File #218: "Chandelle February 1966.pdf"

Chandelle February 1966.pdf

PDF Text

Text

O F F I C I A L

COLORADO
LET'S GO TO SCHOOL !
National CAP Headquarters
has announced more than
$40,00O in academic scholarships and grants are available
to CAP members for the
school year 1966-67. The
figure is more than double
the amount available for the
p r e v i o u s y e a r.

P U B L I C A T I O N

W I N G - -

C I V I L

O F

A I R

In 1965, National Headquarters received 286 applictions. According to Col.
DuPont, the number was not
sufficient to adequately select
outstanding students for all
awards available.

P A T R O L

GOVERNOR CITES 7 CAP OFFICERS;
P R E S E N T S N AT I O N A L M E R I T A W A R D S
The work of the Colorado
Civil Air Patrol during the
disastrous floods in June,
1965, received high recogn i t i o n l a s t m o n t h w h e n G o v.
John A. Love presented
National Meritorious Service
Awards to 7 members of the
Colorado CAP Wing.

Scholarships and grants
are available to both cadets
a n d s e n i o r m e m b e r s o f C A P.
Units should refer to CAP
Pamphlet 20, dated December
1965, for requirements and a
list of specific scholarships
and grants available. Recommendations should be submitted through channels to
Colorado Wing Commander by
March 15.
CAP 20 lists 67 scholarships and grants, according to
S a m u e l H . D u P o n t , J r. , V i c e
Chairman of the National
CAP Board at Ellington AFB.
Of the 67 available, 54 ~ill
be issued in the 1966-67
s c h o o l y e a r. T h e r e m a i n i p g
13 are on a recurring basis.

T H E

Governor Love cited the
continuing service of the
Civil Air Patrol to the State
through both its cadet program and its invaluable air
rescue operations.

New Region Commander -C o l . D o n a l d H a l e , o f B o u l d e r,
was appointed to head Rocky
M o u n t a i n R e g i o n , C A P, d u r i n g
recent conference of Region
commanders and liaison officers. A WWII vet, Col. Hale
was former deputy command
er for the region.
FEBRUARy 1966 Page 1

The recipients were:
Maj. Jean Ferrell, Maj.
D a v i d F u l l e r, M a j . W i l l i a m
B a c o n , C a p t . R i c h a r d R o m e r,
C a p t . C h r i s C h a n c y, L t .
.Richard Rooney and Lt.
Frank E. Jensen. All are
members of Group L Lt.
Col. Nathan Baum, Group I
C o m m a n d e r, p o i n t e d o u t ,
h o w e v e r, t h a t t h e r e c o g n i
tion evidenced the accomplishments not just of Group
I, but of the entire Colorado
CAP Wing. Thousands of
flood victims in communities
througout the State undoubtedly echo the sentiment, in
appreciation of the efforts
of all CAP members.

NASA OFFICIAL
HELPS PLUG CAP

S PA AT Z A W A R D W I N N E R S P U R S
ADDED EFFORTS BY OTHERS
With the presentation of the
Carl A. Spaatz Award to
CAP Lt. Col. Dan Kish of the
Arvada, Colorado Squadron,
the importance of the award
has become more meaningful
to other cadets in the Colorado Wing and the Arvada
Squadron has three other
members, all girls, eligible
to take the examination. The
girls, all outstanding members
of the Arvada Squadron realize the difficulty of the test
and the fact that only six
previous awards have been
made throughout the United
States and the first one in the
Rocky Mountain Region last
month, impresses the girls
with the problem they face.
All three are active in directing the training of younger
CAP cadets at other squadrons
and Lt. Col. Lawrence
Marshall, Commanding officer
of Group II, Colorado Wing
called the girls extremely valuable in their efforts and that
their outstanding record in the
community as well as in

Colorado Wing CAP Newsletter is the official publication of the Colorado Wing of
the Civil Air Patrol, Colonel
A r t h u r F. P u t z , C o m m a n d e r.
Published by the Wing Information Office Staff:
Lt. Col. Bernard Gebhardt
Staff Information Officer
Cpt. Earl Howey ..... Editor
Published at Wing Headquart e r s , P. O . D r a w e r C , L o w r y
Air Force Base Station,
D e n v e r, C o l o r a d o 8 0 2 3 0

school and the CAP h
an excellent example
younger members.
The three girls w]
hope
t o p a s s t h e G e n e r a l . ~aatz
Award test before E~ ter are
Sandy Johns, a studer~ at
Colorado State Colleg~ in
G r e e l e y, a r e s i d e n t o ~
Broomfield, Colorado;I Dianne
Janapolo, a Senior at IArvada
High School who affir] ~s she
won't be excelled by ler
b r o t h e r a n d s i s t e r, ~ x t h w i n ners of many CAP a~
and Charlene Salzman
of a family of 5 CAP
bers.

