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AIRWAVESNewsle&eroftheCivilAirPatrol-JeffcoSeniorSquadron

RockyMountainMetropolitanAirportBroomfield,ColoradoVol.4March/April2011

LaunchingintoSpring/me-2dLtLucMoens-

AerospaceEducaon

It has been a couple busy months in the Jeffco Squadron, with various ac/vi/es, training

sessions and missions that engaged our members as we entered the Spring season. To

counterbalance the training sessionsand classes required for our emergency services, the

monthly aerospaceeduca/on (AE)presenta/onsare alwaysawelcome

changeof pace. Thiswas par/cularly true for thepresenta/on held

during our General Mee/ng of 17 February, 2011, that featured a

presenta/on onmodel rocketry. JamesRussell and Dave Tjarks, two

seriousamateurrocketeers,sharedwithus themany fascina/ngaspects

ofwhatittakestolaunchanythingfromsmallbeginnerrocketstolarge,complexmul/-stage

rockets that contain onboard computers,

telemetryandcameras.Eventhoughtheyare

not members of CAP, the speakers have

helpedCAP cadets withthebuildingofhigh-

powered complexrocketsas partof their AE

curriculum.

JamesRussell

DaveTjarks


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They discusseda numberoforganiza/ons that engage in theconstruc/onandlaunchingof

modelrockets. Amateurrocketry isa seriouspassionformanypeople,andthishasledtothe

crea/onofmany organiza/ons such as theNa/onal Associa/onof Rocketry (www.nar.org),

Colorado Rocketry Associa/on of Space Hobbyists (www.crashonline.org) and the Tripoli

RocketryAssocia/on(www.tripoli.org)tonameafew.

The AE presenta/on of the General Mee/ng held on 17 March, 2011, highlighted Robert

SanceWaMD,whoeducatespilots bygivingtalks tolocal pilotgroups andthroughpublica/ons.Hehas takenonthemissionofsimplifyingthe seeminglyimpossible mazeofFAAmedicalrules

andprotocols.Dr.SanceWais aresidentofBoulder,andhasbeenanAvia/onMedicalExaminer

fornearly20years.Headministers all classes ofFAAmedicalcer/ficates andEKG's.Hehas an

interna/onal consul/ng service that assists pilots who are "grounded" for various medical

problems (heart disease, diabetes, etc.) regain their medical cer/ficates via the "special

issuance"process.Asidefromhismedical prac/ce,Dr. SanceWais alsoan11,000 hour pilot,

withtypera/ngsintheDC-10,GIV,andHawkerseries aircra . He hasextensiveinterna/onal

opera/onalexperiencealongwiththatofa general avia/onpilot. Heisinterestedin helping

anyonewhohasa desiretoflytomaintainbotha medicalcer/ficateandhealthy lifestyle. Dr.

SanceWadraws most ofhisinforma/onfrom yearsofexperien/al learning,andhe hasalso

contributedtotheCAPbook"FitforFlying".Hepointedoutthatpilotsmayfindfurtherusefulinforma/ononthewebsiteswww.faa.govandwww.aopa.org.

AttheendoftheGeneralMee/ngof21April,2011,ourmembers gotachance tovisitRotors

OfTheRockieswheretheywerehostedbyits ownerandChiefPilot,Michael Fyola.Par/cularly

interes/ngwashisdetailedexplana/onofthecapabili/esandthetechnology associatedwith

thehelicopterusedinfirefigh/ng.Moreinforma/onabout Rotorscanbefoundonitswebsite

(www.rotorso^herockies.com)

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MichaelFyolaexplainstechnologyassociatedwith

thehelicopterusedinfirefighng
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EmergencyServices

IntheJanFebissueofAirwaves(p.4),weintroducedtheSPOT2

GPSsystemthatCaptMikeLinnhas beenevalua/ngforpoten/al

use by aircrews of the Jeffco Squadron in all mission flights.

