Asheville Squadron - Oct 2008

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G a z e t t eVol.1 Issue 5 “Semper Gumby” October , 2008

Cadets, seniors fly in Blackhawk

The first flight of Asheville Composite Squadron members take off for their ride while others wait their turn.

By 2Lt. Clint Parker

The members of theAsheville CompositeSquadron were given a ridelast month that they won’t

soon forget.The North Carolina National Guard took a totalof 59 CAP members (27cadets and 32 seniors) upin a Blackhawk helicopter.

The planned orienta-tion flight had been can-celed twice before, but theflight in the big bird waswell worth waiting for andturned out that the third

time was the charm.Members of the Black-hawk crew where CW2Jay C. Moon, co-pilot;CW4 Tim Hopper, pilot;and SFC Leo Gosney, crewchief.

The Blackhawk carriesa crew of three plus 10others. So it took about sixflights to get everybodyup. The flights began just

before sundown and lastedabout seven to 10 minuteseach.

Members on the groundwatched with eagerness aseach flight took off bring-ing them closer to their turn.

While those in the Black-hawk hoped with each

passing second that their trip would be the longest.

CAP members atAsheville are in deepappreciation to the Black-hawk crew that made thisextra special flight pos-sible.

Crew from left to right: CW2 Jay C. Moon; CW4 Tim Hopper and SFC Leo Gosney.

The

FlightBy 2Lt. Clint Parker

I was eager to geton the Blackhawk, butI was several flights back and daylight was

fading fast.Being the PAO, I

need daylight for my pictures, so I quicklyasked the SquadronCommander to moveme up and he did. Now as I headed out

to the helicopter as partof the second flight myheart began to race.

I had already checkedwith the flight’s crewchief, SFC Leo Gosney,

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Cadets, seniors fly in Blackhawk

for the best seat and eventhough the crew had gone

over straping yourself in hestill had to help me. Now the wait for takeoff,

and it was smooth as an ele-vator as we lifted off effort-lessly.

The acceleration off theground and into upward andforward flight was so quick that I got only one pictureof those on the ground andit was a blur.

Unlike the usual vibrationin helicopters, the Black-hawk was smooth as silk as

it traveled through the air atmountain level or below.I had been fighting a cold all

day and, if it had not been for the Blackhawk ride that eve-ning, I’d have stayed home.

However, the Blackhawk ride made it all worth while,it just ended all too soon.

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Chaplain’s corner

Moral Leadership:part 4 RESPECT is the fourth and final core value to be cov-

ered in this series of articles.There are many ways to express respect by, giving,

showing, or earning it. How do we do this?Respect in CAP is extremely important because our

members come from varioussituations in life and there-fore we need to treat each other with fairness and dig-nity in order to work together as a team, otherwise the

capability to accomplish the CAP mission would beimpaired. We do this by having a deferential (respectfulor courteous) regard for others. In this respect we makeapplication to the “Golden Rule”- [Do unto others asyou would have them do unto you].

Show respect with regard to avoid intruding upon.Avoid being profaned, defiled, or sarcastic but expressconcern for others in conversation. Have respect for one’s elders.

Respect is shown in regard for appreciation of worth;tohonor and esteem as having great respect for a person.

Generally the person has rightfully earned this respectthrough successful achievement by valor, skill, perse-verance, or exertion to accomplish something of impor-tance. In CAP this is primarily recognized through

awards and official rank. Giving proper salutation andexpressions of consideration by all those of lesser rank is the way to pay one’s respects. And to those in the con-dition of being honored or respected are to hold respectfor their higher office.

To treat with propriety or consideration the possessionor ownership of all the property of CAP in a respectfulmanner by proper care and use. Conform to duty or obli-gations in compliance to regulations and law.

The core values in their entirety serve as the founda-tion for how CAP members treat one another; how theytreat the recipients of CAP’s humanitarian service; andhow they care for the corporate assets under their con-trol. These basic commandments form CAP’s ethicalcenterline- a moral compass for the organization. If one

member fails to uphold these values, then, in a way, theentire organization suffers.In conclusion.What are the core values? Simply these values repre-

sent a cultural commitment within Civil Air Patrol: to practice basic honesty, to give one’s self for the better-ment of humanity, to deliver top quality services, and totreat others fairly. Core values require all CAP membersto exemplify the highest standards of personal and pro-fessional conduct.

Former Air Force chief of Staff General Ronald Fogle-man said, Core values must guide our daily actions--“even when no one else(human) is watching”.

Reference: Most of the material used in this series wastaken from CAP Pamphlet 50-2.

Patches take a

flight over the DMZ

Asheville working for ‘Pennies for Pearl’

Several weeks ago, CAP Lt. Richard Feeman’s son, 1 Lt. Matthew

Feeman who is an F-16 pilot for the US Air Force stopped at the

squadron. One of the tokens of appreciation the squadron gave Lt.

Matthew Feeman was several Gumby patches. Now Lt. Matthew has

returned the favor by sending back from Korea his squadron patch

and a Gumby patch along with a letter of authenticity saying that

the patches have been in the air over the famous or infamous DMZ.

We thank the Feeman family for this special gift.

