On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 09:28:28 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

snip...

I have never been in CAP so can't comment on that.

Jim


I was in the CAP many years ago. It was great. I flew their L-16 for
practically nothing. Even nothing on missions.

A couple of years ago I went to some meetings and was ready to
re-join.

The people are still great, but I just couldn't stand the paperwork.
That is a shame, and it's nothing I can change.

What's even worse is that I don't agree with the way they fly their
airplanes. I cringe when I have a student in the pattern and have to
fit in with their 172s. They fly patterns that would make a 747 look
like it was flying an especially conservative pattern. Maybe that's
just their style, with 4 hour pre-flights and such, but I just don't
get it.

Mike Weller