December 2, 1985: New Jersey Wing Locates Downed Beechcraft Travelair

Image via WikipediaOn this date, the New Jersey Wing of the Civil Air Patrol located the fatal wreckage of a Beechcraft Travelair near a wildlife refuge near Millville, N.J.

An excerpt from the New York Times:

The dead were identified by Millville Hospital as Roger King, 53 years old, the pilot, and his wife, Patricia, 51, of Millville.

The local Civil Air Patrol picked up an emergency transmitter signal from the wreckage at 6:45 A.M., and a Coast Guard helicopter spotted the aircraft through the trees.

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December 16, 2010: Former Wisconsin Wing Commanders Requests Jury Trial In Child Pron Case

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On this date, the former commander of the Wisconsin Wing of the Civil Air Patrol asked for a jury trial in his child pornography criminal case.

An excerpt from the Janesville (Wis.) Gazette:

ELKHORN — A former commander of the Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol this week asked for a jury trial to defend himself against five criminal counts of possessing child pornography found on computers taken from his Delavan home.

Michael A. Curry, 54, has resigned from the Civil Air Patrol. He had more than a 40-year association with the group, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. His last assignment was with the Racine squadron, according to the patrol's website.

According to various Walworth County court records:

While examining the computer's e-mails and attachments, investigators identified five images of children engaged in sex acts. Also found were pictures of Civil Air Patrol cadets.

The criminal complaint against Curry did not suggest the cadets' images were inappropriate.

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December 15, 2003: Nevada Wing Looks for Missing Couple

Image by Ken Lund via FlickrOn this date, the Nevada Civil Air Patrol began searching for a missing aircraft.

An excerpt from the Las Vegas Review Journal:

Members of Nevada's Civil Air Patrol this morning are expected to resume a search for a private plane that dropped off radar Sunday morning near Tonopah.

A crew of about 21 people Monday morning began searching for a downed plane that rescuers believe contained a man and his wife traveling from Tucson, Ariz., to Eugene, Ore., said Major Charles McCarthy of the Nevada Wing, Civil Air Patrol. 

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December 10, 1955: The CAP Gets a Cartooning Lesson

Image via WikipediaOn this date, December 10, 1955, the Civil Air Patrol received praise from the USAF--and cartooning tips from the creator of "Terry and the Pirates."


From the Washington Post:

CAP Gets Pat on Back And Tips on Cartooning: "Top leaders of the Civil Air Patrol met in Washington yesterday and heard words of praise from Secretary of the Air Force Donald A. Quarles and got cartooning tips from artist Milton Caniff."

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December 8, 1996: CAP Cadet Among First Four Women Accepted into VMI

Image via WikipediaOn this date, Cadet Lieutenant Lauren Wagner was one of the first four women accepted into Virginia Military Institute (V.M.I.).


An excerpt from the New York Times:

Ms. Wagner is a lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol. Her mother is Eileen Wagner, a lawyer who filed a brief for the Virginia Women Attorneys Association arguing that the school should not be allowed to remain state-supported and all-male. this date, Cadet Lieutenant Lauren 

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December 2, 2006: CAP Cadet Dies in Student Flight in Minnesota

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On this date, two 18 year old men--one an Illinois Civil Air Patrol cadet from an aviation family--died in an airplane crash near Crookston, Minnesota.

Cadet Jacob Rueth, an aviation student, and Jacob Sunblad, a fellow aviation student, died when the single engine Cessna Rueth was flying crashed in northwest Minnesota.  Rueth was piloting the student flight.

An excerpt from WLS-TV:

Jacob Rueth did. He got his pilot's license at 16. He was a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol, rising through its ranks.

Rueth was an honor roll student at Sandburg High, and after graduating last Spring, Jacob chose the University of North Dakota's acclaimed Odegard School of Aerospace Science to pursue his dream. His plan was to become a helicopter pilot.

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December 31, 1941: First Connecticut CAP Squadron Founded

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On this date in 1941, the first Civil Air Patrol squadron in Connecticut was founded in Meriden, Conn.

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December 29, 1998: New Hampshire CAP Helps in Search for Fatal Crash

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On this date, the New Hampshire Wing of the Civil Air Patrol assisted in the search of a single engine Piper Arrow carrying two New Jersey men.  The plane fatally crashed in the mountains.

