Polaris Composite Squadron Meeting Notes
April 15, 2008
- Skip led the meeting since Kevin is out of
town for work.
- Kevin attended the Commanders Call last weekend. Three points were asked
to be presented to the membership.
- CAP may be tasked to fly river watch missions like we used to do in
years past. The Division of Military and Veterans affairs is in charge,
along with Homeland Security and Emergency Services.
- WWII veterans are passing away all over the country due to old age.
Many are due military honors at their funerals. CAP may be tasked to
provide transport for Military Color Guard.
- CAP may also be tasked to provide non-emergency medical evacuation or
transportation for people who need to get from rural communities to
hospitals around the State for medical treatment. The Overhead Bifold
Door electric brake sticks as reported last week. Brent says if it
sticks going up, stop and go down. This should release the brake.
Instructions are on a laminated card next to the control buttons.
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Aircraft availability
- C-206 241CC 19 hrs/oil 69 hrs/100 hr
- C-206 MJ lots of time
- C-185 40.2 hrs/oil and 100 hr
- C-182 31.1/oil 58 hrs/100 hr
- If you need to take a test, instructions for ordering are in the testing
officer's box.
- C-206 that is scheduled to go to Juneau. Anybody who is qualified can
fly it down. We have tried three times and have gotten turned around by
the weather each time. If it all works out, the Juneau Squadron will meet
us in Yakutat with another aircraft to return to Anchorage. Call Mel if
you see what you think is a good weather window.
- C-206 on amphibs is about ready to fly. Pilots need a complex
endorsement, C-206 form 5, and a float rating is preferred but not
required. A float rating can be acquired in the amphib.
- The Beaver is gone for a week or so. The tailwheel was acting up, a
couple of instruments were not working, and the skis need to come off.
- Skip offered a thank you to the Cadets who assisted last weekend at the
State Science Fair. They did an outstanding job.
- Chet H provided the safety spiel. He talked about the required safety
gear pilots are required to carry, and how he complies with that mandate.
First dress appropriately. For instance, wear leather shoes instead of
cloth ones. Chet carries a safety pouch with emergency gear. His pouch
holds: shelter, lighter, magnesium fire starter, Goo- a energy gel used by
athletes, water purification tablets, a bandanna, and gauze. The key words
are Shelter, Heat, and Energy. The most important tool is the knowledge
that you carry in your head.
- Karen reminded everyone that the glider meeting is Friday and Saturday
at Birchwood. This is for glider instructors, tow pilots, and ground
handlers.
- Ed Kornfield with the Wing glider program
has issued a notice of a pre-season glider and tow pilot refresher to be
held April 18-20 at the Birchwood Squadron. Any qualified CAP members who
are interested in participating in the program are also invited. We need
Glider Flight Instructors, Glider Orientation Pilots, Towplane Pilots, and
Ground Personnel. If you have an interest in working in the glider program
in any capacity, please contact Ed Kornfield at 227-2525 or ekornfield@gci.net
<mailto:ekornfield@gci.net>.
- Encampment is 26 May to 6 June, and this year will be at the Boy Scout
Camp at Camp Gorsuch. Glider flying is scheduled to be at Bryant AAF on
Fort Richardson.