tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71413353021562086672024-03-12T21:52:55.193-07:00Squadron 188 - The LogbookAmelia Earhart Senior Squadron 188 - Civil Air Patrol | Charter PCR-CA-452
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Squadron 188 Newsletter/Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06717852198705474885noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-23704642448326568482019-10-24T11:30:00.003-07:002019-10-24T11:30:50.197-07:00Green Flag Presentation<br />
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on a major program the Civil Air Patrol supports, Green Flag. Green Flag is the
name given to the US Air Force’s realistic air-land integration training program
in support of US and allied forces. CAP’s role is to support training of ground
forces in their use of air assets. CAP also provides training and support to
CAP’s Emergency Services mission, including disaster relief and search and
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aircraft modified with full motion video systems similar to those used by USAF.
Once aloft video is transmitted in real time to ground receivers either being
used by military units in training or linked into Federal/State emergency
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The aircraft is flown by three
highly skilled CAP members and may operate in challenging conditions, including
instrument conditions, mountainous terrain, and/or at night. The aircrew are
trained in the use of the sensor ball camera, managing the mission (in the
air), communicating with ground teams and other air assets, and of course
flying the aircraft. Not all crew members must be pilots, but can expect to be
trained to multiple crew positions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Capt Hollerbach is a CAP Mission
Pilot and is about to enter her 3<sup>rd</sup> year as a crew member of
Green Flag. She is trained in the use of the sensor ball and mission
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<br />Capt Louie Rivashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298588268720738072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-45750572253274593572019-10-24T11:19:00.000-07:002019-10-24T11:19:10.715-07:00CAP Nationwide Communications Exercise<br />
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Members of SQ188 are currently participating in a nationwide
radio communications exercise orchestrated by the United States Air Force
(“USAF”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>USAF gave CAP 24hrs notice for
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The scenario is that it’s a “very bad day” and all the
commercial phone/internet infrastructure has been impacted, so all we have is
HF radio and maybe VHF. In California Wing (“CAWG”), several HF stations
are manned most days by CAP members who have radios at home; and some members
will travel into a base to use the radios at that facility. Radio
stations will report in, messages will be exchanged, and training will be
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<br />Capt Louie Rivashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298588268720738072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-71378461814813551762019-01-28T09:32:00.000-08:002019-01-28T17:50:33.970-08:00Saturday was Group 2 Safety Day<i>By Capt Karin Hollerbach, photos by 2d Lt Alexei Roudnev</i><br />
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On Saturday the 26th of January, forty-four Group 2 members assembled at Amazon’s campus for a Safety Day, and an additional half dozen or so attended remotely via online conferencing.<br />
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Thanks to Maj Michelogiannakis for organizing this fun learning event! Thanks also to our presenters:<br />
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<li>Lt Col Dolnick, CAWG Vice Commander</li>
<li>Lt Col Luneau, Group 2 Commander</li>
<li>Maj Blank, Group 2 Operations Officer</li>
<li>Maj Michelogiannakis, Group 2 Stan/Eval Officer (DOV) </li>
<li>Maj Edwards, Group 2 Personnel Officer</li>
<li>Maj Kubiak, Group 2 Deputy Commander </li>
<li>Maj McCutchen, Squadron 10 Deputy Commander for Seniors </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Col Dolnick Sharing an Anecdote from his Student<br />
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Finally, we’d like to express our appreciation to Amazon for hosting us at their facilities and to the many dedicated CAP members who gave up a beautiful Saturday to participate in this safety event focusing on aircrew professionalism.<br />
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Col Dolnick kicked off the morning presentations with a personal anecdote from his student pilot days and a reminder from that story that when someone asks you in an airplane “do you think this is OK?”, what they’re probably really expressing is “I’m really uncomfortable with this!”<br />
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We also discussed an <a href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/december/pilot/just-a-short-flight" target="_blank">AOPA article</a> describing a 2017 crash at Teterboro, in which the cockpit recorder brought to light apparently dysfunctional cockpit communications and lack of professionalism exhibited by the pilot and/or copilot, possibly contributing factors in degrading situational awareness and advancing task saturation. Although we don’t fly jets in CAP, several of the key elements of the scenario are highly relevant to many of our flights in the SF Bay Area:<br />
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<li>Highly complex airspace</li>
<li>Experienced Mission Pilot </li>
<li>Inexperienced Mission Observer (in the right seat, whether or not a “copilot”)</li>
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is still ruling on probable cause of the accident, but in the meantime, we can certainly reflect on how quickly situational awareness can erode and how ALL crew members can and should speak up when they see safety related issues as they arise.<br />
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Maj Michelogiannakis, who is also a FAAST team member, talked about Group 2’s safety records. We have had minimal incidents – something that we want to continue; i.e., minimal mechanical incidents that we can’t do anything about, and no incidents that hurt people.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Michelogiannakis Reviewing<br />
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Accident Review</h3>
Maj Michelogiannakis and Maj Edwards reviewed several CAP (not including Group 2) incidents that have occurred in the past, including:<br />
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<li>Plane pushback – after a flight, or flights, the crew might be tired or grumpy, and it’s easy to lose situational awareness or to communicate less effectively. In this instance, one of the crew members was struck by the wing as the plane was pushed back. This is a good time to slow down! </li>
<li>Wing strike – in another incident, a plane was parked too close to a fence and the wing struck the fence when making the turn to park. In the Bay Area, PAO is one of the airports that we regularly use and that is susceptible to this, simply due to its tight configuration in the parking areas. </li>
<li>Low-level stall – here the pilot apparently verified the flight controls prior to takeoff. Everything seemed normal until about 60 knots, at which time the nose pitched up abruptly. The trim was found to be 10 degrees down – not a configuration you want on takeoff. We don’t know what happened, but it’s possible the autopilot test during the preflight may have changed the trim – which is why we want to check it again afterward (as it also says to do on our checklists). If anyone in the aircrew notices a checklist item being skipped, that’s the time to speak up. </li>
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We can’t be certain how this might have happened. However, it’s possible that time pressure had something to do with it. We also had some good discussion in the room about preflighting, checklists, and whether we do a full preflight after the first flight, on subsequent flights in the same day. Once you start modifying checklists, what bad habits are you developing?<br />
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Several other CAP examples were discussed, which also highlighted the fact that sometimes situations creep up on you (another reason to always anticipate and stay ahead of the plane / situation) and that your choices particularly as a pilot may become more and more limited as a situation progresses. It’s easy to say afterward “what were they thinking?!”, but it’s not always as easy to make the right decisions at the right time in the moment.<br />
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Larger airplane examples also provided good material for discussion, and we talked about the importance of training, of paying attention to factors like fatigue, and of communicating clearly and effectively.<br />
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Safety Culture </h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Blank Shared a lot of Useful Information about<br />
Developing a Safety Culture. </td></tr>
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In the afternoon, Maj Blank discussed CAP’s safety culture and what constitutes an effective safety culture, as well as common checkride failures, such as<br />
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<li>Lack of documentation</li>
<li>Lack of knowledge of regs</li>
<li>Ensuring the written test was done within the correct time frame</li>
<li>Lack of preparation for demonstrating maneuvers</li>
<li>Inability to demonstrate proficiency in basic aircraft equipment</li>
<li>Not knowing about NOTAMs for an airport</li>
<li>Over-dependence on equipment – can you find the grid corner without using GPS?</li>
<li>Over focus on search objectives – while losing situational awareness of other aspects of the flight</li>
<li>Inability to fly the aircraft in basic search configuration – know your power settings for different flight configurations! </li>
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With Maj Blank, we also discussed several critical factors, including a key one – normalization of deviance; i.e., the acceptance of behaviors and operating procedures that are non-standard. Just because “we always do it like this and it’s never been a problem” doesn’t mean it’s the right or the safe way to do it. <br />
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Doing it “your” way may come back to bite you; accommodations for style are important – but never to compromise on safety.<br />
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Expectation bias and what constitutes clear and effective communication were additional hot topics.<br />
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Sharing a "Lessons Learned"Anecdote.</td></tr>
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There are multiple identified leadership styles in aviation. The one we are aiming for is the Transformational style, using CRM – a leader evaluates the changing dynamic situation and doesn’t get locked into a single course of action; this leader listens and acts on the inputs of those around them (the crew members). One of our challenges in general aviation is that most of us have only been formally trained in single pilot operations. The FAA has excellent guidance on this topic – and it is well worth reading.<br />
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Since situational awareness is so critical to safe flying, we spent considerable time talking about<br />
Strategies for preventing loss of SA<br />
Red flags – how do you see it (loss of SA) coming?<br />
If it does happen, how do you recover from it?<br />
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Some of the red flags discussed included:<br />
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<li>Undocumented procedures – normalization of deviance </li>
<li>Need to hurry up or last minute changes</li>
<li>Fatigue</li>
<li>Ambiguous or confusing information</li>
<li>Fixation</li>
<li>Unexpected change in airplane state or unusual reaction to inputs</li>
<li>Failure to</li>
<li>Fly the plane or look outside</li>
<li>Comply with SOPs, regs, limitations or other guidance</li>
<li>Resolve discrepancies</li>
<li>Communicate effectively</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squadron 188 Member, 2d Lt Sharma<br />
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Later in the afternoon, Col Luneau addressed achieving extreme professionalism in CAP and what that means for us, citing several examples. <br />
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Yes, extreme professionalism is our goal – professionalism is more of an attitude and a way of being than anything linked to whether or not you receive a paycheck.<br />
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We started off this part of the day with several members sharing stories about learning opportunities from past incidents or near-incidents that they were part of.<br />
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Thanks for fabulous acting skills, Maj Kubiak and Maj McCutchen presented several hilarious episodes highlighting uniform violations and examples of poor (unprofessional) cockpit behavior.<br />
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So what is professionalism in aviation? It includes the pursuit of excellence through discipline, ethical behavior, and continuous improvement.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Col Luneau (L front) Leading an Interactive Discussion on Professionalism, with Maj McCutchen (C front) and Maj Kubiak (R front) Demonstrating Violations of the CAP Uniform Regs. <br />
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CAP does have an Aircrew Code of Conduct; please review General Smith’s video on professionalism, if you haven’t yet seen it or feel you need a refresher. We can each ask ourselves, “What is my own improvement process?”<br />
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Also, please go visit the <a href="https://gp2.cawgcap.org/emergency-services/standardization-evaluations/" target="_blank">Group 2 Stan/Eval website</a> to see the presentations of the day - and a lot of other useful information.<br />
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-45070052525506257232018-12-04T17:49:00.001-08:002018-12-04T17:51:07.684-08:00<br />
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Twenty three members of Group 2 participated in a Basic
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services ratings. The clubhouse at Buchanan Field in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Concord</st1:place></st1:city> was the incident command post for the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Col Suter Delivering the Morning Briefing</td></tr>
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The trainees included an Incident Commander, aircrew, ground
teams and base staff searching for an “overdue aircraft” that departed Gnoss
Airfield in <st1:city w:st="on">Novato</st1:city> enroute to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Los</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Banos</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Municipal</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
A practice beacon, simulating the aircraft ELT, was placed at a location
unknown to the trainees, with the mission of locating and deactivating it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aircrew Flight Planning</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Brown Preflighting the C172 </td></tr>
