'FIREPERSON'--CAP Cadet Kathleen Kessel, right, has
Air Force firemen, and got an
a chance to operate a 2Vz-inch booster line during a
inside and outside view of most
demonstration of fire.fighting equipment conducted by U.S.
of the aircraft in the USAF
Air Force personnel.
inventory.

Cbanute AFB is one of the U.S.
Air Force Air Training Command (ATC) bases and as such,
trains personnel to service Air
Force equipment throughout the
world.
Due to a special effort by the
Illinois Wing liaison officer, U.S.
Air Force Maj. Robert Lovertich, the cadets received command briefings from: North
American Air Defense Command
(NORAD), Aerospace Rescue
and Recovery Service (ARRS),
Military Airlift Command
(MAC), Aerospace Systems
Division (ASD), Tactical Air
C o m m a n d ( TA C ) , a n d t h e
Strategic Air Command (SAC).
Training furnished by the
Chanute Technical Training
Center included visits to the
automotive
school,
parachute/aircrew life support
equipment shop, Minuteman
Missile class, aircraft maintenance control school, flight
training devices, Enviroilmental
Pneudraulics. and the weather
school.
The typical day began at 5:15
a.m. with the cadets marching to
breakfast. The cadets had about
two hours to prepare their living quarters for the daily inspection

before they left for a full day of
activities and classes. At 4:30
p.m. each day the evening formation was held, at which time
the results of the daily inspection were announced.
A combination of daily inspec-~
tions and sports competition
determined the Honor Squadron
of the Week.
The cadets also performed the
b a s e r e t r e a t c e r e m o n y. A
graduation dance was held at the
"Tradewinds" Service Club, and
more than 300 parents and
friends attended the formal
graduation on the final day of the
encampment.
Because of space limitations
at Chanute AFB, the encampment was divided into two oneweek periods. During the first
period 105 cadets and 13
senior members attended. It was
commanded by CAP Lt. Col.
William A. Recktenwald. Every
senior member, including the
c o m m a n d e r, w a s a f o r m e r
cadet. Cadet commander was
Paul R. Johnson.
The second period was commanded by CAP Lt. Col. James
P. Weiland with a staff of 13 and
65 cadets. Cadet commander
was Paul Signorrilli.

JUST RIGHT -- Cadet Lt.
Col. Robert Byrd inspects
a cadet's bed during morning inspection which was
conducted daily during the
encampment.

F U E L C A RT - - T h e fi n e
points of a portable fuel
cart are explained to CAP
cadets.

Photo's by
Dennis Biela

THIS SURE BEATS PICTURES--Cadets get a close-up look
'
"
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at the U.S. A i r Force s F-105 Thunderchmf Aircraft.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

NOVEMBER, 1976

Two Members Earn Top Awards
At Pennsylvania Ranger School
H AW K M O U N TA I N ,
P a . - - Tw o C i v i l A i r P a t r o l
members achieved the
highest awards in the
organization's Ranger
Program in mid-July when
some 250 CAP personnel
attended the 22nd Annual
Summer Ranger School here.
The nationally recognized
school instructs Civil Air
Patrol senior and cadet
members in land search and
rescue techniques.
T h e c o u r s e s o ff e r e d i n cludes basic, special ad-

vanced, expert, medical and
staff training.
This summer's training included an unexpected addition to the training
curriculum. A senior SAR
team was deployed to assist
in a ground search mission
for~an elderly man who
wandered away from his
home near Reading, Pa.
The two members achieving the highest awards were
CAP 1st Lt. Oliver Lloyd who
was awarded the Red Belt of
a Master Medic and Cadet 1st
Lt. M. Zabrowski who was

given the Black Belt of an Exp e r t R a n g e r. B o t h a r e
members of the Pennsylvania Wing.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen.
C a r l S . M i l l e r, C A P E x ecutive Director, along with
U.S. Air Force Col. Stephen
N e i l e y, c o m m a n d e r,
Northeast Liaison Region,
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col, Frank
Hills, Pennsylvania Wing
Liaison Officer and CAP Col.
A . A . M i l a n o , c o m m a n d e r,
Pennsylvania Wing, paid a
visit to Hawk Mountain during the training.

LOCATION--A CAP cadet works on solving a navigation
problem which is one of many tests that must be passed at
Hawk Mountain to earn the Ranger grade.

BRIEFING--CAP Col. Harry William, left, explains a field problem at the Hawk Mountain
Ranger School to General Miller, center, and Col. Neiley.

ALMOST--A student falls a little short while training on the
obstacle course.
CRASH -- A simulated
victim lying in actual aircraft wreckage brought to
the Hawk Mountain training area provides students
with realistic rescue situations.

GOING DOWN -- A CAP
cadet trains on the rappelling course at Hawk Mountain.

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~, ~ ~
. . . .
THE ANSWER IS--Lt. Col. Hills answers questions from
some of the cadet students.

