Florida Wing - Jun 1983

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Volume25. Numbar.2 08001 June188Deringer Earns Spaatz Award

Photo by Capt. Fred Karl


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MARV IN L. JONESC o l o n e l , USAFCommander

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEUSAF REGIONA HOSPITAL MACQILL (TACI

MACDILL AIR FORCE IIASE FL 31601

21 January 1983

Major Kenneth Portlock (l7ROU P 3)2823 Oakdale Dr.Tampa, Fl 33610Dear Major Portlock:

The West Area Special Olympics Basketball Tournament has been atremendous success. MacDill AFB has had the pleasure of hosting thisevent for the past 5 years. This year we have entertained the largestnumber of participants and chaperones, 412 to be exact.

Overall, the games of 14 and 15 January 1983 were outstanding.All participants seemed to enjoy themselves. Most importantly, wehave contributed to the well fare of these mentally handicapped people,a most rewarding endeavor.

Without the help of numerous benefactors such as you, we couldnot have achieved the success we did. Thank you ever so much for theimportant part you and CAP played not only as sign bearers during theopening parade but also for helping with the retrieval of sleeping bags.Your communication setup greatly facilitated contact between gymnasis.

Again thank you for your help.Sincerely,

~~~~; [~ 'SAF"CT ou rn am en t; D ir ec to r

Spaatz Colonelto Ca tain

Former Cadet Colonel Brian C. Reewas presented his captain's bars assenior CAP member by the Wing Cornmader, Colonel Howard Cumler at WinHeadquarters on 25 May.Reed is a senior at the Univers1tyTampa as a political science major and'Army ROTC cadet. He will be attendinROTC Advance Training at Fort Bragg, Nthis summer and .will be commissioneda Second Lieutenant in the Army in 198

Reed has been accepted in the OmicroDelta Kappa Society, the Pi Sigma Alphia(National Political Science Honor Societand received the Silver Medal ROTCAwaof Merit Military Order of World Wars.

Gator CAPersGator CAPers is an official maga-zine-published quarterly in the interestof the members of the Florida Wing ofCivi l Air Patrol.

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no right to exclude any member, Senior or Cadet, from participatingin PhaseI of this fund raising campaign. This is our invitation to youto share in this most important endeavor.

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Explorers Bring Home the GoldBy Major Joseph F. Connolly, II

Members of the Explorer Post sponsored by the 143rd Composite Squadron, Civil AirPatrol, "Central Florida's Own," competed in the 1983 Explorer Olympics recently held atthe Annex to the Navy's Orlando Training Center.

Exploring is the upper division co-ed program of the Boy Scouts of America.The Explorer Olympics is an annual event at which young men and women from

across Central Florida compete in the amateur spirit of the Olympic games.For the CAP Explorers, this was their first Explorer Olympics and they took home the

gold. To be more exact - two gold medals, three silver, and one bronze medal.Among the medal winners were:

Gold Medal (220yard run) C/2nd Lt. Raul E.ValdesGold Medal (440yard run) C/2nd Lt. Raul E.ValdesSilver Medal (Discus) C/1st C. Ryan M. CampbellSilver Medal (Shot put) C/1st C. Ryan M. CampbellSilver Medal (880yard run) C/TSgt . Brian P. McTarsneyBronze Medal (1 niile run) C/TSgt. Brian P.McTarsney

Other participants were C/WO Vincent P. Runci, C/SSgt. Michael S. Hollis, C/1CMichael A. Therault, Cadet Bryan C. Summey, and C / B Russell G. Thies.

Satisfied with their initial effort, the eight amateur athletes intend to return nextyear. Only next year they intend to bring the rest of the outfit with them to participate.