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The newest Group 2 aircraft, a Cessna 172 with a modern
glass cockpit, supported two Urban Direction Finding (UDF) teams in the search.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Communications Team C/SSGT Patil, Maj Gadd</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UDF Team briefing</td></tr>
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Valle. The beacon was hidden beneath a tree near a plywood silhouette made to
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Lt Col Suter was the Incident Commander trainee, and he was
quoted as saying “This exercise was a great training opportunity, particularly adjusting the mission to cope with constantly changing challenges. Overall a small but successful SAREX." His mentor Lt Col Deford remarked "We had a very educational exercise both in its successes and lessons learned."</div>
<br />Capt Louie Rivashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298588268720738072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-53638833315317449782018-11-25T12:11:00.000-08:002018-11-27T12:27:08.189-08:00<br />
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Camp Fire AP Mission Support<o:p></o:p></h1>
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recently requested the resources of the Civil Air Patrol’s California Wing to
assist with the collection of high resolution images in support of the disaster recovery efforts of the Camp Fire.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camera (Lt Col Luneau)</td></tr>
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This is California’s largest fire, burning over 153,000
acres, destroying over 18,000 buildings and claiming more than 80 lives. A high
resolution infra-red camera unaffected by the smoke and haze was mounted to the
wing strut and connected to a tablet. The tablet provides an overhead view of
the terrain and the desired track.<o:p></o:p><br />
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carefully coordinated effort between CAP and the various firefighting agencies
requiring special permission to enter the Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR)
area. The sorties were flown after the water tankers and support aircraft had
departed the area. The low visibility flying conditions and the precise
coordinated flight required of the camera require a highly trained crew with
sharp Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and Crew Resource Management (CRM)
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<br />Capt Louie Rivashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298588268720738072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-87231502957197781122018-09-12T19:20:00.000-07:002018-09-12T19:20:12.408-07:00Group 2 Emergency Procedures Flight Clinic<i>By Capt Karin Hollerbach</i><br />
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Yesterday I completed my sortie in our emergency procedures flight clinic and, always in our clinics, learned a lot!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capt Michelogiannakis. Archive photo.</td></tr>
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Group 2 organized a flight clinic for our pilots to practice emergency procedures – especially those that we might not ordinarily train for in our normal training, even when preparing for a Form 5 or a biennial flight review. Thanks to Capt Michelogiannakis (Squadron 188) for organizing the event and acting as Project Officer as well as Ground School (and Flight) Instructor.<br />
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Staff in the clinic included Group 2 instructors and an Incident Commander (IC)/Flight Release Officer (FRO):<br />
<ul>
<li>Lt Col Dolnick (California Wing)</li>
<li>Lt Col Luneau (Group 2)</li>
<li>Maj Tubis – IC and FRO (Squadron 10) </li>
<li>Maj Ironfield (Squadron 156)</li>
<li>Capt Michelogiannakis (Squadron 188)</li>
<li>Capt Arasmith (Squadron 10) </li>
<li>Capt Basile (Squadron 10)</li>
</ul>
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A total of 12 pilots are going through the training, which included the ground school (done virtually, since we are scattered all over the Bay Area) and one sortie per participant.<br />
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Ground school discussion topics included:<br />
<ul>
<li>Engine fire</li>
<li>Electrical fire to emergency descent</li>
<li>Wing fire</li>
<li>Impossible turn simulated at altitude</li>
<li>Power off landings from altitude to an uncontrolled field</li>
<li>Landing without flaps</li>
<li>Simulated alternator failure (G1000 aircraft)</li>
<li>Landing with a flat tire or severe bald spot</li>
<li>Brake failure in one wheel </li>
<li>Asymmetrical flaps </li>
</ul>
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Among both the staff and the students, we've had great cross-squadron participation! Twelve pilots came from 5 different Group 2 squadrons:<br />
<ul>
<li>Lt Col Suter (Squadron 44) </li>
<li>Lt Col McDowell (Squadron 80) </li>
<li>Maj Brown (Squadron 156) </li>
<li>Capt Rivas (Squadron 188) </li>
<li>Capt Hollerbach (Squadron 188) </li>
<li>Capt Mateos (Squadron 10) </li>
<li>Capt Heldt (Squadron 80)</li>
<li>1st Lt Kraus (Squadron 188) </li>
<li>1st Lt Booth (Squadron 188)</li>
<li>1st Lt De Bleecker (Squadron 10)</li>
<li>1st Lt Gross (Squadron 10)</li>
<li>2d Lt Sharma (Squadron 188)</li>
</ul>
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Here's where I get to point out that 25% of our pilot participants in this clinic are women. Nice work, Group 2! (And an additional 8 pilots are men. Nice work, Group 2!)<br />
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My sortie was a great combination of fun and learning. That seems to have been the theme among students. Lt Col McDowell, for example, started his learning immediately, before he even got to the emergency procedures: "the flight itself was a bit of a challenge as I was in a new plane with avionics I wasn't familiar with."<br />
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I was happy to hear him say that, because "new" (to the aircrew) avionics may be workable when everything is going smoothly on a clear, calm VFR day in familiar territory, but once things start going wrong, they can go very wrong very quickly when unfamiliar avionics are thrown into the mix. At least for me, I've found it really important to train with new aircraft/avionics in "easy" conditions.<br />
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We started off with emergency descents, with the goal of reaching the ground (preferably a suitable location on the ground!) as quickly as possible, while remaining safe. That was well worth practicing before you have to do it in a real emergency, as the steep spiral that we did (on the assumption that we wanted to get down in a location close to where we were, not use our descent to get somewhere further away) presented a rather unusual sight picture – at least, unusual for anyone, like me, not used to aerobatics.<br />
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Following the emergency descent, we also practiced a simulated “impossible turn”, simulating an engine out shortly after takeoff, and measuring how much altitude we lost if turned the more than 180 degrees required to return to the runway and land (in the opposite direction of takeoff). Fun at altitude… probably a lot scarier close to the ground. Of course, how much you actually lose will depend on a lot of factors, including your airplane’s configuration, the wind, your reaction time and ability to maintain best glide, etc.<br />
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An extension of that was the simulated engine out at higher altitude, where we spiraled down over an un-towered airport, lined up with the downwind portion, and then turned in a “normal” pattern to land. Well, I didn’t land due to crosswinds, but demonstrated being able to land. I did come in too high because I didn’t want to do another complete 360 turn – which probably should have had me extending my downwind a bit further but instead I slipped into the runway. Perhaps there was some psychological pressure to not get too far away from the runway…<br />
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On the flight back to KOAK, we also discussed several in flight fire scenarios, and simulated an alternator failure. Finally, we ended with a no flap landing and a short field landing.<br />
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On top of all that, Capt Michelogiannakis caught a couple of less-than-ideal flying habits of mine, which was great! The goal, after all, was to improve my flying skills and to increase safety – ideally while having fun doing it. All goals were accomplished! A huge ‘thank you’ to all of our volunteers for making this clinic happen and to our pilot participants to investing time to improve their skills.<br />
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For those of you who haven't completed your sorties yet, fly, fly, fly!<br />
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-41160944791195651412018-08-08T06:32:00.002-07:002018-08-08T17:37:26.210-07:00Fifth Tuesday BBQ with Squadron 18<i>By Capt Karin Hollerbach and Lt Col Juan Tinnirello, photos by Lt Col Tinnirello except as noted</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squadron 188 members unloading equipment at HWD in <br />
preparation for the event.</td></tr>
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Last week, Squadron 188 members headed over to Hayward to get together with Squadron 18 for 5th Tuesday barbecue at Squadron 18’s headquarters. On the agenda were both training events and plenty of food and conversation, as well as opportunities to get to meet more CAP members within Group 2. For many of us, most of the members we interact and work with are within our own squadron, so any opportunity to mingle with other squadrons is welcome!<br />
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Several Squadron 188 members met early at KOAK to load up mission critical equipment, including the Squadron 188 grill for barbecuing, as well as UDF and radio equipment for training. Thanks to all who were able to show up early and pitch in for this.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Future pilot practicing on a flight simulator.</td></tr>
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At HWD, Squadron 18 Commander, 1st Lt Hurst, gathered the squadron's cadets and explained the purpose of the combined event. She then introduced Capt Hayes, who provided details of how the training would take place.<br />
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Eleven Squadron 18 cadets participated in hands-on Emergency Services (ES) activities after some classroom training sessions with Squadron 188 members. The emphasis was on radio communications (training led by 1st Lt Roberts) and Urban Direction Finding, i.e., searching for a practice beacon (led by 1st Lt Chavez), and on having fun, too. After the classroom training, two teams searched for - and both successfully found - a practice beacon.<br />
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Further training will be necessary to complete all the requirements to become a UDF team member, but the basic instructions and practice received that evening will help the cadets to accomplish this important ES goal. The communications class will also require further training, but the first steps were completed and put the cadets well on their way in their training for the Mission Radio Operator (MRO) rating.<br />
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SM Pagels reported having fun to interact with the cadets, as this was her first time doing so, and found the review of radio communications and UDF basics to be a helpful learning experience –not just for the cadets!<br />
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The overall intent was to: support Squadron 18, introduce ES, and hopefully get some additional members interested in and beginning on their training for their ES ratings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Chavez providing classroom training for UDF.</td></tr>
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Lt Mello and Capt Fenolio flew o-rides for several cadets earlier in the afternoon. The cadets all had a great time, some initially timid but by the time they were able to understand the basic principles of flight, were eager to hold on to the flight controls for themselves. One of the cadets on his 3rd syllabus flight is working on training for his private pilot certificate and has already experienced slow flight, stalls, and other maneuvers.<br />
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Another cadet on her 4th syllabus flight understood the flight instruments well, and did the GPS navigation on her o-ride, navigating to LVK and to CCR, and working on other flight instruments including airspeed and altimeter, and became very good at understanding trim and coordinated flight. Her summary, “that was fun!” <br />
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While all the training was taking place, senior members and parents prepared dinner, led by 1st Lt Devine at the BBQ. When the food was ready, everybody gathered at the mess hall and had a yummy dinner as well as a great time conversing with each other and making new friends.<br />
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Finally, a group picture of all the cadets and senior members was taken to document the memorable event.<br />
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The event was a great success: Training was successful; fun was had; everyone stayed safe. A number of squadron leaders asked for additional sessions in the future and some of the senior cadets expressed interest in participating in future exercises.<br />
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Squadron 188 members that participated included:<br />
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<li>Lt Col Tinnirello</li>
<li>Capt Hayes</li>
<li>Capt Rivas</li>
<li>Capt Fenolio – provided o-rides to Squadron 18 cadets </li>
<li>1st Lt Chavez – led UDF training</li>
<li>1st Lt Choate</li>
<li>1st Lt Roberts – led Comm training</li>
<li>1st Lt Devine – awesomely worked the grill</li>
<li>2d Lt Roudnev</li>
<li>2d Lt Valeur</li>
<li>2d Lt Campbell</li>
<li>2d Lt Sharma</li>
<li>2d Lt Rainville</li>
<li>2d Lt Mello – provided o-rides to Squadron 18 cadets </li>
<li>SM Ferland</li>
<li>SM Pagels</li>
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Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-10096906324977560752018-07-31T18:43:00.001-07:002018-07-31T18:47:54.255-07:00Long cross-country: flying to/from the Cessna factory<i>By Capt Karin Hollerbach</i><br />
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Last week I had the chance to fly to Kansas in the back of a 206 and then to fly 2 out of 3 (well, 2 out of 4, which I’ll explain later) legs of the trip back, in a 182. It was great flying with 3 other pilots from Squadron 188 and/or the newly formed Tri-Valley Squadron – Lt Col DeFord, Maj Fridell, and 1st Lt Choate.<br />
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This was my first time flying quite so far from (or rather, “to” in my case) home. Straight-line distance between KIDP (Independence Municipal Airport, Kansas) and KLVK (Livermore Airport, California) is 1237.2 nm – times 2 out and back. That’s a lot of flying in two days. A little too far for a Cessna to do in one sortie, so we broke up the trip into 4 legs out, spent the night in Independence, and planned for 3 and actually flew 4 on the way back.<br />