Photo's by CAP 2d Lt. I
Raymond R. Kaminski

I

EARHART AWARDS
AUG. lit/6
David B. Long ................ 010~
Karen S. Hopkins ............ 02064
Bruce C. Maeke .............. 03034
David D. Phillips ............ 03088
Cecil L. Ross ................. 04240
Joseph R, Houseworth ..... 04375
Ralph R. Roberts Jr ........ 04375
Stephen E. Wood ............05138
Dawn L. Watts .................... 05138
Anthony B. Roberts ......... 7016
0
David C, Smith ............... 07010
Michael G. Crotoau .........08160
Jerome Rotheberg .......... 09065
Blaise S. Mo .................. 10096
Frank R. Grnendner ........31011
Lennart B. Soderblom .....11011
David J. Barboro ............ 11159
Keneth B. Lyons ............. 11211
Scott M. Weathers .......... 11212
Stehpen J. Piniuta Jr .......11268
Katherine N, Near .......... 12175
Michael R. Engle ............ 12186
Randy L. Thomasson ....... 14111
Steven E. Holt ............... 16005
John C. Borne ................ 16059
Michael J. Levesque ........17062
David J. Bohle ............... 18021
Michael J. Flanagan ........19043
Timothy J. Mazur ........... 20117
Jay M. Pearsall ......." ....... 21080
Mark J. Gasior ............... 21060
Brian L. Christenson ....... 21080
Doyle B, Willis ............... 25033
Steven D. Rippy ............. 25053
Linda M. Saunders: ............. 25053
David T. Peck Ill ............ 29087
Thomas M. Doolin .......... 31073
Brian F. O'Connor .......... 31130
John Stankewits ............. 31135
Robert A. Cook .............. 31201
David Keeney ................ 31219
Ralph P. Ganis ............... 32111
Theresa A. Willoughby..... 34027
Michael E. Woods ........... 36034
Steve A. Barry ............... 37265
David J. Oliva ................ 38010
Johnny E. Motes ............. 39074
Larry D. Olsen ............... 40031
James I. Mahaffey Jr ...... 40031
Gary S. Botts ................. 41008
Robert M. Ogilvie Jr ....... 41117
Russell D. Lambert ......... 42190
Kasmir Zaratkiowicz ...... 46002
Thomas G. Helms ...........46080
Robert D. Freehoff ......... 48064
Lee J. Sarmont .............. 48064
Larry J. Gipsnn .............. 50028
Michel H. Dupin ............. 51031
Nydia Ruiz-Jusino .......... 92066
Filiber to Ferreira .......... 52066
~ " ~ldoRamirnz...:.....:..
Luz D. Ortiz .................. 52087
C.B. Candelario .............. 52105
Lozada R. Ruiz .............. 52119
EARRART AWARDS
SEPT. 1976
Mark D. Hardison ........... 02050
Rodney K. Vickers .......... 02070
Robert J. Scott ............... 02071
Mark A. Glatt ................ 04032
Clark S. Austin ............... 04046
Donald E. Sellers ............ 04292
Mark A. Williams ........... 04372
Gary D. Johnson .............05030
Glenn D. Steade ............. 05041
Jolie A. Good ................. 06138
Richard E. Lathrop ......... 06004
Frank J. Siltman ......... ;,, 110'20
Jeff W, Raak ................. 11189
Robert D. Kash .............. 11212
Dean A. Wnstpfahl ..........13078
Robert N. Aguiluz ........... 16059
Ralph W. Edwards ........;. 18021
Twila J. Creel ................ 18021
Graylin E. Mann ............ 18049
Joseph A, Kramer .......... 18072
John E, Workman ........... 18077
Wade B. Watts ............... 19043
Audrey I. Brown ............. 20117
Kenneth H. Westcrman..,. 20149
David J. McKinnnn ......... 2014,5
Mark B. Niemi ............... 20250
Douglas M. Rutherford.... 21017
Susanna W, Morris ..........25018
Lawrence J. Levine .........29004
Robert A, Powell ............ ~2048
Lynette R. Redman .........34060
Michael Veneable ........... 34096
Jeff L. Riley .................. 37011
C.J. Snavely .................. 37265
William M. Moore ........... 41117
Dennis C. Anderson ......... 2010
4
Jeffrey S. Adler .............. 45117
Daniel I. Stusser ............. 46030
Bruce L. Lachney ..........,46069
Alberto Figueroa ............ 52002
Francisco G. Toro .......... 52006
Ana E. Hivera ................ 52015
Edwin Cubi ................... 52019
Antonio Cataquet ............ 52035
Iris N. Flores ................. 52062
Jose L. Melnndcz ............52066
Acosta J. Alvarez ........... 52066
Jose R. Firpo ................. 52094
Jose I. Felix .................. 52105
Felix Seda ..................... 52119
MITCHEL AWARDS
AUG. 1970
Donna S. Evans ................... 010~7
Cathy L. Evans .................... 01087
Bernd T Wegner ................. 04005
Don F. Morgan .................... 04292
Edwin C. Brooks, Jr ........... 04292
04334
Lance N. Terrill ..................
Matthew M. Gebken ........... 04363
David P. Michaelsen .......... 05670
John J. Oneill ....................... 06022
Paul J. Monarski ................. 07011
Eric J. Schnlze .................... 07011
Dallas E. Biddte, Jr ........... 7012
0
Tony A. Nits ......................... 08051
Kevin B. Mello ....................
08084"
Brian C. Reed....: ................. 08122

