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Vol.

IV
No. II
Summer
1999
Official Publication of the California Wing Civil Air Patrol P. O. Box 9117 Ontario, CA 91762
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Command
and
Control
By Col. Bryon Brammer
Thi s was to be my final article in Eagle Call as your Wing
Commander. In this final article, I had planned to review our
strengths and successes over the last four years, but political
events between CAP and the Air Force have almost mandated
that I di scu the e event with you.
In February, just before the National Board meeting in
Washington, D.C. , CAP caught wind of an Air Force proposal
originating in the highest levels of the Pentagon that would sub-
stantially change Civil Air Patrol. Thi propo al did away with
our current leadership structure and substituted it with an Air
Force Executive Board and asked Congress to change Public
Law that had guided the Air Force and CAP a a civilian auxil-
iary for more than 50 years. Thi s proposal would have done
away with CAP's elected National Commander, Vice Com-
mander, the offices of Finance Officer, Comptroller, and all of
the Regional Commanders and replaced them with Air Force of-
ficers.
While we were at the National Board, Bryan Sharrett, the
Ass istant Secretary for Reserve Affairs, which is the individual
that CAP reports to through the Air University, was asked about
the proposal. He said that no proposal was being developed by
the Air Force and that if one were it would have to go through
hi office first and would be di scus ed with CAP e f o r ~ the plan
was acted upon. No ooner than we left Washington, D.C., team
of Air Force officers started making the rounds in the halls of
Congress and presenting their plan.
Thi s is a command and control i sue. The Air Force wants
total control over CAP as its auxiliary. Currently the Air Force is
limited as to its ability to command Civil Air Patrol , a civilian
corporation. Even though we are an auxiliary, we have a level of
autonomy that is not found in any other relationship with the
Federal Government. In order to do that the Air Force had to
convince Congress that public law needed to be changed. The
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way the Air Force chose to do this
was to start a public campaign
that CAP was mi susing public
money - almost 30 million dollar
that CAP gets from Congress and
the Air Force. For support they
referred to a two-year-old Air
Force audit that had found finan-
cial irregularities in the way CAP
did business. What they didn ' t
tell Congress was that all but
some minor issues were reviewed
by the Commander of the Air
University and CAP. CAP was
found to be using acceptable fi-
nancial processes. Of the numer-
ous iss ues was that Federal
money was used to send CAP
staff on a cruise and the Execu-
tive Director used Federal money
to fly first class while conducting
CAP business. The li st went on
and on. The truth of the matter is
that some of the National Staff at-
tended a Southeast Region Con-
ference that was being held on a
cruise ship. All of the CAP mem-
bers who attended the conference
paid their own way as most of us
do when we attend conferences.
Selected members of the National
Staff that are required to attend
thi s function, as well as others.
Their expenses while on thi s trip
were legi timate expenses covered
under existing CAP and Air
Force policies. Colonel Albano,
our Executive Director, buys
coach tickets and receives an up-
grade because of hi s high travel
miles. Thi s is a practice that we
can do in CAP as a private corpo-
ration but cannot be done in the
Air Force. All of the issues that
the Air Force is using are similar
in nature. They claimed a need
for more oversight of CAP to
protect the millions and millions
of public money that CAP re-
ceives. What they haven' t said is
that there is currently one Air
Force personnel at National
Headquarters for every four CAP
paid staff. All public money ex-
pended by CAP is on a reim-
bursement basis and, if inappro-
pri ate, would not have been reim-
bursed. CAP also has another
source of income that is from
your membership dues. The Air
Force has no control over the way
thi s money is spent, nor should
they. How membership money is
spent is approved by the National
Board yearly at the general mem-
bership meeting held in August.
CAP leadership, myself in-
cluded, went to Congress to fight
this attempt to take control of
CAP. Senators Harkin and Allard
drafted a bill to nullify the Air
Force language inserted into the
Defense Appropriations bill and
mandated that an independent au-
dit be done of CAP and its use of
public money by the Office of
Budget and Management. Thi s
bill passed the Senate and no at-
tempt has been made in the
House. CAP supports thi s inde-
pendent audit that will put to rest
these accusations. Thi s audit will
be complete and reported back to
Congress in February of next
year.
With all that has been said,
there are occasionally issues of
mi suse of DOD accesses and
money by CAP members. These
charges are always investi gated
and if sustained are turned over to
the FBI or the OSI for further in-
vestigation and prosecution. Over
the many years that I have been a
member of CAP this has and will
come up. CAP has had and prob-
ably still has some bad apples.
We will deal with these members
like we always have and thi s
should not be a reflection on the
membership as a whole.
CAP is in need of some
changes in the way we do busi-
ness and that has been brought to
light by thi s struggle with the Air
Force over who controls CAP. As
such, I have proposed to the Na-
tional Board changes in the Con-
stitution and Bylaws that govern
CAP. These changes include a
reconfiguration of the National
Executive Committee and the
election status of some of our
corporate officers. It authorizes
the Air Force to create an IG and
Safety office that reports directly
to the Secretary of the Air Force
and our National Commander.
The new NEC, if approved by the
Board, will have on it as CAP
members the CAP elected Na-
tional Commander, Vice Com-
mander and Chief of Staff, our
Corporate Finance Officer and
the Executive Director of CAP.
The Air Force would have the
CAP-USAF Commander, Secre-
tary of the Air Force, Air Force
Chief of Staff or their designated
representati ves and a retired three
or four-star with a tie to business.
Additional members would in-
clude a representati ve appointed
by the House and Senate and a
representative from the AOPA
and FEMA. Thi s new NEC
would govern CAP in the ab-
sences of the National Board.
Thi s gives the Air Force three
more seats on the NEC and along
with the Board's approval last
February to receive funding un-
der the Federal OMB Circular
L 10, Grant s and Cooperati ve
Agreements process which give
the Air Force total control over
the finances should be all that
they need. CAP retains its current
status as a civilian auxiliary to the
Air Force and this can be accom-
pli shed without changing public
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Lt. Col. Larry Myrick has been
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The appointment become effec-
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mand ceremonies at the Wing Con-
fere nce in October when Myrick
a sume command from Col.
Bryon Brammer.
Myrick joined Civil Air Patrol
in 1987 and affi li ated with San
Luis Obi spo Squadron 103, be-
coming commander of that squad-
ron in 1989. He held that positi on
until he was appointed Group II
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Myrick joined Pacific Region a
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of CAP he was awarded the Gill
Robb Wilson award (1994) and
five Meritorious Service Awards.
Always act ive in emergency
services, Myrick has been project
officer for many training projects
and has participated in more than
100 Emergency Service train ing
and actual exercises. Hi s creden-
tials include that of Mission Coor-
dinator and Mi s ion Control Of-
ficer.
Myrick ha been a private pilot
si nce ] 996 and he and wife Peggy
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Squadron 11 from Palm
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Major Ovey Hebert III, com-
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Lt. Col. Frederick Nelson of
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The re we re many Squadro n
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This article begins a
series of personal vignettes honor-
ing WOMEN IN AVIATION and
spotlighting outstanding women
who have contributed significantly
to American aviation history. Many
of them are, or were, members of
Civil Air Patrol. But all are foreve r
woven into the rich tapestry of
American aviation folklore.
rJhe year was 1942 and Ameri ca was losing the
J war. The carnage of Pearl Harbor had put the
nati o n o n a wa rti me foot ing. That mea nt a ll
non-essenti al civili an fly ing was banned for the du-
rat ion of the war. The onl y way for civili an pil ots to
continue fl ying was to j oin a new volunteer flying
outfit sanctioned by the government. It was call ed
Civil Air Patrol.
Catherine Murphy was taking fl ying lessons at a
small airport in Minnesota when Ameri ca entered
World War II. Murphy signed up with the local CAP
uni t and was made corporal. The fl ying lessons con-
tinued and Murphy contributed to the dail y opera-
tions of the uni t.
Within a year, a new opportunity came along for
wo me n pil ots to contribute the ir serv ices . The
Womens' Air Force Service Program (WASP) began
recrui t ing q ua li f ied wo men pil ot candidates fo r
training toward cockpi t duti es in mili tary aircraft.