Tamiami CadetsOvercomeWell-Planned HoaxBy 2nd Lt. Theresa Willingham, PAO

Tamiami Cadet Squadron's 08355 Sun-down Patrols continue to be an over-whelming success, with more cadets thanever becoming skilled using' CAP radios,and normal mission operations. Classes innavigation and distance-rate-time calcula-tions have been incorporated into theweekly missions. Cadets work at estimat-ing the aircraft's time over various check-points before the pilot calls in and theyare frequently very accurate in using boththe standard E6-B calculator and in longhand arithmetic.

Each Sundown Patrol, cadets are as-signed different duties - admin., comm.,briefing, debriefing, operations and flightline, while 2nd Lt. Steven Willingham pre-sides as mission coordinator and tutor,along with several other senior members.Occasionally, the cadet's skills are put tothe test, as in a recent "perfect" SundownPatrol.

It was perfect because it was run underideal conditions, namely from the 'groundand more precisely, from a next door of-fice I What the cadets thought was an ac-tual Sundown Patrol was in truth a well-planned, perfectly executed hoax - withno malice intended. The purpose of thephoney Sundown was to test the cadetsreactions under flawless conditions, whenthe mission coordinator could concentratemore- fully on the cadets without worryingabout an aircrew's location or safety.

The "pilot" called in possible targetsover the search route area on low powersimplex with a shielded antennae. Thecadets were even given the Coast Guard's"new" number, a number which wasanswered by another senior member in aphone booth. Several times the aircrew

called in boats in distress, and howeversuspicious, the cadets relayed the informa-tion in proper format. Upon discovering,during It' general debriefing, that they'dbeen had, the cadets initially moaned. Butafter LlWillingham heaped on the praisesfor their excellent, level headed, organizedwork, the groans became appreciative ap-plause for themselves and their accom-plishments.

Since the cadet-oriented Sundown Pa-trols were initiated three months ago,more than twenty cadets who otherwisewould never have had the opportunity,have become proficient in radio communi-cations and mission operations. The Sun-'down Patrols will continue intheir effort totrain and educate cadets, and provide thismuch needed service for the community.

CAP on DisplayAt Outdoors ShowBy Major Joseph Connolly, II

Central Florida's 143rd ~rnpo5iteSqua~ron, 08143 carried the CAP story tothe sportsmen of this area during TheGreat Outdoors Show '83 at the OrlandoCentroplex during 15 -17 April 1983.

In addition to providing information onCivil Air Patrol, the squadron provideddemonstrations on cardiopulmonary re-suscitation (CPR)to hundredsof interestedvisitors.

While final figures on participation inthe show are not yet available, over 40,000tickets were sold for the three day eventwhich benefited the Central FloridaCouncl of the Boy Scouts of America. The143rd Composite .Squadron sponsors andExplorer post and will soon be sponsoringtwo additional posts.

While the show is now history for.1983,the squadron has been invited to partici-pate again next year.

Hillsboro SquadronTours MacDillBy Capt. George Schumacher, PAO

Hillsboro I Senior Squadron 08310 wafforded a special tour of the 72nd Taccal Wing Training Squadron at MacDiII AForce Base, Tampa, Florida. Membewere accompanied by Captain AndDichter, USAF who explained the funtions of the Training Wing, escorted thmembers through the flight line, anallowed members to board an F-16 Falcoused for training purposes.

Captain Dichter showed training filmand gave a short talk on the selectionpotential pilots and their training and hothey progress through various phases duing their careers in the Air Force.

C.pt . Schumacher, Hillsboro I Sr . Sqdrn. , le ll be tte r vl_1M F16 .t M.cDlII AFB durlna ~al tour 01the 72nd TWin, lor the Iqu.dron.

C.pt. W.ldo .nd 2nd It.F... . u . l li ten to C.pt. Andy DichteUSAFM.cDIII, point out Intureo 01the f16 durl"l HillsborSr. Sqdrn. tour.

Hillsboro Sr. Sqdrn. ,,",mben W.Ido, Hopei .. , F.... u. _with C.pt Andy Dichter, USAFInfront of F16 .tM.cDlII AFtour of 72nd T.ct Wi....