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

NOVEMBER, 1976

Gregory L. Cauthen ............ 0e142
lear Kljavin .........................
10083
Debra A. Wilfong ................ 11011
James P. Lemieux .............. 11184
11226
Ted J. Miller ........................
Walter M. O'Brien .............. 12M
1
Joseph P. Tracey ................ 11271
Dennis H. Spear .................. 12002
Joe L. Eden.......: .................. 13002
Michael A. Uveges .............. 15057
Victor F. Aguiluz ................16059
Gordon E. Bauer ................. 18011
Gregory S. Rice .................. 18071
Paul M. Shirey .................... 18078
Jane M. Coundjeris ............. 18079
Douglas G. Kunkowski ....... 18085
John A. Howard .................. 19026
James R. Moreau ............... 19026
Andrew J. Orgovan ............. 20107
Thomas Streasick ............... 20117
John K. Holtrop ................... 20247
Susan J. Morrison ............... 20249
Richard L. Chichester ........ 20250
Roland T. Dickson .............. 22047
Peppy E. Peyman ............... 22047
Gloria G. Watkins ............... 23072
Genevieve B. Kelley ........... 25018
Conan T. Boyle .................... 26002
Bradley S. Ellis ...................
26019
Kevin D. Bunde ................... 26029
Sabrina L. Carroll ............... 27027
John D. Kenney ................... 28037
James P. Otte ...................... 29035
Feruando Santiago ............. 29080
Barry M. Horton .................
29086
John G. Jerukis ................... 29088
Marlene H. Salomon ........... 31147
W.S. Hartigan Ill ................ 1187
3
Scan M. Kelly ...................... 31201
Glenn A. Colburn ................ 31329
Pamela J. Waite ................. 34015
Tim A. Jnstiee ..................... 34037
John T, Rayer ...................... 34051
Michael E. Martin .............. 4115
3
James J. Olsehlager ........... 34131
Gary D. Blodgett ................
34197
Steven P. Snyder ................. 34210
Darren P. Newkirk ............. 5067
3
Clayton D. Johnson ............. 35078
Erie D. Grubb .....................
36077
Victor L. MeKinney ............
36077
Daniel O. lloyd .................... 37025
Jeffrey A, Moragne ............
37048
William S. Wright ...............
37065
John J, Byrne ...................... 37065
Diana L. Benasutti .............
37060
William E. Racz .................. 37102
James R. Hicks ................... 37108
Jerry L. Kerns ..................... 37133
David N. Bartos .................. 37191
Jerry K. Dye ........................ 37193
Clay D. Bomgardncr .......... 37265
Nelson A. Sawyer ................ 37265
Bryan S. Hardy ................... 99014
Jack W. Winter .................... 40052
Bonita R. Blurnenauer ....... 40052
William Z, Woodrick ..........
41008
John M. Davis ..................... 41117
Terri L. Hearon ...................
42076
Glen R. Golightly ................ 42076
Andrew W. Henneman ....... 43027
David R. Marshall ..............
45060
Robert L. Thompson .......... 45095
Alvin C. Rubelmann ........... 45095
Lynn E. Ryan Jr .................
45123
Kyle A. Gerlitz ....................
46002
Thomas M. Hickey ............. 47040
Lance S. McDougle ............. 47040
Donald G. Barber ........... 2.. 47040
Mark K. Richards ............... 47042
Timothy J. Taylor ...............
47093
Michael S, Weinfur ter ........ 4~55
Ronny S. Buss ...................... 48055
Dennis A. Teller ..................
50043
Ednnrdo Medina ................. 52006
Vincent Leandry ................. 52013
Juan A. Martinez ................ 52013
Jose A, Diaz ......................... 52013
Yohnda Padilla .................. 2013
5
Edna I. Lizardi ....................
52013
Adeia Tortes ........................ 52013
Hcriberto Ruiz ....................
52013
Jose F, Escalera ................. 52013
Miguel A. Reyes .................. 52013
Conin G. Michael ................ 52900
MITCHELL AWARDS
SEPT. 1970
Michael A, Holland ............. 01010
Paul E. Caldwell ................. 01056
Martha S. Schuessler ......... 01056
Mary L. Schuessler ............. 01056
Bill Jolley .............................
01093
Jeffrey A. Johnson .............. 02085
Stephen A, Wymer .............. 02085
Chris A. Babb ...................... 0'2085
Dan E. Gurovieh ................. 02099
John L. Parson .................... 03088
Kevin B. Barbuck ............... 04210
Michael R. Osborne ............ 04367
Stoven Lippert ..................... 04371
Kevin J. Hammond ............. 04389
Nikolas D. Rogers .............. 05030
Agthony E. Theard ............. 05030
Andrew D. Johnson ............. 05030
Mary L. Rivelli ................... 5143
0
Mark A. Dallaire .................
06004
Brian K. Copperthite .......... 06071
Andrew M. Somers ............. 07009
Chris A. McKellar .............. 8023
0
K.A. Vanantwerp Jr ...........
08066
Theresa L. Paley ................ 08090
Patrick A. Simpkins ...........
08122
Stephen J, Radloff .............. 08133
08203
Robert L. Atwell .................
Jeffery R. Richards ............
00293
Alan S. Ware ........................ 09065
10052
Manfred F. Arnold ..............
Frederick J. Schrum ..........
11056
Daryl R, Blankeastein .......
11113
Sharon D. Engh ................... 11159
Frederick F. Heller ............11211
Pat A, Lindemann ............... 11254
Gary A. Pearson ................. 11254
John A. Bokowski ............... 11275
Leonard A. Lush .................. 12126
Marvin E. Melton Jr ..........14024