Wi th grudging support from Washington, the WASP
program got underway. Many male commanders be-
li eved that women pil ots had neither the skill s nor
stamina to fly hi gh-performance military aircraft.
The wo me n woul d have to prove the mselves ca-
pable.
Murphy j oined the WASP program in 1943 and
was sent to Avenger Field at Sweetwater, Texas,
where she began the same rigorous trai ning schedule
as male cadets who were training to become pil ots.
The men would become officers, but the WASPs
would never be given the status of rank.
From before dawn until near mjdni ght, the pace
was frantic: Reveille at 0400, inspection, chow hall ,
Catherine Murphy
at Sweetwater, Texas, in 1942.
cali sthe ni cs, ground school all morning, a qui ck
lunch, and fl ying all afternoon, then more study and
barracks cleaning well into the night. There were 44
"washouts" but the maj ority of the women stuck it
out and qualifi ed as pil ots.
Although the WASP women were qualifying to
be commissioned fl ying offi cers, they were consid-
ered onl y civil service empl oyees. They had no in-
surance, and no GI veteran benefits, or other mili tary
status, other than the ri ght to wear the uniform. Later
as several of their numbers were killed in the line of
duty, the unit 's survivors would take up a coll ection
to send the victim's body home because the Air
Force refused any responsibility.
Following her graduati on as a bas ic fli ght in-
structor from Randolph Fi eld, Texas, Murphy was
assigned to the Training Command and stati oned at
Gradner Fi e ld, near Taft, Cali forni a. Because the
male training officers did not beli eve women could
instruct men, the WASP officers were given the rou-
tine, the boring, and sometimes dangerous engineer-
ing test pilot chores such as running-in new engines,
"wringing-out" rebuilt tra iners and fe rrying a ir-
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Catherine Murphy:
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planes from one airport to another.
In December 1943, the WASPs were
di sbanded because there was no longer a
male pi lot shortage. The women were
imply told to go home, that they weren't
needed any longer. It wa not unti I 1977
that Congress got arou nd to recognizing
their service by directing the Ajr Force to
give the former WASPs Honorable Di s-
charge.
1984 photo-
The flying dream was sti ll trong and
Murphy needed a job, so she bought a
Stinson SR5 and began flying charter
hops as the war drew to a close. But real-
ity et in when it became apparent that one
charter pilot with one airplane could not
financially keep the flying dream alive.
Catherine Murphy, Gene Fitzpatrick and Dorothy Scatena.
Reality consisted of going back into fi nance, for
which she had been trained. For some twenty years,
Catherine Murphy toiled at the accounting tables of
various Cali fornia firms and governmental entities,
dreaming about flying again, but faced with the
day-to-day demands of making a living. By 1982 she
retired a City Treasurer and Assistant Finance Of-
ficer for the City of Arcadia.
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On the wing of a PT19 during training
at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX.
The flying yen wa still there. Catherine got be-
hind the controls aga in a nd with several WASP
fr iends flew back into the past, back to Sweetwater
and the days of their youth for a reunion. She bought
a Piper Tri-Pacer and later a brand new Piper Archer,
N7969F and the hours began adding up once again.
Then Civil Air Patrol came back into her life and
she became a mi ss ion pi lot, standard, Squadron 2 L
Commander, a Mi ssion Coordinator, a Mission Con-
trol Officer and finally, California Wing Finance Of-
ficer. When Wing moved to Southern California, Lt.
Col. Catherine Murphy served as Finance Officer for
Group 25.
Now cruef Mi ssion Control Officer for California
Wing, Catherine operates out of Pine Mountain Lake
Airport on the cusp of Yosemite Valley, where she
acts as the nerve center for California Wing Emer-
gency Services. She al 0 still flies her beloved Ar-
cher when not involved with compiling the hi story of
the WASPs and publishing annually a 140 page ro -
ter of WASP throughout the Unjted States.
The WASPs remain a big part of Catherine
Murphy' s life: "We had a wonderful experience, do-
ing something in those times when it wa thought
women were not capable of handling military planes.
It brought us all closer together," ays Murphy.
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Your passengers ALWAYS come first
and you MUST protect them!
Several years ago my wife,
my sister, and I decided to fly
from Burbank to Kalispell , Mon-
tana, by way of Salt Lake and
Boi se. We were aviating in a
sub-sonic Cessna XP, which made
for a long time getting there.
We got into Boi se late in the
afternoon and somehow con-
vinced ourselves that we had to
get to our des tination that
evening. We were in a hurry. I
filed a quick flight plan and we
were off for a weekend of fun.
But things began to change as
the sun sank off the left wing and
we started encountering an
undercast, forcing us to climb to
VFR on top at 12,500. Soon it got
black as the inside of a cow, and
we were over the Bitter Root
Mountains . In my frenzy to de-
part, I had left my Jepp binder and
all my IFR stuff on the counter
back at the FBO in Boi se.
So here I was, about as high
as I could go without oxygen, in
the dark, without proper naviga-
tion facilities, in a single-engi ne
airplane, not really sure where I
was . (I vaguely remembered the
NOTAM about Mullan Pass VOR
being out of service). I flicked on
the st robes and began to smell
burning insulation . I flicked off
the strobes, hoping the others
wouldn't ask. They didn't.
No lights could be seen be-
low, there was no horizon, and I
started seriou sly flying the
gauges. I appealed to the God of
Good Vectors on 122.5, "in the
blind." My sister, in the back seat
had gotten out her Bible and a
smal l flashli ght and was perusing
scripture for loopholes as I made
my call. At least she had faith. My
wife, in the right seat, was asleep
(or passed out . .. I never knew
which).
An American 737 came right
back and we chatted. They had
just departed Kali spel and it was
clear. Would I like Center's fre-
quency? Yes, that would be keen.
From there on it was just a matter
of flying headings as the nice man
at Center vectored us direct to
Kalispell , l ike the village idiot
who really needed help. We ar-
rived without incident. The chain
leading to the accident was some-
how broken. I don't know how.
Sometimes, when we do re-
ally stupid thjngs in airplanes, we
get a second chance. There are no
guarantees . I've thought man y
times about that flight, and of its
other potential outcomes. In my
mindset to get there at all costs, I
jeopardized the lives of two
people who love and trust me and
believe I will keep them from
harm's way. I hope I learned
something that night.
We've all shared the agony of
the John F. Kennedy, Jr. , tragedy.
In time, the NTSB will arrive at
an official conclusion. It is not our
place to speculate on the cause of
the acc ident, but the following
scenario of aircraft loss of control
rings true from all my years of
teaching in strument flight. We
thank Lt. Col. Eugene Mel vin for
passing it along.
178 Seconds To Live .
How long can a pilot who has
little or no instrument training ex-
pect to live after he flies into bad
weather and loses visual contact?
Researchers at the U ni versity of
Illinoi s did some tests and came
up with some very interesting
data. Twent y st udent "guinea
pigs" flew into simulated instru-
ment weather, and all went into
graveyard spiral s. The outcome
differed in only one respect - the
time required until control was
lost. The interval ranged from 480
seconds to 20 seconds. The aver-
age time was 178 seconds - two
seconds short of three minutes.
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Here's the fatal scenario -
The sky is overcast and the
visibility is poor. That reported
fi ve- mil e vis ibility looks more
like two and you can' t judge the
height of the overcast. Your altim-
eter tell s you that you are at 1500
fee t but your map te ll s you that
the re's local terr ain as hi gh a
1200 feet. There mi ght be a tower
nearby because you' re not sure
how far off course you are. But
you' ve fl own into worse weather
than thi s, so press on.
You f ind yo ur e lf unco n-
sciously easing back just a bit on
the controls to cl ear those towers.
With no warnin g, you' re in the
oup. You peer so hard into the
mi lky white mi st that your eyes
hurt. You fi ght the feeling in your
stomach. You try to swall ow, onl y
to find your mouth dry. Now you
reali ze you should have waited for
better weather. The appointment
was important, but not all that im-
po rta nt. So mewhe re a vo ice is
saying, " You' ve had it - it 's all
over! "
You now have 178 seconds
to live.
Your a ircr aft f ee ls o n even
kee l but your co mpass turns
slowly. You push a littl e rudder
and add a litt le press ure on the
controls to stop the turn but thi s
feels unnatural and you return the
controls to their ori ginal positi on.