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What’s at KIDP? The Cessna factory! We flew there to pick up an old 182Q with a new engine. Another first: I’d never flown an aircraft with 21.1 starting Hobbs time before and kept thinking it must be missing some digits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canyons not too far from where we flew past the Colorado River where it flowed into the Grand Canyon (south and at that point somewhat west of us). </td></tr>
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With neither Maj Fridell nor myself being (yet) 206 qualified, Lt Col DeFord and Lt Choate took turns flying the 206 to KIDP on the way out, each taking 2 sorties: KLVK to KVGT (North Las Vegas, Nevada) to KFMN (Four Corners, New Mexico) to KLBL (Liberal, Kansas) to KIDP. It was a long (and hot) day: We met at KLVK early, for takeoff around 7 AM, and didn't arrive at our hotel in Kansas until around 11 PM local time. The brief stop at KVGT was fun for me, since that’s where I had done my private checkride! It being Las Vegas in the summertime, however, it was hot, and we were all happy to push on quickly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Changing terrain as we head further east on the leg from KVGT to KFMN. </td></tr>
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One of the most interesting things for me on the flight heading east was seeing the terrain change across the US going from west to east – crossing the Central Valley in California, crossing the Sierras, then Death Valley, Las Vegas, the desert and plateaus just north of the Grand Canyon, then more mountainous terrain, then a gradual slow descent into the plains of the Midwest – all viewed at much lower altitudes than if we’d just hopped on a commercial flight. To be sure, we flew high enough to need oxygen on two of our legs – both to fly over mountains and to stay a little cooler – but it was still a lot lower than airliners!<br />
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On the second morning, we checked out our “new” airplane and found it had very little by way of extra equipment – but it did pass our thorough preflight inspection, after we put in a few additional quarts of oil. It took a while to visit the offices of the Cessna factory, get fuel at the local FBO, and convince ourselves that yes, the airplane was airworthy. We launched – by late morning, making for another long day on the way back.<br />
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On the flights headed west, we split up, with Lt Col DeFord and Lt Choate flying again in the 206 (and being able to take on more fuel without having to worry about those pesky two additional passengers in the back), and Maj Fridell and I flying the 182. Since the 206 had weather info in the cockpit, and the 182 did not, we decided to fly together so that Maj Fridell and I could get our own, personal in-flight weather advisories from the 206. This, combined with input from the very helpful ATC personnel we talked to throughout the day, came in very handy, particularly as we deviated around several thunderstorms moving through our planned flight path.<br />
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With an on the ground weather briefing, ATC input, real-time reports from the 206 flying just far enough ahead of us to give actionable information, and our own eyeballs out the window, we were able to stay safe and avoid hitting too many bumps in the sky. (Fortunately for my personal development (!), and with me being a self-proclaimed “weather wimp”, the ongoing light turbulence that we did have during my first close-to-4-hour leg was a good opportunity for me to practice staying relaxed and not get overly fatigued.)<br />
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Maj Fridell flew the first leg, from KIDP to KTCC (Tucumcari, New Mexico). With the late start, I was ready for lunch by the time we arrived at KTCC… but the airport is well outside of town, so I settled for a lemonade and whatever snacks I could find in my flight bag. We decided it would be fun (and on our way!) to land at KGCN (Grand Canyon Airport) so that’s what we did – even though flightseeing around the canyon was not on the agenda. Still even the surrounding area is beautiful. I will admit to a rather steep final approach to the airport, because there’s a busy heliport immediately next to the runway, and I couldn’t help but be uncomfortable with having several helicopters right between me on short final and my touchdown point … I guess that’s what slips are for, so that’s what we did. It was stabilized, just a little (lot) steeper than normal!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our "new" plane at the Cessna factory in Kansas. </td></tr>
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At KGCN we were greeted by some friendly folks from the FBO, who not only refueled our aircraft but drove us into town (and picked us up again), so that we could finally have a late lunch at an excellent Mexican restaurant. From there, we debated our options for flying home, either on the same day or with one more overnight somewhere between the Grand Canyon and KLVK. After some discussion, we decided a safe course of action would be for us to change things around a bit, with Maj Fridell hopping into the 206 and Lt Col DeFord flying with me in the 182.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Fridell, adding oil before we left KIDP. </td></tr>
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Since it was going to be a very long day, I had no desire to fly home by myself, with crossing the mountains, moderate altitude, landing at night, still fairly unfamiliar avionics, etc. Having another accomplished pilot in the right seat next to me was a big help. Not having oxygen and having a new engine in our plane, we diverted somewhat to the south, to avoid crossing the higher peaks of the Sierras, especially after dark. This way, we were able to fly low enough to not need oxygen but still high enough to have lots of safety margin between us and the ridges we crossed – and could see the valley ahead just as it was getting really dark.<br />
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Based on our planning, and with full tanks, we intended to fly all the way home. En route, however, our engine was running hot and, taking steps to keep it cool, we used up more fuel than planned. Flying further north toward home, we eyeballed our fuel gauges and recalculated and considered our late night options. “It’s probably enough…” “I think we can make it…” At that point, we looked at each other and decided that even having to ask that question was really enough to provide the answer – let’s land and refuel. Would we have been OK? In hindsight, yes – if nothing else happened to cause us to deviate. Even though the last leg after refueling ended up being a very short hop to our final destination, KLVK, we were both very happy with our decision to stop. Better to be safe and get home and to bed a little later than to not make it home at all. Plus, we met someone while refueling and might have recruited a future new member!<br />
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Being an early morning person and having just flown almost 8 hours, I was far too exhausted to consider flying the last leg – many thanks to Lt Col DeFord for doing so and getting us safely back on the ground at KLVK.<br />
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Besides having a great time with 3 other pilots on this transport mission, I had fun learning about longer cross-country flying trips; differences in weather patterns when flying west-east – and west again (rather than the north-south cross-country trips I’ve done more of to date); getting weather help from ATC and from our friends in the 206; and considering the very real impact of fatigue after two long days of flying and of the desire to get home and forcing oneself to nonetheless balance that against safety considerations. These are considerations that anyone flying long days will run into – and they become very real.<br />
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Now, go out and fly our “new” plane, which is currently still based at KLVK! We can never know how long we’ll have it, so I encourage all of our Group 2 pilots to fly it sooner rather than later. <br />
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-67735448533698856352018-07-29T14:36:00.001-07:002018-07-31T08:56:03.322-07:00Mission Aircrew School in Bakersfield, July 2018<i>This post is based on press releases written by Capt Louie Rivas, Mission Aircrew School PIO-T</i><br />
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Bakersfield, California - Civil Air Patrol’s California Wing is conducting its Mission Aircrew School at Meadows Field, Bakersfield, California on July 27-29, 2018.<br />
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This is the Wing’s largest aviation exercise offered annually, and we expect 18 aircraft and 90 members from Northern and Southern California to participate. In order to maintain the highest level of proficiency mission pilots (MPs) and mission observer (MO) trainees use this training opportunity to meet rigorous training requirements to qualify in their positions and to be ready to answer the call in the event of an emergency, such as a search for an overdue aircraft, or providing photographs to state and local authorities of the damage caused by natural disasters such as wildfires. Additionally, base staff and ground team members will use this exercise to hone their emergency services skills and obtain further training.<br />
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On the first day of the exercise, there were 13 aircraft launched and supported by 4 ground teams comprised of cadets and senior CAP members. The aircrews and ground teams were tasked with simulating a search for an overdue aircraft.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flight line at Mission Aircrew School, Bakersfield.</td></tr>
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Aircrews practiced flying search techniques that included air to ground coordination with ground team members. The ground teams searched for emergency locator beacons, and many of them spent Friday and Saturday nights in the field. Search and rescue efforts demand careful coordination with the base staff as well. This exercise provides base staff with opportunities to hone their skills and improve their rescue coordination skills.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aircrew briefing.</td></tr>
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Accomplishments by all members of aircrews, ground teams and base staff included reassigning the aircrews and ground teams to new practice areas (“grids”) to search for a practice beacon hidden within those grids. Ground teams are comprised of cadets and senior members who are specially trained to search for missing aircraft, or lost persons.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comms room. </td></tr>
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Lt Col Kevin Cummings, Air Force liaison to the Civil Air Patrol, spent the day observing the operations and flew in the back seat of one of the aircraft so he could observe the aircrew perform their search. They flew to one of the practice grids and found the ELT. The Colonel was quoted as saying “the mission aircrew school is a model for CAP.” <br />
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Two television stations visited the event. <a href="https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/civil-air-patrol-training-in-kern-county?autoplay=true" target="_blank">Click here</a> for an interview by a local ABC affiliate.<br />
And <a href="http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/" target="_blank">click here</a> for a news segment from a local CBS affiliate; it has actual footage of the activity at the base.<br />
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Participating from Squadron 188 were:<br />
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<li>Capt Hayes – GBD (Ground Branch Director) </li>
<li>Capt Rivas – PIO (Public Information Officer) Trainee</li>
<li>1st Lt Choate - MP Mentor (Mission Pilot Mentor) </li>
<li>2d Lt Roudnev - GTM/UDF (Ground Team Member / Urban Direction Finder) </li>
<li>2d Lt Vaibhav - MP Trainee </li>
<li>2d Lt Mello - MP Trainee</li>
<li>SM Ferland - MP Trainee</li>
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Update**** Final stats from the Mission Aircrew School included:<br />
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This year was one of the largest aircrew schools ever and certainly the largest ground contingent. The ground teams proved extremely useful during this event, having located both a missing UDF team and a missing CAP aircraft (both simulated). The incredible staff accomplished the following:<br />
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<li>98 personnel</li>
<li>17 CAP aircraft</li>
<li>115 air sorties</li>
<li>15 corporate vehicles</li>
<li>46 ground sorties</li>
<li>13 new MPs</li>
<li>13 new MOs</li>
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Thank you to everyone for your hard work and congratulations on a very successful training event!<br />
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<br />Capt Louie Rivashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298588268720738072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-57603412210917115802018-06-28T15:40:00.001-07:002018-06-28T15:40:58.865-07:00All Hands Meeting June 2018<i>By Capt Karin Hollerbach</i><br />
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<b>Safety Briefing: Aircraft Maintenance</b><br />
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Earlier this month, at our June All Hands Meeting, we had an interesting 2-part safety briefing on aircraft maintenance, organized by Lt Baldwin. The first part was presented by A&P mechanic, Ms. Kohler, who is also the Executive Director of Education at AIM (the Aviation Institute of Maintenance), located across the street from us on Earhart Road at Oakland airport. Many thanks to Ms. Kohler for spending some of her evening with us and sharing her knowledge. The second part was presented by 1st Lt Choate, who is also one of our aircraft managers.<br />
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Ms. Kohler discussed her own experience as an A&P, an IA and a private pilot, to provide context for her comments on maintenance, what mechanics are likely to do to and with your airplane during its 100 hour maintenance, and what things to watch out for.<br />
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The 100 hour inspections are required when an aircraft is used for compensation or hire, and have the same scope as annual inspections – both are defined in the FARs, in terms of minimum requirements: 14 CFR 43 – Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration. Added to those requirements, each manufacturer may add other/more detailed inspection requirements.<br />
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Besides taking us through what she would do in a typical 100-hour inspection, Ms. Kohler cautioned us that “not all mechanics are created equally… and not all pilots are either.” In other words, as a mechanic, when she starts working with a brand new (to her) pilot, she will ask a lot of additional questions, and review prior history of the plane, to ensure, for example, conformity to all applicable AD; consistency of logbooks and actual parts on the aircraft; clear maintenance manuals; etc.<br />
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At the same time, Ms. Kohler cautioned pilots to be similarly vigilant. This theme was continued in Lt Choate’s portion of the briefing, when he discussed the pilot who picks up the plane from the mechanic and becomes a test pilot on the plane’s first post-maintenance flight.<br />