By 2Lt. Barbara Bow

The USS Arizona museumand visitor center is sinking,and Asheville CompositeSquadron has joined thePennies for Pearl Harbor “team” (part of the Pearl

Harbor Memorial Fund) toraise funds to replace it.Engineers have deter-

mined that, for safety rea-sons, it must be abandonedwithin as few as 2 years.Plans are complete, and theground breaking is in thevery near future.

A collection “kitty”, a jar decorated (by Cadet Staff Sergeant Stephen Greene)and placed near our sign-insheets, has already enabledus to send in 2 checks. CadetGreene has also volunteered

to roll and count the moneydonated. In addition to our general collection, cadetshave an on-going competi-tion, whereby they can takehome USS Arizona Memo-rial collection boxes tosolicit money from family

and friends. Cadet NikkiHolcombe is acting as liai-son for the cadets.

Senior Member NancyGreene has contacted over 30 businesses that havegenerously donated prizesfor cadet competition incen-tive.

In addition, she is puttingtogether a grand prize of afully-equipped 24/48-hour top-of-the-line backpack.Senior members are beingasked to support the cadetcompetition by making

donations of cash to pur-chase and/or items (ask Nancy Greene what is lack-ing) to complete the backpack equipment list.

We are also placing theUSS Arizona collection boxes in stores, banks,

churches – anywhere wecan. If anyone knows of a business or organizationthat would allow the place-ment of these boxes, pleasesee 2Lt. Barbara Bow or

SM Nancy Greene.Once school starts, we

hope to bring the programinto many of the schools,not only to raise funds for the Pennies project, but to provide educational materi-als and awareness of World

War II history and theimportance of rebuildingthe new Museum & Visitor Center, that will be “a vitallink to current & future gen-erations as a reminder of the

great sacrifice by our coun-trymen.” -

(quote from the PearlHarbor Memorial Fund bro-chure)

2Lt.Barbara Bow receiveda phone call from PriscillaLee in Honolulu, to inform

us that if we raise (&/or have money donated – besure to indicate ID#608 for ACS/CAP) $10,000, our name will be inscribed on awall of the new building.

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Multiple launches at rocketry weekend.

K-9 retrieval system better known as Parker.

By Major Rich Augur &2Lt. Clint Parker

A severe gas shortage inWestern North Carolinaresulting in stations beingclosed for weeks and rainon Friday night could notstop these rocketeers fromgetting their rocket badge!

Eighteen cadets, ninesenior members and twovisitors from Asheville,Iredell and Charlotte madethe weekend a great suc-cess even after membersof Swain County (NC151),Gastonia(NC024), Shelby(NC050) and Apex (NC801)had to cancel.

Eight (8) of the cadetsattending needed most of the written and hands on

phases to complete their rocket badge requirementsand our goal was for all toget their badge by Saturdayafternoon.

The rocketry weekendstarted on Friday eveningwith three cadets from Ire-dell and 12 cadets fromAsheville spending the nightin the barn. Asheville Cadetstaff began teaching theRedstone, Titan and Saturnclasses in the barn using theclasses developed by LTC

Pam Strug, PowerPoint pre-sentations, a projector, anda sheet hung on the side of the barn.

They took a break later in the evening and built“Fizzy Rockets”, completewith “Semper Gumby”templates. Asheville Cadetstaff also taught this phase.We launched the fizzy rock-ets in the barn with cadetsstanding in the hayloft to judge which rocket went thehighest.

They then built “God-dard” rockets and launchedthem in the barn until therain quit...oh yes, we had planned to camp in a “tentcity‚ in the field but since itwas raining as folks arrived

so we just went to the barn.We later went outside andhad distance and altitudecontest with the “God-dards”. The eight cadetscompleted the “RedstonePhase” on Friday night.

The group then watchedthe movie “Return withHonor” - a documentaryabout the Vietnam POWs.

On Saturday, classescontinued with all eightcadets completing the writ-ten phases. Asheville cadetstaff then assisted themin building the Titan andSaturn phase rockets. Mosthad already built the EstesViking (Titan phase) rocketso the time was spent build-ing the “Patriot (secondTitan phase rocket) and Pay-loader for the Saturn Phase.All rockets were provided by the Cadet LeadershipProgram Grant.

Mr Dale Herman, a LevelII model rocketeer, broughthis trailer full of rockets andgave a great presentation.

He launched a few of hislesser, rockets as part of our afternoon launch.

By noon the rockets wereassembled and the launches began. First, the eight cadetscompleting their rocket badge requirements weretrained on how to pack andlaunch a rocket and then theylaunched! First the Vikings,then the patriots and thenthe payloaders with a threeounce weight. All rocketengines were provided by

the grant.All eight successfully

completed their launchesand got their badges, complete with a cadet formationand awards ceremony!

On Sunday morning they

spent time designing and building their own rocketwith a glider! They launched

it five times. None real suc-cessful as far as the glider actually gliding but allrecoverable! They also hadabout 15 more launches of other rockets they had builtfor the weekend.

Over 100 launches, 24 of which were directly relatedto getting the eight cadets

their badges, took placeover the weekend. Only onerocket was recovered withdoggy teeth marks (Parker the dog was our caninerecovery system)!

All food was prepared and

provided by 1Lt RhondaAugur.

Despite fuel shortage and rain

Rocketry weekend a success

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