THE CHAPLAIN'S CH
S o m e y e a r s a g o t h ,~ Russian novelist Maxim ( o r k i
w a s v i s i t i n g t h e U n i t e States
and his friends took
m
a m o n g o t h e r p l a c e s t ( Coney
Island, the well-know a l n u s e m e n t p a r k . T h e r e M xim
G o r k i w a s s h o w n a l l 1 Ihe
m a r v e l s o f t h e e n t e r t ~ ~inment
business - the octupu~
I'- the
l o o p - o - p l a n e . . t h e r, ~ller
c o a s t e r . . t h e f r e a k J ihow ..
a n d a h e c t i c t r i p t h r c,,gh the
so-called 'fun' house
Finally after what
thought was a perfect
they asked their notec
how he liked it. Ma~
Gorki paused for a m
and then he said ever
s i m p l y, " W h a t a s a d
you must be."

they
d a y. .
[guest
2m
oment
SO

people

Ye s , f r i e n d s . . n ( m a , c h i n e h a s e v e r b e e n nvented
w h i c h c a n g u a r a n t e e rOU
h a p p i n e s s o r c o n t e n t ] Lent..
for true happiness co ~les

FEBRUARY 1966 P~ge 2

A1 Chop, Deputy Director
of Public Affairs for the
Manned Spacecraft Center in
H o u s t o n , Te x a s w a s g u e s t o f
the Colorado CAP for a week
long stay in the metropolitan
area where he addressed civic clubs, service groups,
community organizations and
educational seminars. Spons o r e d b y t h e C A P, C h o p a l s o
conducted press interviews,
was guest on various radio
and television programs and
spoke to the combined College
of Engineering at the Univ e r s i t y o f D e n v e r.
Lantern slides of the
Gemini 6 and 7 rendezvous
and movies taken from inside
and outside the space capsules provided unique firsthand pictures of the accomplishment. Chop, a personal
friend of many CAP officers
in National Headquarters,
utilized every opportunity to
describe the CAP organization and its contribution to
educational opportunities for
t h e y o u t h o f t o d a y.
Members of the Information Office, Colorado Wing,
personally hosted Chop during his visit.

from inside a person. Let
me give you a recipe which
has never failed .. "Whoso
trusteth in the Lord, happy
is he."
(Proverbs 16:20)
C h a p l a i n V. A l p e n
Wing Chaplain CAP

1 9 6 6 C A D E T F LY I N G
ENCAMPMENTS
Cadet Flying Encampments
will be conducted again in
1966, and this year both
male and female cadets may
participate. The Sailplane
Orientation Course has been
d e l e t e d f o r 1 9 6 6 , h o w e v e r.
Following are the prerequisites for all cadet applicants for the Flying Encamprflent s:

1. Have a CAP General
Billy Mitchell Award dated
no later than 1 January 1966.
2. Be single.
3. Have at least 18
months of continuous active
membership as a CAP cadet
prior to 1 January 1966.
4. Private Pilot Course
applicants must be at least
17 or become 17 years of
age not later than 1 July
1966.
5. Private Glider Pilot
Course applicants must be
at least 16 or become 16
years of age not later than
1 July 1966.
6 . H o l d a t l e a s t a n FA A
third-class medical certificate.
7 . P o s s e s s a n FA A
student pilot certificate.
8. Possess an FCC
R a d i o - Te l e p h o n e O p e r a t o r ' s
permit.
9. Have successfully
c o m p l e t e d t h e FA A P r i v a t e
Pilot written examination.
10. He above average in
s c h o l a s t i c a b i l i t y, s o c i a l
graces, qualities of maturity
and leadership, and moral
s t r e n g t h o f c h a r a c t e r.
11 . H a v e b e e n r e c o m
mended by a school official

Cadet Bill Pridgeon received the Curry award from Major
J a m e s C o o k s e y, C o m m a n d e r, A i r A c a d e m y C A P S q u a d r o n

F I R S T C A D E T AWA R D GIVEN UNDER
U N I Q U E P R O G R A M AT A F A
Cadet William Pridgeon,
Black Forest, Colorado Springs,
a member of the Air Academy
Composite Civil Air Patrol
Squadron was recently presented the Curry Award.
This award is the first of
seven to be earned in phases
I and II of the Civil Air Patrol Cadet program.
He is the first cadet in the
Colorado Springs area to be
recognized under the combined
Air Academy High School Aerospace Education Course and
t h e C A P C a d e t Tr a i n i n g p r o gram of the squadron.
The unique accelerated program employed by the Air
Academy Squadron allows students attending the Aerospace

and a clergyman or prominent
l o c a l c i v i c l e a d e r.