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Koszty Selected for I.A.C.E.By 1st Lt. Patrice Campeau, PAO Group 20

A long awaited dream after three years of diligent work and study has cometrue for Cadet Commander, C/Lt. Col. Wayne K05Zty, 17, of the Naples, FloridaCadet Squadron.

Koszty was just recently presented the "Amelia Earhart Award" by ColonelHoward Cumler, Florida Wins Commander, at the Florida Wing Spring Confer-ence at Tampa, and has just learned he isone of the fortunate few who has beenselected to go to Europe as a winner of the I.A.C.E. He will leave for Great Brit-ain in July.

He is really looking forward to this event for many reasons, but two of themare that hewill be able to seetwo former Naples cadets, who are now in the ser-vice and are stationed in Great Britain.

Koszty has other goals, he was awarded a full flight scholarship from theNaples Senior Squadron for the most improved cadet and he also will receivethe newest award given from this area, the CAMPEAU AWARD, for the cadetwho exemplifies the true spirit of the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program. This awardwill be given to him at the October Command Call.

When asked what heplanned to do next, Koszty replied, "Why, get to workon my Spaatz test."

Koszty isenrolled at Edison College in Fort Myers for the next two years, afterwhich he plans to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a degree inElectrical Engineering. His objective is to design computers for the military andto be an aerospace aircraft instructor.

Indian River SquadronAssists Civi I DefenseBy 2nd Lt. John Mintern, PAD

The newly formed Indian River Composite Squadron 08382had an opportunity recently to turn theory into practice when theywere invited by Mr. lee Nuzie, Director of Indian River CountyCivil Defense, to participate in a drill mandated yearly by the U.S.Regulatory Commission simulating a nuclear disaster in which allemergency services were alerted.

The.mock bomb blast at Florida Power & light Co's nuclearpower plant in St. lucie County occured at 6:30 p.m. on 19 Januaryreleasing a simulated cloud of radioactive materials that forcedthe evacuation of "victims" into Indian River County serving as"host county".

The assignment for the squadron was security of the CivilDefense H.Q., the Reception Center and Shelters. Five SeniorMembers and eleven cadets took part in the operation, along withthe Harbor City Volunteer Ambulance Squad, Melbourne Policeand Fire Departments and the American Red Cross. The operationlasted until 2:35 a.m.'the following morning.

At a critique held two days after the exercise Mr. Nuzie statedthat security was so tight that having left headquarters for a shortperiod of time he was unable to get back in!

Every member of the squadron was presented with a Citationfrom Civil Defense by their Commanding Officer It. Charles Diaz.

C/Lt . Col. Wayne K05ztyStanding by the Naples Senior Squadron'sCessna 172 in which he flies weekly as anObserver on the "Sundown Patrol," isC/U.Col. Wayne' Koszty, Cadet Commander ofthe Naples Cadet Squadron.

Cadets a_mble oulsicle Civ il De le . .. .. H .Q. prior 10 the llart 01 the lOJIerelse.