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Some of Lt Choate’s tips included:<br />
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<li>Finding out what was done to the plane. Was it a 100 hour inspection? An annual? Was the gear removed? A new engine put int? …? </li>
<li>Ensuring that what was worked on is the same as what was logged.</li>
<li>Since we (CAP) have a great discrepancy logging system, comparing the work done with the discrepancies that were logged for that airplane. Did all the work get done? </li>
<li>If any equipment was removed or installed, finding out whether the weight & balance was updated.</li>
<li>Although your preflight should be thorough on every flight, performing an especially comprehensive version of it on the first post-maintenance flight. </li>
<li>Becoming a safe “test pilot” on the first flight – no nighttime or IFR flights! Depart from the longest available runway. Avoid flying too far from the airport; if you have to relocate the plane, do a few “laps” around the pattern first, and ensure everything is working properly. </li>
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<b>Missions this Month</b><br />
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We had several “real” missions this month, including:<br />
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<li>Maj Michelogiannakis(MP) and 1st Lt Roberts (MO) were out conducting a proficiency flight when an ELT alert came out, and they were redeployed to prosecute it, resulting in a Find. Remember to monitor 121.5 on every flight! </li>
<li>Maj Blank (MP) participated in a WADS mission. </li>
<li>1st Lt Hollerbach (MP) and Capt Stevulak (MO) participated in a routine SoCal mission. </li>
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Squadron 188 hosted the three leadership development courses (SLS, CLC, UCC) at KOAK. For details, <a href="http://blog.squadron188.org/2018/05/group-2-leadership-training-sls-clc-and.html">click here</a>.<br />
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<li>1st Lt Devine’s takeaway from one of the courses was that the greatest benefit for him was “networking with the people you’ll be working with.” These courses are one of the few opportunities for taking an entire weekend and working with other members from all over California Wing – people we otherwise only get to see on the few statewide missions or exercises (and usually under less relaxed circumstances). </li>
<li>1st Lt Fall also enjoyed the class he took, especially the conversations about various aspects of the CAP mission, as well as the “survival exercise” (which was really more of a team-forming and decision-making exercise than about survival per se). </li>
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Lt Choate and 2d Lt Mello participated in cadet orientation flights on June 12th and 26th. This was Lt Mello’s first time doing o-rides; apparently, both he and the cadets liked it a lot!<br />
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<b>Promotions, Awards, and ES Ratings</b><br />
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We now have 16 Form 5 pilots in Squadron 188, including:<br />
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<li>Maj Brown completed an abbreviated Form 5 and how has added the G1000 endorsement. She also completed her first o-ride flight with 2 cadets.</li>
<li>Maj Blank, Maj Ironfield, and Maj Michelogiannakis all completed abbreviated Form 5s for the new 172.</li>
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The previous month was productive in terms of professional development and other training:<br />
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<li>Capt Hayes completed Level III (Groever C. Loening Award) and completed the Master Level Communications Specialty Track. </li>
<li>Capt Fenolio completed the Technician Level in the Legal Specialty track</li>
<li>1st Lt Devine completed Level II (Benjamin O Davis, Jr Award)</li>
<li>1st Lts Choate and Hollerbach completed Level III and each received a 5-year ribbon. </li>
<li>1st Lt Hollerbach was promoted to Capt.</li>
<li>1st Lt Ettingoff completed the Technician Level in the Health Services Specialty Track and renewed his MS and UDF ratings. Lt Ettingoff came to us from the Virginia Wing staff, where he’d gotten out of operational roles – we are happy to have him renew his activity and ratings with us. </li>
<li>1st Lt Fall completed his AP and UDF ratings. </li>
<li>2d Lt Zherebnenkov completed the Senior Level Historian Specialty Track.</li>
<li>SM Vasquez completed her MS rating; </li>
<li>SM Ganorkar and SM Pagels each completed Level I (Membership Award). Welcome and congratulations! </li>
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<b>Upcoming Events</b><br />
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June (yep, these have now been completed as I’m slow in getting this posting out! Keep reading for July and August events...):<br />
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<li>AP Ground School at KOAK. Project Officer Capt Eichelberger.</li>
<li>Encampment in San Luis Obispo. Over 300 cadets are expected to participate, as will Lt Devine.</li>
<li>AEX STEM Academy at Edwards AFB. Maj Fridell will participate. </li>
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July:<br />
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<li>Mission Aircrew School (MAS) Ground School at KOAK. July 14-15</li>
<li>MAS at Bakersfield. July 28-29</li>
<li>5th Tuesday. Please plan for a joint activity with Squadron 18 at HWD.</li>
<li>The new Tri Valley Composite Squadron 156 will be starting up in Livermore, with about 10-12 of our members moving over to the new squadron. You will be missed! For anyone interested in joining: meetings will be held at Livermore on Wednesday evenings. </li>
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August:<br />
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<li>National Conference + California Wing Conference in Anaheim. If you haven't yet registered for it, please do so by <a href="https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/members/events/national-conference/2018-national-conference" target="_blank">clicking here</a>. </li>
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-8147764085465061852018-06-09T06:41:00.001-07:002018-06-10T06:54:53.163-07:00Former Squadron 188 Commander Retires from CAP<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lt Col Bob Gelinas retired this month on the 30</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 11pt;">anniversary of his membership in CAP. 2018 also marks the 30</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 11pt;">anniversary of Squadron 188’s charter.</span></div>
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Lt Col Gelinas was the fourth charter member of Squadron 188 and coincidentally its fourth commander from 2007-9. He was one of the key architects in establishing Squadron 188 as an active and viable unit in the San Francisco Bay Area. Despite a short term as commander, he accomplished several unprecedented achievements that positioned Squadron 188 for growth and success in the 21<sup>st</sup>century. </div>
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With the help of then Finance Officer Lt Col Juan Tinnirello, he managed to relocate Squadron 188 to its first flight line location on Earhart Road. In addition to it being the largest squadron facility (over 20,000 sq. ft.) in California Wing (CAWG), Building L-130’s ample aircraft parking facilitated negotiations with Group 2 and CAWG DO, former commander and PACRDO Lt Col Mitch Richman. Lt Col Gelinas was able to set the path for Squadron 188 to eventually obtain permanent use and location of CAP aircraft. Squadron 188 is now an active CAP flying squadron because of his initiative.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lt Col Gelinas was also the first commander to establish an annual SAREX hosted by Squadron 188, as well making Squadron 188 a Net Control Station. He was a master ground team member and leader for several years but quickly transitioned into mission base management as an OSC, PSC, GBD, CUL and MSO. During his command, he discovered and recruited George DiJeau back into CAP, and promoted him to honorary colonel status for the remainder of his membership. CAP Col DiJeau was a former CAP Pilot during WWII. An electrical engineer, IT professional and businessman by trade, Lt Col Gelinas also was first to create Squadron 188’s website. Future squadron commander, and current Group 2 commander, Lt Col Noel Luneau was able to expand and cultivate it into the dynamic website it is today.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lt Col Gelinas achieved a Masters rating in the Logistics Specialty Track, with mentoring from former CAWG and PACR LG Lt Col Bob McIntyre. He was the first Logistics Officer of Squadron 188, and maintained that position for 10 years. During that time, Squadron 188’s asset value doubled, and it became the largest asset-holding squadron in Group 2. Lt Col Tinnirello and Lt Col Gelinas were able to acquire several vehicles, generators and high-value communication equipment during the early years of Squadron 188. Through the help of Squadron 188’s founding commander and his mentor, Maj Paul Groff (ret.), Lt Col Gelinas was promoted to Group 2 Logistics Officer, a position he held for over 10 years. In addition to managing the Group 2 assets and performing IG inspections, he was a CAWG CEMS Administrator and helped to implement CATS Wing-wide in 2002.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lt Col Gelinas went into semi-retirement from work in 2009 and relocated to the South Carolina countryside. Still active in CAP, he was the SCWG Logistics Officer until 2011. After this time he did a short stint in the Okinawa Squadron, in Japan, until NHQ realized he was not on active duty, and moved him into the National Squadron in 2012 for the remainder of his membership. Lt Col Gelinas is currently living in China and in the process of establishing an aviation aftermarket business in the infant but emerging GA market there. As a parting statement, Lt Col Gelinas commented, “CAP has always been a big part of my life. I am saddened to let it go.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-68887722767028059392018-05-13T07:25:00.001-07:002018-05-13T15:35:49.333-07:00Group 2 Leadership Training: SLS, CLC and UCC at Oakland Airport<i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach, photos by 2d Lt Alexei Roudnev, except as noted</i><br />
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Last weekend, Group 2 held the Squadron Leadership School (SLS), the Corporate Learning Course (CLC), and the Unit Commanders’ Course (UCC). The event was hosted by Squadron 188 at OAK airport. 1st Lt Cole Ettingoff, Group 2’s Professional Development Officer, served as Project Officer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mingling before class, downstairs at Squadron 188's home at KOAK.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capt Hayes (L) and Lt Ettingoff (R) addressing students from all<br />
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We had a total of 16 students in SLS, 15 students in CLC, and 7 students in UCC from across Groups 2 and 5. There were 13 instructors between the three courses including Squadron Commanders and Deputies, past and present Group Commanders and Deputies, Wing Staff, and the Wing Commander.<br />
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Having previously taken the SLS, this time I took the CLC.<br />
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Many thanks to everyone who donated time to help teach and/or organize this weekend’s activities. Instructors for the CLC included:<br />
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<li>Lt Col Andrew Peters, CAWG Director of Professional Development – North</li>
<li>Lt Col Elsie Lam, Squadron 10</li>
<li>Maj Kathy Brown, Squadron 188</li>
<li>Maj Chris Suter, Squadron 44 </li>
<li>Maj Jacqueline Tubis, Squadron 10 </li>
<li>Maj Paul Kubiak, Squadron 44 </li>
<li>Capt David Hartman, Squadron 80</li>
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<li>Capt Steven Angus, Squadron 36</li>
<li>1st Lt Cole Ettingoff, Squadron 188</li>
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I found the CLC covered fairly interesting topics. Yes, there was definitely a safety hazard due to concerns about death by PowerPoint. However, it was a nice reminder of some topics that I don’t normally think about in my everyday CAP life – such as the structure of the organization, how strategic decisions get made and communicated out to members, how our “home” units (Squadrons, for most of us, Groups or higher level units for some) fit into the overall structure. We also had some lively discussions about planning and decision-making, as well as mentoring.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Ettingoff teaching at the CLC.</td></tr>
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The instructors did their best to liven up the provided lecture slides and did a nice job of engaging us in discussion, even some interactive exercises. Some of the exercises needed a little creative “updating” to bring them into the year 2018: One included some discussion and decision-making about what to do with a $500 grant. In the face of:<br />
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<li>The corporate van needing new tires,</li>
<li>The roof leaking,</li>
<li>The aircraft needing a 100-hour inspection,</li>
<li>And other items,</li>
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$500 just doesn’t seem to go very far. In our discussion group, we decided to increase our grant by a bit… if only it were that easy in real life!<br />
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In another teamwork game to apply clues to assign resources (players) to a problem (baseball team), we had fun discussing and solving the problem in small teams. Unfortunately, I know virtually nothing about baseball and had to have my teammates explain to me about infielders and catchers and … before I could really be helpful.<br />
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Squadron 188 participants in the CLC included:<br />
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<li>Capt Jordan Hayes (student)</li>
<li>1st Lt Karin Hollerbach (student)</li>
<li>1st Lt Eric Choate (student)</li>
<li>1st Lt Kevin Fall (student)</li>
<li>1st Lt Cole Ettingoff (instructor)</li>
<li>2d Lt Nikolay Zherebnenkov (student)</li>
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Squadron 188 participants in the SLS included:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Col Ferguson speaking to some of the weekend's participants on Sunday.<br />
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<li>1st Lt Chris Devine</li>
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Finally, special thanks to Col Alan Ferguson, who visited with each of the 3 classes, opened himself up to Q&A, and gave us all our graduation certificates.<br />
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Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-55580296093446592312018-05-04T07:22:00.002-07:002018-05-11T04:23:42.436-07:00CAWG Responds as a Major (Simulated!) Earthquake Hits the Bay Area <i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach, photos by 2d Lt Alexei Roudnev </i><br />
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Last weekend, California Wing (CAWG) held its annual Wing Led Exercise, with the Incident Command Post (ICP) this year at Livermore airport (LVK).<br />