FEBRUARY 1966 Page 3

Education Course to join the
local squadron. They then
receive the benefits of Cadet
status through which phases
I and II are completed in
approximately nine months.
The normal CAP Cadet program includes aerospace education requiring approximately two years to complete
Such students not only receive graduation credit in a
science elective but, by attending one 2½ hour CAP
training meeting a week, also
become eli~ble for orientation flights in USAF aircraft,
compete for the $18, 000.00
worth of CAP college scholarships awarded each year to
holders of Certificates of
P r o fi c i e n c y.
Bill is the son of Mrs.
Nancy Pridgson, an employee
of the Air Academy Civilian
Personnel office, tie signed
up with the Air Academy
Squadron in the fall of 1965.

2 8 C A D E T S S C R E E N E D ; AWA R D S
WINNERS TO BE NAMED SOON

Tw e n t y - e i g h t c a d e t s a p peared before the Colorado
Wing CAP Incentive Awards
Board last week in competition for some one dozen special awards and training programs. The incentive examining board, consisting of key
personnel from Colorado Wing
headed by Lt. Col. Herbert
Shearer and representatives
from the Air Force Liaison
Office.
Nearly every part of the
State was represented among
the candidates, all with outstanding records of accomplishments, according to Lt.
Col. William Madsen, Deputy
C o m m a n d e r. M a d s e n s a i d
that more awards and scholarships await winners of this
year's selection than in any
p r e v i o u s y e a r.

W I N G G E T S T- 3 4

also have a chance to ]
pate in the Inter-Regio~
exchange program whic
become one of the mos
Iar summer activities J
Colorado Wing.

artieicadet
I has
popua the

Col. Madsen said t] a t w h l h e r s w i l l b e a n n o u n c e d within
two weeks.

PA S S T H I S C O P Y O F
CHANDELLE ON TO S
ONE ELSE AFTER
H AV E R E A D I T.

M a j . S e y m o u r B e i t s c h e r,
W i n g I n s p e c t o r, a n d C a p t .
M a r i o n Ta n k e r a i e y, D e p u t y
for Maintenance, recently
completed an interesting
"horse trade" with New
Hampshire CAP Wing.
The two Colorado staffers
flew to Keene, N.H. where
they exchanged a Navion previously operated by Colorado
W i n g f o r a T- 3 4 f o r m e r l y
used by the New Hampshire
Wing. The trade was considered beneficial to both
Wings, since each aircraft
will be of increased value in
i t s n e w l o c a l i t y.

Winners will be chosen to
participate in the Jet Orientation Course at Perrin Air
F o r c e B a s e , Te x a s ; t h e S p a c e
Age Orientation Course at
Chanute AFB; the Aerospace
training program at Maxwell
A F B , A l a b a m a ; t h e FA A O r i entation Course at Oklahoma
City; the Private Pilot Summer Encampment training
program at Elmira, New
Yo r k a n d t h e P r i v a t e G l i d e r
Summer Encampment program
at Lawton, Oklahoma.
Several scholarships are
available for many of these
programs and in event other
Wings in the Rocky Mountain
Region are not able to fill
their quota, cadets from Colorado will be given the opport u n i t y. F e m a l e c a d e t s w i l l

Group activities
related to squadron training
programs were
by Lt. Col. William Madsen,
Deputy Commander, a t a r e c e n t G r o u p C o m m a n d e r s ' M e e t ing. Among those
w e r e ( 1 . t o r. ) C a p t . H o w a r d
Lt. Col. William Bacon, Group I;
Kendriek,
Group II; Lt. Col. Dan
Lt. Col.
Hoffman, Group
I ; a n d , s e a t e d , L t . C o l . H a r o l d Wa r r,
G r o u p I V.

FEBRUARy 1966

'age 4