DuringtheGeneralMee/ngof21April,2011,Mikepresentedan

overview of this SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger system that

communicateswithaGPSsatellite.ThelaWertransmitstheGPSinforma/on toa communica/on satellite that then downloads

posi/on points onto a website. This website overlays the

posi/on points on a Google map in real /me, and can be

accessedbypersonnelatthemissionbase.Itallowsfortracking

oftheplaneandaircrewinreal/me,evenincaseofpoorradio

communica/on.More informa/onaboutthis GPSsystemcanbe

foundonline(www.findmespot.com).

ThisGeneral Mee/ngendedwitha short discussiononEmergency LocatorTransmiWer (ELT)

searchesby1stLtLeonardGinther.henanaircrewis sentupfora Direc/onFindersearch,it

is importantforthecrewtotransmitinforma/ontotheIncidentCommander(IC)regardingtheal/tudeofthesearchplaneduringrecep/onofanELTsignal.At1,000

feet, andELTcanbeheardwithin30miles, whileat30,000 feet the

radiusincreasesto200miles.Therefore,theknowledgeoftheal/tude

givestheICanideaofthesearcharea. Leonardinformedus that, in

his posi/onasIC,heneedsloca/onandal/tudeoftheplanewhenan

ELT signalis captured, informa/ononfrequencies(i.e.,whetherthey

werescannedormonitored),anyinforma/onregardingdirec/ons,and

anyreasonsandcondi/onsforreturningtomissionbase. Headded

that,onceanELTis found,itshouldbeswitchedoffassoonaspossible

toavoiditfromcoveringupanotherac/veELT.Leonardalsoreminded

usthat a reportedELT signal is alwayssupposedto betreated asanemergencybecausewehaveacontractwiththeStateofColoradothat

basicallystatesthatwe(CAP)willhandlealltheELTsinthisstate .

Opera/onFlyingLifesaver2011~20April2011~-MajBruceHertelendy-

Finally,FlyDay!IntrepidCAPmembersbeganshowingupat0500hoursona blusterymorningtobeginsign-infortheirflightstovarioushospitalsas simulatedpa/ents ina largescaledisaster

airli^drill.ehadover100members signeduptoflyinthisexercise,andthosewhowereable

toshowuponthedayoftheexercisewereready togo. DailyplanningcallsbetweentheAir

Boss and I were detailed down to the members name combined with their flight wave,

helicopternumber,andhospitaltheywerebeingflownto.ewereready!Sadly,theweather

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1st Lt Ginther

SPOT2GPS
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hadchanged,andhelos weregroundedinColorado

Springs (COS) instead of being ready to go at

Centennial (APA). A^er several hoursof wai/ng,

they finally arrived. In the interim, our members

frozeoutdoors withnoshelter un/la bus showed

around0700hours(originalplanshadthebusdue

atStagingnot later than 0530 hours for an0600

hours transporttoTriage). Thebus washeldun/l0730hourswhenitfinallydepartedforTriage.

Onarrival,memberswerewalkedthruthegauntlet

andsent tovariousareasof Triage (Redmeaning

they hadonehourbeforedyingif notdeliveredtoahospital,Yellowallowingtwohours,and

Greenallowinganall daydelay).hentheexercisewas runinreal/mefromentry toTriage,

they effec/vely killedall Redpa/ents asnonearrivedat ahospitalwithinanhour ofTriage.

SeveralYellowsalsodied.Eventually,someonedecidedtobegin

moving pa/entsby ambulance.Unfortunately, they chose the

wronghospitals-onepa/ent(aRed)wasdriventothefarthest

possiblehospitalfromTriage,effec/velydyingintransitwhileahospital was within fiveminutes of Triagewhere the pa/ent

wouldhavesurvived.

Fast-forwardingtothefinalarrivalofthehelos, pa/entswere

loaded and flown, some without name tracking, to various

hospitals withdelaysinthe orderofhours.Thosepa/entswere

happy tofinally get in theair,mostly making up for the long

delaysandnear-hypothermiccondi/onsinthemorning.

Members wereeventually returned toStaging. Aspa/ent

trackinghadfailed,notallmemberswereaccountedforatall/mes as was required by the exercise. Some cadets had

parentsunabletopickthemuprightaway,so westayedlate

un/lthelastcadetwaspickeduparound1800hours.

