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CAPrT. call to /aiI.!S - lOO^OCO is Goal
Ilajor General Lucas' V» Bgp.u, Fi^»tionc\l
Conurrnder of Civil Air Patrol^ p.£,ain
soiinclr> the tugle call for r(?.llying of
cRdot cuotc.s to cr.ch end ovory i/ing^
the growth of cadot groups, additional
senior •personnel v;ill cutonaticrlly
beconf' more interested, the general
itated, ','e urge the hundroda of
nonbers
to
start
AF 8266 is no\7 enuippcd to operate
on C-'P VHF freqijoncy 148,14 }Ic, Call
letters are VP)5 CG# ".To have been
requested to bring this information
the
attention
of
all
communica
tions personnel in our .,'ing as
d e p e n d s o n s e n i o r, p e r s o n n e l a n d , v ; i t h
senior
< llcjor General Beauts aircraft
to
The builc'inr of cndet orc^^.nizations
in^xctivo
ATTEiTTION CO'-T]ITIC ..TIOIS PST/^OXIEL I
Gonrrai Beau is very interested in
contacting all stcitions noscible dur
ing his flif^hts throughout the
United States. National headquar
atton-
ters is no'- ecuipped to operate on
c ing more meetings and-discover, ho^v
much personal satisfaction and spiritual
T ell being can be gained through regu
148,14 rc, and' any field aircraft
lar assintance to the cadet cadres*
VP^ on this frequency,
entering or on route to the "..-Dshington D,C. Proa is rocuested to call
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T v. ' O n e ^ v u n i t c O Ti m C L n d e r s h a v e b e e n
i i i s T P J ^ c Ta ^ s
appointed recently for the yillirnco
Fli^;ht and Qnaha Squadron Ho, 3,
I z yo'i hf'.ve "been iiiforred by other
. ] I r , A i r F o r c e P. e e e r v c C fi ' i ' j o r s
L-rj '^.v iln.blc as inrtruc^ors CAP
ar.p^ urged to Qv^^.il'-Vncruiojves of
'• ' • o'^'^ortunity to increase i:>r/. train-
James D»*3Iyers, 201 Poto.'gh Avenue,
Alliance, Nebraska is the Flight'
tcrchcrs ar'^ilablc, <)nc "* "'.i.'lable
c r t c g o r y " i s t h e - Vo l u n t e e r. A i r
Tr a i n i n g O f fi c e r s ^ . . . r h b a r c a v ; i l f ^ . L l e f o r
B i l l , f o r m e r u n i t c o m n r ^ n d e r, h a s r e
Commander
at
Alliance,
Lt,C,
L,
quested transfer to the GAP iieserve,
].!yers holds o. cranmcrcial license
u s e r. s fi i r I n s t r u c t o r s ; t h r e e t o e r. c h
V/ith over 1800 hours solo tine; also
T'in^ staff, t;7c to each group ^.-^taff and
one +0 each rcv/dron staff. Those re
over 200 hours'of'glider tine received
v/hile in the U, S, Army Glider Corps.
serve
H o v Ts a l s o a b o m b a r d i e r fl i ^ ^ h t i n
officers
so
used
arc
cn.iitcd
on
offici^.l records tov/ards promotion and^
s t r u c t o r a n d AT C i n s t r u c t o r ( m u l t i -
retlrr:,:cnt and are rrimarily asri;jnQd
to fcach administrtition of a 'Tint* G^i'oup
or ScutJ.dron and not as cadet teacHors,
althou^'h they rary c.lco teach cadets#
engine) r.'hile serving in the f ir Corps $
All other reserve officers ne:.r your CAP
Commandant of Cadets of Scuadron 3
unit should be contacted for cndet teach
for over r. year. The ne\T Squadron 3
commander is employed by United Air
lines at Omahr -.iunicipal Airport,
ing, as they arc all eligible for this
duty as regular instructors and receive
credit from the Air rbrco.
1st Lt, Lar/rence Dutson, 1321 C^'chelin Drive, Carter Ijike, lorv-a has
served in the Training Section and as
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CAP coi?fere:?ces at i:i:m^LF0Lis, chicagc
The 'Ting office extends a hearty
Colonel Uudy C, ITueller, ,.*ing Comjnander
has been invited by Col, I, A, I'yhra,
"thr.nk you" to Cadets Kov/ard "xigranc,
Garry Hilt^ Pvobert SterBa, Henry Borg-
attend n reuom'.l confcrenco at'chicago
These boys did a speedy and efficient
Lt, Vorn Fuller and '.j/O Robert Beck
hahn 2.nd Hcbert Stanley*
job of stP.pling 500 copies of the Karch
i'5CY;.''lcttor,
l:ational Dxocutive Lo'^rd Member, to
on-..pril 22nd, Lt. Col,'L. J# Heinsen,
represented the V.ing at o. Communica-< ion
Conference in !.r;.nne?polir on A^ril ISth
ccKNHUSKER CAP m':s
APRIL
m:s iTEivis FR(m the htiSTikgs flight
Civil
Air
Potrol
Asks
Perrdssion
to
1950
Page
CAPTAra BOB C/ilLISLE IS V.ED AT NCRFOLK
Build
The Hastings Cj!P Flight has asked
for perTTiission to erect a building at
the ni-r.5icipal .?.irport. Captain Hp.rold
Dv/j'er appeared as spokesman for the group
before the city council Jfonday evening
at 7:30^
The building is to be 20 by 30
feet and v;ill be of frame construction^
At present, the CAP has room in the
northeast comer of the hangar but adc'i-
A news flash Just received frran
?.:ajor Hov/ard Tiurphy at Norfolk, and
addressed
to
the
attention
of
all
female personnel in the Nebraslca Vring,
gives us the folloiving scoop 1
" 1 , T h e p o p u l a r, w e l l k n o v m
Captain Robert L, Cp.rlisle^ Executive
Officer, Norfolk Squadron is for all
times in the future definitely OFF
LIilITS.
"2, Reason: at 0830 hours,
tional room is needed to"take care of
9 April 1950, Captain Carlisle made
equipment.
his last take-off in single status and
a short time later l-^nded in the statq
The application was referred to
the aviation committee v/ith power to act,
of matrimony v.'ith Hiss Lor a Nell Bov/en
(his nurse) as co-pilot,"
Congratulations and best v.ishes
Hastings CAP Sponsors pance to
Buy Equipment
are extended to Bob from his many
friends in CAP throughout the state.
Proceeds from a benefit dc.nco
April 12 v/ill be used by the Hastings
Flight of the Civil Air Patrol to buy
training equiTDinent for use in emer
gencies and disasters in this area.
The local unit is attempting to be one
of the best equipped in the state.
The dance will feature the music
of
Mark
Elliott
and
his
orchestra
and
acts by Eugene "Rebel" Pullerton at
Bidders
Hall„
NEyfS ITET S Fi;0L! THE H/.STINGS VLI^-HT
Hastings C/iP llembers tour Naval Depot.
Cadets
and
staff
officers
of
the Hastings Flight recently toured
the Hastings 2feval Armunition Depot*s
communications building, Pl?.ns are
being discussed for a possible train
ing prograr.-: v.-ith the Wavy'V-6 reserves
and CAP by local officers,
various parades and marching contests.