Federal Inspectors evaluating the exercise gave excellent .marks to al f the local agencies involved. radio roo;:~':':: !:'e ~':.le s Dla z a ncllnc ll._n River Civi l Defense Direc tor Le e Nuzle In the


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_*CADETAwards Banquetin Miramar

By Lt. Col. Tom Welch/DCPAn awards banquet was held recently in

Miramar, Florida to honor 22 cadets forhaving completed their Phase I training.Capt. LarryAnderson, Officer in Charge ofthe Phase ITraining Command School saidit was the largest class he had supervisedand was well pleased with the perform-ance of the new cadets. C/Lt. Tom Nie-meyer presented plaques to cadets TedFox and Lance Merideth for their out-standing work in the Phase I training.Upon graduation, each cadet was pre-sented the Curry Ribbon and two chevrons,one for the cadet and one to be presentedto each of the parents that attended.The banquet was also held to honor theforming of a new squadron. Combiningthe resources of both the Hollywood Ca-det and the Everglades Cadet Squadrons,the West Broward Cadet Squadron wasformed. An award of a handy talkie wasgiven to the cadet that named the newsquadron. Capt. Carla Porter was namedthe Commander of the new squadron andC/Lt. Pierre LaPorte will serve as the newCadet Commander. A total of 156 peopleattended the banquet.Central Brevard Composite Squadron08122 cadets along with other Group 12cadets recently put in two days selling pro-

grams at the recent Valiant Air Commandairshow at Tico.***St .. Augustine Cadet Squadron 08173recently went on a campout at Favar DykesState Park. While there they attendedsome courses given by the Red Cross.***The East Pasco Cadet Squadron 08317held their first campout at the Squadrontraining area, located on the airport prop-erty, northeast corner.The campout was a work/relaxationproject planned and executed by thecadets under the leadership of Mr. LeonardLovina, Lt. Bernard Hejl and Capt. JackMcLaughlin. Ten cadets took part.***Cadets from the Miami Springs Opti-mist Cadet Squadron 08319 recently at-tended the 1983 Florida Wing Special ActsBoard at the NTC in Orlando.Cadets Espino, Perez, Coxe, Ellis andC/Maj. Martinez at a recent presentationreceived their badges for the ModelRocketry Award.***

Three cadets from the Fort LauderdaleComposite Squadron 08026 were honored

CORNE R_*at the squadron's annual banquet heldrecently.C/2nd Lt. Darrin Wargacki was pre-sented the General Billy Mitchell awardby Lt. Col. Thomas Welch, director of theFlorida Wing Cadet Program.C/Lt. Col. Lester Dupuis and C/Capt.William K.McCormick received commen-dations for their service to the unit fromsquadron commander 1st Lt. WalterWinkelmann.MacDill Cadet Squadron 08089 recentlypromoted Keith Brown to C/Airman.

***Florida Air National Guard CompositeSquadron 08383 after their recent testingand promotion period awarded the follow-ing cadets their C/Airman stripe. Theywere: Tony Baer, Hans Baer, Doug Baker,Robert Buscher, Nick Freeman, Kelly Hicks,Bryan James, Tim Liptrap, Robert Neal,Tony Pelham, Jesse Richard, Lee Ruark,Robert Smith, Gabriel Wanamaker, DavidWilliams, Mike Wingard and Steve Wood.Also receiving promotions were: CadetCarol Alexander to C/Sgt. and CadetsRobert Dilts and Kevin Higinbotham toC/WO.

***Naples Cadet Squadron 08373 recentlyparticipated in a practice SAR missionwith the Naples Senior Squadron. Most ofthe cadets were assigned field positions toobserve the plane, but a few were giventhe task of guarding the flight line, andthree, C/Lt. Col. Wayne Koszty, C/TSgt.Kathy Elsaesser and C/SSgt. Jeanine Rennewere assigned to communications. Thesenior squadron praised the cadets fortheir efficient military services and theircooperative attitudes.Five cadets recently participated in theWing Special Acts Selection Board. Theywere C/Lt. Col. Wayne Koszty, C/MSgt.Kathy Elsaesser, C/SSgt. Jeanine Renne,C/Sgt. Shawn Thorn and CIAirman BruceHigins.

***In an airport ceremony this past AprilCadet Sgts. Kevin Conboy, cadet com-mander, and Randell Straub, Deputycadet commander of Fort Pierce Com-posite Squadron 08078 were honored fortheir solo flight. They were recipients ofthe James A. Callahan Memorial FlightScholarship, an award given out every sixmonths to one or more cadets meeting thenecessary qualifications.