Asdisastrousasthisexerciseappearedtobe,therewasa

brightside. By failingtoprovidebackupplansforthedelay

of thehelosandeffec/velykillingmany of their simulated

pa/ents,theexercisepar/cipantswewereassis/nglearned

somevaluable lessons withouttheactualdeathofany real

pa/ents. As much as some of our members were

inconveniencedordriveninsteadofflown,weshouldbeproudthatwewereabletoshowtheexercisefolkswherethey hadfailed,andhowtofix it before arealincidentoccurs. Inother

words,bysacrificingourselves undera simulatedscenario,weexpecttosavereal livesinthe

future.

Andyes, theA^erAc/onReviewwillbringthedelays,collapseofpa/ent trackingandother

issues to the forefront. e will likely not volunteer for this again un/l these issues are

addressedandcorrectedsothattheywillnotoccuragain.Personally,IwillaskCOGto

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provideEStrailers&portableshelters(tents)asIhaverequestedannuallysince 1999.I will also

asktheexercisecontrolpersonnel toensurethatatthenextexercisesite, therewill befully

enclosedshelterforall par/cipants,as well asadequatefeedingthroughoutthe day,complete

pa/enttrackingfromsign-intosign-out,andrepor/ng/mesthatreflectreality(i.e.,check-inat

0900hours forallmembers wouldhaves/llresultedina check-outat1600hours). I will also

askhowtheywillensurethatmemberswhohavebeenpromisedaflightwill actuallyreceive

one.IwillagainrequestthepresenceoftheSalva/onArmythroughouttheday.

CAP lessons learned: bepreparedfor anything!Some membersshowedupin shirtswithno

jacketsor hats,underwindchill condi/onsbelowfreezing,andmanyhadnowateror snacks.

Par/cipants shouldalsoconsiderbringingreadingmaterial orgames anddevices suchas a PDA

oriPad-styledevicetopassthe/mewhilewai/ng.

AfringebenefitoftheExercisewasthatsomeofourCAPmemberswereable toflyinamilitary

aircra !All ofourmembers helpedthefolksbeingtrained(HospitalStaff,IncidentManagement

Team,etc.) learnmanylessons,andthis wasmuchappreciatedby thosewithintheExercise.

Mostimportantly,allofourmembersmadeitsafelybacktoStagingtoreturnhome.

I amextremely gratefultoalltheCAPmembers whogaveupa paiddayatworkorschoolday,andwhodroveallthewaytoDenver,pa/entlywai/ngfortheirturn,andreallynotcomplaining

nomaWerwhatwentwrong. e haveanawesomeorganiza/oninCivilAirPatrolandIam

constantly remindedofwhy I amsoproudof our members andhumbled by their sacrifice.

Thankyoutoall par/cipants,aswellastheirfamilies,bosses andschools whoallowedthemto

par/cipatethatday!

Mini-ExercisesProvideMoreAircrewTraining-2dLtLucMoens-

Aspartofthemonthlyseriesofevents inthe Jeffcosquadron,thelastSaturdayofeverymonth

is devoted to a mini-exercise involving Jeffco Squadron members. It provides flying

opportuni/esforseveralofouraircrewmembers whowanttofurthertheirskills,includingthe

useoftheG-1000cockpit.Theexercisesheldon26February

2011 (Mission11-B-4461) and26March2011 (Mission11-

B-4702) comprised a variety of targets to test those skills.

The scenarios focused on finding a downed aircra^, and

suspiciouscarsand trucksnearaspecific site. Therewere

alsophotomissionstothedamofGrossReservoir,thedam

on Milton Reservoir, and the radio towers on Lookout

Mountain.All scenarios for thesemonthlymini-exercisesaredesignedtolastaboutone hour. DuringtheMarchexercise,

2dLtKevinEngenofthe ArvadaCadetSquadronjoinedus as

aMissionScanner.