The CAP is planning on participating
in an Armed Forces Day parade May 20,
The-Flight held a field day at "
one of its regular meetings, v/hich in
cluded radio training, transmitting
?nd receiving, and radio procedure for
c c ' . d e t s v. i t h p o r t a b l e r a d i o x m i t s ,
CAP representatives at Hastings
have had three meetings v:ith Naval
J.c-fsnrve nerj?onnel—discussing emergency
ra::Mo drr'ngenxntE and code training for
cadets•
Lt, Harold Steiyart has been one of the
instructors, and Lt, Graydon Dill
has conducted lectures on maps and
cliarts,
The promotion of cadet Raymond
The Hastings Fli';;ht is conducting
regular drill periods to Prepare for
(cont, next column)
Folken to'2nd Lieutenant has been
announced,
LT. iJO;i:.;.N DITDLK, PIO
N e v / s I t e m s f r o m t h e B AYA R D F L I C - H T
CAP ISFTING AT OUD Oil APRIL IITK
Lt, Col, Karle C, Reynolds, Deputy
?AUl Iti^ATRg AIDS CAP rCID IRIYE
The Palm Theatre at Bayard has
been
selected
to
be
Fage 3
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c o : - . : ; : r " X j ' T. C A P I C E W S
one
of
the
Thontres
in thin territory to run a premiere
Ting Commander fler* to Ord, Nebraska
vdth Captain Bov.man on Tuesday,
Anril 11^ to meet vith approximately
tv;enty members of the Ord CAP Flight,
shoving" of the ne\^ J'iln "Operation
Ord Highschool is one of the
H^yli'^t," Included in the cast of this
p i c t u r e a r e r J i l l 7 / i l l i a m s ^ To m B r o ' - n •
five schools in the state to inaugur
anr: Ann jiuthcri'ord. This• premiere
ate the CAP-highschool cooroinrted'
ic to tnke pIcco on Arril 12 and 13»
aeronautical .course, iJ*,' Fred L»
"Operation Haylift" is the dramatic
Stoddard, principal of the highschool,
rtorr
Force's
is
cattle
Stoddard is a]so one of the new members
of the Civil Air Patrol at Grd.
efforts
of
the
to
United
feed
States
blizzard
Air
bound
from aircri^ft during last year'f. sevcrfe
s t o r m . T h i s p i c t u r e v. - a s fi l m e d a t E l y,
j'evf da Y'hcre 2,000,000 cattle and sheep
v.cre crooned by sub-z'=5ro v/eather. Al
though'^ly is quite a distance from
Ba/ard, it vms the scvme Air 7orce com"
m'xnd "that undertook haylift operations
in both areac* This Air Force Comm''nd
I-as in charge of our local 'Civil Air
Patrol's missions of mercy'throur^h the
c o v Ts e o f H 9 ' s b l i z z a r d * ' S i n c e t h e
Civil Air Petrol v;as a part of v/hat tiiis
Picture ir obout, they are conductin;;; 'an
advanced ticket sales campaign. Part
of the funds from this cf-.mpj^ign ^o to
t h e C , A , P, t r e a s u r y t o f u r t h e r t h e i r
a c t i v i t i e s i n - t h i s - l o c a l i t y. T h e s e
tickets may be secured from any CAP
member at Bayard,
(from the'sAY/aD TrJ.HSCRlPT, 4/6/50)
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the
aeronautics
The Baynrd Fli'-.ht received com
mendation from the local '^ress for
their vork in assisting the Safety
Patrol v'hen an automobile overturned
east, of South Bajrj^rd on Ui^hr.-ay 06,
Sunday r.oming, Aori.l 2,
The nei'/s item in the E:"Y^RD
TR/ITKCRIPT rends as follCTrs, "And
again Sunday r.orning the CAP made a
good accoiuit of themselves rhen they
aided the Safety Patrol 7-ith their
t>"o-"".'e.y comm.unic^tions system from
t h e s c e n e o f t h e a u t o r . Te c k e a s t o f
South Bayard,"
5lt
B a y a r d C a d e t s Vi s i t i : i n a t a r e U n i t
volley ball and have refreshments 'i.-hich
Mr,
B.^Y/.RD RAFIO STATIOIT hlDS P>AFHTY PATROI
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The Baynrd Flight cadets v:ere ^-Ciests of
the ?:inatare Flif^ht at llinatare, Nebr
aska :;onday evening, April 3, to pl&y
instructor,
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? a y a r d C a d e t s S e l l Ti c k e t s f o r F i l m
full vindo" dinnl:?y at the local gas
Vr'ere served by the :,*inatare cadets. The
"'ayard cadets had a very enjoyable eve
comncny's indov and at one of the
drug stores. Also, the CAP'S L-5
ning; rnd r.re £lad to see the ilinatare
ter of Bayard and used r.s n<^rt of the
advertising cannaij-^n. The 1-5 "".dll be
guarded by tho cadets '^ll night S'l.tur*day until it is t.-iken b?ck to the
a i r p o r t t h e f o l l o v d n g d a y, ' . e h o p e
to r.ake enou^^h money from this cam'oaign to keep tho Buyard C,A,P, in"
good running order for a long time,
cadcts j:etting started.
Cadets Con due t Advertising Campai gn
for ^Operation T{aylift"Fiim
The Bayard cadets are having a big
advertising crr-poi^.n, as v.-ell as
selling tickets throu;.;hoi!t the. city
from door to c'oor for the movie,
''Operation Ifeylift", They have a
(contirAi.ed next column)
r/ill
be
roDed
off
in
n
lot
in
the
cen
J a m e s S t o c l c v * ' e l l , J r,
Public Info, Officer
.ca.::xia;vicER CAP m s.
CAPTAIN ARLT RECEIVES . CAA
LEXKTCTOH CAP HOr,T TO OiWk OFFICERS
On ilarch 1, 1950, Captain Joseph Arlt,
On lionday evening, Harch 27, a y/eek
late because of the weather condi
Coininanding Officer of the Lincoln
Squadron, wo.s a^varded a Departnerit of
Commerce Silver Iledal, av;ard certifi'cate J?.nd a letter from the Secretary
of Coiranerce Sawyer, These v/ere pre
sented to him"in person by-Regional
tions, the Lexington Flight of the
CAP -was hort to Lt, Col, Heinsen,
Lt, Fuller, and Captain Bov/man, AFCyiP Liaison Officer,'ivho drove to
Administrator Jurden from Kansas City,
riiscouri.
The
citation
I'ead
as
followsi
Lexington from Omaha, Also attend
ing the neeting v-as'L. J, Stewart
o f t h e C i t y. C o u n c i l ,
•'For unusual courage displayed in sal
vaging govomnent property from a heingar fire at the Lincoln airpdrt on
itarch 3, 1D49 at great personal risk."
Ribbon to Captain Herschel Amrine,
Sgt, Gene Bird and Sgt, Clinton
Nielsen for their services in. "Opera
Captain Arlt also received a miniature
silver lapel pin to v/ear on his coat,
an exact rbplica of the medals• Only 10
such av/Qirds \7ere given in. Region 5, CAA,
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7{in£ staff-members, Lt» Col;, L, J,
K e i n s e n a n d L t , Ve m F u l l e r, a t t e n d e d
a meeting of Lincoln CAP personnel on
April 5, together Vvith Captain Prank lU
BoviTOan, AF-CAP Liaison Officer, 'About
tv;enty-five members were presont.
