Volunteer jan-feb:Layout 1 1/14/09 3:21 PM Page a Volunteer jan-feb:Layout 1 1/14/09 3:22 PM Page b Volunteer jan-feb:Layout 1 1/14/09 1:38 PM Page 1 Hannah Kim waits CIVIL AIR PATROL 10 with her second- grade classmates to toss her blue boomerang to mark the national January-February 2009 liftoff of Civil Air Patrol’s new Aerospace Connections in Education program. The event, held at San FEATURES Jose Catholic School in Photo by Susan Robertson, Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters Photo by Susan Robertson, Civil Jacksonville, Fla., 2 Eye In The Sky attracted participation Delaware Wing Provides Traffic Reconnaissance At NASCAR Track from 700 K-6 students and their teachers. 6 CAP To The Rescue Aircrew Finds Downed Helicopter, Stranded Passengers In Florida Bay 42 Training Abounds 9 Seaplane Mayday Preparation By Members Key To CAP’s Success Aircrew On Routine Mission Responds To Lake Tahoe Crash 47 A Role Model CAP Officer Makes Name For Himself On Big Screen 10 ACE Liftoff New Aerospace Education Initiative 50 CAP Foundation Established For K-6 Pupils, Educators Support Missions With Charitable Contributions 14 CAP In The Hood Peak’s Unstable Slopes Subject Of Study DEPARTMENTS Conducted By Geologists, Oregon Wing 18 Behind The Scenes 5 From Your National Commander CAP Assists Tennessee Medical Team Featured On ‘60 Minutes’ 51 Crossword 21 On Board 52 Achievements Retired Air Force Officer’s Expertise Extends To CAP 53 Region News 25 A Spaatz Success Story Former Cadet Says CAP Foundation Led To Ownership Of Worldwide Companies SUBSCRIPTIONS The annual subscription rate is $25. To subscribe, mail a 28 Medal Recipients check to Volunteer Subscriptions, CAP Public Affairs, 105 CAP Members Earn Congressional Medal For Outstanding Volunteer Efforts S. Hansell St., Bldg. 714, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332. 31 New Member Benefit ON OUR COVER CAP Cadets Now Eligible For Spartan College Scholarships Civil Air Patrol Capt. Nicholas Kalair, a Gen. Carl A. 34 ‘Hurricane Horn’ Spaatz Award winner who is a member of the Michigan Wing’s Van Dyke Cadet Squadron, routinely flies his New York Wing’s Spencer Horn Steps own Piper Navajo Twin to tend to his business ventures. Into The Boxing Ring For Charity Kalair, 30, owns three global companies and is a finan- 36 Officer Training cial backer for others. He credits much of his early busi- CAP Hones Leadership Skills At National Staff College ness success to his involvement in CAP. See Kalair’s story on page 27. Photo courtesy of Justin Gann. 38 Honored For Helping Others New Jersey Wing’s Ed Rohan Receives Four Chaplains Legion Of Honor Award Civil Air Patrol Volunteer is oriented toward both internal (CAP) and external audiences. For that reason, it uses the Associated Press style for such things as military abbreviations. The Associated Press style is the standard used for most 40 Award-Winning Marksman newspapers and magazines. Official internal CAP communications should Colorado Trapshooting Champ Takes Aim At Future continue to use the U.S. Air Force rank abbreviations found in CAPR 35-5. Citizens Serving Communities...Above and Beyond 1 www.gocivilairpatrol.com Volunteer jan-feb:Layout 1 1/14/09 1:39 PM Page 2 Gentlemen, Start Your With these traditional words, “Gentlemen, start your engines,” Sprint CAP Serves as Cup Series drivers rev up to top speed, jockey for the lead and roar toward the final checkered flag on the last lap of the Dover, Eye in the Sky Del., track. Hours before the first race car edges into position, Civil Air Patrol members are airborne, monitoring for NASCAR Race traffic leading into and out of the area. By Janet Adams Ask Delaware residents what the Sprint the lines of traffic on Cup Series is all about and they’ll answer race day. And, since “NASCAR” or name their favorite driver. some fans trickle in a Pulsating TV ads entreat viewers to “Be day or two — some There!” And they are — in the tens of even up to a week — thousands, filling the highways and local ahead of a race, recon- A roads with all types of motorized vehicles, naissance of the area from motorcycles to campers and motor homes. around the speedway Considering that Dover International Speedway, where begins several days before the race is held, has 120,000 seats, it is easy to imagine and after the actual event. “Sunday events are the busiest,” said CAP Delaware Wing Maj. Bob Bracco. “We will have at least four planes in the air at all times on those days. Given the logistics of coordinat- ing pilots, planes and Delaware Department of Maj. Bob Bracco pilots a CAP plane on race day at Dover International Speedway. The Delaware Department of Photo by 1st Lt. Gary Emeigh, Delaware Wing Transportation relies on CAP to help monitor traffic near the speedway. More than 120,000 race fans attend each NASCAR event held there. Civil Air Patrol Volunteer 2 January-February 