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2dLtK.Engen-1stLtR.Patlovany

2dLtS.Saleh(center)


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ANewMemberJoinstheSafetyTeam-2dLtLucMoens-

earepleasedtointroduce2dLtSidSalehasanewmemberoftheSafetyTeamoftheJeffcoSquadron. As partofhisdu/es,Sidis takingresponsibilityoverthepresenta/onofaseriesof

safetytopicsthatareofgreatimportancetoallourmission-relatedac/vi/es.Duringthesafety

educa/onbrief held on 2 April 2011, Sidpresented

and discussed an FAA Safety Video about runway

safety. It canbe foundby clickingon thefollowing

link:

hWp:www.youtube.comwatch?v=0h82fs5UblY

During the General Mee/ng of 21 April 2011, Sid

talkedaboutcollisionsbetweenairplanesandbirds,a

poten/ally nightmarish event that unfortunately

occursall tooo^en,andthatcreates significantriskto

thelivesofallaircrewmembers.

Sid welcomes any sugges/ons from our members

regardingnewsafetytopics forfuture discussions and

presenta/ons.

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1stLtT.Gamber-CaptA.Berg

2dLtS.Millward(center) 1stLtT.Gamber-2dLtS.Millward

2dLtK.Mikevich(center)

MajB.Smiley-2dLtS.Millward

CaptR.Huing(center)

2dLtSidSaleh

MajT.Millward-CaptJ.Rew

Ca tF.McFarland center

2dLtM.Skinner-CaptJ.Rew

MajT.Millward(center)

(The PAO team was unable to

obtain pictures of all aircrew

teams who parcipated in these

monthly exercises, and extends

a n a po lo gy to t ho se t ea m

m em be rs w ho se p ho to i s

missing-Ed.)
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Preven/ngHypoxia-technicalhands-ontraining-

-2dLtLucMoens-

Thoseamongus whohavetakenaircrewtrainingknowoftheimportanceofpreven/nghypoxia

whileflyingonmissions. Hypoxiais thetermusedfor acondi/onwhereinour body /ssues

receive too liWle oxygen. Aside fromunpleasant physical

symptomssuchas headaches,fa/gue and/ngling,hypoxia

can also lead to a significant decrease in brain ac/vity.

Pilots andotheraircrewwhohaveexperiencedhypoxia,talk

aboutdiminished power of concentra/onon thetasks in

the cockpit, mental confusion, tunnel vision, poor night

vision and other symptoms that may lead to serious

accidents unless fresh oxygen is administered to the

individual. Aspartof the Aircrew Clinic heldon2 April

2011,1stLtRobertPatlovanydemonstratedtheproperset-

upoftheoxygensupplysystemsinCAPaircra^.Througha

hands-on approach, Robert gave our aircrew members a

chance to familiarize themselves with regulators and gas

cannulas.As a remindertoallaircrewmembers,makesure

youcarrya cannulainyourflightsuit,andremaincognizant

ofthepossibilityofhypoxiaduringanymission!

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1st Lt Robert Patlovany

demonstrates the se\ngs

on the oxygen regulator,

andtheuseofthecannula.

2 d L t M a r c i a S k in n er

successfully assembles the

oxygensupplysystemasshe

praccesthesecricalskills.


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AWARDS

PROMOTIONS

SMRobinGalston(le`)receivesLevelI

CerficatefromCaptJenniferKauffman

SMTessAdamsandSM

Ben Leeds, recognized

forcomplengLevelI

SMKatherineMikevich(right)receives

LevelICerficatefromMajVictor

Sabani

1stLtRobertSchmid(right)receives

BenjaminO.DavisAward(LV2)from

MajVictorSabani

MajSkipHyde(right)receivesPaulE.