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BEATRICE FLT TO CtL^NGE I-IEETnG NIGHT
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alternate to Tuesdays to alternate
Thursdays, duo to*the interference
of other local activities on Tuesdays,
-After the regular business meeting
of the Plight at their l>.rch 28
meeting, a film — "Live and Learn" —
v;ith Oak Ridge, Tennessee CliP station
and the VPridalia, Illinois station,
j;:
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of James Acker, is contemiDla'Cing
changing its meeting nir^ht from
K S .F X recently established contact
Attention:
^
cently reorganized under the command
one in Captain Arlt*s car'and one in
J(;
Council appeared in the Daivson County
Herald,
Air
on
l!/Sgt, Leigh»s automobile. Station
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A photograph of the Omaha officers,
together with Captain Amrihe.,
Captain Kermit Dannehl of Lexington
and --.tr, L, J. .^te^fart. of the City
The Beatrice Plight, v/hich was re
station K S F X is noTiV regularly opera
ting at CAP headquarters J also, that
tv.'o mobile stations are now operating-
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The Lincoln Squadron has advised that
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During the evening Colonel Heinsen
presented the Keritorious Service"
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v/as .shown to the group by i:/Sgt,'
Bruner, local recruiting officcr.
The film, which brought out many
'good-points about:"Flying Safety"
as experienced by USAF*pilots, was
enjoyed by all present,
* v r i l l b e h e l d o n 2 0 I ' l AY 1 9 5 0 ^ *
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third
Saturday
in
M a y.
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* Force, Navy or Army unit in their
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Adjutant, CAP
'"ING OFFICERS nrPECT CADET S^.UADRON
Lt. Col, L, J,'Heinsen and Captain *
P, J, Stavneak, V/ing Staff officers,
attended the regular Thursday night
meeting of Omaha Sq. 3 cadets on
April 13,
APRIL
C0:.:^ffiTPK2R CAP m.'S
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lIEBPJ-SKi. TTIKG LOSES /HOTHCR 1^4
All unit cominf.nders rere advised last
^7eek, in men'orc\ndu from the ^.7ing
Operaii'ons Officer and the AF-Ci-P
L i a i s o n O f fi c e r, t h a t t h e N o b r a s k r,
V'ing hp.s lost another. L-4 aircraft—
the third ^'dthin a yerr^s time that
has joined the junk pile due to rdnd
damage resulting f'rom. aircrr.ft not
being pronorly tied dovn ,or hongarod»
This loaves the Nebraska Vfing with
o n l y f o u r n i r c r r. f t — L - 4 ' s n n d t v. ' o
L-5'Sj rnd as a result, our program
over 'the entire state will suffer^ as
we cannot provide or rot'\to the r^.irc r a f t ' " . s f r e r u e n t l y,
" D O G C r O I j ; I T, 1 ^ . I T K A T V ^ I E
!'o?.coTTT:n -TO DO? y.H, i rj.ori
ITT ly ^?.00 mSRRSHIF FE" ArlD
L E T ' S C U T D O \ H T H E C I V I L M R PAT S O L
A C C I D E M T R AT E — X m D O U B L E T I E T H E
R E : V I ? r i l ? G A I R C H \ F T T O ? I ? E V E i H ' FAT H E R
ACCIDEOTS OF THIS TYPEl
C r RK.T^ AL r/'PI^RS, I'LL DO n_ypp^-'yi_ statistics received from ifctional
yy
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.-ie
Headquarters reveal that there vts a
¥
total of 47 accidents during the year
;TICt
T 0 iJ JOR:
J a c k L . L o r - i s , D i r e c t o r o f Tr a i n i n g
and Coorv.tions, Group 765
TO C / . P TA I N :
1949 involving IJSAF aircrr'ft on loan
t o C i v i l A i r P a t r o l , T; ? c n t y - o n e r ' e r e
minor accidents ond tronty-six mrjor*
In the T'ords of Ilajor General Lucas V.
Beau, our National Commander:
""^ijhile
it
is
realized
that
if
aircraft
a r e fl o v n , t h e r e r. l l l b o a c c i d e n t s ,
V i c t o r J » P i c p e r ^ O p e r a t i o n s O f f i c e r,
! Itchell Flight . .
the sad rccord of accidents to USAF
aircraft on lean to Civil Air Patrol
should cause each' and cvpryone of us
R AT I ' N G S
to
redouble
dent
T O S E N I O R P I L O T:
' ' ' . i l l i c o n R , F r a n k , S c o t t s b l u ff , N c b r,
our
nrovrntion.
efforts
All
toward
too
often
acci
acci
dents Y.'orc caused by carcless or in
c o m p e t e n t o p e r - t o r s . 4 j i d " . 11 t o o
often, v;hen danago resulted from tie-
dovn failure, the L-4 or L-5 "vrs the
TO
P I L O T:
l../Sgt« Tt A» Pickering;, ■ Omnha Sq, 3
End Lt* Richard J, Buck, Crete
Harold B. Clines, Oniahn Sq, 1
Leonard T* Conloy, Crete "'
S/Sgt. Russell R, l.Ierrill, T^i^.ttsnouth
Kenneth F« Prince, Crete
(iToto; CAP Pilot ;/ings are available'
at this headquarters at a cost of
' 1,50 per nair)
only aircraft on thn '^irnort to re
ceive damage, C"n it be th'^.t in some
eases
there
exists
an
indifferent
atti
tude because personr^l investment has
not
been
m^^de
in
the
rircraft?
It
must be remembered, there is not'an
unlimited supply of replacements#
There are no nore L*4's "nd q very feiv
L-Ss, The accident rate is far too
highj what ''re e going to do "bout
•it?"
COiriTHUSKER CAP I«S
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ARIIL
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PROP A s 15
Yep, here v/e ore agaln^ vdth the latest
"poop frcm the Gr.oup"*. AND, y/e .hope
you vrilj. all take .co^'izanae of the
fact that, this inpnth y.OU ARE GETTIKG
TKB'.APPsiL ISSUE-:OF-THE CORMIiTISICER IN.
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This may not be unueuai- for other- Uings
(in todaymail vie received the
Alabrrna V.ing*s PATRCLI^R and the first
issue of the DEIA-V.ING, a very nice
newspaper printed by the Dolav/iJ.re T.'ing),
but for us it*s a major event, wish
you could all rend the news bulletins
v/o recoive from other ''Vings — as far
r. Y. T i y - a s A l a s k a . T h e y a r e o n fi l e h e r e
at V.'ing Hq« and everyone is welcome to
look them over v/hen they drop '.^y.
DANCES HELD BY UNITS THIS IIOKTH
T- Ti t h t h e L e n t e n " S e a s o n a n d E a s t e r
now in tho past, the CAP units in
Nebraska have held end ^re*planning
a scries of social events.