Stephen K. Toole ................. 15058
Don M. Leech ...................... 15058
Keith M. Morlier .................
16063
Dwight D. Thibodeaux ....... 16077
John Barron ......................... 17035
Scott A. Hartman ................ 17035
Cheryl A, Haines ................. 17062
Key_in C. Reckner ................ 18075
Anita L. Sutton ............... 18075
Kenneth J. Mingola ............ 19003
Joseph M. Burke ................. 19057
Gary P. Stockdale ............... 20096
Stephen D. Ward ................. 20145
Alan P. Dickinson ............... 20145
Tamara L. Purdy ................
20145
Mark A. Folk .......................
20183
Robert W. Graham ............. 20237
N. James Pines .............. 20240
David V. Sweigart ..............
20247
20250
James H. Attarian ..............
Wm. C. Fischer ................... 21015
Eugene F. Kelly .................. 21015
Matthew R. Sweet .............. 21021
Glenda A. Bond ................... 23018
Timothy P. Reading ...........
23072
William C. Weaver ............. 25038
H. Steven Kennedy .......... 5053
2
William M. Zimmerman,... 25053
25055
Kelly M. Williams ...............
William J, Kuchinsky .........
25055
Roger A. Foley ..................... 26002
Michael E. Adams .............. 26019
29035
David F. Ingraham .............
Gary A. Buckingham .......... 30012
John M. Newman ................ 30012
Robert F. Stanten IV .......... 31259
Richard R. Wilson .............. 32048
Thomas A. Roberson .......... 32107
James D. Concepcion ......... 32111
Marcus E. Spangler ............ 32111
Win. C. Scheppegrell .......... 32111
Lisa I. Raech ............. : ......... 34037
Graig A. Weaver ................. 34115
Paul A. Grodecki ................ M131
Clint A. Venekamp ............. 36007
Ken C. Wright ...................... 36055
Mark E. Cantren ................. 36065
Joseph L. Boyd .................... 36073
Thomas A. Manley .............. 37018
Kevin J. Bridges ................. 37025
David J. Lnnsford ............... 37048
Frank S. Cassidy ................. 37049
Glenn T. Emig ..................... 37049
Michael J. Thornton ........... 37060
Terry N. Friend .................. 7060
3
Keith A. Glass ..................... 37039
Albert J. Fortuner .............. 7109
3
Roberto Gonzalez ............... 37197
Michael P. O'Donnell .........
37215
Eric H. Schnleke ................. 37222
David J. Kyper .................... 37265
Norman M. Glowicz ........... 38012
Carolyn A. Schenck ............ 38031
William J. Sipe .................... 41036
Lucinda K. Baker ................ 42350
Robert W. Giese .................. 45025
T,E. Hartenstein .................
45056
Jessie J. Blankcnship ......... 45062
Frank G. Wade .................... 45062
Robert I-l, Nichols ............... 45062
Tony C. Clark ...................... 45064
Michael D. Hall ................... 45095
Jim P. Dawson .................... 46011
Allan A. Barrie .................... 6018
4
Richard L. Smith .......... 46019
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Paul L. Laws ,,: ................... 46044
46068
Richard A. Widmark ..........
F.J. Demartini III .............. 46068
Joe M. Biddle ...................... 47013
R.M. Wojciechnwski Jr..... 48061
Philip A. Mueller ................48061
Peter 5. Meilahn ................. 48110
Susan M. Pawlowski ........... 49126
James A. Hare .................... 49008
Dale A. Scheid ..................... 49053
PhiUip C. Miller ..................
51043
Peter J. Psarras .................
52006
Walter Latorre ....................
52006
Alfonso Piacentini ..............
92006
Carlos I. Morenn ................. 52013
Efrain A. Cruz .....................
52013
John Gonzalez ..................... 52013
Humberto L. Parodi ...........
52013
Jose Vazquez ....................... 52013
Jose A. Rivera ..................... 52013
Joan Cortes .......................... 52013
Jose A. Velez ....................... 52013
Jorge Rivera ....................... 52027
Evelyn Cruz ......................... 52062
Luz M. Rios .......................... 52062
Geraldo L. Olivieri ............. 2062
5
Luis A. Montero .................. 52091
Rosana Lopez ...................... 52091
Rafael E, De Jesus ............. 52091
Edwin Estrada .................... 52091
Maribel Pergola .................. 52091
William Plata ......................
52092
Ramon A, Redriguez .......... 52092
Luis H. Falcon ..................... 52092
Ramon L, Cruz .................... 52092
Angel M. Serrano ................ 52092
David Soto ............................ 52092
52092
Carmelo O. Parrilla ...........