Thi s fee ls bette r but now your
compass is turning a litt le faster
and your a irspeed is increas ing
sli ghtl y. Yo u sca n yo ur instru-
ments for help but what you see
looks o mewhat unfa mili a r.
You' re sure that thi s is just a bad
s pot. You' ll break out in a few
minutes. (But you don' t have a
few minutes left ... )
You now have 100 seconds
to live.
You glance at your altimeter
and you are shocked to see it un-
winding. You' re already down to
1200 feet. Instincti vely, you pull
back on the controls but the altim-
eter still un winds. The engine is
int o th e red a nd th e a irs peed ,
nearly so.
You have 45 seconds t o live.
Now yo u' re s weatin g and
shaking. The re mu st be some-
thing wrong with the controls;
pulling back only moves the air-
s peed indi cator f urthe r into the
red. You can hear the wind tearing
at the aircraft.
You are about to meet your
Maker -
You have 10 seconds t o live.
Suddenl y you see the ground.
The trees rush up at you. You can
see the hori zon if you turn your
head far enough but it's at a weird
angle - you' re almost inverted .
You open your mouth to scream
but ...
You just ran out of seconds.
Thin k abo ut it before yo u
press on into marginal weather.
B onald 1F>. Engen
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lfn mrmory of
Bonald B. n r n
1921 --- 1999
It sadde ns us to report that
Ci vil Air Patrol has lost a fri end
and mentor in the death of Donald
D. Engen, Director of th e Na-
ti onal Air and Space Museum for
the past three years. Engen was 75
years of age.
On July 13, Don Engen was a
passenger in a motori zed glider
near Minde n, Nevada when the
fatal accident occurred. Witnesses
said the small craft came apart in
the a ir at about 5,000 feet. An-
oth er sa i lpl a ne pil o t wh o wit-
nessed the crash said the Ni mbus
4DM "appear ed to be nose down
with the wings f lexing g reatl y"
before breaking up.
Enge n was a Navy di ve-
bomber pi lot who sank a Japanese
ship in World War n and received
hi s service's highest decorati on,
the Navy Cross. He was the FAA
Admini strator from 1984 to 1987.
Ve te ra n CAP pi lo t, a nd
former naval aviator M. D. Short
served with Engen in the mid-fif-
ti es on the carri ers Foresta ll and
Be nningto n. They were roo m-
mates on the Bennington and have
remained close personal f ri ends
since then. Engen was Godfather
t o Sho rt 's daughte r Su za nne
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maj o r in th e Texas Nat io na l
Guard.
Enge n a nd Sho rt al so fl ew
FJ- 3s (F- 86) with a Navy acro-
bati c team.
Don Engen was always eager
to meet Ci vil Air Patrol Members
at the Air and Space Museum and
always showed a great interest in
CAP. He' ll be mi ssed.
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By Lyn Smith, CSM
On Friday, 16 June, at 1700 I
arrived at Moffett Field to drop
my son off at Building 152. We' d
driven all day from Ventura
County to the Bay Area. It was a
pleasant drive, but I was tired and
he was excited and anxious to par-
ticipate in his first Cal ifo rni a
Wing event.
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hopes of finding our son working
Unknown cadets on break watch A-10 perform on 19 June 1999, Moffett
Field.
at his duty station. In the pro-
cess, we met several very nice
cadets and eniors from all
across the State. There were
138 CAP members, 40 Sea Ca-
dets and approximately 15 Boy
Scout assisting wit h the air
show.
The first Wings over
Moffett air show drew a crowd
in the tens of thousands to
watch aerobatics and view
some of the civilian antique and
experimental aircraft on display.
There were several military air-
craft as well, including the MIG
] 7 and the A-I 0 Warthog.
Security was foremost on
everyone's mind. Radio commu-
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with the CAP presented them-
elves with the proficiency one
would expect from a professional
security team.
I met three different flights:
Bravo, Charlie and Delta. I spoke
with cadets in each of these
flight s. They had traveled from
Sacramento and Los Angele to
be part of this event. C12Lt. Ian
Lewi s of Squadron 153 told me,
"It 's been great being here. I've
been very busy but I like every-
thing about it."
There are silent heroes that
participate in cadet-oriented ac-
tivities all the time. Thi s event
was no different. My pedestrian
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C/Sgt. Ed Dougherty, Sq. 131, guarding planes on 19 June 1999, Moffett
Field.
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me to the mess hall several ti mes
during the day where I met t he
"cooks". I mistook CAP members
for professional caterers. They
were polite and informative giv-
ing me a tour of the facility and
whetting my appetite with tanta-
lizing menus. Their day began at
0500 and continued until 2300.
The evening's fare was Chicken
Teriyaki, steamed rice, tossed
salad and carrot cake.
As I watched Lt. Col. Chris
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S/M Valerie Watt and S/M Denise
Van Loo working, I couldn't help
but feel the dedication and com-
mitment these four people dem-
onstrated. It was late in the after-
noon and they were clearly tired
from their long day, but there was
no shortage of enthusiasm in the
kitchen on that day. I remember
thinking to myself that these were
the si lent heroes of the CAP - the
glue that keeps our team together.
Thank you.
***
Remember
Our youth are the
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Civil Air Patrol!
Give them every
consideration!
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"Mission Paperwork"
With all the confusion taking
pl ace in CAP today, mi ssion paper-
work is the furthest thing in most
peopl e' mind . There are everal
facts you need to be aware of. Fact
# 1 - ab olutely nothing you do will
affect the outcome of the
CAP-USAF turmoil going on ri ght
now. Fact # 2 - CAP will survive
and continue its important rol es in
Searc h a nd Resc ue, Cade t pro-
grams and Aeros pace educati on.
Fact # 3 - mi ss ion paperwork has
been and always will be a sore spot
in CAP and a detriment to fact # 1
and 2.
A your USAF li aison offi cer,
it's my j ob to put the logic test to all
th e mi ss ion pa per work before I
end it forward to Nati onal HQ or
USAF fo r reimbur se me nt. You
would help the process greatl y if
you put your own logic test to the
paperwork before submitting it. For
exampl e: a corporate Cess na 206
fli es a 1.5 hour sorti e and request
(via receipt) reimbur ement for 40
gall ons of fuel. Those of you who
fl y 206s know 40 gall ons is not rea-
sonabl e and will raise a red fl ag.
What 's more, Nati onal wi ll onl y
pay for 1.5 hours of fl ying regard-
less of the fuel used - the wing eats
the rest of the cost. In the near fu-
ture the wing will not accept unex-
pl ainabl e variances. Pl ease be con-
c ienti ous and expl ain anomali es
like thi s or at least leave a phone
numbe r. The a me thin g with
ground crews. Onl y 50% of ground
crews put mil eage o n the ir 108
forms. Everyone needs to put down
their mileage!
Here are some mi ss ion paper-
work guidelines.
l. Insure your phone number
(not your squadron's) is in
block 4 of the 108.
2. Si gn the 108 .... legibl y!
3. Do a sanity check on the fuel
used vs . sorti e durati on and
expl ain anomali es.
4. For ground crews put actual
mi leage a nd do a san i ty
check on gas consumption.
5. Use only the form 108 dated
January 99.
6. Timeliness in turning in
mi ss ion paperwork is criti-
cal.
Pl ease help me in ensuring that
the wing's mi ss ion paperwork pro-
vides fo r a preci e audit trail and,
mos t impo rt a ntl y, t ime ly re im-
bur ement to our member .
Mike Prusak
California Wing Liaison Officer
Mahadocon Takes PA Reins From Selwyn
Heartfelt thanks from
Major Wyn Selwyn
These past few years as Californi a Wing Director of Public Affai rs have
been eventful and chall enging for me as we in Public Affairs did our best to
carry out our mandate to inform the publi c and to enhance the image of
both the Air Force and its official auxili ary.
But now, I' ll be stepping down as PA Director, and I' ll be relinqui shing
the leader hi p reins to the eminentl y quali fied Lt. Col. Fred Mahadocon. As
many of you know, Fred holds a master's track in PA and served in that po-
sition with great success prior to taking his ret irement from the Air ati onal
Guard.