***Marion Oaks Cadet Squadron 08360recently announced the promotion ofCadet Anthony Sharp to C/Capt.***Cadets from the Lantana-Lake Worth

Cadet Squadron 08054 have been volun-

teering time and effort' to help the National Guard distribute surplus food another goods to the area needy.In return for their services, the NationaGuard is helping the squadron in their eforts to obtain a new and larger building***In recent ceremonies the Blue MaComposite Squadron presented The BillMitchell Award to William C.arlson andC/Capt. Keith Krekel received the AmeliEarhart Award. Capt. Beth Leighton mad.the presentations.***Cadet Jim Davis from the East DuvaComposite Squadron 08103 recentlyreceived an appointment to the Air ForcAcademy.The following cadets successfully completed the ROP communications examina

tion and w:ere awarded their ROP cardsJohn M. Broxson, James E.Davis, Darren LDickinson, David E. Dickinson, Michael sHiday, Steve W. Wells and Paul D. Wells***C/WO Juan Quiros of Tamiami CadeSquadron 08355 recently went to CostaRica seeking and finally obtaining audience with the President of that countryThe purpose of the trip and the meetingwas to request a letter of recommendationtowards WO Quiros' nomination to the AForce Academy.He has received notification from CostaRica and is now a candidate to attend the

Academy.C/WO Quiros is the only such person snominated from his country to do so.***C/Lt. Col. John McCoy, former memberof the West Palm Beach Cadet Squadron,was recently initiated into the Phi ThetaKappa National Honor Society, DeltaOmicron Chapter, Palm Beach Jr. CollegeHe also received a scholarship from theGold Coast Golf Association to assist himin his education and was selected by thePalm Beach Jr. 'College to the NationalDeans' list for 1982-83.He is now serving as an assistant to the

Florida Wing Director Cadet Programs andhas been nominated to attend West Point***

C/Lt. Stephen Parks, of Pompano BeachCadet Squadron 08227 was recentlychosen to command the newly-formedJunior Air Force ROTC program at thePompano Beach High School with 14cadets under his command.***

Anthony Sharp of Marion Oaks CadeSquadron 08360 has been promoted -tC/Capt.


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MABEL NABORS (To whom the WingConference 67 May was dedicated.)

Photo by Maj. Will. Warner

PHOTO HIGHLIGHTSW ING CONFERENCE

6-7 MA Y, 1983


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A C RO~~ THE W I NG +Group 2

East Duval Composite Squadron 08103recently presented certificates of achieve-ment for "Introduction to RadiologicalMonitoring" to 2nd Lt. Alan M. Kimler andC/Col. David Brannon.

***Group 3At the recently held Group 3 Awards

Banquet 1st Lt. Carlos Nogueira wasawarded Senior of the Year for Group 3.Capt. Karl Kane was awarded Pilot of theYear for Hillsboro Senior Squadron 08310and 2nd Lt. Chris Molds was awardedRookie of the Year.

Helen Keene of Hillsboro I SeniorSquadron recently gave a First Aid courseand six members received their First AidCertificate. Also five members took part ina CPRlife Saving course held recently.

***Group 4Eglin Composite Squadron 08423 as a

result of recruiting efforts increased theircadet membership by five cadets.

The squadron has just recently com-pleted a communications class taught byMajor Heinrich with all members passing.

***Group 5

2nd Lt. Charles Bichanan of Palm BeachSenior Squadron 08047 has now earned hisprivate pilot's license.

Capt. Benjamin Meyers, Group 5 com-mander, Lt. Col. Robert Croft, Wing Head-quarters, 1st Lt. Carlos Roque, lantanaCadet Squadron, CICol. Tom Deringer and1st Lt. Norma Deringer of the Boca RatonCadet Squadron have passed the Aero-space Education examination.

***Group 6Group Headquarters Squadron 08019

will host nine British cadets and one escort23 July through 2 August in this year'slACE program. Please contact CaptainPfeiffer if you can accommodate one ormore of this group.

Major Janet Deem has joined Group6 staff as Director of Cadet Programs.Nancy Collop has been assigned as assis-tant DCP.

L1Col. Mike Bozzi has been appointedCommander of Deland Composite Squad-ron 08060.