It is hoped that all Y.^ing staff members
a n d t h e i r w i v e s v / i 11 b o a b l e , t o a t t e n d
Speaking of dropping by, ws hit the
THE CADET C.'PFJ'. D/iHCE, the first
j a c k p o t w i t h o u t s t a t e v i s i t o r. ^ l a s t
annual dance of the CAP Cadet Squadron
v, o o k . E a r l y i n t h e - w e e k L t ^ R o b e r t
K n o x , C o m m a n d i n g O f fi c e r, S c o t t s b l u ff
S q u a d r o n a n d G e o r g e r. i l t n n , P c r s d n n e l
O f fi c c r v / e r o h o r e f o ? ! ' a ' f c x ^ ' T T. ' . i u t o s ,
and Lt^-lUchcrd Buck, G«C.j of -hs Crote
Fli2;"at.
pAid
us
a
in
the v/ock*, ive saw J.Iajr>::* lirr.phy or. Horfolk
and liaj.or Jenkins" of North Platte,
4e
4c
4!
lie
Received postcards last veok from tv^o
V J i n g s t a ff o f fi c e r s , I l a j o r " ^ ^ e n d e l l
N o , 3 , y, ' e b o l i e v e t h a t t h e r e w i l l
be \OQffa attendance from Squadron 3,
A most hearty wclcome has also been
extended to Omaha Squadron 1, and to
the
outst^.te
I'ark
Omaha
Officers'
JIAY 13, 1950
an
anaesthetized
Cl,25
, 2 5 Ta x
?1,50 per oouplo
rabbit;
THE ETHER BUIWY I I I
(that war hardly Tvorth the effort of
lo.oking up "anaesthetized" in the -
dictionary).
IV^Sgt,. R, V, Cryderman received a cake
frcm California baked in the shape of
a lamb. Guess maybe his Horn saw the
llarch cover of the CORNIiUSKER,
.Capt, Bovman, Lt, Col, Heinsen and Lt,
Fuller v;ere unable to fly to Lexington
on llarch 27 because of bad v;eather,
Thoy made a hurried trip in the carryall
(cent, next pago)
Club
Admission:
Jo.ke. for, the month:
of
date
Informal
8 t o 1 2 P, 1 I ,
Definition
this
THE CADET CAPER DANCE
Fort
emerge and Lt,. Dorothy Gathers, v-jho
v ; e r e b o t h i n C a l i f o r n i a f o r E a s t e r,
units,
on your calendar:
HASTINGS FLIGICT NETS mOFIT FIlOM DANCL
^Ve were glad to hear from Captain
D'*-yer at Hastings that his flight
had a highly successful dance on
April 12, arid made a profit of approx^.
mately |il25. The Kearney'Flight
sent fourteen representatives to the
d a n c e •,
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OUTSTATE UNITS ATTEiE) KR/RNEY D.'.NCE
J'ajor Howard i.^urphy of Norfolk,
Lts, "H; L, and r.ay Coleman of Grand
Island; Capt, Herschel Amrine,^Lex
ington, Capt, Harold Dvvyer, Hastings
(cont, next page)
C O n N i n T G K E R C A P I J LT. ' S
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APRIL
60
Prgo 7
P : 0 P r A 5 H ( c o n t , f r. P a g e 6 ) O O T S T / . T E U i a i ' S V I S I T ( c o n t )
and had a hectic timo, particularly
on tho hoinovrti.rd trek. Can you ima
gine driving from V;nhoo to Qnnhn in
second gearj Captain /imrinc advised
us thnt it i^-as a highly succossful
laccting, so it ivas v;orth the ncmorablo
"flight in the carryall.
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T<o haven't reccivod any details as
yot from Lt, Fcikort, Kearny CiOn Qhout
his unit's dance held on Fi'iday^
A p r i l 1 4 - t h « V. c d o , h o w e v e r , h a v e a
statement from Sgt, Pat Sires of Oaaha
Y/ho attended tho dance* Said Pnt
(and re ruote) V'O:- I (end of
quote),
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S^.TJAPRON i^ ITEIS
• o f O q u a d r o n 1 v. - h o r e c e i v e a
parsing grade on the i:nd Cross tost
Flight and his staff members, and
Sgt* Pat Sires of Qnaha v/ere present
at the dance sponsored by the Kearney
Flight on April 14,
The dunco, v:hich vas attended by an
estimated ninety persons, ivas held
in tho Crystal Room of the Fort
Kearney Hotel,
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S E I C V I C E R I B B O N S AVA I U B L E AT y. ' I N G H Q .
Senior members v/ho arc eligible for
tho Red, T.'hite and B3,ue Service Rib
bons can secure them from '"ing
headquarters through their unit com
manders, The BLUE service ribbon
i s e . v ' c r d e d t o s e n i o r n o m b e r s v. * h b h a v e
performed a total of at least 2,000
hours
of
honorable
volunteer
service
cp.rds. ;"r. JcnscLi of tlio Acd Cross has
in the CAP program and rho have been
members at least six years; the ".'HITE
ribbon requires 1,000 hours of ser
r - r n . r » r, F ' - a ^ i d i ' : j - t r ' u c t o r. i
vice and four years of membership;
next :'*'>eV: ^^ill rcceivo their First Aid
and
p
fii:
' : V. e
"t
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T. . : ' t . t . ; c
for
"'.^X'V
'^-xlls'
the
of f^o'.rch ';.ukot'\ ty Umaha Sqa'.d^on 1,
CADET
and all oui-st5.tc scuadrons vill bo
able
invitoci to participate in the "^.ound
RKD
ribbon
500
hours
and
at least two years of membership,
SERVICE
for
RIBBONS
cadets
who
are
have
also
avail
attained
'iobin Flight" vhich -,vill be in a
passing grades on the prescribed
instruction comprising the advanced
circle, point of origin v-'il.-. be L.^unic i p a l r. i r p o r t , O m a h a ,
training of the CAP Cadet training
■..e are planning on having an open
house mretini;; at Fort Omaha vithin a
progrrm (Blue Course); secondary
training (V.liite Course); and ba.?ic
tr-ining (Red Course),
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fcv;vt:oks for all old and ne\v members,
*,0 TDlan to send invitations to all old
and inactive members of tho squadron
dating back to 1941, many of v.hom have
c:pressed a desire to again join,
Lt,
E.
B'.
Voshier
Adjutant, fqdn, 1
1949 szii'.cii ::i3^.CY Kisrions by cap
Units are ur/^od to conserve their su^pl
" o T ' Te n i o r a n d c a d e t a n p l i c t i o n b l f j i k s .