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This year’s WLE was led by Incident Commander (IC) Maj Charles Christian. The theme was CAWG’s response to a simulated major earthquake in the Bay Area. Exercise injects were provided in real time by Exercise Controllers ("Black Hats"), and CAWG had to respond in real time to the requests (injects) from a number of different agencies for a variety of disaster related tasks.<br />
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Participants in the exercise represented all of CAWG’s Groups and many squadrons from throughout California (as well as Pacific Region). Well over 100 members volunteered their time during the weeks prior to the exercise and in the days in which the actual sorties were flown / driven / hiked. <br />
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Given the earthquake scenario, most of the tasking was disaster relief, i.e., airborne (and ground-based) photography, related. In total, the WLE accomplished 22 AP sorties, resulting in 337 photos provided to customers; 2 ground sorties; and 2 communications relays.<br />
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I got a firsthand view from both the ground and the air, flying in multiple air sorties throughout the week, serving both as Airborne Photographer (AP) and as AP skills evaluator (AP SET).<br />
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My sorties included a variety of tasking types, including manually acquiring photos using the Nikon cameras both from on the ground (I’ll bet the controllers in the Monterey control tower wondered why I was out on the ramp, taking photos of them, ostensibly to document whether or not there was any damage to the control tower during the (simulated) earthquake) and from in the air. Airborne shots included oblique views of targets, shot at a 45 deg angle, and nadir views, shot straight down from right over the target and requiring a great deal of coordination between the AP and the Mission Pilot. The sorties also included strip imaging using the Garmin VIRB cameras, in which we flew over target regions, shooting images at regularly spaced (5 second) intervals, with overlap between adjacent images for complete coverage of the target area.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flight planning at CCR, including Squadron 188 members,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what an AP does in-flight. </td></tr>
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From an AP’s perspective, challenges in this WLE included weather (even small amounts of turbulence makes photography challenging, as does an overcast layer), technical difficulties with the cameras and/or the GPS measuring equipment that provides critical metadata for the images, and Black Hat injects. Injects included things like finding out that we can’t depart from our planned airport (CCR) at all – after completing our preflight – and having to relocate by car to a different airport (SAC); then finding out that the aircraft at that airport didn’t have the required mounts for one of the cameras; and having to solve that problem in real time, with the help of the aircraft maintenance shop there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what an AP does after a sortie (Lt Hollerbach). </td></tr>
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In addition to air and ground personnel and base staff were the many other members who were available and ready to respond but were not called upon to do so. Many thanks, for example, to the Southern California based members who responded and who ended up not flying in the exercise – apparently, one of the injects was that all aircraft in Southern California were grounded.<br />
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Squadron 188 members who participated included:<br />
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<li>Lt Col Juan Tinnirello – PIO </li>
<li>Lt Col Don Jones - MO</li>
<li>Maj Steven DeFord - OSC</li>
<li>Maj Kathy Brown – AOBD</li>
<li>Maj Jeff Ironfield - PSC, MP</li>
<li>Maj Mark Fridell - MSA </li>
<li>Maj Georgios Michelogiannakis - PSC-T</li>
<li>Capt Jordan Hayes – UDF, MRO (with HF radios)</li>
<li>Capt John Stevulak – LSC-T</li>
<li>Capt Don Eichelberger - IPU</li>
<li>1st Lt Eric Choate – AOBD-T</li>
<li>1st Lt Karin Hollerbach - AP</li>
<li>1st Lt Robert Kraus – MP </li>
<li>2d Lt Nikolay Zherebnenkov - MSA</li>
<li>2d Lt Sergio Mello </li>
<li>2d Lt Alexei Roudnev- MO </li>
<li>2d Lt Sharma Vaibhav</li>
<li>2d Lt Antonio Fiorenza - MSA </li>
<li>SM Chuck Towns</li>
<li>SM Clarence Binninger</li>
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-18630832796544319582018-04-09T04:39:00.001-07:002018-04-09T12:41:52.904-07:00All Hands Meeting April 2018 - in the Dark (Sort of)! <div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<i>By Capt Lou Rivas, photographs by 2d Lt Alexei Roudnev<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Power outage at the squadron building, with one room lit up using the generator. </td></tr>
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This month’s All Hands Meeting was conducted a little differently than usual. The squadron building has been without electrical power for 2 weeks, and it might be several more before power is reestablished. A broken underground power cable is to blame. Despite the resulting inconvenience, this provided Squadron 188 with the opportunity to test its emergency preparedness. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The meeting was moved downstairs in front of the large windows in the main lobby with runway 28R as a backdrop. Members fired up the portable generator and plugged in floodlights. Some brought flashlights, and others wore their headlamps although that wasn’t needed. The meeting began as usual with the typical announcements, but at one point the Commander paused the meeting so we could admire a 727 that filled the windows as it taxied by.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Commander recapped last month’s events, which included support of Air Force training missions of intercepting slow-moving aircraft, and a Tsunami warning mission in Northern California.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Tsunami warning mission is designed to alert coastal residents in advance of an oncoming tsunami. The aircraft are equipped with a very loud public address system mounted where the cargo door would normally be. The aircraft flies along the coast while broadcasting inland a prerecorded message announcing the pending arrival of the tsunami.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The meeting also included announcements of Red Service ribbons to members who have served 2 years; as well as new or renewed Emergency Service ratings earned by the members, including one that the Commander is most proud of. Squadron 188 now has 15 pilots (10% of the pilots in California Wing), and this number is expected to grow. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Announcements also included upcoming training events, such as the Aerial Photography ground school (in June), and a Wing Led Exercise (WLE, in April).<br />
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The AP ground school is an introductory course that teaches the basics on how to use CAP issued cameras and to photograph targets from an airplane. AP requires additional skills and considerations when taking photos from an airplane flying at 90 knots.<br />
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The WLE is a major event for California CAP members, because it simulates a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">The WLE exercise is an opportunity for base staff, aircrews, and ground teams from multiple California Wing groups to interact and test the entire CAP emergency services response and reaction to a catastrophic event.</span></div>
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March turned out to be another active month for Squadron 188, and the different setting made for an especially memorable meeting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left to right: Maj Michelogiannakis, Lt Forenza, <br />
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Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-6302868928957174702018-04-07T03:42:00.002-07:002018-04-07T03:42:36.786-07:00Tsunami Preparedness Exercise<i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach</i><br />
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Tsunamis are a real danger for communities in low-lying coastal areas, including those in California. To help residents of these areas, CAP maintains readiness to provide information in the event of an imminent tsunami threat.<br />
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On the 28th of March, Groups 2 and 5 conducted a tsunami warning exercise, working together with a Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS).<br />
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In this exercise, two CAP aircraft flew along the Northern California Coast, at 1000 AGL, using the Airborne Public Address System (APAS) to continuously play a pre-recorded message, announcing the imminent (simulated) threat, urging residents to move to higher ground, and providing an official phone number for more information. In addition, ground-based sirens were used in some locations to simulate the alert.<br />
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The exercise was considered a great success, and this year, our APAS was more audible than in past years.<br />
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The weather service and emergency response communities have appreciated the CAP broadcasts, and several people have reported looking forward to them as a highlight of the exercise. One person reported that they couldn’t see the airplane, but heard a voice coming from the clouds telling them to call the NWS phone number!<br />
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Since low-flying aircraft moving in and out of the coastal hills are unable to reliably reach the radio repeaters, and thus unable to speak to the temporary Incident Command Post (ICP) at Santa Rosa airport, a third aircraft was launched to provide hi-bird communications, orbiting at 13,500 ft and relaying messages between the low-flying aircraft and the ICP. Almost five hours later, we (hi-bird) were very ready to land.<br />
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Participating from Squadron 188 were:<br />
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<li>Capt Hayes, Mission Observer (hi-bird)</li>
<li>1st Lt Hollerbach, Mission Pilot (hi-bird) </li>
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The Times Standard in Humboldt County had a nice article about the exercise, which can be found by <a href="http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ/20180328/NEWS/180329815" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.<br />
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-38446218587881784172018-03-29T11:56:00.000-07:002018-03-29T11:57:21.187-07:00Mission Scanner Training - SAREX at RHV<i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach, photos by 2d Lt Roudnev, except as noted</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squadron 80's home at RHV airport.</td></tr>
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This past weekend, I participated in the Group 2 SAREX (Search and Rescue Exercise) that was hosted by Squadron 80 at Reid-Hillview airport (RHV). The primary purpose of the SAREX was to complete the initial training for our most recent batch of Mission Scanner Trainees (MS-Ts). Since a SAREX always takes the coordinated effort of many volunteers, base staff, other aircrew, and ground teams were also able to work on their training and, in some cases, gain new ratings.<br />
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For the aircrew, the idea was to conduct several different visual search patterns, and to enable the MS-Ts to practice their search techniques in each. The weather had other plans and threw in some challenges on both Saturday and Sunday!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General briefing from the "briefers" perspective. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General briefing from the "brief-ees" perspective. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Brown, having just flown one of the aircraft from LVK. </td></tr>
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I flew our OAK-based aircraft down to RHV, along with two of the MS-Ts, SM Vazquez Gonzales and SM Binninger. Meeting at 6:30 AM at the airplane, we just made it to the 8:00 general briefing! It’s not that the flight is so long – it only took about 15-20 minutes – but we weren’t quite sure about the weather, including whether we should launch, until after we got out to the run-up area and could see more clearly the clouds to the south. Launch we did, and ended up having to do a fair amount of flying around clouds to remain safe and legal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Ironfield (L), Lt Hollerbach (2d L), Lt Col Luneau (2d R) and Capt Heldt (R), talking about the weather...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for that dark grey thing on the left to pass. </td></tr>
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We did make it safely to RHV and joined the briefing. Not long thereafter, we were ready for our first training sortie and headed out to the ramp – only to decide to wait, when we saw a rather un-forecast cell headed our way from the west. After waiting for most of it to pass or dissipate somewhat, we started off on our route search. It’s a good thing we were flying low, since the ceiling wasn’t all that high. However, even successfully avoiding flying into clouds, we found ourselves in visibility down to minimums – and quickly flew toward open sunlight close by. My MS-Ts in the plane may have wondered why I seemed a little stressed.<br />
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During that same time, we heard that the ground team, which was out overnight on Saturday, was being sleeted on. That might have been good training for them, but it did mean that the aircraft assigned to practice air-to-ground communications was unable to fly in that search area. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SM Vazquez Gonzalez ready for her first sortie!</td></tr>
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One way or another, all sorties were conducted safely, with no incidents, and we went home exhausted but feeling like excellent training had been accomplished.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had the right idea: Lt Pierce (L) and Lt Col Luneau (R)<br />
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Sunday’s weather looked better, and everyone was excited about the possibilities. Two sorties later, I concluded we definitely had fewer clouds and rain to deal with but still challenging conditions. By the afternoon, everyone was relieved at the continued improvement and clearing and figured the flights home would be a lot easier.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proof that we really did fly this weekend!</td></tr>
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For us, flying the OAK-based aircraft back to its home, the weather had another surprise: As we got closer to OAK airport, we saw one more cell sitting very close to the airport. It was a beautiful sight, with clearly defined virga “hanging” in the sky – but not something I wanted to fly into or under! To avoid it, we flew a little closer to HWD airport than we otherwise would have, causing the controller to describe our approach as a “modified dogleg” and a pilot coming in for landing at another one of OAK’s runways to query suspiciously, “modified how?!” Where exactly was that little Cessna flying? Just trying to get safely on the ground, preferably in one piece!<br />