I'd like to thank all of you who've touched my li fe during my tenure.
Thanks for the many kindnesses and moments of consideration you have
extended to me and to the Publi c Affa irs speciali sts. But, then, that's how
Ci vil Air Patrol operate, with profes ionali m and magnanimity. Publi c
Affa irs is o ne of those thin gs, whi c h seems to the uniniti ated , a
will-o' -the-wisp, a sort of smoke-and-mirrors ball et of words. Not reall y
nuts and bolts stuff some say.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The effects of good public re-
lati ons are hard to measure. The effects of sub tandard or no PR are easy to
measure. The company parking lot is impl y e mpty and the doors are
boarded up because the constituencies we depend upon (our members and
the public) go do other things more fun becau e we haven' t been abl e to get
our message acro s. (Here's the rah-rah part). A we travel into a new cen-
tury, we all need to look closely at our squadron and at CAP as a whole and
ask ourselves the questi on: "Are we still relevant to our customers?"
2 1
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) T. Lloyd Cummings (left) and Chaplain (Lt. Col.)
Delbert McLaughlin reminisce in 1985 about how they earned their mem-
bership in the " Caterpillar Club" by parachuting from a burning trans-
port plane over Newhall 54 years ago.
The Dan It Rained Chaplains Over Newhall.
You Just Never Know When
The Preacher Will Drop In
By Major Wyn Selwyn
EDITOR'S NOTE: CAP Chaplains are well versed in scriptural miracles. but
only a select few have ever experience one first-hand. This is the story offil
teen chaplains who li ved their own miracle one September day in J954.
Call it what you will - miracle, divine intervention, or just plain luck -
these men of God were changed that day as they played out their life and
death drama of survival in the sky over Southern California. What follows
is an amazing story in the words of two people who li ved it.
Special thanks to Col. Ernie Pearson for his research help on this story.
T. Lloyd Cumming, a brand
new Civi l Air Patrol Senior Mem-
ber, was having a bad day. It wasn' t
so much the engi ne falling off the
airplane and the left wing engul fed
in flame, but he had jumped out of
the gapi ng cargo door all crooked
and the hock of the chute openi ng
tore both s hoes f ro m hi s feet.
Worse, he was now descending di-
rectly into a sea of hi gh voltage
power lines, in hi s socks!
Cumming's adventure had be-
gun a few brief minutes before at
22
Burbank Airport as the big Boei ng
C-46 lumbered off runway one-five
a nd turned north throu g h the
Newhall Pass for a trip to Mather
Air Force Ba e o ut s ide Sacra-
mento. The 15 c lergymen aboard
were on their way to a chaplain '
conference.
They had been delayed for a
few minutes on the ramp as the pi-
lot, Air Force Captain Thomas E.
Wil son, gave hi s passengers a thor-
ough hands-on briefing on possibl e
emergencies, including bailout pro-
cedures and the use of their para-
chutes. It wou ld prove to be time
well spent.
Cummings took a seat forward,
on the right side of the pl ane. The
engine and curved ski n of the wing
dominated hi s view. The men of the
c lot h began to settl e in for what
they assumed would be a routine
two-hour flight to Mather, followed
by a pleasant lunch at the Officers'
Club.
Captain Wil son trimmed the
bi g trans port for a steady crui se
climb as Oat Mountain pas ed be-
hind them and the city grid gave
way to rolling fa rml ands of the
Santa Clarita Valley. There we re
few congregated homes there in the
mid-fifties, onl y farms and or-
c hards leading up to Southern
Californ ia's northern portal, known
as the Ridge Route. The pilots
could see plenty of places to land
the fat-bod ied transport if anything
went wrong.
Cummings stared vacantl y out
the window, mesmerized by the in-
visibility of the spinning prop pull-
ing them into the kyo It would be a
good weekend , he thought , a
chance to meet hi s coll eagues and
to learn something about thi s new
thing in hi s li fe call ed Ci vil Air Pa-
trol.
Then it happened! First an aw-
fu l shuddering, as if the plane was
comin g apart. It was! In a few
heartbeats the bi g radial engine be-
came a fiery ball of molten metal ,
shedding parts and sheets of flame
back over the wing. For a second
Cummin gs was transfixed as he
watched the skin of the wing begin
to curl and melt in the awful heat.
He knew the plane was doomed as
he watched the engine wrench itself
from the wing and tumble toward
the f ie lds be low like a burning
comet. Life wa now meas ured in
mere seconds.
Chaplain (Captain) Delbert T.
McLaughlin, who was sitting just
behind the co- pil ot, watched in di s-
belief as the burning e ngine fell
away. He had taken hi s parachute
Continued . . .
1
1
,
You Just Never
Know ...
Continued . ..
off shortly after takeoff, leaving it
on an empty seat in the back of the
pl ane. McLaughlin sprinted to the
chute and struggled into the har-
ness. It was if hi s fingers had lost
their Link to hi s brain. They felt like
sausages as he f umbl ed wit h the
unfamili ar snaps and belt s. The
plane began to fill with acrid black
smoke as he worked. Now he felt
the first tentacles of panic ri se in
hi s throat as the plane lurched,
nearl y throwing him to the floor.
He estimated he had sixty seconds
to get out of the pl ane.
Suddenly, one of the passen-
gers screamed that he couldn ' t get
out of hi s seat. In hi s panic, he had
forgotten to unfasten hi s seat belt.
McLaughlin fought down hi s own
panic and courageous ly paused to
unhook the man 's belt , certainly
saving hi s li fe. He propelled the
panic-stricken man to hi s feet and
toward the door as he finally got hi s
own chute fastened. The frightened
man moaned, "we must pray." "We
can pray on the way down ,"
McLaughlin yelled, pushing him
toward the door.
The crew chief, hi s face
drained of color, ran aft and
struggled to jetti son the big cargo
door. The man was yelling some-
thing, trying to be heard over the
sounds of the dyi ng airplane. Rac-
ing with the others toward their one
dim hope of escape, Cummings
caught the words: " ... evacuate ...
going down ... out now ... " Fi -
nally, the hatch flew off and flames
began to lick at the men in the
cabin.
One of the chaplains had fro-
zen at the door. He was doubled
over, blocking the escape of the
others. To hesitate was to die. Wing
Chaplain Bert Von Norman placed
hi s foot firmly on the man's back
and booted him out into the void.
The others jumped as quickly as
they could hurl themselves into the
hazy morning air, 4000 feet over
Newhall.
The shock of the chute opening
slammed the leg straps into
Cumming's flesh and hi s shoes
were torn from hi s feet. As he
floated down he watched as the pi-
lot pulled the faltering C46 up into
a stall , buying a few more seconds
for hi s own survival. Seconds later,
as the nose started down, Captain
Wil son was seen to hurl himself out
of the plane at 700 feet. There was
little chance hi s chute would open
at that altitude.
Now Cummings faced another
major problem. Ten thousand-volt
power lines laced the earth a few
hundred feet beneath hi s dangling
socks. He wiggled hi s toes and
pondered a plan of escape as the
power lines below got bigger every
second.
He' d heard that it was possible
to steer a chute by pulling on the
ri sers to partially spill air. Desper-
ately he pulled at the cords and the
chute began to go sideways, and at
the same time plummet him toward
the ground. Cummings was certain
he had fatally coll apsed hi s chute,
convi nced that his arrival back on
earth wou ld momentarily be her-
alded by a di sgusting squi shy thud,
but at least he had avoided frying
amid the wires.
Finally the canopy refilled and
he landed easi ly in a fie ld, on hi s
feet. Then he watched in horror as
the pilot 's chute failed to open
completely, streaming out behind
the falling man. Then, just a second
before he hit the ground, the chute
blossomed. Wil son was violentl y
swung up, then slammed onto the
ground fl at of hi s back. The chute
began dragging the stunned man
over the rough field. Cummings ran
to him and spilled the air from the
billowing silk canopy. Aside from
scrapes and bruises he was not in-
jured.
Meanwhile McLaughlin had
tumbled out the door, also in a con-
torted position. When he pulled the
ripcord the shroud lines tangled
around hi s left leg in a deadly
Gordian knot. He found himself
hanging upside down in the har-
ness. Hi s eyeglasses were gone.