Of a total of 9285:56 hours flo'-m by
These arc no longer made available to
CAP pilots in 1949 for search and res
us by I!ational Headquarters, and re
cue nisfions roquestod by /IIS end other production costs must be borne by the
a^jencies, the Nebraska ring flew 450:00 ' \ 7 i n g , ' " e h a v e b e e n q u o t e d fi g u r e s
and stands eighth in number of hours
of I'lOO for 6,000 cadet and 5,000
flo^-'n amonfs the 51 '.Tings,
senior applications, or '..155 for
10,000,
iioii^^onaac?
uiou^QJC *p UjCjijau>i
•HCIIG'H
P«"-Ge 1"
corc:.njsin'i CAP ITEVS
CAPrT. call to /aiI.!S - lOO^OCO is Goal
Ilajor General Lucas' V» Bgp.u, Fi^»tionc\l
Conurrnder of Civil Air Patrol^ p.£,ain
soiinclr> the tugle call for r(?.llying of
cRdot cuotc.s to cr.ch end ovory i/ing^
the growth of cadot groups, additional
senior •personnel v;ill cutonaticrlly
beconf' more interested, the general
itated, ','e urge the hundroda of
nonbers
to
start
AF 8266 is no\7 enuippcd to operate
on C-'P VHF freqijoncy 148,14 }Ic, Call
letters are VP)5 CG# ".To have been
requested to bring this information
the
attention
of
all
communica
tions personnel in our .,'ing as
d e p e n d s o n s e n i o r, p e r s o n n e l a n d , v ; i t h
senior
< llcjor General Beauts aircraft
to
The builc'inr of cndet orc^^.nizations
in^xctivo
ATTEiTTION CO'-T]ITIC ..TIOIS PST/^OXIEL I
Gonrrai Beau is very interested in
contacting all stcitions noscible dur
ing his flif^hts throughout the
United States. National headquar
atton-
ters is no'- ecuipped to operate on
c ing more meetings and-discover, ho^v
much personal satisfaction and spiritual
T ell being can be gained through regu
148,14 rc, and' any field aircraft
lar assintance to the cadet cadres*
VP^ on this frequency,
entering or on route to the "..-Dshington D,C. Proa is rocuested to call
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G/DH'S
BY
T: > T D
.LS50 is the CiiP slogan,'
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SC:uAnt-(ON 3 AiO ALLI/'UCi: LICHT
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if
T v. ' O n e ^ v u n i t c O Ti m C L n d e r s h a v e b e e n
i i i s T P J ^ c Ta ^ s
appointed recently for the yillirnco
Fli^;ht and Qnaha Squadron Ho, 3,
I z yo'i hf'.ve "been iiiforred by other
. ] I r , A i r F o r c e P. e e e r v c C fi ' i ' j o r s
L-rj '^.v iln.blc as inrtruc^ors CAP
ar.p^ urged to Qv^^.il'-Vncruiojves of
'• ' • o'^'^ortunity to increase i:>r/. train-
James D»*3Iyers, 201 Poto.'gh Avenue,
Alliance, Nebraska is the Flight'
tcrchcrs ar'^ilablc, <)nc "* "'.i.'lable
c r t c g o r y " i s t h e - Vo l u n t e e r. A i r
Tr a i n i n g O f fi c e r s ^ . . . r h b a r c a v ; i l f ^ . L l e f o r
B i l l , f o r m e r u n i t c o m n r ^ n d e r, h a s r e
Commander
at
Alliance,
Lt,C,
L,
quested transfer to the GAP iieserve,
].!yers holds o. cranmcrcial license
u s e r. s fi i r I n s t r u c t o r s ; t h r e e t o e r. c h
V/ith over 1800 hours solo tine; also
T'in^ staff, t;7c to each group ^.-^taff and
one +0 each rcv/dron staff. Those re
over 200 hours'of'glider tine received
v/hile in the U, S, Army Glider Corps.
serve
H o v Ts a l s o a b o m b a r d i e r fl i ^ ^ h t i n
officers
so
used
arc
cn.iitcd
on
offici^.l records tov/ards promotion and^
s t r u c t o r a n d AT C i n s t r u c t o r ( m u l t i -
retlrr:,:cnt and are rrimarily asri;jnQd
to fcach administrtition of a 'Tint* G^i'oup
or ScutJ.dron and not as cadet teacHors,
althou^'h they rary c.lco teach cadets#
engine) r.'hile serving in the f ir Corps $
All other reserve officers ne:.r your CAP
Commandant of Cadets of Scuadron 3
unit should be contacted for cndet teach
for over r. year. The ne\T Squadron 3
commander is employed by United Air
lines at Omahr -.iunicipal Airport,
ing, as they arc all eligible for this
duty as regular instructors and receive
credit from the Air rbrco.
1st Lt, Lar/rence Dutson, 1321 C^'chelin Drive, Carter Ijike, lorv-a has
served in the Training Section and as
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CAP coi?fere:?ces at i:i:m^LF0Lis, chicagc
The 'Ting office extends a hearty
Colonel Uudy C, ITueller, ,.*ing Comjnander
has been invited by Col, I, A, I'yhra,
"thr.nk you" to Cadets Kov/ard "xigranc,
Garry Hilt^ Pvobert SterBa, Henry Borg-
attend n reuom'.l confcrenco at'chicago
These boys did a speedy and efficient
Lt, Vorn Fuller and '.j/O Robert Beck
hahn 2.nd Hcbert Stanley*
job of stP.pling 500 copies of the Karch
i'5CY;.''lcttor,
l:ational Dxocutive Lo'^rd Member, to
on-..pril 22nd, Lt. Col,'L. J# Heinsen,
represented the V.ing at o. Communica-< ion
Conference in !.r;.nne?polir on A^ril ISth
ccKNHUSKER CAP m':s
APRIL
m:s iTEivis FR(m the htiSTikgs flight
Civil
Air
Potrol
Asks
Perrdssion
to
1950
Page
CAPTAra BOB C/ilLISLE IS V.ED AT NCRFOLK
Build
The Hastings Cj!P Flight has asked
for perTTiission to erect a building at
the ni-r.5icipal .?.irport. Captain Hp.rold
Dv/j'er appeared as spokesman for the group
before the city council Jfonday evening
at 7:30^
The building is to be 20 by 30
feet and v;ill be of frame construction^
At present, the CAP has room in the
northeast comer of the hangar but adc'i-
A news flash Just received frran
?.:ajor Hov/ard Tiurphy at Norfolk, and
addressed
to
the
attention
of
all
female personnel in the Nebraslca Vring,
gives us the folloiving scoop 1
" 1 , T h e p o p u l a r, w e l l k n o v m
Captain Robert L, Cp.rlisle^ Executive
Officer, Norfolk Squadron is for all
times in the future definitely OFF
LIilITS.
"2, Reason: at 0830 hours,
tional room is needed to"take care of
9 April 1950, Captain Carlisle made
equipment.
his last take-off in single status and
a short time later l-^nded in the statq
The application was referred to
the aviation committee v/ith power to act,
of matrimony v.'ith Hiss Lor a Nell Bov/en
(his nurse) as co-pilot,"
Congratulations and best v.ishes
Hastings CAP Sponsors pance to
Buy Equipment
are extended to Bob from his many
friends in CAP throughout the state.
Proceeds from a benefit dc.nco
April 12 v/ill be used by the Hastings
Flight of the Civil Air Patrol to buy
training equiTDinent for use in emer
gencies and disasters in this area.
The local unit is attempting to be one
of the best equipped in the state.
The dance will feature the music
of
Mark
Elliott
and
his
orchestra
and
acts by Eugene "Rebel" Pullerton at
Bidders
Hall„
NEyfS ITET S Fi;0L! THE H/.STINGS VLI^-HT
Hastings C/iP llembers tour Naval Depot.
Cadets
and
staff
officers
of
the Hastings Flight recently toured
the Hastings 2feval Armunition Depot*s
communications building, Pl?.ns are
being discussed for a possible train
ing prograr.-: v.-ith the Wavy'V-6 reserves
and CAP by local officers,
various parades and marching contests.