An excerpt from the New York Times:

The plane took off from the Berlin Airport in Milan, N.H. about 7:30 P.M. on Sunday and headed south. Air traffic controllers tracked it as it climbed to about 5,600 feet, but then it disappeared from their radar, according to the Civil Air Patrol's New Hampshire Wing.

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December 23, 1943: CAP-Themed Film, "Cowboy in the Clouds" Released

On this date, "Cowboy in the Clouds," a movie short featuring a Civil Air Patrol plot line, was release.


An synopsis of the short from Associated Content:

Ranch boss Steve Kendall (Charles Starrett) goes to the aid of the Civil Air Patrol, which is under fire from Amos Fowler (Davison Clark), the richest man in the state. Steve, aided by Dorrie Bishop (Julie Duncan), his sidekick Cannonball (Dub Taylor) and his cowhands (Jimmy Wakely, Foy Willing and Shelby Atchison) battles thundering hoofs, gunfire, air attacks and a forest fire.

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December 22, 1941: Time Reports LaGuardia's Big Plans for the CAP

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On this date, Time magazine reported that Civil Defense Director Fiorello LaGuardia had big plans for the Civil Air Patrol during the WW II.

An excerpt:

Mayor LaGuardia announced that he will enlist 90,000 licensed pilots, 90,000 student pilots, 100,000 ground workers to serve in a Civil Air Patrol for the war's duration. Under the command of Major General John F. Curry of the U.S. Army Air Corps, CAP will operate from 2,000 airports in the U.S. which are not used for military or commercial flights.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931953,00.html#ixzz17qHRUcjT

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December 21, 2003: California Finds Downed Helicopter and Survivors

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On this date, the California Civil Air Patrol Announced it had discovered the crash of a Robinson R-22 helicopter in the mountains of San Diego County.  The crew survived.

An excerpt from the CAWG's release:

TEMECULA, CA – A Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aircraft and flight crew located the site this afternoon where a helicopter had crashed late Saturday afternoon in rugged terrain in northern San Diego County. The CAP was alerted by the United States Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC) at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. The AFRCC immediately notified the CAP of a possible aircraft crash in the Southern California area. The CAP dispatched an aircraft and aircrew Sunday afternoon to locate the source of a radio distress signal believed to be coming from an aircraft Emergency Locator Transmitter in the Ramona or Julian area of northern San Diego County, approximately 25 miles north of San Diego, according to Capt. Bob Keilholtz, a spokesman and Incident Commander with the CAP.

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December 20, 1968: Two California Civil Air Patrol Members Killed While Searching for Missing Airplane

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On this date, two members of the California Civil Air Patrol were killed when their search plane crashed into Tecate Peak in California while searching for a missing Piper Cherokee PA-28-100.  The Piper had indeed crashed killing all three on board.  That plane was located December 24, 1968.

An excerpt from LOSTFLIGHTS:

As the flight progressed westerly towards San Diego, the turbulence and visibilty became increasingly worse near the mountainous Laguna Range. Fighting turbulence and spatial disorientation, it was not long before the single-engine Piper departed controlled flight (possible in-flight breakup) and impacted the snow covered slopes of Cuyapaipe Mountain fifty miles east of it's destination. All three were killed.

The next day an air search was mounted for the missing aircraft which was mostly conducted in poor weather conditions. Tragedy struck twice while in the process of the search, two members of the local Civil Air Patrol were killed when their own plane collided with nearby Tecate Peak. 

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December 19, 2005: IMLogic Announces "Real Time" Messaging Capabilities with CAP

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On this date, IMLogic announced that the Civil Air Patrol was using its "real time" messaging service.

An excerpt from a press release:

WALTHAM, Mass. -- The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) depends on IMlogic IM Manager(TM) to secure emergency real-time communications with volunteers across the country for search and rescue flights, Department of Homeland Security missions and disaster response. CAP coordinated its vital missions in the South following the devastation wrought by hurricanes Katrina and Rita using instant messaging to plan hundreds of missions to find survivors, take aerial photographs and help bring aid to those in need. 

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December 18, 1982: WVWG Assists in Finding Downed Medivac Helicopter

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On this date, the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol assisted in the search of a fatal Medivac helicopter crash near Beverly, W.Va.