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While landing, we were treated to a gorgeous double rainbow! Moments after we refueled and put the plane in the hangar, the rain and microburst began. Shortly thereafter we heard it had been hailing in the hills nearby. I was very happy to be warm, dry and safe in the hangar by that time.<br />
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The trainees did great – as did everyone organizing the SAREX. Many thanks to Incident Commander Lt Col Luneau, and his team for all their hard work!<br />
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Participating from Squadron 188 were:<br />
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<li>Maj Ironfield – Planning Section Chief </li>
<li>Maj Brown – Air Operations Branch Director </li>
<li>1st Lt Hollerbach – Mission Pilot </li>
<li>2d Lt Roudnev - Mission Radio Operator </li>
<li>2d Lt Sharma – Mission Observer Trainee </li>
<li>SM Vazquez Gonazalez – MS-T</li>
<li>SM Binninger – MS-T</li>
<li>SM Ferland – MS-T</li>
<li>SM Folger – MS-T</li>
<li>SM Towns – MS-T</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SM Vazquez Gonzalez and Lt Hollerbach back at OAK. The second (outer) rainbow had faded,<br />
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Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-62077502496526936352018-02-27T13:38:00.002-08:002018-02-27T13:38:40.378-08:00Welcome to our Eight new Mission Scanner Trainees! <i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach, photographs by Capt Jordan Hayes</i><br />
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Welcome to our eight newly minted Mission Scanner Trainees (MS-Ts), who just graduated from the Mission Scanner School, hosted by Group 2 at Oakland airport this past weekend. <br />
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Congratulations to all of you, as well as to the two current Mission Scanners, who attended to renew their ratings:<br />
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<li>Maj Maggie Wang (MS), Amelia Earhart Senior Squadron 188 (Group 2) </li>
<li>Maj Ted Mahoney (MS), Sacramento Composite Squadron 14 (Group 5)</li>
<li>2d Lt Ann Suter (MS-T), Diablo Composite Squadron 44 (Group 2) </li>
<li>SM Robert Schultz (MS-T), John E Kramer Composite Squadron 10 (Group 2)</li>
<li>SM Clarence Binninger (MS-T), Amelia Earhart Senior Squadron 188 (Group 2)</li>
<li>SM Jason Gordon (MS-T), San Jose Senior Squadron 80 (Group 2) </li>
<li>SM Chuck Towns (MS-T), Amelia Earhart Senior Squadron 188 (Group 2)</li>
<li>SM Erik Langenbacher (MS-T), Marin Search and Rescue Composite Squadron 23 (Group 5) </li>
<li>SM Sergio Mello (MS-T), Amelia Earhart Senior Squadron 188 (Group 2)</li>
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<li>SM Stephen Collins (MS-T), West Bay Composite Squadron 192 (Group 2) </li>
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Also, thanks to the instructors who gave up part of their weekend to teach the class:<br />
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<li>Maj Chris Suter, Diablo Composite Squadron 44 (Group 2)</li>
<li>Maj Dan Tupper, San Jose Senior Squadron 80 (Group 2) </li>
<li>Capt Jordan Hayes, Amelia Earhart Senior Squadron 188 (Group 2)</li>
<li>Capt John Heldt, San Jose Senior Squadron 80 (Group 2)</li>
<li>Capt Dave Nicholson, Marin Search and Rescue Composite Squadron 23 (Group 5) </li>
<li>1st Lt Karin Hollerbach, Amelia Earhart Senior Squadron 188 (Group 2)</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capt Hayes (archive photo, <br />by Lt Col Juan Tinnirello)</td></tr>
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Special thanks to Capt Hayes, who also served as Project Officer for the weekend event!<br />
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The MS rating is often one of the first Emergency Services ratings that CAP members achieve, and it sets the foundation for all of the other aircrew ratings (Mission Observer, Airborne Photographer and Mission Pilot). Topics covered this weekend included:<br />
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<li>Scanner duties</li>
<li>Aircraft familiarization</li>
<li>Survival and urgent care</li>
<li>Communications</li>
<li>Scanning techniques & sighting characteristics</li>
<li>Weather</li>
<li>High altitude & terrain considerations</li>
<li>Navigation & position determination</li>
<li>Search planning & coverage</li>
<li>Visual search patterns</li>
<li>Crew resource management</li>
<li>Scanner course tabletop exercise – a hands-on sortie planning exercises</li>
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Congratulations to all participants, especially the new MS-Ts, for making it through the course and passing the test. The class is challenging, particularly for non-pilots, as it covers a lot of information, including concepts familiar to pilots from their ground school. I remember when I took the class, it was a little bewildering to learn the search patterns, specialized communications, crew resource management with a SAR (search and rescue) crew, and other things I was not really familiar with. If you're one of the new MS-Ts and you're still confused, don't worry, it will all become more clear at your upcoming SAREX! <br />
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Thanks to all of you, for helping to strengthen California Wing’s capabilities and readiness to serve our community when we are called upon to do so.<br />
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-76207775805089209612018-02-20T14:26:00.000-08:002018-02-20T14:26:25.817-08:00<h2>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Amelia Earhart, Senior Squadron 188, Celebrates Their 30th Anniversary.</span></span></h2>
By Lt Col Juan Tinnirello. Photos by Lt Col Tinnirello<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">On Tuesday January 30th, 2018, the fifth Tuesday of the month, many members attended the squadron’s usual gathering for a Tuesday BBQ. However, this was not an ordinary fifth Tuesday. It just happened to be the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Squadron 188’s formation. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">All the squadron’s previous commanders were invited, and with the exception of one deceased commander and another one that had moved out of the state, everyone else was present.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Many members attended the event and conversed about their experiences accumulated over their years in the squadron. Our longest serving member (not present) is Lt Col Dennis Matarrese, who has been a CAP member since 28 October 1960, Lt Col Roger Glenn, since 6 November 1989, Lt Col Juan Tinnirello, since 1 January 1991, 1st Lt Al Chavez, since 10 December 1991, 1st Lt Mike Sanchez, since 10 February 1993, and 1st Lt Jim Hipp, since 19 October 1993. No other old-timers, who are still members of Squadron 188, came before the year 2000.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L to R, Maj Ironfield, Maj Michelogiannakis and Capt Hayes<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">All of the attending members contributed to the potluck and, as usual, the squadron provided hamburgers and sausages. The Grill Master for the evening was 1st Lt Kevin Fall, who did a fantastic job of cooking for such a large group. Everybody enjoyed the food and had plenty of time to socialize. Lt Col Glenn set up his video equipment when he came in and proceeded to record many of the faces present at the event.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">After everybody finished enjoying the company and the food, our current commander Capt Jordan Hayes proceeded to introduce each one of the former commanders in chronological order. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> L to R, Capt Rivas, 1st Lt Chavez, Maj Groff (retired) <br />
and Lt Col Luneau remembering old stories</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The first commander, Maj Paul Groff, retired, (1988-1997), came to help celebrate and commented on the highlights of his term. He mentioned the great group of people and the many accomplishments realized, such as being named the Squadron of the Year for California Wing twice (in 1994 and 1995), participation in the disaster relief efforts for the Northridge earthquake in January 1994 in Los Angeles, and many more Wing and Group 2 awards for individuals that excelled in their specialty track.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Following Maj Paul Groff was Capt John Matula (1997-2002), now deceased. During his term the squadron was also the California Wing Squadron of the Year (1997) and won the Newsletter of the Year award (1998). There were also several Wing awards for individuals in their specialty tracks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">After Capt Matula came Lt Col Roger Glenn (2002-2007) and he mentioned that during his term the squadron had the capability to set up self-contained radio communication in the middle of nowhere, to help in any SAREX or real mission. We had two 4WD military vehicles (a Blazer and a pickup) that allowed us to take all the equipment wherever it was needed. We even helped the Sheriff’s department to reach the top of Mission Peak one Christmas Eve with our 4WD Blazer, to arrive to an actual plane crash where the two occupants died.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Another group of members, enjoying each other’s company </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">After Lt Col Glenn came Maj Bob Gelinas (2007-2009), who moved out of state some years ago, and was not able to participate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">After Maj Gelinas came Maj Jeff Ironfield (2009-2012). The squadron had pushed for many years to have an aircraft assigned to us. Maj Ironfield was the commander who succeeded in accomplishing this goal. The squadron had enough pilots so that he and Lt Col Noel Luneau went to the Cessna factory and brought back a brand new glass cockpit airplane: a Cessna 182 G1000. The pilots worked hard to keep the plane flying and increase the flying hours so much that we surpassed most other squadrons in the Wing. Also, during Maj Ironfield’s term the squadron received a Wing Award for Senior Squadron of the Year (2011) and two awards from Group 2 for Senior Squadron of the Year (2010 and 2012). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">After Maj Ironfield came Lt Col Luneau (2012-2014). During that time the squadron received from Group 2 two awards for Newsletter of the Year (2012 and 2014), one award for Senior Squadron of the Year, and a Unit Citation Award from National Headquarters (2014) for the period of 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">After Lt Col Luneau came Capt Louie Rivas (2014-2017). During his tenure, the squadron received an award from Group 2 for Senior Squadron of the Year (2014), one award from California Wing for Newsletter of the year (2015). In 2017, the squadron received a <b>second</b> Unit Citation Award from National Headquarters for the period </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">1 September 2014 to 31 August 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">After Capt Rivas came Capt Jordan Hayes (2017- present). Our current commander mentioned that, “I’m very pleased that most of the former commanders are still active members of Squadron 188; they provide me with much needed support and guidance. It was great to see so many members come out for the event; camaraderie and fellowship are the glue that hold us together and help us to become the most capable squadron that we can be. We honored the past, celebrated the present, and stand ready for tomorrow.” </span></span><br />
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Major Ironfield proceeded to cut the cake and everyone had a piece of it. The reunion continued for some time, with everybody conversing and exchanging stories.<br />
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It was a fantastic reunion with so much history about the squadron and its fabulous growth to its present membership.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>By Lt Col Juan
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cadets
talking before the mission started.<br />
Photo by Lt Col Tinnirello</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Obtaining an emergency
services (ES) rating for many different specialties requires participation in
two training exercises. New cadets as well as senior members that have been
training in the classroom had the opportunity to fulfill their first practical
training participation or complete their second one. Also, there was an opportunity for seasoned
members to sharpen their skills and to serve as mentors for the trainees. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Incident Command
Post (ICP) opened at 14:00 hrs. under the leadership of Maj Steven DeFord.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The
general briefing in progress. Photo by Lt Col Tinnirello</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Staff included:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Capt Roger Bass, Air
Operations Branch Director (AOBD).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maj Kathy Brown,
Finance/Admin Section Chief (FASC).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1st Lt Bill Ettingoff,
Operations Section Chief (OSC).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Capt George Gadd,
Logistic Section Chief (LSC).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Capt James Warmkessel,
Communication Unit leader (CUL).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Capt Jordan Hayes, Urban
Directional Finding (UDF) training class.</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another
view during the general briefing. Photo by Lt Col Tinnirello</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There were four aircraft
that completed five sorties. Also, there
were two vehicles that took the cadets and seniors out into the very cool night
to make visual contact with the aircraft. There was one ground team and one Urban Direction Finding (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">UDF) team. Both completed their assignments
to find the simulated Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) and or make visual
contact with the aircraft that was also searching for the ELT.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capt
Hayes explaining how to assemble the<span style="color: red;"> Little L-Per </span>(name given<br />
by the manufacturer). Photo by 2d Lt Roudnev<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">The members attending the UDF class. Photo by Lt Col Tinnirello</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capt
Hayes showing the UDF class how to use the<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Little L-Per.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> Photo by 2d Lt Roudnev</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The
radio room during a quiet moment. Photo by 2d Lt Roudnev</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many base personnel
provided support to the whole operation, including Mission Radio Operators
(MRO), Mission Staff Assistant (MSA) and others that provided the food, drinks,
etc. to keep the participants nourished and ready to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was an excellent
opportunity for CAP members to improve their skills and complete training ES
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1<sup>st</sup> Lt Eric Choate (L) conversing with Capt Jordan Hayes (R).<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The visibility was
excellent, the wind mild and everything worked out great. The exercise was completed by 01:15 hrs.