The CAP is planning on participating
in an Armed Forces Day parade May 20,
The-Flight held a field day at "
one of its regular meetings, v/hich in
cluded radio training, transmitting
?nd receiving, and radio procedure for
c c ' . d e t s v. i t h p o r t a b l e r a d i o x m i t s ,
CAP representatives at Hastings
have had three meetings v:ith Naval
J.c-fsnrve nerj?onnel—discussing emergency
ra::Mo drr'ngenxntE and code training for
cadets•
Lt, Harold Steiyart has been one of the
instructors, and Lt, Graydon Dill
has conducted lectures on maps and
cliarts,
The promotion of cadet Raymond
The Hastings Fli';;ht is conducting
regular drill periods to Prepare for
(cont, next column)
Folken to'2nd Lieutenant has been
announced,
LT. iJO;i:.;.N DITDLK, PIO
N e v / s I t e m s f r o m t h e B AYA R D F L I C - H T
CAP ISFTING AT OUD Oil APRIL IITK
Lt, Col, Karle C, Reynolds, Deputy
?AUl Iti^ATRg AIDS CAP rCID IRIYE
The Palm Theatre at Bayard has
been
selected
to
be
Fage 3
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c o : - . : ; : r " X j ' T. C A P I C E W S
one
of
the
Thontres
in thin territory to run a premiere
Ting Commander fler* to Ord, Nebraska
vdth Captain Bov.man on Tuesday,
Anril 11^ to meet vith approximately
tv;enty members of the Ord CAP Flight,
shoving" of the ne\^ J'iln "Operation
Ord Highschool is one of the
H^yli'^t," Included in the cast of this
p i c t u r e a r e r J i l l 7 / i l l i a m s ^ To m B r o ' - n •
five schools in the state to inaugur
anr: Ann jiuthcri'ord. This• premiere
ate the CAP-highschool cooroinrted'
ic to tnke pIcco on Arril 12 and 13»
aeronautical .course, iJ*,' Fred L»
"Operation Haylift" is the dramatic
Stoddard, principal of the highschool,
rtorr
Force's
is
cattle
Stoddard is a]so one of the new members
of the Civil Air Patrol at Grd.
efforts
of
the
to
United
feed
States
blizzard
Air
bound
from aircri^ft during last year'f. sevcrfe
s t o r m . T h i s p i c t u r e v. - a s fi l m e d a t E l y,
j'evf da Y'hcre 2,000,000 cattle and sheep
v.cre crooned by sub-z'=5ro v/eather. Al
though'^ly is quite a distance from
Ba/ard, it vms the scvme Air 7orce com"
m'xnd "that undertook haylift operations
in both areac* This Air Force Comm''nd
I-as in charge of our local 'Civil Air
Patrol's missions of mercy'throur^h the
c o v Ts e o f H 9 ' s b l i z z a r d * ' S i n c e t h e
Civil Air Petrol v;as a part of v/hat tiiis
Picture ir obout, they are conductin;;; 'an
advanced ticket sales campaign. Part
of the funds from this cf-.mpj^ign ^o to
t h e C , A , P, t r e a s u r y t o f u r t h e r t h e i r
a c t i v i t i e s i n - t h i s - l o c a l i t y. T h e s e
tickets may be secured from any CAP
member at Bayard,
(from the'sAY/aD TrJ.HSCRlPT, 4/6/50)
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the
aeronautics
The Baynrd Fli'-.ht received com
mendation from the local '^ress for
their vork in assisting the Safety
Patrol v'hen an automobile overturned
east, of South Bajrj^rd on Ui^hr.-ay 06,
Sunday r.oming, Aori.l 2,
The nei'/s item in the E:"Y^RD
TR/ITKCRIPT rends as follCTrs, "And
again Sunday r.orning the CAP made a
good accoiuit of themselves rhen they
aided the Safety Patrol 7-ith their
t>"o-"".'e.y comm.unic^tions system from
t h e s c e n e o f t h e a u t o r . Te c k e a s t o f
South Bayard,"
5lt
B a y a r d C a d e t s Vi s i t i : i n a t a r e U n i t
volley ball and have refreshments 'i.-hich
Mr,
B.^Y/.RD RAFIO STATIOIT hlDS P>AFHTY PATROI
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The Baynrd Flight cadets v:ere ^-Ciests of
the ?:inatare Flif^ht at llinatare, Nebr
aska :;onday evening, April 3, to pl&y
instructor,
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? a y a r d C a d e t s S e l l Ti c k e t s f o r F i l m
full vindo" dinnl:?y at the local gas
Vr'ere served by the :,*inatare cadets. The
"'ayard cadets had a very enjoyable eve
comncny's indov and at one of the
drug stores. Also, the CAP'S L-5
ning; rnd r.re £lad to see the ilinatare
ter of Bayard and used r.s n<^rt of the
advertising cannaij-^n. The 1-5 "".dll be
guarded by tho cadets '^ll night S'l.tur*day until it is t.-iken b?ck to the
a i r p o r t t h e f o l l o v d n g d a y, ' . e h o p e
to r.ake enou^^h money from this cam'oaign to keep tho Buyard C,A,P, in"
good running order for a long time,
cadcts j:etting started.
Cadets Con due t Advertising Campai gn
for ^Operation T{aylift"Fiim
The Bayard cadets are having a big
advertising crr-poi^.n, as v.-ell as
selling tickets throu;.;hoi!t the. city
from door to c'oor for the movie,
''Operation Ifeylift", They have a
(contirAi.ed next column)
r/ill
be
roDed
off
in
n
lot
in
the
cen
J a m e s S t o c l c v * ' e l l , J r,
Public Info, Officer
.ca.::xia;vicER CAP m s.
CAPTAIN ARLT RECEIVES . CAA
LEXKTCTOH CAP HOr,T TO OiWk OFFICERS
On ilarch 1, 1950, Captain Joseph Arlt,
On lionday evening, Harch 27, a y/eek
late because of the weather condi
Coininanding Officer of the Lincoln
Squadron, wo.s a^varded a Departnerit of
Commerce Silver Iledal, av;ard certifi'cate J?.nd a letter from the Secretary
of Coiranerce Sawyer, These v/ere pre
sented to him"in person by-Regional
tions, the Lexington Flight of the
CAP -was hort to Lt, Col, Heinsen,
Lt, Fuller, and Captain Bov/man, AFCyiP Liaison Officer,'ivho drove to
Administrator Jurden from Kansas City,
riiscouri.
The
citation
I'ead
as
followsi
Lexington from Omaha, Also attend
ing the neeting v-as'L. J, Stewart
o f t h e C i t y. C o u n c i l ,
•'For unusual courage displayed in sal
vaging govomnent property from a heingar fire at the Lincoln airpdrt on
itarch 3, 1D49 at great personal risk."