Struggling with all hi s mi ght he
somehow freed himself, not realiz-
ing that the opening shock had dis-
located hi s knee. Below were the
same power lines Cummings had
seen. McLaughlin also remem-
bered the shroud-pulling trick and
maneuvered away from poss ibl e
electrocution, mi ssing the lines by
only a few feet.
McLaughlin landed hard and
was unable to get to hi s feet. He
watched as a farmer, carrying a
lethal-looking pitchfork, ran to-
ward him. The wild-eyed man of
the soil looked him over warily,
fork at the ready. He finally low-
ered the weapon. " I thought the
Russians had landed," he told the
injured chaplain.
A nearby school had emptied
to see the spectacle. Scores of little
kids ran willy-nilly toward the
prone McLaughlin and crowded
around to see " the dead man."
McLaughlin grinned weakly and
feebly waved an arm to reass ure
them. The screamed and recoiled
when the "corpse" moved. To
McLaughlin's great reli ef a teacher
Continued . . .
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Continued . ..
fi nall y arrived and took control of the milling gawkers.
In another nearby f ie ld, Cummings and the pilot
gathered up their chutes, and made their way toward a
nearby road where a pi c kup truck had stopped. The
dri ver poked her head out of the window and demanded
of the barefoot chapl ain: "Why Ll oyd Cummings, what
on earth are you doing here?" It was Gwen Gillespi e, one
of Cumming's former pari shi oners and an old fri end
fro m the Newhall church where he had pastored. He
couldn' t resist the line that popped into hi s head.
" Gwen, you j u t never know whe n the preacher
mi ght drop in."
Later, a chastened Cummings visited the wreckage
at the Sheri ff ' s Honor Farm where the plane had hit and
f ireball ed. Pondering the miracle of hi s survival, he
poked among the ashes and fo und hi s parti all y burned
jacket. In its pocket was a charred, but readable bit of po-
eb'y he cheri shes to thi s day; a momenta of hi s gratitude:
6(
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The clock of life is wound but once,
And no one has the power
To tell when the hands will stop
At late or early hour.
So live and love and toil with a will
Place no faith in the distant tomorrow's
For then for you the clock may be still.
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To All California Wing
Public Affairs Officers
I am honored for the recommendati on, selec-
tion and appoi ntment to be your new Cali forni a
Wi ng Director of Publi c Affairs. I ass ure all of
you I wi ll do my very best to ser ve you and the
California Wing. It is my hope, that with your as-
sistance, we can make the Californi a Wing Publi c
Affai rs Program more viable and val uabl e to our
organization - Civil Air Patrol, United States Air
Force Auxi liary.
For the next month or so, 1 will be reviewing
our resources and try to utili ze them where it will
be most beneficial to our Publi c Affairs Program.
Yes, as with most changes in a management posi-
tion, changes in assignments, procedures, expec-
tat ions, etc., are likely to happen. But for now, J
hope the California Wing Publ ic Affair s Staff will
sincerely continue with their current duti es in the
best manner possible.
For dle Groups, Squadrons and Fli ghts Publi c
Affairs Officers, do carryon doing the very best
you can for your unit. One of my primary goals is
to provide each and every Publi c Affairs Officer
the train ing you need to do your j ob better and
with greater sati faction. I hope all Publi c Affairs
Officers, experienced and inexperi enced, wi ll take
on t hese tra ining opport uniti es when it comes
their way.
We, the Cali forni a Wing Publi c Affairs Staff,
will be dedicated to erve you - so, ask for our as-
sistance, if and when you require it. Remember,
every California Wing Public Affairs Officer must
also dedicate themselves and their efforts towards
t heir duties and res ponsibi lities as out lined in
CAPM 190-1, Civi l Air Patrol Public Affairs Pro-
gram.
Will be looki ng forward to meeti ng and work-
ing with all you Publi c Affairs Offi cers as we exi t
this century and enter the next. As we move for-
ward in time, towards the end of Year 1999 and
into the beginning of Year 2000, let us trul y work
together and reinforce Californi a's claim as being
the greatest Wing in Civil Air Patrol. Publi c Af-
fairs Officers can make it - or break it. A fell ow
Ai r Force Sergeants Associati on me mber once
said, "Worki ng Together, Works."
Respectfull y,
FREDERICK R. MAHADOCON, JR.,
LT. COL., CAP
Director,
California Wing Publi c Affairs
MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 31, 1999 - 28th Annual Veterans
of the Flags, Ventura, California. Honor Guard (left to
right): C/AIC Sean Hal ey; C/A IC Dan Darrow, Com-
mander; C/SRA David Thomas; CIA Ryan King.
Squadron 61 Honor Guard
Getting Fully Booked
By Corinne R. Miller
CAMARILLO, CA - The Cadet Squadron 61 Honor Guard
is composed of two e lements, the Color Guard, led by CI
AI C Dan Darrow and the Rifl e-Drill Team. Both units func-
tion as one with the overall command of CII LT Matthew
Jensen. The Honor Guard has been receiving many requests
for the Color Guard and for the Rifl e-Drill Team demonstra-
ti ons. The Civil Air Patrol, Camarill o Composite Squadron
6 1, Honor Guard has made appearances at the fo ll owing
events most recentl y:
The Ronald Reagan Library, in ApriL. The Honor Guard
was well received and the Library Di rector has invited them
back for another appearance.
In May, the Color Guard presented the Colors at the
Eagle Scout Court of Honor. CISSGT Kenneth Mill er of
Squadron 6 1 received hi s Eagle Scout Badge Award. The
event provided the opportunity for the Cadets to show their
fl ag handling skill s to the younger me mbers of the Boy
Scouts of Ameri ca.
On May 3 1 st, the Honor Guard made a well -received
appearance at the 28th Annual Veterans of the Flags, Memo-
ri al Day Serv ices, at th e I vy Lawn Me mori a l Park in
Ventura, CA. The Honor Guard Cadets were featured on the
evening news of two te lev ision programs and made the
fro nt page in full color of the local Ventura Count y Star
newspaper.
MAJOR Greg Chase, Commander of the Civil Air Pa-
trol, Camarill o Composite Squadron 61 , is very proud of the
diligent and hard work and practi ce by the Cadets for them
to create an Honor Guard with outstanding presentati ons in
representing the Civil Air PaD"o!.
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ILt. Jerry Stafford (left) and 2Lt. Dee Osargent.
Search and Rescue Exercise
at Gillespie Field, EI Cajon
By LTC Robert M. Crane,
Group 7 Assistant DO
Forty senior members and ca-
dets and six aircraft participated
in a Search and Rescue Exercise
(SAREX) on July 17th and 18th.
Activitie included Staff Training
and visual and electronic Air and
Ground Search.
The staff arrived at 0700 to
begin setting up the search base.
The primary focus of any search
activity must be safety; therefore,
the first task was to do a safety in-
pection on every air and ground
vehicle to be used during the exer-
cise. In this case no vehi cles were
found that needed addition al
maintenance. All personnel par-
ticipating in the search are re-
quired to possess survival equip-
ment appropriate to the area being
searched. This was also checked.
At 0930 a general briefing on
the entire exercise was held for all
per onnel. The exercise learning
objectives were discussed and an
overall safety briefing given. At
the end of thi s briefing the air-
crews and ground teams began to
pl an and brief on how to find the
si mulated targets that had been
placed in various locations of San
Diego County by other personnel
ear li er in the day. Additional
Emergency Locator Transmitters
(ELTs) or homing beacons would
be placed throughout the day.
By 1100 hours we had three
ai rcraft airborne and five ground
teams in the field acti vely search-
ing for the ELTs and visually
searching for known aircraft
wrecks in the area. By 1130, three
additional aircraft were airborne
and earching for targets in their
assigned areas . Three TV crews,
invited to observe the exercise, ar-
rived and had the operation ex-
plained by the Mi sion Coordina-
tor.
This first day the aircraft
fo und the ELT practice beacons
and found and identifi ed one air-
craft wreck known to exist in the
area searched. The ground teams
found one beacon, but missed an-
other that was placed in a difficult
locat ion. Duri ng debr iefing the
ground teams had some sugges-
tions on how to better manage the
training so that maximum benefit
could be derived. These sugges-
tions were incorporated into the
second day activities.