2009 Volunteer jan-feb:Layout 1 1/14/09 1:40 PM Page 3 Engines Photo by 1st Lt. Gary Emeigh, Delaware Wing An aerial shot from a CAP plane shows Dover International Speedway on race day. All CAP aircraft used to monitor traffic for NASCAR events are required to maintain an altitude of 3,000 feet and a radius of three miles of the track to reduce noise and distraction. try to stay off the roads when major events are scheduled. Still, managing the traffic flow is a major undertaking. Keeping an eye on traffic patterns for major events is Transportation just one of many community services performed by the (DELDOT) com- Delaware Wing, Bracco said. “We also are a part of daily munication vehicles and weekly traffic events such as reporting road block- on the ground and aloft, ages from downed trees or a major accident, street and the job is demanding, but it highway flooding, collapsed or washed-out bridges and is also a very welcome commu- weekend beach traffic,” he said. nity service.” By working closely with DELDOT, first responders Since airspace above the track is highly can be dispatched promptly and road crews can be sum- restricted during a race, private planes and heli- moned to block off accident sites while rerouting traffic if copters are banned. Participating CAP aircraft are necessary. “CAP also helps DELDOT’s commitment to required to maintain an altitude of 3,000 feet and a radius public safety by sighting and reporting fires of all types, of three miles of the track to reduce noise and distraction. including car, building and field fires,” Bracco said. L Two CAP planes are generally in the air at one time, with Editor’s Note: Across the country, CAP aircrews assist CAP pilots and observers in constant contact with the and support local police and transportation departments in operations manager of DELDOT’s transportation manage- all the above-mentioned areas. If you are attending a major ment center, Gene Donaldson, who is on the scene in a sporting event like a NASCAR race or the Kentucky Derby state police helicopter. or happen to be on the scene at a colossal fire or other disas- Local shopping malls close down for the race from ter, look up. There’s probably a CAP “eye in the sky” help- noon to 4 p.m., and people living near Dover generally ing coordinate the multi-agency ground crew response. Citizens Serving Communities...Above and Beyond 3 www.gocivilairpatrol.com Volunteer jan-feb:Layout 1 1/14/09 1:40 PM Page 4 Holiday Wreaths Placed On Veterans’ Gravesites EDITORIAL STAFF Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Korben Weidenborner, a member of the Minnesota Wingʼs St. CIVIL AIR PATROL Cloud Composite Squadron, places a wreath near the final resting place of Harry B. NATIONAL COMMANDER Monnier during a Wreaths Across America wreath-laying ceremony held Dec. 13 at Maj. Gen. Amy S. Courter the Minnesota State Veteransʼ Cemetery. CAP members decorated nearly 180 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR cemeteries across the U.S. with more than 15,000 wreaths placed in memory of Don R. Rowland American veterans as part of the 17th annual nationwide observance. Full PUBLIC AWARENESS & coverage of Wreaths Across America ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery will MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR appear in the next issue of the Civil Air Patrol Volunteer. Marc Huchette MANAGING EDITOR Julie M. DeBardelaben ASSOCIATE EDITOR Steve Cox GRAPHIC DESIGNER Barb Pribulick STAFF WRITER Neil Probst STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Photo by Capt. Richard Sprouse, Minnesota Wing Susan Robertson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Janet Adams, Dan Bailey, Kristi Carr, Capt. Steven Solomon, Sandra Tindoll and Kimberly L. Wright MAGAZINE EDITORIAL BOARD Col. Joseph A. Guimond Jr. Senior Adviser, Support Col. Andrew E. Skiba NCASE Brings Together Aviation, Senior Adviser, Operations Col. Richard A. Greenhut Space Enthusiasts National Marketing Adviser Dr. Charlie Rodriguez, assistant pro- fessor at Southern Illinois University, ON THE WEB presents an aerospace experiment during a session titled “Aviation Go to www.gocivilairpatrol.com Science Using Gizmos” at the daily for squadron and wing news. National Conference on Aviation and Civil Air Patrol Volunteer is published bimonthly by Civil Space Education held recently in Air Patrol, a private, charitable, benevolent corporation Virginia. The conference, which was and auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. Please send all hosted by the National Coalition for correspondence to Public Affairs, 105 S. Hansell St., Photo by Lt. Col. William Turner, Arizona Wing Turner, Photo by Lt. Col. William Aviation Education and co-sponsored Bldg. 714, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332; telephone by CAP, featured more than 40 semi- 877-227-9142, ext.