***Group 10

Capt. Robert Howard, CGII and Aero-space officer for Tamiami Cadet Squadron08355 as well as an Accident Prevention

Specialist for the GADO 5/FAA area, re-cently organized the second annual TCSand FAA co-sponsored Flight Safety Semi-nar with both CAP and FAA representa-tives in attendance. The seminar was con-ducted with approximately 200 generalaviation pilots in attendance.

*.**Group 11

Major William McCoy recently tookcommand of Sarasota Composite Squad-ron 08033.

This past February nine senior and tencadet members of Charlotte County Com-posite Squadron 08051went to McDill AirForce Basefor a BaseOrientation Mission.They were shown the Altitude Chamberand F16 Flight Simulator. Baseoperationsand weather were the subjects in instruc-tional lessons.

***Group 12

On 23 March, Croup 12 received a re-quest for assistancefrom the RedCrossviaCivil Defense to provide aid after torna-does touched down near Cocoa. Responseincluded 15 personnel, two ground teams,nine fixed base radios and 10 mobileradios to man shelters in Cocoa.

***Group 13

Lt. RodgersAiton turned over commandof the Gainesville Composite Squadron08142 to Lt. David Reiser. Aiton will con-tinue his involvement with the squadronasSafety Officer and Plansand Programs.

The squadron recently was invited tohelp in the Special Olympics held on thecampus of theUniversity of Florida. Squad-ron participants included Lt.'s R. and M.Aiton, D. McManus, D. Reiser and A. Linalong with cadets B. and C. Pilkington,L. Floyd, D. Bowers, R. McGinnes, B.Thompson, P. McManus and L. Busby. Re-sponsibilities included traffic control andgiving directions to out-of-townparticipants.

Dr. Kirby Stewart, Regional Coordinatorindicated that the program flowedsmoothly thanks to their efforts.

***Group 18Brooksville Senior Squadron 08301 held

a promotion of officers recently. The cere-mony took place at the new CAP head-quarters in the Adult Education Center.The occasion also marked the firstparent's night and open house for thesquadron.

Promoted to Majorwas Chaplain CharlesGrigby. Lt. Brad Burris was promoted tocommander of the squadron.

Cadet Gil Patten of the Central BrevSquadron, Merritt Island, is all smiles jminutes before taking a ride inthe B-25 aircr(pictured in the background). He was chosenthis orientation flight with the pilot Col. BMartin of Fort Lauderdale and his crew atrecent Tko Air Show. This was one of seveB-25 planes that part icipated in the two day-show at the Tlco Airport with many other typof aircraft which was very successful accordito various officials.There were some 30group 1112personnel pticipating in the two day show selling program(Photo by Maj. Chet Brogan)

Suggestions forRecruiting ChaplainsIn an interview with Cator CAPe

Wing Chaplain Dave Denslow saidsquadron that does not have a chaplamight try these strategies for finding on

First, pray that a minister or rabbi wlikes to fly and owns an airplane will askhe can be allowed to join your squadro

Second, if the first plan is slow produing results, ask your cadets to nominatheir favorite preacher. Then go in uniforwith two or three of your sharpest-unformed cadets and invite the preacherlead a moral-leadership discussion. Afteward talk with him about the CAPprograand invite him to become a member.

Many ministers like to fly and would bglad to receive flight instruction if i t wepriced within their reach, Denslow saiOthers would be happy if merely offeredfree ride once in a while.

"A few are ground-lovers and have nuse for airplanes, but would still makgood chaplains for ground-supportteams," the chaplain added.


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The last issue of Gator CAPers carriedan article appealing for of someof our former WingCommanders. I didnot receive one re-ply. I am pleading~ith our membershipto ask. and researchto help me obtainthe HISTORY of ourWing. Without yourt}elp my. handstied. Lt. Col. Lib Sedita

Lt. Col. Harold W. Ashley lives nearGainesville and I amsurehewould give usa picture if someone would contact himand explain our need for his picture.

