Articles tagged with 'field' & 'feature' | Civil Air Patrol

Lt. Col. David Miller is an admitted “Star Trek” buff who’s met every prominent actor in the iconic series except for William Shatner.While Miller, a family practice physician, may never share the bridge of the Enterprise with Shatner as Capt. James ...

Civil Air Patrol’s Logistics team is introducing the Vehicle Risk Management Program to train, educate, and promote awareness among CAP members about vehicle safety.“Let’s be honest with one another. We can get complacent when it comes to operating v...

What if one day you heard a sound above you, looked up, and saw the most amazing machine flying through the air. You didn’t know what it was … only that it soared and swooped like a bird – but wasn’t a bird – and to a young girl’s eyes it was simply ...

Way back in 1982, Amy Myzie knew it was time to rejoin Civil Air Patrol after a lapse of a few years during her new career at a New Jersey police department.She had joined CAP as a cadet in the early 1970s in Connecticut and loved it. In 1978 she was...

Goldsboro Elementary School in Sanford, Florida, and its flight and space STEM teacher, Robert Wakelyn, head the list of national honors announced for 2023 by Civil Air Patrol’s Aerospace Connections in Education program.Goldsboro Elementary has been...

A cadet flight commander for the North Carolina Wing’s Hickory Composite has received not one, not two, but three service academy appointments, ultimately choosing the U.S. Coast Guard Academy as her next destination.Cadet 2nd Lt. Shaley Dunn also re...

Cadets from the Florida, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Texas wings recently earned their private pilot certificate through the Civil Air Patrol Youth Aviation Initiative's Cadet Wings program. 

Meyers OTW-125 “Out-To-Win” — NC26460Capacity: 2Length: 22 feet 8 inchesMaximum speed: 115 mphCruise speed: 100 mphRange: 350 milesService ceiling: 14,000 feet“Something old, something new, modern rivets, and old-fashioned glue” was an apt descriptor...

A gaggle of waterlogged  Civil Air Patrol cadets huddled on the hallowed ground of Gettysburg National Military Park. Hours before, rain had fallen in buckets, just as it had on the second day of the pivotal July 1863 Civil War battle.There — fitting...

“There I was … at 7,000 feet … when …”  Many Civil Air Patrol cadets dream about completing a harrowing – but safely landed – flight. And retired Air Force Col. and former California Wing cadet Kim Campbell got to do just that.  On April 7, 2003, her...

Brunner-Winkle "Bird," BK (1929), NC81KCapacity: threeLength: 23 feetMaximum speed: 110 mphCruise speed: 92 mphRange: 500 milesService ceiling: 14,000 feetThe Brunner-Winkle “Bird” model B, later redesignated BK to identify the upgraded five-cylinder...

A high-altitude balloon launched March 18 by cadets in the Connecticut Wing’s 399th Composite Squadron climbed to 121,660 feet – 23.04 miles – to set a record for Civil Air Patrol.The balloon was launched at 10:14 a.m. and landed at 12:30 p.m., trave...

In observance of National Volunteer Month, Civil Air Patrol recognizes Maj. Ron Finger, who serves as CAP’s national artist on the Marketing and Strategic Communications team. Finger, honored over the weekend by the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame, i...

Eleven Civil Air Patrol members from nine wings and five regions teamed up online March 26 to evaluate damage to 5,520 structures in the wake of a deadly tornado that struck Mississippi two days earlier.The CAP members were part of the organization’s...

Civil Air Patrol’s Aerospace Education directorate is launching the third annual National High-Altitude Balloon Challenge for cadets, with team registration open through May 22.Begun as the first national cadet STEM competition in 2021, the balloon c...

After a distinguished 35-year career in the U.S. Air Force, the first 1st Air Force commander to officially fly with Civil Air Patrol is retiring.Lt. Gen. Kirk Pierce will step down March 31 from his post as commander, Continental U.S. North American...

 Ninety-one scholarships totaling $155,000 have been awarded to Civil Air Patrol cadets from 32 wings and one overseas unit.The total includes 63 academic scholarships worth $123,500 and 28 flight scholarships worth $31,500.Cadets in the Southeast Re...

Jane Davies, a first-generation American, wasn’t accustomed to the word “can’t.”But as a freshman engineering major at the University of Connecticut’s Waterbury campus, the glass ceiling crashed hard, thanks to one pontificating professor.“On the fir...

Three cadets having lunch at a Cupertino, California, restaurant  sprang into action to save a choking elderly woman’s life March 4.Cadet Capt. Samhita Srivatsan, Cadet 2nd Lt. Esme Chen, and Cadet Tech. Sgt. Maxim Manokhin, all members of the Califo...

For Women's History Month, Civil Air Patrol honors Willa Beatrice Brown, an early member of both CAP and "the Ninety-Nines.” Established in 1929 by 99 women pilots, Ninety-Nines Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots, promotes advancement o...

Six cadets from the New Jersey Wing’s Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Composite Squadron will compete April 20-22 in the Air & Space Force Association’s StellarXplorers IX Space STEM program national finals.The team  is one of 10 to reach the championship com...

Capacity: threeLength: 33 feet   Maximum speed: 128 mphCruise speed: 105 mphRange: 650 milesService ceiling: 14,500 feetCivil Air Patrol flew NC7471 as part of its wartime Southern Liaison Patrol, which monitored the U.S. border with Mexico to circum...

The California Wing’s Fullerton Composite Squadron 56 has reached the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition finals for the third straight year and the fifth time in six years, joined by a pair of first-time finalists from the Idaho Wi...

Born and raised in the District of Columbia, Col. Richard J. Cooper Jr. can look back on a lifetime of contributing to his local community and Civil Air Patrol’s National Capital Wing. He’s focused on giving back as a volunteer by helping provide you...

Cadets from the Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Washington wings recently earned their private pilot certificates through the Civil Air Patrol Youth Aviation Initiative's Cadet Wings program.   ...

Female flying will be the focus from Feb. 23-25 at Civil Air Patrol partner Women in Aviation International’s national convention in California. Several CAP National Headquarters staff members will exhibit at and attend the conference at Long Beach C...

Kinner “Sportster B”, NC14201Capacity: 2Length: 24 feet 2 inchesMaximum speed: 112 mphCruise speed: 98 mphRange: 440 milesService ceiling: 15,000 feetBuilt in 1934 by the Kinner Airplane & Motor Corp. in Glendale, California, the “Sportster B” offere...

Civil Air Patrol is participating for the 22rd straight year in an exercise to help the U.S. Air Force ensure the safety and security of airspace around Super Bowl LVII, set for Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.To help Air Force fig...

Cadets from the Louisiana, Missouri, Texas, and Washington wings recently earned their private pilot certificate through the Civil Air Patrol Youth Aviation Initiative's Cadet Wings program.

A longtime Civil Air Patrol member with nearly three decades of National Headquarters experience has been chosen as CAP’s new chief operating officer.The Board of Governors has named John W. Desmarais Sr., CAP’s director of operations, to the top exe...