Communications Equipment Training

54 A ttend Two Courses
A t A ir Force Installations
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- A one-week Medical Services Orientation Program held at
Sheppard AFB, Tex., and a two-week Communications Electronics Course held at
Keesler AFB, Miss. was recently attended by 54 Civil Air Patrol cadets from throughout
the United States and Puerto Rico.
The Medical Services Orientation Program, unique to the Air Force, is offered each
year at Sheppard to emphasize the importance of health care sciences as a possible

future career.
While at Sheppard the group toured the department of the School of Health Care
Sciences and Sheppard's Regional Hospital. They received extensive in-depth looks at the
departments and learned about the mission of the school and hospital.
While at Keesler the course, which is also conducted each year, included communications principles, radio operator training, tours and practical laboratory exercises
involving the latest types of U.S, Air Force electronics equipment and systems.
The cadets lived in Air Force dormitories and ate in base dining facilities while
attending these two courses which are planned and conducted by U.S. Air Force personnel.

(Photo's by MSgt. Russ Brown)

Medical Services Orientation

H I L LT O W N , P a . The sky was the
classroom here in late
J u l y f o r 11 C i v i l A i r

NOVEMBER, 1976

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE SIXTEEN

Patrol cadets when they
completed their training
and donned their solo
wings during CAP's first

statewide glider encampment conducted by
the Pennsylvania Wing.
The encampment,

LEARNING--Encampment Commander CAP Lt. Col. Kenneth Hoser (left) explains the
finer points of gliding to Cadet Michael Winans, a member of Bucks County Composite
Squadron 912. (Photo by Bob Kratz)

NEXT---Cadet Sgt. Paul
S. Finestone awaits the
signal to close his cockpit and receive a tow
aloft for his solo flight in
a Schweitzer 233 glider.
Finestone, age 14, is a
member of North Pennsylvania Composite Squadron 905. (Photo by SM
Stewart Schrauger)

F I N A L C H E C K - - C a d e t s ( f r o m l e f t ) D o n a l d L o u g h l i n , G r e g R e i ff , P a u l J a n a k , P a u l
Finestone and Nick01as Wingeron perform final check of a craft prior to graduation inspection. (Photo by SM Stewart Schrauger)

which began July 19 and
ended July 31, prepared
the cadets, ranging in
age from 14 to 17, to
take their ~solo license
test.
In addition to piloting
the Schweitzer 233
glider, they were also
required to take the
Federal Aviation Adm i n i s t r a t i o n ( FA A )
Ground School test, for
which they prepared
themselves by attending
eight evening classes at
the gliderport in the
spring.
This was the first such
encampment to be held
statewide in the continental United States. A
national school held in
1965 inspired this effort,
which was directed by
CAP Lt. Col. Kenneth
Hoser, commander of
Pennsylvania Wing's
Glider Squadron 909.
H o s e r, w h o h a s 2 6
years of Civil Air Patrol
service, prepared for this
encampment
by
vacationing for two
years as a glider instructor in Hawaii.

He said, "Glider flying is a very sensual
part of flying. If you can
master it, you'll be that
much better power
pilot."
The cadets participating in the training received approximately three flights a
day, each flight lasting
from 15 minutes to an
hour.
All of the cadets after
graduation, collectively
said, "Gliders, despite
their feather-weight
delicacy and extreme
vulnerability to damage
on the ground, are unb e l i e v ~ d ~
safe once airborne."
The CAP cadets who
earned their glider solo
wings included
Anderso~ellew,
Kevin Bridges, Gary
C h i z e v e r,
Paul
Finestone and Paul
Janak.
Also cadets Donald
Loughlin, Joseph
Radosky, Creg Reiff,
Michael Winans and
Nickolas Wingeron.

SOLO COMPLETE--Cadet Ira Bellew of the Abinton Cadet
Squadron 902 receives a "congratulatory" bucket of water
from fellow cadets after successfully completing his first
solo flight. (Photo by SM Stewart Schrauger)

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CAP Bu etin Cont'
e. Actual expenses should be
of the regulation, and signed recei
imbur sement.

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its June 1976 meeting, the
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a~l, return receipt requested,
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in termination of membership. Save your
~i!!riha~ne~kpau~dP!Ymt~e~l~OO~nlt, t '~ e ' i ~ a reas°nable timee credeemfee. e s s y o u h atheir checks s u f fi c i e n t
t l g given ! w r i t e c h t° k s u n l Failure to redeem v e t h e
funds in the bank to cover
m.
AC
OPERATIONS
2. FLIGHT CLINICS. Flight (pilot upgrade) clinics are governed by CAPR
5 0 - 1 I . T h e r e g u l a t i o n i s r e l a t i v e l y s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d ; h o w e v e r, s e v e r a l o f i t s
provisions require periodic emphasis. These items include the following:
. a. A flight clinic must include both a ground and flight phase to qualify
for WEEP credit and partial reimbursement by National Headquarters. Although a ground phase will promote pilot understanding of aviation subjects,
i t w i l l n o t q u a l i f y f o r c r e d i t u n d e r C A P R 5 0 - 11 . A s u g g e s t e d c u r r i c u l u m f o r
each phase is included in the regulation.
b.

Clinics may be of three types:
(1) Internal Clinics - conducted by the CAP unit concerned.