On 19 July, the Staff knew
what was expected and what to
do. On both days, real emergency
ELTs were heard by the traini ng
aircrew . One aircraft was di-
vetted from his practice area to
search for a very elusive beacon
on the emergency frequency. Af-
ter earching for about an hour,
the beacon stopped. Obviously
neither of these beacons was an
emergency situation , but then
most of the mi ssions for CAP in
the San Diego area are to shut-off
emergency beacons where no
emergency exists.
Overall , thi s mi ssion was very
successful. Forty people worked
together smoothly and were able
to establi sh a coordinated search
base - not a n easy task. The e
volunteers worked hard to achieve
the mi ss ion of CAP which is to
become an effective team that can
accompli h any assigned mi ssion
of search, rescue, or di saster as-
sistance, whi le furthering the edu-
cation of both seniors and cadets
in the use of aerospace as ets.

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1999
Memorial
Day Tribute
By Lt. Col. Charles Wiest
Cal ifornia Wing members ob-
served Memori al Day with tradi-
tional ceremonies at the grave of
Gill Robb Wil son, founder of Civil
Air Patrol , situated in Forest Lawn
Covina Hill s Memorial Park. More
than fifty officers, cadet, fami ly
members and friends attended the
event. Civil Air Patrol units partici-
pating included Headquarters, Cali -
fornia Wing; Headquarters, Groups
I and 15 Chino Cadet Squadron
20; EI Monte Composite Squadron
21 ; Cable Compo ite Squadron 25;
North Orange County Composite
Squadron 56; Brackett Composite
Squadron 64; Billie LeClair Cadet
Squadron 89; and Los Angeles Ca-
det Squadron 138.
Group 15 Color Guard opened
the ceremony with the presentation
of the colors. The Color Guard,
members of Squadron 25, are also
the official 1999 Color Guard for
California Wing. Color Guard per-
sonnel were C/MSGTs Meli ssa
Mueller and Katie Mueller, CI
SSGT Ryan Halbert, and CI AMN
Jake Arballo.
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Sammy
Campos, California Wing Chap-
lain, rendered the invocation. Lt.
Col. Charles Wiest, Group 15
Deput y Commander, welcomed
tho e assembled to honor Mr. Wil-
son and all fallen Civil Air Patrol
members and read a poem written
by Gill Robb. It was a eulogy he
wrote upon the death of test pilot
Joe Walker. Group 15 Commander,
Lt. Col. Evan Zangenberg, placed a
f loral wreath bes ides Gill Robb's
Continued . ..
Cadet Steven Marks, Squadron 138, plays "Taps" as fellow cadets render
the Salute. Photo by Lt. Col. Fred Malzadocoll.
Gill Robb Wilson's gravesite plaque. Photo by Lt. Col. Fred Mahadocon.
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Memorial Day
Continued . ..
marker; Cadet Steven Marks,
Squadron 138, echoed the sur-
roundings with the sound of "Taps"
from hjs bugle; and Chaplain Cam-
po ended the ceremony with a
benediction.
Each year since 1974, San
Gabriel Valley (now Gill Robb Wil-
son) Group 15 members have been
conducting Memorial Day service
at Gill Robb Wilson's resting place.
The site is marked by a large
bronze plaque depicting hi s por-
trait, accomplishments, and the in-
cription "Founder of Civil Air Pa-
trol." Lt. Col. Tom Mayer, then
Group 15 Commander, started this
traditional ceremony, and he in-
sured that thi s event continued on.
Six years ago, he passed on this re-
sponsibility to Lt. Col. Charles
Wiest who, to this day, faithfully
canies on the tradjtion.
Taking part in the day 's cer-
emony were Lt. Colonels Virginia
Nelson, Lloyd Burrell, Fred
Mahadocon; Majors Jackie
DeCosta, Valerie Garcia, Philip
Hall , Gamile Mherian, Patricia
Okawa, Elizabeth Zangenberg,
James Newton, and Patrick and
Carolyn Ward ; Captains David
Baker, Gene Jozens, and Leslie
Suderno; Lieutenants Julie
Mueller, Greg Robert , Dana
Rosenberg, Marian Rosenberg;
CMSgt. Robert Rodemeyer ; and
SM Chuck Davi s, Ira Rosenberg,
Steven Suderno and Gabby
Suderno. Cadets included John Co-
lon, Jannett Garcia, Lauren Grad,
Vincent Guerra, John Harbaugh,
Andre Huynh, Phillip Huynh ,
Cristal IbalTa, Lui s Ibarra, Rosalba
Ibarra, Tony Le, Stephanie Mher-
ian, Hector Moreno, Favian Rod-
riguez, Anthony Rios, John Rosen-
berg, Elizabeth Ward, Mary Ward,
and Kevin Wright.
"Gettin' outta town!" Lt. Col. J im Goin and Lt. Col. Betty Goin.
After 26 nears of dedicated service
to California Civil Air Patrol ...
Jim "Votie" and
Betty Goins Retire
By Major Wyn Selwyn
For more than a quarter of a
century, "Vot ie" and Betty Gain
have given countless hours of their
lives to helping others through their
volunteer efforts with California
Civil Air Patrol. Along with the late
Lloyd Goodale and fellow mission
pilot Al Chinn, the Goins were a
driving force behind the nationally
famous Bi hop High Altitude
Training Course. Each year pilots
and observers from throughout the
west would arrive on the eastern
side of the lofty Sierra Nevada
Mountains to spend a long week-
end honing their skj ll s amid the un-
forgiving peaks.
Bi shop Squadron 66 and the
Goins have been the lone sentinels
of CAP Search and Rescue aid in
that "other" part of California, cut-
off from the rest of the state by the
14,000 foot-high web of granite
that splits the state lengthwi se. But
now the Goins say it 's time to
leave. They 've sold the tru s ty
Cessna 182 that served them so
well in the mountains, and are mak-
ing plans to set out on a new eries
of adventures. Votie summed it up
in these words: "This seemed to be
our top, so it was time to get off
the bus."
Ask the Goins how Civil Air
Patrol has changed over the last
quarter century and they'll tell you
it 's gotten better - more profe -
sional - more demanding. But you
detect a note of sadness for the
good-old-days, when search pilot
flew AT-6s and avgas was 37 cents
a gallon. "But," say Betty, "you
can't look back to the good-old-
days because tomorrow is where
our challenges lie."
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PORCO AGAIN SEEKS NATIONAL
VICE COMMANDER SLOT
By Major Wyn Selwyn
Former Cali forni a Wing Com-
mander Angelo Porco agai n has an-
nounced hi s candidacy for the post
of CAP Nati onaJ Vi ce Commander.
Thi s marks the second time Porco
has campaigned for that pos ition.
The retired hi gh school admini stra-
tor and long-time Ci vil Air Patrol
commander cited "a de perate need
for a change in CAP leadershi p."
Pl edging to upport the Na-
ti onal Commander, Porco said it's
time to ra ise seri ous questio ns
about the rift that now threatens the
lo ng-time re lati ons hip be t ween
Civil Air Patrol and the Air Force.
He said one of hi s top pri oriti es is
to find a las tin g sol uti o n to th e
probl e m so CAP can re mai n " the
loyal auxiliary of the Air Force."
Porco call ed for a blue ribbon
nati o nal committee to look into
charges that CAP nati onall y has not
been responsive to Air Force advice
and counsel, and that there is no ef-
fec ti ve CAP Legislati ve Commit-
tee. He bl amed the lack of legisla-
tive activity for the ongoing cri sis
with the Air Force.
Other pl anks in Porco's pl at-
for m incl ude restructuring the Na-
ti onal Board so that it functi ons as a
more viable board of directors, abl e
to deal with cruc ia l is ues , more
revenue sharing with the wing,
and a di alogue on whether to relo-
cate Nati onal Headquarters in the
nati on's capito\.
Porco has garnered igni ficant
s uppo rt f ro m t he Ca lif orni a
Governor's Office. The chi ef law
e nforceme nt offi cer of th e
Governor's Office of Emergency
Ser vices , La ure nce Buffa loe,
EAGLE CALL DEADLINES
NOVEMBER 1, 1999
FEBRUARY 1, 2000
MAY 1, 2000
Col. Angelo Porco
lauded Porco for "admi rable opera-
tions and safe efficiency" dur ing
hi s te nure as Wing Commander.