GarberAward(LV4)fromMajVictor

Sabani

MajBruceHertelendy(right)receives

CommandersCommendaonfor

2010ICStaffOfTheYear

SMSidSaleh(right)promotedto2dLt

CaptJosephFriel(right)receives

AchievementAwardforOutstandingDuty

Performanceduring2010


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COWGConference

April2011

GlenwoodSprings

MajGenAmyCourterCaptJenniferKauffman

MajVictorSabanireceivesPaulE.GarberAward(LV4)fromColEdPhelka

ColEdPhelkaprovidesMajBrianSmileywith

aCommandersCommendaoncerficate

ColEdPhelkapromotesSMStacy

Millwardto2dLt

ColEdPhelkahandsoutthe2010William

F.HinesAircrewMemberOfTheYearto

MajBrianSmiley

CaptJenniferKauffman

MajGenH.M.EdwardsII


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(Fromle`toright)MajVictorSabani,MajTrevorMillward,2dLtStacyMillward,MajPat

Ne&leblad,CaptBillNe&leblad,CaptJenniferKauffman,SMTessAdams,SMBenLeeds,2dLt

DennisMercerandMajBrianSmiley

CaptJenniferKauffman

&MajRyanLord

2dLtDennisMaryMercer

CaptPaulCarter2dLtDennisMercer


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MajTrevorMillward2dLtStacyMillward

MajPatCaptBillNe&leblad

SMTessAdamsSMBenLeeds

(Fromle`toright)SMBenLeeds,2dLtDennisMercer,MajVictorSabani,Capt

JenniferKauffman,1stLtToddBachmann,SMTessAdams,CaptPaulCarter,1st

LtLeonardGinther

(WethankCaptJenniferKauffmanfor

providinguswiththeseConferencephotos)


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ANewAddiontotheJeffcoSquadronFamily!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AircrewClinic:Sat,9Jul(incl.SafetyEduca/onBrief)

SAREVALSAREX:tentavemeeng(!)Sat,23Jun

EvaluatedSAREX:Mon-Sun,1-7Aug

RockyMountainAirShow:Fri-Sun,26-28Aug

MarkYourCalendar

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2d Lt MaW Robertson and his wife, Rebecca,

became new proud parents! He reported the

arrival ofMargotEliseRobertson, bornonMarch16, 2011,at 6:22AM MDT. Sheweighedinat6

pounds 5 ounces,andmeasured1934inchesin

length.


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JeffcoSquad on-OfficerContacts

Commander

jennco

aptJenniferKauffman

[email protected]

SafetyMajSkipHyde

[email protected]

Communicaons [email protected]

Professional

Development

MajVictorSaba/ni

victorsaba/[email protected]

2dLtLucMoens

(Ac/ngPAO&Editorof

Airwaves)

[email protected]

Team 1stLtToddSainer

[email protected]

2dLtArifGezalov

(Photography)

[email protected]

JeffcoSq

hWp:www.col

adron-WebSite

radowingcap.orgjeffco

www.go

CAPNHQivilairpatrol.com

2d Lt Luc Moens is the Chief Editor ofAirwaves

andistheAc/ngPublicAffairsOfficeroftheJeffco

SeniorSquadron.HeholdsaPhDdegreeinOrganic

ChemistryandisaSr.ResearchScien/statNRELin

Golden,whereheisac/velyengagedinadvanced

biofuelresearch.Heisalsoanadvancedtraineein

public speaking as a member of two local clubs

withintheToastmastersInternaonalorganiza/on.

[email protected].

1st Lt Todd Sainer has been part of the JeffcoPublic Affairs team for three years. Heworks in

corporate business opera/ons at Jeppesen's

headquarters nearCentennial Airportand earned

hisMBA degreein2010.Toddis slowlyimproving

his publ ic speaking ski lls through his work

sponsored Toastmasters Internaonal club, Jepp-

N-Toast,whichhejoinedlastyear.Healsobecame

aproudnewfathertobabyRyaninOctober,2010.

[email protected]

2dLt Arif Gezalov isa memberofthe PAO Teamin theJeffcoSquadron.He

wasalsopartof twosuccessful lifesaving missions.ithhisexperienceand

focus,hetakesoutstandingphotographsofspecialevents,mee/ngs,SAREXs,

and Civil Air Patrol life in general. Arif is the Senior So^ware Engineer at

ebrootSo^wareInc.inBoulder.

[email protected]
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