Col. Wright Vermilia lived in Palm,Beach area and had a son. If he could becontacted maybe hewould sharea pictureof his father.Col. Bill Bass now lives in Atlanta, GAarea. If anyone could give me his correctaddress maybe I could write to him andobtain a picture.

On the following three I have no infor-mation. If anyone could furnish any typeof information it would be appreciated:Richard P.Robbins, Laurence Hickam, EricRavndal.

Please, all members of Florida Wing,research squadron files, your 201 files andetc. for material.

Old Wing newsletters, Gator CAPersand Civil Air Patrol News have much infor-mation that could be shared for ourhistory.

I will gladly reproduce any articles, pic-tures and etc. that you share for ourhistory and return same to you on request

Please, on pictures if at all possible,identify personnel in picture, activity anddate of activity.

Thanks for all of the assistancethat youhave already given me. I look forward toreceiving more material on our history.

let's make it as complete as we possiblycan. Send material to:Lt. Col. Lib Sedita, 1660 Rochelle Pkwy.,Merritt Island, Fl 32952.

Aerospace EducationFor The Fun Of It!'By Lt. Col. William P.Farnham,AE/lnternal

From 6 to 10 April 1983, over 40 CAPand public school aerospace educatorsfrom Florida and Puerto Rico were privi-leged to fly to las Vegas to attend the1983 National Congress on AerospaceEducation.

And what a trip that was,on a two-year-old C-130 made available and profession-ally crewed by members of the MississippiAir National Guard. Some of our membersbegan the trip with a little trepidation andwondering if a C-130 cargo aircraft couldactually fly people non-stop from Orlandoto Vegas. It could, and did in slightly morethan seven hours. Others of us with priormilitary service had old memories revivedof nights into forward operating zones inVietnam with cargo as exotic as the coun-try in which we were fighting.

In las Vegas, most of us stayed at theAladdin Hotel where fine facilities wereavailable for the outstanding presenta-tions of the National Congress on Aero-space Education. There were three days oftremendously exciting aerospace activ-ities. The general assemblies read like aWho's Who of aviation history. ScottCrossfield of X-15 fame; General ChuckYeager, first man to break the sound bar-rier in the Bell XS-1; Colonel Francis Ga-breski, America's top living ace (31 inWW II, 6.5 inKorea);SteveRitchie, theonlyAmerican pilot aceof theVietnam conflict;Fay G. Wells, journalist, aviatrix, and pa-triot; Mary S.Feik, author, engineer and pi-lot; Dr. Paul E.Garber, historian emeritus,

National Air and SpaceMuseum; and Comander JohnO. Creighten, USNand NASastronaut was scheduled to narrate liand add his special insight to the emnently successful return of Challenger9 April 1983.There were many, many other outstaning individuals at the Congressfrom FANASA, AFA, National Air and Space Mseum, CAP, and the aerospace communiat large. We saw sophisticated videodispresentations, beautiful slide shows amovies. Best of all, we heard loud aclear and directly from those who wethere on how it was in the days of tWright brothers, of what's taking placnow, and how it may be in the future.

When our guest lecturers had completed their presentations, we had adtional opportunities for concurrent ssions with various experts on.kites, modrocketry, ultralights, flying model aplanes, literature of flight, boomerangballooning, lunar soil (moon rocks), lasdisc, hands-on model building and morBeyond all this, there were a numberfine organizations such as Beech, CessnEmbry Riddle, Ninety-Nines, Republic aRockwell who provided first-class exhiits, illustrative hand-outs and a plethoraaerospace information.

Now, if your appetite is whetted forfew, if not all, of these great aerospaceeucation opportunities, be sure to maknext year's Congresson 5-7 April in Houton, Texas. If you just can't wait that lonhow about the Third Biennial.World Cogress on Aerospace Education (WAEOfrom 10-15 July 1983 in Washington, DCFor more info on that, write: Curtis MGraves, Secretary General, W.A.E.O., 80016th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 2001

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