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G a z e t t eVol.1 Issue 1 Semper Gumby June, 2008

During the normallylow activity wintermonths, the AshevilleComposite Squadron(NC019) has combinedtwo of Civil Air Patrolsthree main mission, cadetprograms and aerospaceeducation, and hasstarted its own ightacademy for cadets.

The effort is to train thenext generation of CivilAir Patrol pilots by givingthe cadets an inexpen-sive opportunity to startworking toward their pri-vate pilots license.

On February 2nd the Asheville CompositeSquadron started a localversion of the CAPNational Powered Flight Academy with sevencadets participating.

What normally takes10 days of concentratedinstruction during thesummer Flight Acad-emies is being spreadover the month of Feb-ruary due to school andwork schedules of thoseinvolved. All cadets will receive

10 hours of ight train-ing toward their privatepilots license and 22hours of ground schoolinstruction following theNational Flight AcademyTraining Course Outline.

Ground instruction hasbeen completed with nineclasses totaling 22 hourscovering the followingmaterial: aircraft con-trols, Aircraft systems, Aircraft speeds, Aircraftground operations, Stan-dard trafc pattern, Air-port layout, Toweredairport communications,Non towered airport com-munications and collision

Asheville Squadron conducts ight academy for cadets

avoidance just to name afew of the subjects.

Out of the squadronsnearly 50 cadet-strongmembership, seven havetaken advantage of thisrst opportunity. They

are C/2LT MichaelGallandt, C/CMSgt Ste-phen Bloemsma, C/TSgtTristan Wicker, C/CMSgtJason Nadle, C/CMSgtNicholas Padleckas,C/Sgt Sam Pollock andC/CMSgt Rob Lollar.

Even with the unfavor-able weather and numer-ous windy days, 30 sortieshave been completed.Asked what he thought

about having a programthat is usually conductedat a national or winglevel being run at a squad-ron level, Cadet ChiefMaster Sergeant JasonNadle said, I think its

great because its close tohome, we dont have tospend a lot of money trav-eling and we know every-body!

Nadle, 16, from theLeicester community saidthat he got interest inaviation after visiting theUSS Yorktown in Charles-ton, South Carolina whenhe was 13. He has been acadet for two years now.

Conducting the ightschool for the cadets areground instructors Lt.

Colonel Wally Courtneyand Captain Gary Lux.Flight instructors includeLt. Colonel Ray Davis,Major Rich Augur, Cap-tain Rocky Fleming, Cap-tain Brett McElheney andCaptain Arnie Andresen.

With improvingweather we look forwardto completing all 70 hoursof ight training beforethe end of March, saidLt. Colonel Ray Davis.

This report led by ClintParker for the Asheville

Civil Air Patrol.

Some of the students and instructors of the ight academy. (Left to right) Captains Arnie Andresen and Brett McElheney,

C/CMSgt Jason Nadle, C/CMSgt Rob Lollar, C/CMSgt Stephen Bloemsma, (kneeling) C/Sgt Sam Pollock, C/CMSgt Nicholas

Padleckas, C/2LT Michael Gallandt, Major Rich Augur, Lt. Colonel Ray Davis and Lt. Colonel Wally Courtney.

Instructor Captain Arnie Andresen watch as cadet conduct

preight of the aircraft.

Lt. Colonel Wally Courtney (using pointer) and Captain Rocky

Fleming work with cadets during a ground school class.Lt. Colonel Ray Davis goes over cockpit instructions with

C/CMSgt Stephen Bloemsma.


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New cadetcommander

takes over

Update: Three solo from ight academy, so far

Three of the Asheville Composite Squadrons

Cadets have completed the ight academy con-ducted earlier this year by soloing.

Cadet 2 Lt. Nicholas Padleckas was the rstto solo followed by Cadet 2 Lt.Jason Nadle andthen Cadet 2 Lt. Rob Lollar.

All look forward to some type of career in avia-tion and are very appreciative of what CAP hasgiven them in the way of ying experience.

Lt. Padleckas achieved his solo on his 16thbirthday and hopes to y for the US Navy.

Cadet Second Lieutenant Rob Lollar, a two and

a half year member of CAP, was inspired to join

the volunteer group because of his interested in acareer in aviation.

He hopes to become a personnel ofcer, ightline ofcer or air trafc controller in the Air Forceafter getting commission from Liberty Univer-sity

Rob Lollar is the third cadet from Asheville tosolo through the teaching of Asheville Compos-ite Squadrons Flight Academy.

Asked what he thought about having a programthat is usually conducted at a national or wing

level being run at a squadron level, C/2Lt. Nadle

said, I think its great because its close to home,we dont have to spend a lot of money travelingand we know everybody!Nadle, 16, from the Leicester community said

that he got interest in aviation after visiting theUSS Yorktown in Charleston, South Carolinawhen he was 13. He has been a cadet for twoyears now.

All were recognized by the Asheville Squadronmembers for their achievement.

(Left to right) Cadet 2 Lt. Nicholas Padleckas, Cadet 2 Lt. Rob Lollar and Cadet 2 Lt. Jason Nadle have all soloed in the ight academy program.

In a Change-of-Command ceremony held at theAsheville Composite Squadron, Cadet/2Lt. StephenBloemsma (far right) takes over command as cadet com-mander from 2/Lt. Michael Gallandt (middle).

Lt. Col. Bob Bauer (left) holds the squadron standardas it is pasted from the out going commander to theincoming.

Gallandt held the post for nearly ve years.

Forthosewhodidnt

know...Lastmonththe

AshevilleComposite

Squadronturned

51yearsold!


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Wilderness training exerciseMembers of the Asheville

Composite Civil Air PatrolSquadron (CAP), Asheville Fire& Rescue Department, Bun-combe County Rescue Squad andMission Air Medical Ambulance(MAMA) participated in a sur-

vival exercise in the Chimneythis past weekend. Nearly 50 participants in all

joined the two-day exercisedconducted by the CAP in cooper-ation with the other agency thatallowed CAP aircrews to playthe role of survivors of a crashedaircraft.

The weekend training missiontaught individuals how to estab-lish their location on a map, makea shelter, eat off the land, how tosignal search and rescue teams,start a re using no matches,

locate sources of water and rstaid.

The exercise also included aSunday morning visit by MAMA(Mission Air Medical Ambu-lance) which landed for an upclose inspection of the helicop-ter by wilderness training per-sonnel.

Ground team personnel alsotook turn directing MAMA intoa simulated landing site.

The ideal behind the exercisewas to train CAP aircrews howto survive in the wildness if their

planes ever went down, but thetraining call also aide groundcrews and rescue workers.

The operation was under thecommand of Captain Butch Phil-lips of the CAP and included anovernight stay in the wildernessby members of the exercise.

A group picture of wilderness training group and MAMA aircrew on Sunday.

More pictures on the next page.

Cadets receive attitudes training about the mind set they should have after surviving a crash.

Cadet Airman Taylor Parker starts a re using a nine-volt and steel wool.


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Surviving wastough... butsomeone

had to do it!

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