( Z ) E x t e r n a l C l i n i c s - c o n d u c t e d b y o t h e r a g e n c i e s s u c h a s t h e FA A ,
A i r c r a f t O w n e r s a n d P i l o t s A s s o c i a t i o n ( A O PA ) , e t c . F o r e x a m p l e , M r.
S t a n b e r r y, t h e S p e c i a l C o u r s e D i r e c t o r f o r A O PA , o u t l i n e d t h e f o l l o w i n g p r o v i s i o n s o f a n A O PA m o u n t a i n fl y i n g a n d s p e c i a l c a t e g o r y c l i n i c :
(a) Mountain flying
each year in dispersed locations.
specialized topics in prearranged
request and confirmed attendance

clinics are prescheduled five or six times
Attendance is open. Special clinics with
l o c a t i o n s w i l l b e s c h e d u l e d b y A O PA u p o n
of 30 to 35 students.

(b) Expenses for these clinics are moderate at $100 per student.
This charge covers five hours of flight instruction in student provided aircraft
a n d f o u r h o u r s o f g r o u n d s c h o o l . A c c o r d i n g t o M r. S t a n b e r r y, 9 0 p e r c e n t o f
the fee is dispersed in instructor fees with only 10 percent going to administrative overhead.
( c ) E a c h p i l o t ' s b i a n n u a l FA A fl i g h t r e v i e w w i l l b e c o m p l e t e d b y
the completion of the course.
NOTE: The above information is provided as an indication of the instruction
available from external sources and is not intended as a CAP indorsement of
a priority source for this service.
(3) Combination Clinics - conducted by both CAP and an external
source.
c. Requests for approval of Flight clinics for which partial reimbursement
will be requested must include an estimated expense sheet utilizing the format
of attachment 1 to the regulation. The use of this format enhances rapid handling
of each request.
d. Many wings are drastically overestimating their attendance/expense
figures and consequently reserve an excessive sum for reimbursement from
National Headquarters. In these cases, when the actual expenses/receipts are
received, hundreds of dollars of reserved funds are not expended. If this occurs
early in the CAP fiscal year (July-June), these unexpended funds can be returned
t o t h e fl i g h t c l i n i c a c c o u n t f o r f u t u r e r e i m b u r s e m e n t ; h o w e v e r, a s t h e f u n d
balance decreases throughout the year) a point is eventually reached where
requests for flight clinic fund reservations must be disapproved because the
funds have been entirely reserved or expended. At this point, wings with
excessively "fat" reserved funds are adversely affecting other wings which
a r e u n a b l e t o r e s e r v e a n y f u n d s . M o s t f r e q u e n t l y, b y t h e t i m e t h e w i n g s w i t h
excessive funds submit their receipts and expense formats and excessive funds
are returned to the flight clinic account, one or several wings have had their
requests for fund reservations disapproved. At fiscal year's end, several requested flight clinics will have been conducted without reimbursement, yet the
flight clinic account will be swelling with excess funds being returned by the
w i n g s w h i c h h a d o v e r e s t i m a t e d t h e i r a t t e n d a n c e . To k e e p t h i s f r o m o c c u r r i n g ,
each wing commander should insure that his estimated flight clinic attendance/
expenses are reasonable before his request for funds reservation is forwarded
t o H Q C A P - U S A F.
The Civil Air Patrol BULLETIN is published bimonthly (Jan., Mar., May, July, Sep., and Nov.). It contains
official announcements, interim changes to CAP publications, and other items of interest for all CAP members.

3 . C O R P O R AT E C I T I Z E N S B A N D
fleet license cards with effective d
of 7 December 1976 are no longer
obtained effective 30 September 19
1981. All region and wing commu
already requested renewals from
to apply for anticipated number of
CAPM 100-1, figure 7-1.
4.

D E F E N S E C I V I L P R E PA R E D N
"
Civil Defense, U
Civil Defense Di
Introduction to R

The above listed courses are prese
b y D C P A S t a f f C o l l e g e . To q u a l i f y
ment within the federal- state-local
have been so certified by the civil (
need for any of these courses, mak
d i r e c t o r.

INFORMATION
5. ALL lOs AND RECRUITING OF
Office does not maintain a film libr
Civil Air Patrol film produced by t]
quest to:
USAF Centra
Aerospace A~
Norton AFB

If you do not have AF Form Z018 to
l e t t e r. I n c l u d e i n y o u r l e t t e r t h e f c
CAP unit name and address, your
date, the catalog number and title c
and type of audience. If the film is
request. Print or type your full na
will be returned the day following tl
it more convenient to order future
Force Form Z018 in your original i
at least three weeks for delivery of
a film request, depending upon volu
book rate, which takes about 10 day

6. NEWS RELEASES. In sending ¢
name, as well as your name, addre
If you are sending news releases to
the name of your wing to this list.
wing you belong just from your addz