Ribbon to Captain Herschel Amrine,
Sgt, Gene Bird and Sgt, Clinton
Nielsen for their services in. "Opera
Captain Arlt also received a miniature
silver lapel pin to v/ear on his coat,
an exact rbplica of the medals• Only 10
such av/Qirds \7ere given in. Region 5, CAA,
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7{in£ staff-members, Lt» Col;, L, J,
K e i n s e n a n d L t , Ve m F u l l e r, a t t e n d e d
a meeting of Lincoln CAP personnel on
April 5, together Vvith Captain Prank lU
BoviTOan, AF-CAP Liaison Officer, 'About
tv;enty-five members were presont.
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BEATRICE FLT TO CtL^NGE I-IEETnG NIGHT
D A Y.
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alternate to Tuesdays to alternate
Thursdays, duo to*the interference
of other local activities on Tuesdays,
-After the regular business meeting
of the Plight at their l>.rch 28
meeting, a film — "Live and Learn" —
v;ith Oak Ridge, Tennessee CliP station
and the VPridalia, Illinois station,
j;:
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of James Acker, is contemiDla'Cing
changing its meeting nir^ht from
K S .F X recently established contact
Attention:
^
cently reorganized under the command
one in Captain Arlt*s car'and one in
J(;
Council appeared in the Daivson County
Herald,
Air
on
l!/Sgt, Leigh»s automobile. Station
j;;
A photograph of the Omaha officers,
together with Captain Amrihe.,
Captain Kermit Dannehl of Lexington
and --.tr, L, J. .^te^fart. of the City
The Beatrice Plight, v/hich was re
station K S F X is noTiV regularly opera
ting at CAP headquarters J also, that
tv.'o mobile stations are now operating-
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The Lincoln Squadron has advised that
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During the evening Colonel Heinsen
presented the Keritorious Service"
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v/as .shown to the group by i:/Sgt,'
Bruner, local recruiting officcr.
The film, which brought out many
'good-points about:"Flying Safety"
as experienced by USAF*pilots, was
enjoyed by all present,
* v r i l l b e h e l d o n 2 0 I ' l AY 1 9 5 0 ^ *
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Emil H, riares .
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third
Saturday
in
M a y.
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* Force, Navy or Army unit in their
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Adjutant, CAP
'"ING OFFICERS nrPECT CADET S^.UADRON
Lt. Col, L, J,'Heinsen and Captain *
P, J, Stavneak, V/ing Staff officers,
attended the regular Thursday night
meeting of Omaha Sq. 3 cadets on
April 13,
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lIEBPJ-SKi. TTIKG LOSES /HOTHCR 1^4
All unit cominf.nders rere advised last
^7eek, in men'orc\ndu from the ^.7ing
Operaii'ons Officer and the AF-Ci-P
L i a i s o n O f fi c e r, t h a t t h e N o b r a s k r,
V'ing hp.s lost another. L-4 aircraft—
the third ^'dthin a yerr^s time that
has joined the junk pile due to rdnd
damage resulting f'rom. aircrr.ft not
being pronorly tied dovn ,or hongarod»
This loaves the Nebraska Vfing with
o n l y f o u r n i r c r r. f t — L - 4 ' s n n d t v. ' o
L-5'Sj rnd as a result, our program
over 'the entire state will suffer^ as
we cannot provide or rot'\to the r^.irc r a f t ' " . s f r e r u e n t l y,
" D O G C r O I j ; I T, 1 ^ . I T K A T V ^ I E
!'o?.coTTT:n -TO DO? y.H, i rj.ori
ITT ly ^?.00 mSRRSHIF FE" ArlD
L E T ' S C U T D O \ H T H E C I V I L M R PAT S O L
A C C I D E M T R AT E — X m D O U B L E T I E T H E
R E : V I ? r i l ? G A I R C H \ F T T O ? I ? E V E i H ' FAT H E R
ACCIDEOTS OF THIS TYPEl
C r RK.T^ AL r/'PI^RS, I'LL DO n_ypp^-'yi_ statistics received from ifctional
yy
t!f
*
'!i
.-ie
Headquarters reveal that there vts a
¥
total of 47 accidents during the year
;TICt
T 0 iJ JOR:
J a c k L . L o r - i s , D i r e c t o r o f Tr a i n i n g
and Coorv.tions, Group 765
TO C / . P TA I N :
1949 involving IJSAF aircrr'ft on loan
t o C i v i l A i r P a t r o l , T; ? c n t y - o n e r ' e r e
minor accidents ond tronty-six mrjor*
In the T'ords of Ilajor General Lucas V.
Beau, our National Commander:
""^ijhile
it
is
realized
that
if
aircraft
a r e fl o v n , t h e r e r. l l l b o a c c i d e n t s ,
V i c t o r J » P i c p e r ^ O p e r a t i o n s O f f i c e r,
! Itchell Flight . .
the sad rccord of accidents to USAF
aircraft on lean to Civil Air Patrol
should cause each' and cvpryone of us
R AT I ' N G S
to
redouble
dent
T O S E N I O R P I L O T:
' ' ' . i l l i c o n R , F r a n k , S c o t t s b l u ff , N c b r,
our
nrovrntion.
efforts
All
toward
too
often
acci
acci
dents Y.'orc caused by carcless or in
c o m p e t e n t o p e r - t o r s . 4 j i d " . 11 t o o
often, v;hen danago resulted from tie-
dovn failure, the L-4 or L-5 "vrs the
TO
P I L O T:
l../Sgt« Tt A» Pickering;, ■ Omnha Sq, 3
End Lt* Richard J, Buck, Crete
Harold B. Clines, Oniahn Sq, 1
Leonard T* Conloy, Crete "'
S/Sgt. Russell R, l.Ierrill, T^i^.ttsnouth
Kenneth F« Prince, Crete
(iToto; CAP Pilot ;/ings are available'
at this headquarters at a cost of
' 1,50 per nair)
only aircraft on thn '^irnort to re
ceive damage, C"n it be th'^.t in some
eases
there
exists
an
indifferent
atti
tude because personr^l investment has
not
been
m^^de
in
the
rircraft?
It
must be remembered, there is not'an
unlimited supply of replacements#
There are no nore L*4's "nd q very feiv
L-Ss, The accident rate is far too
highj what ''re e going to do "bout
•it?"
COiriTHUSKER CAP I«S
19
ARIIL
50
PROP A s 15
Yep, here v/e ore agaln^ vdth the latest
"poop frcm the Gr.oup"*. AND, y/e .hope
you vrilj. all take .co^'izanae of the
fact that, this inpnth y.OU ARE GETTIKG
TKB'.APPsiL ISSUE-:OF-THE CORMIiTISICER IN.
AFT/ILJ
•
•
-
This may not be unueuai- for other- Uings
(in todaymail vie received the
Alabrrna V.ing*s PATRCLI^R and the first
issue of the DEIA-V.ING, a very nice
newspaper printed by the Dolav/iJ.re T.'ing),
but for us it*s a major event, wish
you could all rend the news bulletins
v/o recoive from other ''Vings — as far
r. Y. T i y - a s A l a s k a . T h e y a r e o n fi l e h e r e
at V.'ing Hq« and everyone is welcome to
look them over v/hen they drop '.^y.
DANCES HELD BY UNITS THIS IIOKTH
T- Ti t h t h e L e n t e n " S e a s o n a n d E a s t e r
now in tho past, the CAP units in
Nebraska have held end ^re*planning
a scries of social events.
