Civil Air Patrol

Hi Gang, Me again.
Just got my copy of Eagle Call, which is the official publication of the
California Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. They participated in the search for
the downed ASW-20 out of Hemet Ryan wit 43 personnel, 4 corprate and 5 private
aircraft.

They flew 217 hours looking for a Cessna 172 that disappeared in the Mendocino
Mountaine (west of Crazy Creek and Williams, Ca) The aircraft hasn't been
found, but the CAP did all it could.

They found the wreckage of a Cessna 182 lost in Modoc Co. (east of Montague,
Ca) I believe the 2 occupants didn't make it, but the CAP found them.

But here's the kicker:
Just after midnight, members of the local CAP were assigned to ground search
for an ELT located in the Palomar Mountains, north of San Diego, Ca. Two
members of the local CAP reported for duty at 01:00 AM and departed with
direction finding equipment at 01:15 AM. They FOUND the cessna 152 at 04:15
AM. Both occupants survived OK.

These guys were STANDING TALL at MIDNIGHT. My hat's off to all the members of
the Civil Air Patrol. Glad we have dedicated troops that will answer the call,
whenever it comes. My ELT might not be as worthless as I thought.
Good on You, Civil Air Patrol
JJ Sinclair

Thanks for the kind words about CAP. Typically the CAP records about
100 "saves" per year. Of course, many of the "finds" do not result in
saves--but are very important to the families involved. Yes, as a
mission pilot who has conducted many searches I can assure you that
the ELT does make a big difference if it is functioning--especially in
the mountains.

As an active glider pilot I must also remind all that while the CAP is
best known for its search and rescue mission, a major part of CAP
activities revolve around youth activities. CAP has increased its
glider related activities in the past few years, and is now active in
most of the states. We give thousands of glider orientation rides
annually to young people who otherwise would probably never have the
opportunity to experience the joys of soaring. Working directly with
the SSA CAP hopes to increase the public aerospace education, and
hopefully increase the nimber of both power and glider pilots in the
US.

Please consider volunteering to assist CAP in these activities.

Skip Guimond

check out the CAP Glider pictures at http://members.cox.net/btiz2

And yes.. the CAP L-23 is flying the wave off the Spring Mountain Range
south of Las Vegas

BT

"Skip Guimond" wrote in message
om...
Thanks for the kind words about CAP. Typically the CAP records about
100 "saves" per year. Of course, many of the "finds" do not result in
saves--but are very important to the families involved. Yes, as a
mission pilot who has conducted many searches I can assure you that
the ELT does make a big difference if it is functioning--especially in
the mountains.

As an active glider pilot I must also remind all that while the CAP is
best known for its search and rescue mission, a major part of CAP
activities revolve around youth activities. CAP has increased its
glider related activities in the past few years, and is now active in
most of the states. We give thousands of glider orientation rides
annually to young people who otherwise would probably never have the
opportunity to experience the joys of soaring. Working directly with
the SSA CAP hopes to increase the public aerospace education, and
hopefully increase the nimber of both power and glider pilots in the
US.

Please consider volunteering to assist CAP in these activities.

Skip Guimond