Buffa loe wrote to th e CAP Na-
tional Board: "} am confi dent that
Colonel Porco's profess ional and
career preparati ons pl ace him well
within the select group of nati onal
candidates."
Contributors: Please have your stories AND newsletters
in on time to meet these deadlines.
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"Hands On" For
Squadron 56 Cadets
By Major Jackie De Costa
The cadets from North Orange County
Composite Squadron 56 are just a bit ahead of
the game. In addition to model rocketry, they
have an opportunity to help with the building
of a real airplane.
(Left to right): Major Jackie De Costa reviews
wing rib drawings with cadet Grod. Cadets
John Rosenberg, David Restor, and Justin Re-
stor inspect finished ribs.
Two years ago, before be-
coming the commander of
Squadron 56, I was married to
Chuck Davis, al 0 a pilot, who
has grown up around airports and
aviation. He sugges ted that we
take on the proj ect of building an
airplane, a Fly Baby to be exact. I
thought it was a great idea, and
being the Deputy Commander for
Cadets at the time, suggested in-
cluding the cadet (a few at a
time) in the building process. I
thought it would be a great aero-
space education tool. Approxi-
matel y six months ago we finally
began the proj ect.
The Fly Baby was designed
by Peter Bowers years ago and
won the best design award at the
o hkosh Air Show. It is an all
wood, fabric covered airpl ane.
Although it was designed as a
monoplane, ours will be the
bi-plane version of it (Fly Baby
I-B). We are not building it from
a kit. We sent for the plan , along
with the extra bi-pl a ne wing
plans. We are making a few
changes such as using one-eighth
inch plywood instead of 1/16th
inch for the rib webs, and instead
of three-quarter inch Spruce wing
spars, we will u e one inch Dou-
glas Fir for the spars. It will have
a dacron covering. Chuck, who is
now a CAP member himself, de-
cided that a good plan of action
would be to get the tedium out of
the way first by building all the
small parts and then begin the as-
sembly process. He built a couple
of jigs to bend the cap strips by
soaking and clamping them to the
jigs to dry. This will put a bend in
them and prevent them from
breaking whi le putting the ribs
together. We plan to use a Tri-
Pacer main landing gear and a
Lycoming 0290 engi ne. This will
make the more cumbersome
bi-plane Fly Baby into a 115 knot
airplane.
At the time of thi s writing we
are nearly ready to begin assem-
bling the wings, so we have quite
a ways to go yet. We wi ll con-
tinue to keep you posted until
completion. Since it will be a
single place airplane, sorry, we
will not be able to take anyone for
a joyride in the most enjoyable
open cockpit.
(Left to right): Major Jackie De Costa instructs C/AlC John
Rosenberg on the safe operation of a disc sander on an aileron rib
as C/AB Justin Restor, C/AlC Lauren Grod, and C/AlC David
Restor observe.
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Serving the area with
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408 Main
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"You Gotta Have Heart"
Everyone admires a job well
done. I was reminded of that
when our National Commander,
Brig. Gen. James C. Bobick, was
thoughtful enough to send a Cer-
tificate of Appreciation to those
who jumped into the breech to as-
i t SPACE EXPO 2000. Many
dedicated Civil Air Patrol senior
member and cadets stood in the
gap on very short notice to help
make SPACE EXPO 2000 a re-
so unding s uccess . A job well
done is one of the thing that di s-
tingui h CAP from other organi-
zations.
We need to be on guard, how-
ever, Ie t we too fall into the me-
diocrity that often characterizes
our modern culture. Have you no-
ticed a tendency to adj ust to the
lowest common denominator?
There might be an incremental
moderation of our insistence on
excellence, a lowering of our ex-
pectation , and even an eventual
abandonment of our foundations.
Words like character, integrity,
and morality can take on new
meaning, less demanding than be-
fore. Like it or not, it is a charac-
teri stic of our time. Just li sten to
any news report on contemporary
events.
O.K. , so we can see the prob-
lem. What do we do about it?
How do we maintain the high ex-
pectations and tandard of an of-
ficial Auxi li ary of the United
States Air Force? Colossian s
3:23, in one brief statement, of-
fer s some suggestions: "And
whatever you do, do it heartily, as
to the Lord and not to men . .. "
Be Passionate. To do some-
thing "heartily," simply stated, is
to do it with the heart. Actually,
the word relates to the soul , the
seat of affection. People who are
pass ionate about what they do
will demand more of themselves.
In order to maintain a keen edge,
CAP needs people who are pas-
sionate about air earch and res-
cue, the cadet program and aero-
space education; but to accom-
plish these mi ss ions effectively,
they mu t al 0 be pass ionate
about character; morality and in-
tegrity. Pas ionate people are less
likely to complain, and more
likely to put the mission first.
Civil Air Patrol is notju t a flying
club. Joining a military style orga-
Chaplain, Major Whit Woodard
CAP, Group 25
nization and complaining about
military customs and courtesie is
a bit like moving next to the air-
port and complaining about the
noi se. Let's all put our shoulder to
the wheel and do it heartily.
Consider God. The biblical
admonition is to direct our efforts
as though to God rather than just
men [mankind], in whatever we
do. What we do in Civil Ajr Patrol
is noble and serves our fellow
man, but it also has ethical, even
spiritual , significance. What a
privilege it is to have a part in
molding the lives of our cadets,
and to uphold the standards that
will enable them to erve God and
country. They watch us more
closely than we realize. A godly
influence wi ll do much to encour-
age them to do right. The moral
and ethical standards of the USAF
and CAP are clearly above the
lowest common denominator that
we 0 often endure in our culture.
Let' s do our best to uphold them
and let's do it heartily, looking to
God for guidance.
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Beale Squadron Joins The Navy
By 2Lt. Anita Watkins Squadron 19 Activities Officer
In June, members of the
Yuba-Sutter Composite Squadron
19 visited Naval Air Station Fallon,
Nevada. The cadets and senior
members from the CAP squadron
at Beale Air Force Base, California,
were escorted on a half-day tour by
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Ri ck
Collins (JOl ), viewing first-hand
the Navy Fighter Weapons School
(TOPGUN) training program.
The tour started with a visit to
the Naval Strike & Air Warfare
Center (NSAWC) for a film and a
4S-minute briefing from Lt.
Milligan , the Top Gun Aviation
Safety Officer. He emphasized that
the personnel attending programs
at AS Fallon were hand-picked
for the rigorou ten weeks of in-
struction involving six days a week,
ten hours a day. NSAWC flies and
maintains F/A-18 Hornets, F-14
Tomcats, and SH-60F Seahawk he-
licopters. Squadron members were
then escorted to the ramp area for a
tour of an FI A- J 8 Hornet while Lt.
Milligan explained its systems and
capabilities. Cadets and senior
members had a chance to sit in the
cockpit at the same time.
Next stop was the Search and
Rescue Center (SAR) where SR
Chief Williamson briefed members
on rescue operations and ac-
quainted them with the Huey res-
cue helicopters used at the center
for mainly over-water rescues,
which involve crews of five.
Squadron members then were
cleared for lunch , which was
served in the galley with accompa-
nying Navy personnel , and the oc-
casion to talk with several of them.
Members were then tran s-
ported to the Weapons Center
where Petty Officer Steve Walker
showed a 22-minute video and led
members out to view and ee the
actual air to ground missiles used
today. Walker briefed members on
each of the mi ssiles from the Mav-
erick bomb, to the Bunker Buster
or SMART bomb to the Wall -eye
bomb and Napalm bomb. The
Weapons Center handles any and
every type of weapon the Navy
handles. While being briefed, by
coincidence, live bombs were be-
ing transported on the roadway di-
rectI y nex t to them, to be loaded
onto the Cobra helicopters on the
flight line, where aircraft were
headed out on a bombing mi ss ion
within the next hour over one of
four bombing ranges that are within
Naval Air Station Fallon' bound-
aries.