An excerpt from the New York Times;

A medical transport helicopter that crashed while ferrying a critically ill heart patient was found today by searchers and all three people aboard were dead, the state police said.

The helicopter ''was tore all to pieces,'' said Maj. Kermit Miller of the Civil Air Patrol.

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December 15, 2007: CAP Assists in Project to Use Computers to Fight Wildfires

Image by slworking2 via FlickrOn this date, the New York Times reported on a researcher's plan to use computers to fight wildfires and how the Civil Air Patrol was assisting in the project.

An excerpt:

The United States Forest Service is supplying data on soil moisture. The Civil Air Patrol, the civilian air-rescue arm of the Air Force, is sending images from its training flights. Ash from the fires in California is being analyzed in Colorado and will be used to help project Grand County’s expected ash composition from fire.

The researchers say that if ever there was a place to see what fire science can achieve before a fire actually erupts, Grand County is the candidate. The population and number of second homes are growing rapidly, and the forest that tucks in around the new homes is dying, attacked by beetles that are killing lodgepole pines in numbers that scientists say they have never seen.

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December 14, 2008: HAWG Assesses Kauai Flood Damage

Image via WikipediaOn this date, the Hawaiian Wing of the Civil Air Patrol performed aerial assessment of large-scale flooding on Kauai.

Video of story available here from KITV-TV and an excerpt:

Raging flood waters washed away cars and disturbed piles of abandoned vehicles, Kauai residents say the water rose 6 to 7 feet.

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December 13, 2009: ORWG Participates in Mount Hood Search and Rescue of Climbers

Image via WikipediaOn this date, the Oregon Civil Air Patrol assisted the U.S. Coast Guard and local search and rescue teams in attempting to three lost climbers on Mount Hood.

An excerpt from the Salem News (Ore.):

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Search and Rescue Coordinators and volunteers remain actively engaged in the ongoing rescue mission on Mount Hood. One of the climbers died on the mountain and has been recovered, but his two climbing partners remain missing.

"The Oregon Army National Guard has deployed a helicopter to Mount Hood to assist with this aerial surveillance requested by the Sheriff's Office. In addition, a Civil Air Patrol fixed wing aircraft is also participating in this search and focusing attention around the targeted Reid Glacier, at the 9,000' level of Mount Hood."

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December 9, 2003: AOPA Demonstrates ADS-B to CAP

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On this date, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) demonstrated a new tracking technology to CAP brass.

An excerpt from the AOPA Online.

AOPA Senior Director of Advanced Technology Randy Kenagy took CAP Executive Director Col. Al Allenback (USAF-Ret.) and Director of Operations Lt. Col. John Salvador (USAF-Ret.) for a demonstration flight in an aircraft equipped for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, or ADS-B.

ADS-B technology transmits an aircraft's GPS-derived position, altitude, airspeed, and projected track via datalink to other aircraft similarly equipped and to ground stations. The datalink capabilities also allow ground stations to uplink information about transponder-equipped non-ADS-B aircraft using the FAA's traffic information system-broadcast (TIS-B) system, as well as both textual and graphical weather data via the flight information system-broadcast (FIS-B) system.

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December 8, 1941: CAP Director LaGuardia Publishes Administrative Order 9

Image via WikipediaOn this date, the Civil Air Patrol was given organizational shape following Pearl Harbor.


An excerpt from AllExperts:

On December 8, 1941, Director (Fiorello) LaGuardia published Administrative Order 9. This order outlined the Civil Air Patrol's organization and named its first national commander as Major General John F. Curry. Wilson was officially made the executive officer of the new organization. Additionally, Colonel Harry H. Blee was appointed the new operations director.  The very fear that sparked the Civil Air Patrol "movement"â€"that general aviation would be haltedâ€"became a reality when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harboron December 7, 1941.

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December 7, 1941: Most Civil Aviation Grounded After Pearl Harbor Attack

Image via WikipediaOn this date, the federal government suspended nearly all civil aviation in the United States in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

An excerpt from the San Bernardino Squadron 5 website:

The Civil Air Patrol Movement was sparked by the fear that General Aviation would be halted. The fear became reality when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when all air traffic, with the exception of airliners, was halted. The ban was lifted only two days later and General Aviation went back to its normal business.

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