7 . L E A F L E T S F O R H A N D O U T. P :
display at a big conference or state
before the big event to ask us hurri¢
out. It is impossible to get it to yot
you need so many leaflets. We will
won't send you quantities like 5,000
them so we will have some idea how
ADMINISTRATION
8.
NEW AND REVISED CAP PUBL
a. CAPF IZ, "Application for
October 1976, supersedes CAPF IZ
b. CAP Leaflet i, "Civil Air
CAP Leaflet i, April 1976.
c. CAP Leaflet 4, "The Cadet
previous CAP Leaflet 4, which was
FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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D O N A L D A . O ' N E S K Y, L t C o l , U S A
Director of Administration

JOIN THE U. S. AIR FORC

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CADET SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

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CADET OFFICEP~S' SCHOOL: A ten-day course designed to increase the effectiveness of cadet officers.
Curriculum includes psychology of leadership, problem soIvingtechniques, public speaking, physical fitness,
a n d o r i e n t a t i o n t r i p s . I n s t r u c t i o n i s d i v i d e d b e t w e e n l e c t u r e a n d s e m i n a r. T h e r e i s a l s o a fi e l d e x e r c i s e
and a graduation parade. *Cost $60.00 **Personal funds $30.00

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S PA C E F L I G H T O R I E N TAT I O N C O U R S E : A o n e - w e e k c o u r s e d e s i g n e d t o f u r t h e r t h e a e r o s p a c e e d u c a t i o n
o f c a d e t s a n d t o m o t i v a t e t h e m t o w a r d c a r e e r s i n a e r o s p a c e a n d a l l i e d s c i e n c e s . C o u r s e i n c l u d e s h i s t o r y,
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 $ 4 0 . 0 0 * * P e r s o n a l f u n d s $ 2 0 . 0 0

S F O C

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AFLCOP

A I R F O R C E L O G I S T I C S C O M M A N D O R I E N TAT I O N P R O G R A M : A o n e - w e e k p r o g r a m d e s i g n e d t o p r o v i d e
cadets with briefings and presentaUons on the global aspects of AFLC support, Cadets will observe airframe maintenance, component repair and overhaul. *Cost $40.00 **Personal funds $20.00

N AT I O N A L C A D E T C O M P E T I T I O N : C o m p e t i t i o n c o n d u c t e d a t t h e n a t i o n a l l e v e l . O n e t e a m f r o m e a c h
C A P r e g i o n c o m p e t e s a f t e r w i n g a n d r e g i o n c o m p e t i t i o n . Te a m s a r e o r g a n i z e d a n d c o m p e t i t i o n i s c o n ducted in accordance with CAPP 65 and CAP1~ 66. Events include competition in aerospace knowledge,
physical fitness, standard and innovative drill. **Personal funds $15.00

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at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. Course is designed to allow CAP cadets to participate in various facets
of Air Force pararescue training. Curriculum includes helicopter orientation flights, observing parachute
j u m p i n g t e c h n i q u e s , a n d s u r v i v a l m e t h o d s i n m o u n t a i n o u s c o u n t r y. * C o s t $ 3 5 . 0 0 * * P e r s o n a l f u n d s $ 2 0 . 0 0

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* E S T I M A T E D C O S T. T H I S I N C L U D E S T H E C O S T F O R M E A L S , P L U S $ 2 . 0 0 P E R N I G H T T O C O V E R T H E C O S T O F B I
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHAPLAIN SPONSORED CONFERENCE. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CHAPLAIN SP(
**RECOMMENDED PERSONAL FUNDS. FUNDS WILL BE HANDCARRIED AND ARE THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
CLEANING, TOURS, AND PERSONAL ITEMS.

***CADET WILL HANDCARRY TO THE ACTIVITY A COMPLETED COPY OF THE FOLLOWiNG:CAP FORM 31- APPI.I(

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[] Male or female cadet 15 years of age minimum [] Four achievements in Phase II []***CAPF 31 -

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[] Male or female cadet 15 years of age minimum []Four achievements in Phase II []***CAPF 31 -

AFtCOP

[ ] Male, female, or mixed teams [] Phase II, III, or IV cadets under contract or completed 15th
Achievement {No STF members} [] Wing and region commanders will conduct competition to select
teams for national competition.

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FOR LIGHT PLAHE FLYERS--WINTER WISDOM

CAPTAIN PHILIP M. MCATEE, DIRECTORATE OF AEROSPACE SAFETY

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The PA-23 pilot was enroute home to Texas from Montana, when weather forced him to
remain overnight at his first stop.
The next morning he filed VFR for home and departed at 0840 MST. When he didn't
arrive at his destination, a search was launched and the wreckage was found the next morning
at an elevation of 5000 MSL. Local residents said snow began falling about 0800 the previous
day; and by 1000 about two inches had accumulated. The ground visibility was 100 yards
while the snowstorm was in progress; but the weather was clear by noon.
The above is typical of accidents involving light aircraft each winter. Along with the
winter season come many seasonal hazards which, although they are not new, continue to
t a k e l i v e s y e a r a f t e r y e a r. S i n c e m a n y o f o u r r e a d e r s fl y g e n e r a l a v i a t i o n a i r c r a f t , w e
thought it would be beneficial to review the most common major causes of winter accidents.