Petty Officer Rick Collins then
set up a "s pecial " un-announced
tour for cadets and senior members
that he aJTanged on the side, for the
first time ever for a group. They
were treated to a flight line tour by
U.S. Marine Corps pilots Capt.
Wal sh and lLt. Faught in which
they were escorted to two helicop-
ters - a Bell AH-l Huey Cobra and
a 20SUH-l Iroquoi (Huey). Thi s
was a real highlight of the tour as
cadets were allowed to take a seat
in the Huey's cockpit, and question
the two Marine Corps pilots for
over an hour.
The Naval Strike Warfare Cen-
ter (STRIKE U) based at AS
Fallon since 1984, was joined with
the Navy Fighter Weapons School
(TOPGUN) and the Carrier Air-
borne Early Warning Weapons
School (TOPDOME) which both
moved from NAS Miramar.
The tour ended with a visit to
the Post Exchange for NAS Fallon
souvenirs. This was an exceptional
excursion for all members who
took part in the two-day trip to the
Naval Air Station. Squadron mem-
bers stayed at the newly renovated
billeting facilities on Fallon, after a
squadron swim at the post swim-
ming pool, and a pizza party in the
evening.
SSgt. Ashley Currier and AlC Keri Chue. Squadron members with U.S. Navy Petty Officer Rick
Collins and Lt. Milligan.
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Red Cross volunteers chat with SAREX's Safety Officer 1Lt Tony Stieber
from Sq 10, and Maj Lance Charnes, CAP-RAP.
Trained To The Cutting Edge
By Capt Alice Mansell
Palo ALto, CA - Over the last week-
end in April, the Jon E. Kramer
Composite Squadron 10 hosted a
search and rescue exerci se at the
Palo ALto Airport. The training sce-
nruio called for a mi ssing aircraft to
be located across a mountain range
in San Mateo County park land
near the Pacific Ocean. Seventy
Civil Air Patrol members partici-
pated with nine aircraft , five
ground vehicles, and four Air Force
officers and one noncommissioned
officer who oversaw the operations.
All the tru'gets were located by the
aircrews and ground teams despite
being placed in locations hard to
see without air to ground cOOl'dina-
tion.
Capt Athan Constantine from
Monterey's Sq 60 served as the ex-
ercise Mission Coordinator. Capt
Dennis Materrese, from Oakland's
Ameli a Ear hart Senior Sq 188
served as Ground Operati ons Di-
rector. Capt Mitch Ri chman, from
Sq 10 served as the Ail' Operations
Director.
Classroom training with the
new National CAP Emergency Ser-
vices Ground Team curriculum was
offered to about a dozen students.
LtCol Terry Taylor, CAP, from the
Pacific Region, and ILt Al Chavez,
CAP, of Squadron 188 lead the
classes. Several students spent the
night in the search area and were
joined the next day for more field
work to use their new ground
search skills.
Most aircrews f lew gr id
searches and a few were abl e to
practice their skill s in coordinati ng
wi th the ground teams. A few expe-
rienced mi ssion pilots flew training
flights wi th the new National CAP
Mt. Fury Mountain Flying curricu-
lum or mentored mission pilot
trainees.
The Santa Clara Valley Chapter
of the American Red Cross with
help from the PaJo ALto Chapter as-
sisted at the exercise by providing
food and refreshments for the par-
ticipants. CAP and CAP-USAF of-
ficers gave the Red Cross workers a
ground orientation of CAP aircraft
to encourage them to call for CAP
air support such as when roads ru'e
blocked during disasters like floods
or earthq uakes, or to he lp wit h
damage assessment.
Captains Chuck Frank (left) from San Jose Senior Sq
80 and Steve Philipson (right) from Sq 10 demonstrate
Group 2's smooth relationships while preparing for a
Saturday afternoon sortie.
After an orientation to a CAP aircraft, Diane St. Denis,
RN, from the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the Red
Cross has some hangar talk with Maj Lance Charnes,
CAP-RAP, Maj John Aylesworth from Sq 10 working
flightline, and Kristiana Kincaid of the Red Cross.
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822 E. SHANK RD.
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209-781-8604
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14 185 Mono Way
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(707) 839-3222
1685 Sutter Rd., McKinleyville
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(805) 831-6400
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12680 State Hwy. 160
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Pictured from front to rear: Cadet Jason Lee (on knees), Cadet Bryon
Gelfo (sitting), and Cadet Clif Richard (standing).
Sq 49 Pancho Barnes Cadets
Tour FAA's Palmdale ATC Facility
PALMDALE, CA - Members of
Pancho Barnes Cadets Squadron
49, had the opportunity to tour the
FAA's air traffic control facility in
Palmdale. The ir tour gui ld air
traffic controller Todd Whitman,
began by taking the cadets to the
class room and explained what
they would be seei ng on the tour.
Cadets learned how controllers
identify the different aircraft that
appear on their radar screens.
From the cIa room, they
were hown the imulators. Here
cadet were able to see up close
exactly what the controll ers see.
Mr. Whitman howed the cadet
how an aircraft is passed from one
area of control to another and that
a controll er has a small section of
air space that he is respon ible for.
They al 0 learned how the com-
puter will automatically alert the
contro ll er if an aircraft passes
within five mile of another air-
craft.
From there the cadets were
taken to the "dungeon' - referring
to the actual control room floor.
The room ha very dim li ghting,
making it eas ier to watch the
screen for long periods of time.
Two cadets were placed with two
to three controllers, and were abl e
to li sten in, as pilots communi-
cated with the controllers. Cadets
were also ab le to ask questions .
Being on the floor was an exciting
experience for everyone. Two ca-
det s saw a pair of planes that
came within the five mile bound-
ary, setting off an alarm and the
screen began flashing, identifying
which aircraft were too close. An-
other cadet saw how controll ers
handle a pilot that drifts off
course into restricted air space.
Several cadets came away
from the two-hour tour with the
idea of becoming an air traffic
controller. It is a rarely seen, but
very exciting a pect of aviation.
Members of Panc ho Barne
Cadet Squadron 49, also had the
opportunity to tour the U.S. Cus-
toms Service's, Domestic Air In-
Two Squadron
25 Cadets
Enter Military
Academies
Cadet 2Lt James Naugle, 18, of
Upland, son of David Naugle and
Alice Piatt, is in his fir t year at the
United States Air Force Academy,
Colorado Springs. A recent gradu-
ate of Upland Hi gh School , Naugle,
a four year member of Cable Com-
posite Squadron 25, was the Cadet
Squadron Commander.
Cadet I Lt Michael Frisby, Jr. ,
17, son of Michael , Sr. And Juanita,
of Rol ling Heights, and a recent
grad uate of Bishop Amat Hi gh
School , is attending the United
State Naval Academy in Annapo-
li s, Maryland. A CAP member for
2Y2 years, Fri by was the Cable
Squadron Executive Officer
terdiction Coordination Center.
The facility, located at March
AFB, is the only one of its kind in
the world.
The group viewed a video that
showed the many different func-
tion of the Customs Service. It
also told about the spec ial flight
training required to tail planes,
identify them and not be noticed.
From there they were shown
to the observation room. Here, ca-
dets learned about the state of the
art eq uipment that is capable of
tracking aircraft from South
America all the way to Canada.
This unu ual tour was both
exciting and educational. The
U.S. Customs Service is much
more than the drug sniffing dogs
we ee at airports. Cadets learned
there are job opportunities for law
enforcement officers, pilots, air
traffic controllers, lawyers, and
accountants just to name a few.
43
Cable
Composite
Squadron
Welcomes
New Chaplain
Captain (Chaplain) William
Hampton, U.S.N.R. (Retired) of
Alta Loma was recently ap-
pointed Squadron Chaplain.
Chaplain Hampton is one of the
first Chaplains to serve Civil Air
Patrol under the recently ap-
proved National Headquarters
Community Clergy program. In
his monthly visits Chaplain
Hampton discusses Moral Lead-
ership issues and practices with
the Squadron Cadets.
The photograph recalls Chaplain Hampton's Welcome Aboard cer-
emony with left-to right: Captain Robert Bitting, Deputy Commander
for Cadets, Captain David Barker, Deputy Commander for Seniors,
Chaplain Hampton, and Squadron Commander Colonel Ernest C.
Pearson, CAP.
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