It is hoped that all Y.^ing staff members
a n d t h e i r w i v e s v / i 11 b o a b l e , t o a t t e n d
Speaking of dropping by, ws hit the
THE CADET C.'PFJ'. D/iHCE, the first
j a c k p o t w i t h o u t s t a t e v i s i t o r. ^ l a s t
annual dance of the CAP Cadet Squadron
v, o o k . E a r l y i n t h e - w e e k L t ^ R o b e r t
K n o x , C o m m a n d i n g O f fi c e r, S c o t t s b l u ff
S q u a d r o n a n d G e o r g e r. i l t n n , P c r s d n n e l
O f fi c c r v / e r o h o r e f o ? ! ' a ' f c x ^ ' T T. ' . i u t o s ,
and Lt^-lUchcrd Buck, G«C.j of -hs Crote
Fli2;"at.
pAid
us
a
in
the v/ock*, ive saw J.Iajr>::* lirr.phy or. Horfolk
and liaj.or Jenkins" of North Platte,
4e
4c
4!
lie
Received postcards last veok from tv^o
V J i n g s t a ff o f fi c e r s , I l a j o r " ^ ^ e n d e l l
N o , 3 , y, ' e b o l i e v e t h a t t h e r e w i l l
be \OQffa attendance from Squadron 3,
A most hearty wclcome has also been
extended to Omaha Squadron 1, and to
the
outst^.te
I'ark
Omaha
Officers'
JIAY 13, 1950
an
anaesthetized
Cl,25
, 2 5 Ta x
?1,50 per oouplo
rabbit;
THE ETHER BUIWY I I I
(that war hardly Tvorth the effort of
lo.oking up "anaesthetized" in the -
dictionary).
IV^Sgt,. R, V, Cryderman received a cake
frcm California baked in the shape of
a lamb. Guess maybe his Horn saw the
llarch cover of the CORNIiUSKER,
.Capt, Bovman, Lt, Col, Heinsen and Lt,
Fuller v;ere unable to fly to Lexington
on llarch 27 because of bad v;eather,
Thoy made a hurried trip in the carryall
(cent, next pago)
Club
Admission:
Jo.ke. for, the month:
of
date
Informal
8 t o 1 2 P, 1 I ,
Definition
this
THE CADET CAPER DANCE
Fort
emerge and Lt,. Dorothy Gathers, v-jho
v ; e r e b o t h i n C a l i f o r n i a f o r E a s t e r,
units,
on your calendar:
HASTINGS FLIGICT NETS mOFIT FIlOM DANCL
^Ve were glad to hear from Captain
D'*-yer at Hastings that his flight
had a highly successful dance on
April 12, arid made a profit of approx^.
mately |il25. The Kearney'Flight
sent fourteen representatives to the
d a n c e •,
*
t;.
*
OUTSTATE UNITS ATTEiE) KR/RNEY D.'.NCE
J'ajor Howard i.^urphy of Norfolk,
Lts, "H; L, and r.ay Coleman of Grand
Island; Capt, Herschel Amrine,^Lex
ington, Capt, Harold Dvvyer, Hastings
(cont, next page)
C O n N i n T G K E R C A P I J LT. ' S
19
APRIL
60
Prgo 7
P : 0 P r A 5 H ( c o n t , f r. P a g e 6 ) O O T S T / . T E U i a i ' S V I S I T ( c o n t )
and had a hectic timo, particularly
on tho hoinovrti.rd trek. Can you ima
gine driving from V;nhoo to Qnnhn in
second gearj Captain /imrinc advised
us thnt it i^-as a highly succossful
laccting, so it ivas v;orth the ncmorablo
"flight in the carryall.
>[;
}|<
*
*
*
-•:<
*
T<o haven't reccivod any details as
yot from Lt, Fcikort, Kearny CiOn Qhout
his unit's dance held on Fi'iday^
A p r i l 1 4 - t h « V. c d o , h o w e v e r , h a v e a
statement from Sgt, Pat Sires of Oaaha
Y/ho attended tho dance* Said Pnt
(and re ruote) V'O:- I (end of
quote),
*
*
*
*
*
*
S^.TJAPRON i^ ITEIS
• o f O q u a d r o n 1 v. - h o r e c e i v e a
parsing grade on the i:nd Cross tost
Flight and his staff members, and
Sgt* Pat Sires of Qnaha v/ere present
at the dance sponsored by the Kearney
Flight on April 14,
The dunco, v:hich vas attended by an
estimated ninety persons, ivas held
in tho Crystal Room of the Fort
Kearney Hotel,
)((
If
^
S E I C V I C E R I B B O N S AVA I U B L E AT y. ' I N G H Q .
Senior members v/ho arc eligible for
tho Red, T.'hite and B3,ue Service Rib
bons can secure them from '"ing
headquarters through their unit com
manders, The BLUE service ribbon
i s e . v ' c r d e d t o s e n i o r n o m b e r s v. * h b h a v e
performed a total of at least 2,000
hours
of
honorable
volunteer
service
cp.rds. ;"r. JcnscLi of tlio Acd Cross has
in the CAP program and rho have been
members at least six years; the ".'HITE
ribbon requires 1,000 hours of ser
r - r n . r » r, F ' - a ^ i d i ' : j - t r ' u c t o r. i
vice and four years of membership;
next :'*'>eV: ^^ill rcceivo their First Aid
and
p
fii:
' : V. e
"t
'
T. . : ' t . t . ; c
for
"'.^X'V
'^-xlls'
the
of f^o'.rch ';.ukot'\ ty Umaha Sqa'.d^on 1,
CADET
and all oui-st5.tc scuadrons vill bo
able
invitoci to participate in the "^.ound
RKD
ribbon
500
hours
and
at least two years of membership,
SERVICE
for
RIBBONS
cadets
who
are
have
also
avail
attained
'iobin Flight" vhich -,vill be in a
passing grades on the prescribed
instruction comprising the advanced
circle, point of origin v-'il.-. be L.^unic i p a l r. i r p o r t , O m a h a ,
training of the CAP Cadet training
■..e are planning on having an open
house mretini;; at Fort Omaha vithin a
progrrm (Blue Course); secondary
training (V.liite Course); and ba.?ic
tr-ining (Red Course),
*
*
^
jS
fcv;vt:oks for all old and ne\v members,
*,0 TDlan to send invitations to all old
and inactive members of tho squadron
dating back to 1941, many of v.hom have
c:pressed a desire to again join,
Lt,
E.
B'.
Voshier
Adjutant, fqdn, 1
1949 szii'.cii ::i3^.CY Kisrions by cap
Units are ur/^od to conserve their su^pl
" o T ' Te n i o r a n d c a d e t a n p l i c t i o n b l f j i k s .
Of a total of 9285:56 hours flo'-m by
These arc no longer made available to
CAP pilots in 1949 for search and res
us by I!ational Headquarters, and re
cue nisfions roquestod by /IIS end other production costs must be borne by the
a^jencies, the Nebraska ring flew 450:00 ' \ 7 i n g , ' " e h a v e b e e n q u o t e d fi g u r e s
and stands eighth in number of hours
of I'lOO for 6,000 cadet and 5,000
flo^-'n amonfs the 51 '.Tings,
senior applications, or '..155 for
10,000,