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7-6 A ir Cav re-CAPJanuary 2003 Vo lum e 1 , Num ber 1a

January

H igh l igh ts :

O-Fl ights Bye to L t

Grossie

N ew V an AEX V is i t t o

Garret

Av ia t ion

Com m s Tow er upg rade

7-6 Air Cavalry Civil Air

Patrol CompositeSquadronCapt. S. Dicker4724 S. ParkwayConroe, TX 77303-4355

Phone:(713) 504 7154

Fax:(713) 218-5550

E-mail:stephen.dicker@cityofhouston.net

Were on the Web!www.7-6aircav.com

J anuary New sSeveral cadets were able to take advantage of the good weather early on this

month and participate in O-Flights in our Cessna 172, N235TX on January 1st.

The flights were organized and supported by Cdt/Capt. J. McElvaney, LtC Bill

Williams, Capt O. Douglas, Capt S. Dicker and Lt G. Tynefield. Cadets

receiving O flights were McElvaney, Kurtz, Schme iss, Williams, Greenmyer,

Walker, and Tynefield

We said a sad goodbye to 1Lt Chester Grossie, who has left the squadron and

CAP after a long history of service. He will be remembered for his support of

our communications activities. Capt. Dicker and Lt Col Fruchtnicht presentedLt Grossie with a plaque commemorating his service to CAP and the Squadron.

We also said goodbye to our old 7 passenger van (42110) and Capt Dicker, and

Lts Tessitore and Greenmyer drove it up to Waco to hand it over, in order to

received our new 15 passenger van from Wing. We are busy outfitting the new

van (42116) to make it mission ready. It already has CAP radios installed with

a temporary antenna. We hope to include a laptop and a GPS, as well as all

the usual ES gear.

AEX V is it t o Gar re t t Av ia t ionDan Pradel, Engine Service Manager at Garrett Aviation hosted a group ofcadets and senior members, at their George Bush Houston International Airport

facility January 25th as part of the Squadrons Aerospace Excellence program

(AEX). Lt Illerhaus organized the trip which was attended by Cadets Illerhaus,

Ayre and Tatum, and SMs Lts Tessitore, Illerhaus and Ayre.

Garrett Aviation is a part of GE Aerospace, and their Houston facility deals with

the maintenance and repair of GE Co rporate turbofans for corporate business

jets. Learn more at www.garrettaviation.com

Tal le r Com m s. Tow er?A local benefactor has donated a 160ft radio tower to the CAP.

The tower has been dismantled. The plan is to use 60-80ft of

the tower to replace our existing tower at the US Army Reserve

Center, Aviation Support Facility (ASF), so our repeater and the

ASF radios can have a longer range, especially to the north of

Conroe. The remainder of the tower will be used by Delta

Squadron for their communications needs. We may need volunteers in the

near future to help with rust removal and painting of the tower sections before

they are re-erected.

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Fu tu re Ac t i v i t i es:

SM SL S. Fundra is ing a t

t he Hous tonAst ros .

Gl ider O-Fl ight s. Woodvi l l e FTX.

Regu lar Month ly

Meet ingAc t i v i t i es :

1 s t Tuesday ,Un i fo rm B lues ,

Aerospace Ed

2 nd Tuesday,Un i fo rm B lues ,

Dr il l & Mora l

Leadersh ip

3 r d Tuesday,BDUs + we b

gear , Tes t ing

and PT

4 t h Tuesday,BDUs + we b

gear ,

Emergency

Serv ices

5 t h Tuesday, nouni form , fun /

gam e n igh t

Upcomm ing Even ts & Ac t i vi t i esSM SLS: February 7th -9th Squadron Senior Members (SMs) will be busy with

their Squadron Leadership School (SLS), a requirement for their level II

training. We are hosting this activity for the rest of the Group and Wing, and

anticipate that several other SMs will attend from other units, together with

Group and Wing Staff members. Because of the SLS activity, the Group 13

Commanders Call will be held in our facilities this Saturday also.

Ast ros : February 15th and 16th is our fundraising weekend when the Houston

Astros host collegiate games at Minute Maid Park. Our participation is NOT in

uniform, and so the squadron, together with our friends and family help in

manning activities, games and autograph booths in the stadium. In return for

our support the Astros donate funds to the squadron, so obviously we would

like to see a large turn out for this activity. Details will be distributed

separately.

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/hou/homepage/hou_homepage.js

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Gl id ing : February 22nd (Saturday) We will take our first trip this year to the

Soaring Club of Houston Gliderport in between Magnolia and Hempstead forglider O-flights. Cadets are requested to contact 1Lt Ayre to sign up for this

activity via e-mail ayrefam@sbcglobal.net , or phone 281 367 0519.

Information about the club and its facilities can be found at www.scoh.org .

We have also booked Sunday Feb 23rd as an alternative rain day, or overflow

day in case it rains Saturday or we have too many cadets sign up for

Saturday.

Woodvi l le FTXOur next Field Training Exercise (FTX) is scheduled for 28th Feb, and

March 1st and 2nd out at Woodville (Tyler County Airport). Hone

those ES skills!

Do you have any comments, news or information to communicate?

Please contact 1Lt D. Ayre, the editor, and Public Affairs Officer via

email at ayrefam@sbcglobal.net or 281 352 1961

CAP Eval ua t es EAA WBW

Aerospac e Educ at ion ProgramCAP is evaluating the Experimental Aircraft Associations (EAA) Wild Blue

Wonders (WBW) training program. Squadrons have been encouraged to apply

to CAP NHQ to evaluate this program on behalf on the CAP. Our squadron hassubmitted an application. See www.wildbluewonders.org

Cadet New s-w atc h th i s spac e!Cdt/Capt J. McElvaney has applied for the International Air Cadet Exchange

(IACE) in 2003, and hopes to visit Sweden for three weeks this Summer if

selected.