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Lt. Col. Juan Tinnirellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821357580669643594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-80679062363115279212018-01-13T12:57:00.000-08:002018-01-14T21:06:54.253-08:00Wreaths Across America - December 2017 <i>By Lt Col Juan Tinnirello </i><br />
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The writer left home very early in the morning of 16 December, 2017, to arrive at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, in San Bruno and be there by 08:15 hrs. The weather was clear, sunny and very windy. Many more people than last year attended the event, and 8,000 wreaths were placed on the tombs of the fallen soldiers.<br />
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From Senior Squadron 188, Oakland Airport, Lt Col Tinnirello, Maj Fridell, Maj Brown, Capt Hayes, Capt Stevulak and SM Jones participated in this year’s ceremony. In addition, members of the East Bay Cadet Squadron 18, based in Hayward, attended.<br />
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The musical prelude was provided by the Stuart Highlanders Pipe Band, and they set the mood for the event. The Master of Ceremonies was Kevin Graves, Founder & President of Some Gave All – The Joy Graves Foundation.<br />
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The presentation of the colors followed, conducted by the Civil Air Patrol East Bay Cadet Squadron 18’s Color Guard, and accompanied by the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Afterwards, the National Anthem was sung by Regina Gonnella, from the Avenue of Flags Committee.<br />
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The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Kristen Matthias from the San Andreas Lake Chapter, District 6 Director, Daughters of the American Revolution.<br />
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At exactly 9:00 AM Pacific Time, a moment of silence was called to remember all fallen American soldiers. The time was the same for ceremonies occurring simultaneously across national cemeteries throughout the country.<br />
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There was an invocation by Father Tony Vallecillo, from St. Robert’s Catholic Church.<br />
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After the opening remarks, representatives of the U.S. Armed Forces as well as the Merchant Marines and POW/MIA placed wreaths in designated spots close by. The Keynote Speaker was Command Sergeant Major Blaine Houston from Camp Parks, Reserve Forces Training Area. <br />
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Sergeant Major Houston's speech left an impression on me went he said (paraphrasing) “Lets us remember the fallen, not just by their ultimate sacrifice, but also for all the good things they did during their lives.”<br />
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After the closing remarks by Kevin Graves, everyone was instructed in how to place the wreaths in the sections determined for this year.<br />
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Taps was played by Frank Dorritie, from Bugles Across America.<br />
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Everybody proceeded to pick up wreaths from the many cardboard boxes and place them in front of the tombstones. It was a moving ceremony that in my opinion helped to teach younger generations not to forget about all the people that preceded us and made such a sacrifice to keep America free.<br />
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-14371429804549922852018-01-07T06:53:00.001-08:002018-01-07T09:04:14.862-08:00Happy New Year - All Hands Meeting January 2018<i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach, photos by 2d Lt Alexei Roudnev</i><br />
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Happy New Year to all!<br />
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<b>Better Pilot Series – Safety Update</b><br />
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1st Lt Choate gave this month’s safety talk, in another installment of the Better Pilot Series on aeronautical decision making (ADM). The presentation included a discussion of Single Pilot Resource Management (SRM), the art and science of managing all resources (both on-board the aircraft and from outside resources) available to a single pilot (prior to and during flight) to ensure the successful outcome of the flight is never in doubt.<br />
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Even though most of our sorties are flown with more than one crew member aboard, as pilots, we all need to be able to safely handle SRM. Other crew members may or may not themselves be pilots; even when they are, there is only one Pilot in Command (PIC) at a time. So with or without crew, <b>Single</b> <b>Pilot</b> Resource Management is a critical skill. <br />
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The FAA talks about the six “pillars” of SRM, including<br />
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Lt Choate also discussed in more detail this month’s topic, some of the specific ADM models used:<br />
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<li><b>The 5 Ps –</b> <b>plan, plane, pilot, passengers, programming</b> - to be evaluated before the flight and at regular intervals and specific points throughout the flight </li>
<li><b>The 3Ps – perceive</b> (hazards using the PAVE model), <b>process</b> (asking why you CARE about these hazards), <b>perform</b></li>
<li><b>The DECIDE model – detect</b> the problem, <b>estimate</b> the need to react, <b>choose</b> a course of action, <b>identify</b> solutions, <b>do</b> the necessary actions, and <b>evaluate</b> the effect of the action </li>
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<b>Squadron monthly recap</b><br />
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December was a quiet month in terms of missions, with 3 ELT / EPIRB missions that squadron members participated in:<br />
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<li>Rancho Cordova, with Maj Luneau (MP), Capt Rivas (MO) – resulting in a Find</li>
<li>Alameda Marina, with Maj Luneau (MP), Capt Rivas (MO, 1st Lt Ettingoff (UDF), and 2d Lt Roudnev (UDF) – resulting in a Find</li>
<li>Napa, with Maj Luneau (MP), 1st Lt Hollerbach (MO), and 2d Lt Campbell (MS), 1st Lt Devine (UDF), SM Jones (UDF) and others from outside of Squadron 188</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SM Vazquez Gonzalez (standing) talking about her experiences at the o-ride event at Byron. Other squadron members<br />
pictured: SM Jones (L), 2d Lt Sharma (2d L), Lt Col Matarrese (R). </td></tr>
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In other events,<br />
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<li>Capt Hayes gave a presentation to Berkeley CERT</li>
<li>Lt Col Tinnirello, Maj Fridell, Capt Brown, Capt Hayes, Capt Stevulak and SM Jones participated in this year’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Golden Gate National Cemetery</li>
<li>Capt Hayes, 1st Lt Choate, 2d Lt Booth; SM Vazquez Gonzalez participated in the glider and powered o-ried flights at Byron</li>
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Congratulations to the following members for continuing to develop their skills and ratings:<br />
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<li>1st Lt Hollerbach added G1000 endorsement to F5</li>
<li>1st Lt Ettingoff completed UCC </li>
<li>1st Lt Fall completed ICS-400</li>
<li>1st Lt Spears completed Technician in Aerospace Education</li>
<li>SM Binninger completed GES</li>
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<b>Upcoming events</b><br />
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Please join us at one or more of the following events coming up in the next few months:<br />
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<li>9 and 23 January: G1000 Training for Mission Observers – see Capt Hayes for more information </li>
<li>27-28 January: Group 2 Night SAREX</li>
<li>30-January: 30th Anniversary Celebration of Squardon188's CAP Charter</li>
<li>24-25 February: AP Ground School – see Capt Eichelberger </li>
<li>March: Mission Scanner School – to be determined </li>
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-86967597652382490992017-12-14T10:15:00.000-08:002017-12-15T00:24:48.730-08:00December 2017 All Hands Meeting - Happy Holidays! <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mingling before the meeting starts. Photo by Lt Col Tinnirello.</td></tr>
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<i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach. Photos as noted. </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members (from L to R: 1st Lt Chavez, SM Binninger, 1st Lt Fall,<br />
SM Jones, 2d Lt Sharma) and guests before the meeting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New member, SM Binninger.<br />
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A warm welcome to our two new squadron members: SM Binninger (new to CAP) and 1st Lt Ettingoff (transferring from Virginia Wing).<br />
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<b>Squadron Monthly Recap</b><br />
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November was a relatively quiet month in terms of missions, but we did have one ELT mission in Stockton, with Maj Michelogiannakis (MP), Capt Hayes (MRO), 1st Lt Choate (MO) and 1st Lt Devine (UDF) participating. Congratulations to Lt Devine for his first Find in this mission!<br />
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On 8 November, the 129th Rescue Wing invited cadets and Group 2 CAP members to participate in orientation rides. Thanks to Capt Warmkessel (Watsonville) for organizing this event on our side. Participating from our squadron were Lt Col Tinnirello, Lt Col Glenn, Capt Gast, 1st Lt Hollerbach, 2d Lt Campbell, SM Jones, and SM Rainville. This was my first ever ride in a helicopter, and I think I’m now really spoiled! That was a lot of fun, especially with being able to ride with the side doors open the entire time and getting a whole new (and windy) perspective on flying! On our tour of the Bay, we also got awesome views of landmarks including the Bay Bridge, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Embarcadero, and SFO.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Devine (L) receiving a ribbon for this Find from<br />
Capt Hayes (R). Photo by Lt Col Tinnirello.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Hollerbach (L) and Lt Kraus (R) discussing the finer<br />
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On 2 December, we had a Group 2 Flight Clinic, with Squadron 188 participants including Maj Blank, Maj Ironfield, and Maj Michelogiannakis serving as instructors, and Capt Brown, Capt Fenolio, 1st Lt Hollerbach, and 1st Lt Kraus as trainees. <a href="http://blog.squadron188.org/2017/12/group-2-flight-clinic-at-ccr-oak-pao.html">Click here</a> for more info on this fun and very educational event.<br />
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On 17-19 November, many of our squadron members traveled to Ontario CA to attend the CAWG Educational Conference. <a href="http://blog.squadron188.org/2017/12/squadron-188-at-2017-california-wing.html">Click here</a> for more info.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the meeting to start. Photo by Lt Col Tinnirello.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Lt Roberts (foreground).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members and guests at the holiday party after the business part of the<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members and guests at the holiday party after the business part of the<br />
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<b>I Know About This: Better Pilot Series – Personal Minimums</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Choate on Personal Minimums. Photo by 2d Lt Roudnev. </td></tr>
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1st Lt Choate presented the current installment of this series, talking about personal minimums – inspired in part by last month’s SAREX at KLVK, in which we had unusual weather for California. This prompted Lt Choate to think further about different types of minimums related to weather and other factors, such as:<br />
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<li>Visibility</li>
<li>Straight-in vs circling to a runway</li>
<li>Winds and crosswinds</li>
<li>Fuel reservers</li>
<li>Altitude</li>
<li>Recency and experience</li>
<li>Familiarity with equipment</li>
<li>Familiarity with an airport</li>
<li>Takeoff and landing runway length</li>
<li>Etc.</li>
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As a reminder to all CAP pilots: in some cases CAP minimums are more conservative than FAA ones. Every pilot needs personal minimums – what are yours?<br />
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How often do you revisit and revise (up or down) yours? And you do make your revisions while you are on the ground, and NOT while you are out flying, right?!<br />
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<b>New Regs</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Michelogiannakis on 70-1. Photo by 2d Lt Roudnev.</td></tr>
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New regulations – everyone’s favorite topic! Remember, the goal of our new regs is to increase safety.<br />
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Maj Michelogiannakis went through highlights of the new requirements, many of which include changes to the flight release process as well as qualifications for flight release officers. Please read the regulations in their entirety, as they are now in effect! Also, we can expect a new California Wing supplement to come out in the next weeks/months.<br />
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<b>Upcoming Events</b><br />
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Please join other CAP members at the Saturday 16 December Wreaths Across America event. The ceremony begins promptly at 9 AM, at the Golden Gate National Cemetery. This is part of a national event, taking place simultaneously at national cemeteries throughout the country, to honor our fallen veterans. <a href="http://blog.squadron188.org/search?q=wreaths">Click here</a> for descriptions of the event from past years or <a href="http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/" target="_blank">click here</a> for information about the Wreaths Across America organization.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Fridell, photo by<br />
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The squadron will be dark for the rest of the year’s Tuesdays. The next All Hands meeting will be on Tuesday 2 January 2018. Enjoy safe and peaceful holidays between now and then.<br />
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<b>Mark your calendars</b>: on 30 January 2018, the “5th Tuesday” in January, we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Squadron 188’s CAP Charter!<br />
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Congratulations to the following members for their awards, promotions and renewed or new ES ratings:<br />
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<li>Maj Fridell: Command Pilot: 2000+ hrs PIC + 5yrs as CAP Pilot; Red Service Ribbon (10 years)</li>
<li>Maj DeFord completed Senior Operations Specialty Track</li>
<li>Maj Michelogiannakis: renewed AOBD</li>
<li>Capt Rivas: renewed F5</li>
<li>Capt Stevulak: Red Service Ribbon (5 years)</li>
<li>1st Lt Choate: renewed F5 </li>
<li>1st Lt Devine: completed UDF and received a Find Ribbon (see above)</li>
<li>1st Lt Roberts Senior Safety Specialty Track</li>
<li>2d Lt Sharma’s promotion (from SM to 2d Lt)</li>
<li>SM Jones: completed MS rating </li>
<li>SM Rainville: completed MS rating</li>
<li>SM Binninger: Membership Ribbon for completion of Level I</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2d Lt Sharma (2d L) being assisted with his new Lieutenant's<br />
epaulets by family members and Capt Hayes (R).<br />
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<li>SM Mello: Membership Ribbon for completion of Level I</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy holidays to all! Photo by Lt Col Tinnirello</td></tr>
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-23061703823688200022017-12-04T10:33:00.000-08:002017-12-04T10:33:36.108-08:00Group 2 Flight Clinic at CCR, OAK, PAO and RHV<i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach, photos as noted.</i><br />
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This weekend, a number of Group 2 pilots participated in a flight clinic, with emphasis on refining everyone’s takeoff and landing skills. <br />
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The clinic started off with a ground school session. Since this was a Group 2 event, and we’re all scattered around the Bay Area, we avoided everyone having to travel to a single destination by having the ground school session online. In our virtual meeting, we reviewed common takeoff and landing problems, as well as factors causing them and ways to avoid and/or mitigate them – prevention always being the best option! Maj Michelogiannakis led this discussion, which was a mandatory part of the clinic. <br />
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We were lucky with the weather – after forecasts earlier in the week showed likely precipitation during the day, we had benign VFR conditions and a very high overcast layer only, as well as minimal wind. OK, maybe not ideal for those pilots specifically wanting to work on their cross-wind takeoff and landing techniques, but great for those of us focusing on other aspects.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Michelogiannakis (L) and Capt Fenolio (R) after their sortie at KOAK.<br />
