Civil Air Patrol Newsroom

New flyers from the California, Michigan and Texas wings recently earned their private pilot certificates through the Civil Air Patrol Youth Aviation Initiative's Cadet Wings program, bringing the … Read more

More than 100 Civil Air Patrol cadet teams’ scientific experiments soared skyward Aug. 13 in north central Indiana for Civil Air Patrol’s second High-Altitude Balloon Challenge.Participating cadets … Read more

Fleetwings Sea Bird F-401 NC16793Capacity: fourLength: 32 feet Maximum speed: 150 mphCruise speed: 139 mphRange: 520 milesService ceiling: 14,500 feetThe Fleetwings Sea Bird was an amphibious … Read more