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W E AT H E R R a p i d l y c h a n g i n g w e a t h e r i s b y f a r t h e g r e a t e s t h a z a r d i n w i n t e r fl y i n g .
Weather gets both novices and experts. Don't assume it's just the low time or inexperienced
pilot.
F o g a n d r e d u c e d v i s i b i l i t y a r e a l w a y s m a j o r f a c t o r s . R e m e m b e r, i n w i n t e r r a p i d
temperature changes are common. Most of the time the weatherman is right. Always get
a weather briefing. Know yourself what conditions are likely to produce fog. While enroute,
keep up-to-date with latest developments by using your flight service stations. Both enroute
and destination weather can change very quickly during this season. Plan ahead and always
have an alternate plan in mind if conditions deteriorate. Never push to get home. If conditions start to go down, land at a suitable field and' wait awhile. The weather is bound to
improve. Better to be late than to contribute to the scenery.

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POOR FLIGHT PLANNING Just plain running out of fuel continues to take its toll. At this
time of the year, add an extra reserve of fuel to allow for deviations around weather. Remember, the days are shorter, and headwinds are frequently stronger than forecast. Don't
try to stretch your fuel. If conditions change, change your plan. Plan another stop for fuel
so you will have enough for any alternative plan you may need. A good rule is to fly VFR
with at least the same reserves required for IFR. Never be reluctant to add an unscheduled
stop for fuel in order to make certain to have the reserve.

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HIGH GUSTY WINDS This common condition is often eoupledwith icy runways, crosswinds,
and, for good measure, high snowbanks on each side of the runway. Also, many runways are
not plowed to their full width after snowstorms.
The only way to learn how to handle certain conditions is to experience them. But don't
wait until there are ice and snow on the runways to practice those crosswind landings. Landing in gusty crosswinds in the winter calls for plenty of practice and precision on the part
of the pilot. Practice now, nailing it right down the center of the runway on both takeoffs and
landings. And remember that driving through puddles or slush can cause problems, especially
for retractable gear airplanes. It is very embarrassing not to be able to retract the gear,
or worse, have it not come down.

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CARBURETOR ICE Every time we think that reams have been written about carb ice and
that everybody knows about it, we have another accident.
A Cessna 150 pilot was on across-country when the engine began running rough and then
lost complete power. He never thought of carb heat and was forced to make a forced landing
under less than ideal conditions, wiping out the gear.
Carburetor icing is still a major cause of accidents. If you suspect icing, try carb heat.
Don't just apply it and shove it right back in. Apply it, see if there is a drop in rpm, and
wait a few seconds. The engine may run rough for awhile then clear and regain rpm and
smoothness. But check the operating manual and the engine manufacturer's specifications
for your aircraft to be sure you apply heat properly.

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S T R U C T U R E I C E S u r p r i s i n g l y, m o s t a i r f r a m e i c i n g a c c i d e n t s d o n o t o c c u r f r o m i n - fl i g h t
conditions, they are a result of pilots' attempts to take off with frost or ice that accumulated
on the airframe while it was parked and was not properly cleared. All ice and frost should
be cleared before flight. Even a very thin layer of frost can change the aerodynamic characteristics of the surfaces and drastically increase stall speed. Snow can be brushed off with
a stiff broom or brush; but frequently underneath the snow there is a layer of ice. Since
deicing fluid is often difficult to get at smaller airports, during the winter you should anticipate and carry your own. Several companies make small spray containers of aircraft deicer
compounds. Each can is usually sufficient for one application necessary to clear a single
layer of frost or ice and is available from most fixed base operators. Add a can to your
winter gear now.
Airframe ice can also be accumulated after the aircraft has been taxied, as the following
accident account shows.

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The flight was a Beech 99 scheduled air taxi run with a planned departure of 1500 EST.
Due to weather, the flight was late in arriving. Prior to departure the aircraft was deiced.
The passengers boarded and the aircrafttaxied at 1615. The weather at the time was overcast indefinite 1200 feet; 1-1/2 miles visibility with ice pellets; light snow and fog; temperature 29 degrees; dew point 27 degrees. Snow had started falling and was accumulating.
Shortly before takeoff, the runway was checked and 1/2 to 3/4 inch of slush was on the
runway.
The pilot stated that during takeoff role the engines appeared normal; and the ice pellets
that were on the wing were blown off and the surfaces appeared clean. The takeoff roll was
longer than normal with rotation speed 90-95 knots. As the aircraft climbed through 100
feet, airspeed 116-120 knots, stall characteristics became present and loss of aileron control
became evident. Full power was maintained; but the stall and control problems became more
severe.
The pilot decided to land in a rough field ahead and to the left. He landed with full power
and gear down. The aircraft was destroyed, but all survived.
Now what happened can only be surmised, but obviously the stalling speed was greatly
increased. Possibly the slush on the runway wasthrown up and stuck to the aircraft on takeoff roll. Also, ice can accumulate very quickly on surfaces with those conditions present.

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One final thought on winter flying. In recent years several aircraft have gone down; and
the people survived the crash only to die from the elements. Always file a flight plan and
check in along the route. Carry clothing and a small survival kit suitable for your route of
flight. It won't do you much good to be dressed for the beach if you go down in the mountains
on the way. A survival kit need not be large or complex to contain enough vital equipment
to make the difference. Build yours now! With proper planning and care you can have many
hours of safe flying this winter. (Neprinted trom Aerospace Safety. October 1976)

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