(Credit unknown - a nice person at the airport.)</td></tr>
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Most of the flights were conducted in our G1000 182s, and a couple of people flew the 206 at KRHV. <br />
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Capt Brown and I were both assigned to the 182 at Concord airport, KCCR, flying with Maj Ironfield. We all had a good time and packed an awful lot of takeoffs and landings into 2 short sorties! Twelve landings and two go-arounds later, I know I met my training goals in my sortie. Thanks to Maj Ironfield (and all the other instructors) for making himself available for this training!<br />
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All in all, we had 13 pilots participating in this clinic, flying four airplanes at four different airfields: 4 instructor pilots, 8 trainee pilots, and 1 incident commander (who had to remain on the ground to so that the rest of us could fly safely).<br />
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Maj DeFord – Incident Commander (Squadron 188)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Hollerbach (L), Capt Brown (C) and Maj Ironfield (R) between<br />
sorties at KCCR. Photo by Lt Col Tinnirello.</td></tr>
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At KOAK<br />
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<li>Maj Michelogiannakis – Project Officer and Instructor (Squadron 188)</li>
<li>Capt Fenolio – Trainee (Squadron 188)</li>
<li>1st Lt Kraus – Trainee (Squadron 188)</li>
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At KCCR<br />
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<li>Maj Ironfield – Instructor (Squadron 188)</li>
<li>Capt Brown – Trainee (Squadron 188)</li>
<li>1st Lt Hollerbach – Trainee (Squadron 188)</li>
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At KPAO<br />
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<ul>
<li>Capt Arasmith – Instructor (Squadron 10) </li>
<li>Capt Hartman – Trainee (Squadron 80) </li>
<li>2d Lt De Bleecker – Trainee (Squadron 10) </li>
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At KRHV<br />
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<li>Lt Col Sena – Instructor (Squadron 80)</li>
<li>Maj McCutchen – Trainee (Squadron 10) </li>
<li>1st Lt Gross – Trainee (Squadron 10) </li>
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-12316349427370018712017-12-03T10:00:00.000-08:002017-12-03T10:00:58.032-08:00Squadron 188 at the 2017 California Wing Education Conference<i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach, photos by Lt Col Crystal Housman except as noted</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening session at the California Wing (CAWG) Educational Conference on Saturday morning. </td></tr>
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This year’s California Wing Educational conference was a big success. A number of people from Squadron 188 traveled to Southern California (Ontario) to attend – and in several cases to also present workshops:<br />
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<li>Maj Wang</li>
<li>Maj Luneau</li>
<li>Maj Ironfield (CAWG Stan / Eval Officer, co-led the Check Pilots Meeting) </li>
<li>Maj DeFord (CAWG Emergency Services Officer, presented not just one but two Aircrew Track workshops: “Let’s Talk Aircrew – Positions and Responsibilities (MP, MO, MS, AP)*” and “Let’s Talk Aircrew – Briefing and Planning – What are Some of the Key Elements We Tend to Forget and the Interaction with the Base Staff?”)</li>
<li>Maj Fridell (CAWG Asst Director of Aerospace Communication, “Winning with Your AE Plan of Action”) </li>
<li>Capt Hayes (CAWG Asst Director of Communications, “What’s New in Communications”) </li>
<li>Capt Brown</li>
<li>Capt Eichelberger (led/co-presented: Base Staff Track: “Aerial Photography and Staff Interaction”) </li>
<li>Capt Stevulak</li>
<li>Capt Rivas</li>
<li>1st Lt Hollerbach (co-presented: Base Staff Track: “Aerial Photography and Staff Interaction”) </li>
<li>1st Lt Fall</li>
<li>2d Lt Baldwin</li>
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* MP - Mission Pilot, MO - Mission Observer, MS - Mission Scanner, AP - Airborne Photographer<br />
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It was fun to see people from other squadrons, whom I don’t normally get to see other than at the occasional mission, and have a chance to relax and chat with them. This seemed to be a common theme expressed by attendees. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Hollerbach, co-presenting an AP workshop,<br />
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“Awesome networking opportunity. I was able to work with several different squadrons to tentatively schedule 2018 exercises for Group 2. It’s always great to see SoCal people we only get to see twice a year.” Capt Brown</blockquote>
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Kudos to CAWG members in general, by one of our members who had transferred to California from another Wing:<br />
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“CAWG simply has an amazing combination of quality, capabilities and dedication.” Lt Fall</blockquote>
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As a co-presenter of one of the workshops, I can attest to the fact that we really had to focus our comments to fit everything we wanted to talk about into one 45-minute session. Sounds like Capt Eichelberger and I were not the only ones to struggle with this:<br />
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“I learned that it’s tough for presenters to cram one and a half hours of information into the 45-minute slots allocated for each seminar. So much great information and just not enough time to get it all in. Also, so many interesting seminars, and each participant had to carefully pick and choose, as you can't go to all of them.” Maj Fridell</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brig Gen Phelka, CAP Vice Commander (L),<br />
Col Stokes, Pacific Region Commander (C), and<br />
Col Ferguson, CAWG Commander (R), at the opening session.</td></tr>
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Some pilot or pilots must have impressed Maj Wang, as she commented on learning “that pilots can be useful Ground Team Members too!” Thank goodness we have multi-skilled and –rated CAP members! (I am not a Ground Team Member and am suitably impressed.)<br />
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The comments by Col Ferguson (California Wing Commander) and others on his staff at the general session on Saturday morning were inspiring. It was interesting to hear about some of the new technologies being evaluated by CAWG for possible deployment. As someone very interested in technology, I was happy to learn that CAWG has someone to oversee CAWG’s R&D efforts to manage these evaluations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squadron 188 and other Group 2 members at lunch, from L to R: Maj Kubiak, Maj Lam, Maj Luneau, Capt Stevulak,<br />
Capt Rivas, Maj Ironfield, Capt Hayes, Maj DeFord, Capt Brown, photo by Lt Hollerbach.</td></tr>
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Once again, CAP cadets impressed senior members far and wide. Besides my own observations of maturity and professionalism among the cadets I saw at the conference, I heard about one young woman who was able to rescue a former schoolmate, when she witnessed his attempted suicide and was able to notify officials who were able to intervene. This courageous and clear-thinking cadet was presented with a life saving award. Several of our squadron members congratulated her on a job well done. Our hearts go out to the troubled schoolmate, and we wish him and his family all the best in moving through this difficult period.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Col Ferguson, CAWG Commander</td></tr>
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Other cadets impressed with their maturity in handling themselves at presentations and during group workshops such as the tabletop exercise, in which participants simulated a search and rescue exercise. One guide laid out the situation, based on an actual event, and chose an IC (incident commander) from the audience. Participants then prosecuted the simulated search. This could be an intimidating experience, with mostly senior members participating, yet one cadet had enough courage to get in there, make suggestions and speak up. It is great to see our cadet members develop and exercise their leadership skills!<br />
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Finally, although I’m sad to say that Squadron 188 did not win any of the Wing awards this time, it’s exciting to see how many awards went to Group 2:<br />
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<li>Squadron 18 – Cadet Squadron of the Year</li>
<li>Capt Hamilton, Squadron 10 – Professional Development Officer of the Year</li>
<li>Capt Welch, Squadron 36 – Communications Officer of the Year</li>
<li>C/1st Lt Feain, Squadron 10 – Cadet Officer of the Year</li>
<li>C/CMSgt Clish, Squadron 10 – Cadet NCO of the Year</li>
<li>Maj Morozko, Squadron 10 – Aerospace Education Officer of the Year and Frank Brewer award winner</li>
<li>Squadron 10 – Composite Squadron of the Year</li>
<li>Squadron 10 – Col Dion E. DeCamp Ground Team of the Year</li>
<li>1st Lt Geelhaar, Squadron 10 – Ground Team Member of the Year</li>
<li>Maj Tubis, Squadron 10 – Col Edwin Lewis, Jr. Incident Staff Member of the Year</li>
<li>Maj Newell, Squadron 10 – Safety Officer of the Year</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Albert, Group 2 Cadet Programs Officer,<br />
talking about his squadron's success with<br />
cadet programs.</td></tr>
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<li>2d Lt Zioulas, Squadron 10 – Senior Officer of the Year</li>
</ul>
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Congratulations to our colleagues at squadrons 10, 18 and 36. Having met and worked with a number of these dedicated CAP members, I can say – well deserved!<br />
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141335302156208667.post-89105178388988442062017-11-30T18:46:00.001-08:002017-11-30T19:56:46.211-08:00All Hands Meeting - November 2017<br />
<i>By 1st Lt Karin Hollerbach, photos by Lt Col Juan Tinnirello</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New member, SM Jones</td></tr>
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Welcome to new members, SM Don Jones, retired USAF, and SM Sara Vazquez Gonzalez, who has already begun her training and is currently a Mission Scanner Trainee (MS-T).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New member, SM Vazquez Gonzalez</td></tr>
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<b>Squadron Recap</b><br />
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<b>FEMA Wildfires</b> - Thank you to all of the Squadron 188 members (more than 30!) that participated in the FEMA Northern and Southern California Wildfires Mission. <a href="http://blog.squadron188.org/2017/11/fema-wildfire-support-mission-october.html">Click here</a> to see more information on this mission.<br />
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Other events in October included the <b>Livermore Airport Open House</b> - participants included Lt Col Tinnirello, Maj Luneau, Capt Stevulak, 1st Lt Hipp, SM Rainville] + CAP483 plane wash [Lt Col Tinnirello, Maj Luneau, Capts Eichelberger & Stevulak, 1st Lt Hollerbach, SM Rainville] , Juan was interviewed for KKIQ. <a href="http://blog.squadron188.org/2017/10/livermore-lvk-open-house-october-2017.html">Click here</a> to see the blog description of this event.<br />
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<b>Aircrew Survival School </b>- What do you do if you find yourself out in the middle of nowhere, potentially hurt, potentially having to spend the night? 3 squadron members participated in the Aircrew Survival School in October: Maj Luneau and Capt Perreira served as aircrew, and 2d Lt Roudnev participated as a student.<br />
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The idea was to go into the woods and learn how to survive without equipment. Participants were able to bring whatever they would have on their bodies in an airplane, like a safety vest, nothing more. Over the weekend, they learned how to make shelter and other useful skills. Lt Roudnev indicated that this was a good reminder to verify what to bring in terms of emergency equipment and confirmed he has since the event updated some of his survival gear.<br />
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At the beginning of the month, squadron members also participated in the <b>basic SAREX</b>, held at KLVK. Our squadron provided approximately 1/3 of the personnel for the exercise! <br />
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<ul>
<li>Maj Michelogiannakis: AOBD (Air Ops Branch Director)</li>
<li>Maj Fridell: MP (Mission Pilot)</li>
<li>Maj Wang: CUL (Communications Unit Leader)</li>
<li>Capt Brown: MSO (Mission Safety Officer) </li>
</ul>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Capt Brown, who moved to California relatively recently, commented that, so far, it’s been all beautiful weather. “During the exercise, most of Saturday we didn’t think we’d fly anything. Forecast was for clear at noon, so we opened the base at 10. Then scratched the day – then all of a sudden everything cleared. Good experience, real world for planning.” </blockquote>
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<li>Capt Hayes: LSC/FASC (Logistics Section Chief / Finance and Admin Section Chief)</li>
<li>Capt Rivas: MO (Mission Observer) </li>
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Capt Rivas commented that he flew with newly minted MP, David Hartman (San Jose Senior Squadron 80), conducting a parallel search in the Central Valley. Without a SAR package in the aircraft, it was a great exercise for both MO and MP! </blockquote>
<ul>
<li>1st Lt Chavez: UDF/SET (Urban Direction Finding / Skills Evaluator)</li>
<li>1st Lt Choate: AOBD</li>
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Lt Choate is usually on an aircew. This time he spent the SAREX learning about AOBD duties. He felt he had a good mentor and had read everything, brought what he thought was enough stuff. “When I got there, the white board didn’t have markers, erasers – and I had to scramble. Capt Hayes showed up as logistics – phew. I thought I’d be bored – but was very interesting. Go, go, go all day. Go/no go decisions. Then planning for next day. Two of the pilots that were going to fly in the SAREX but then one got called to fly the FEMA mission and one had a mixup. So we had 4 crews but only 2 MPs. I was tasked to schedule the next day’s activities with 2 less pilots. It was interesting to see how many criteria go into matching crews. Juggling so many different things – type of aircraft; weight & balance; trainees signed off – is someone in the aircrew be a SET. When you’re in an aircrew, you don’t realize how many people it takes on the ground to support the aircrew!” </blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt Hollerbach</td></tr>
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<ul>
<li>1st Lt Devine: MSA (Mission Staff Assistant) / UDF </li>
<li>1st Lt Hollerbach: PIO (Public Information Officer) </li>
<li>2d Lt Booth: MP</li>
<li>2d Lt Krivega: MSA</li>
<li>SM Fogle: MS (Mission Scanner) </li>
<li>SM Jones: MS</li>
<li>SM Rainville: MS</li>
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SM Rainville was happy that he got to practice everything from his MS training class – including reducing fatigue, how to do proper scanning, and keeping eyes open for anything that looks out of place: His aircrew saw a sailboat on top of a mountain! </blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members before the meeting. </td></tr>
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<b>Renewed/New ES Ratings </b><br />
Congratulations to the following members, who renewed and/or completed new ratings:<br />
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<ul>
<li>Lt Col Glenn: completed MSA </li>
<li>Capt Perreira: renewed MSA</li>
<li>1st Lt Hollerbach: renewed MRO and AP </li>
<li>SM Fogle: completed MS</li>
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<b>I Know About This: Checklists </b><br />
Maj Michelogiannakis asked the question, “why is CAP so focused on checklists?”<br />
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Because you might forget something important, even if you fly the same plane all the time. In emergencies, it’s even easier to forget. And in CAP, we fly different airplanes all the time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maj Michelogiannakis discussing the use of checklists.</td></tr>
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Be aware of being too complacent and not questioning. Let’s say during your preflight, the tires look a little low. But someone flew yesterday and it was fine. So it’s probably ok. Know the specs. People do it all the time, and they get away with it. Until they don’t!<br />
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In one accident, the aircrew didn’t check that the flight controls were free and correct. The crew did that check only one in 10 times – and during one of the other 9 times, took off with rudder gust lock attached. If you do something and it succeeds all the time, the temptation is to skip it the next time. Check every step every time!<br />
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The POH doesn’t always say why to do certain items in the checklist. Do it anyway.<br />
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<br />Karin Hollerbach Capt, Amelia Earhart Squadron 188 CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649854104790880113noreply@blogger.com0