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Show Hilltop Times Aug. 26, 1993 tact, the chances of finding a missing plane would have been a lot better." In this case the cause of the crash Hill Civil Air Patrol serves in many ways by Frances Kosakowsky Hilltop Times statt In situations where aircraft know-ho- w is called for, the Civil Air Patrol is a good organization to have around. If an airplane is lost, they're the first to help. If an emergency supply of blood needs to be transported, they're called. If search dog teams are needed to help find someone, they fly them to the jumping off point. The Civil Air Patrol performs these tasks and many and it is all done others nationwide by unpaid volunteers. Recently, the Hill AFB Senior Squadron Civil Air Patrol participated in a search and rescue mission to find a missing aircraft enroute from Oshkosh, Wis., to El Cajon, Calif. About noon on Aug. 7, a controller at Salt Lake Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, got an emergency call from the couple, who were flying a Glassair airplane. The male caller said they were low on fuel and had to set down immediately. The caller also said they had just passed a large lake, but he didn't know whether it was Lake Powell or Lake Mead. After that, radar contact was lost and there was nothing but silence. Salt Lake contacted the Air Rescue Control Center at Scott AFB, I1L, who in turn activated the CAP squadrons in Utah, Colorado and Arizona to look for the downed aircraft, which was thought to be in the rugged terrain is unknown. The National Transportation and Safety Board will study the crash and make a determination, said Brown. "If pilots would use the systems that are in place, our job would be a lot easier," said Brown. "Just a few weeks ago, a family going from Roosevelt to Los Angeles were reported missing. The CAP looked for them pilots would use the for two weeks. The six people from Hill spent more than 80 hours in the air. are in place, The systems family was never found," he said. our job would be a lot "They hadn't filed a flight plan and g use the FAA didn't easier. system, so there was nothing we could do, and that's too bad." The CAP is an auxiliary of the Air Force. It is organized geographically Larry S. Brown with regions divided into 52 eight Directorate Contracting wings. There is one wing for each state, Puerto Rico and the District of near Lake Powell. The search area cov- Columbia. Wings are divided into groups, squadrons and sometimes ered more than 4,000 square miles. individu'-aThe Hill CAP squadron sent five flights. There are some 1,900 units. people to help in the search, three piIn addition to air search and rescue, lots and two observers. Flying out of Cal Black Airport near Bullfrog Basin, CAP members participate in disaster relief and civil defense missions. The the search went on for three days Some 20 CAP aircraft par- CAP also assists the Customs Service, Aug. ticipated in the search. On the third the Drug Enforcement Administration day of the search the wreckage was and the U.S. Forest Service in various spotted. Walter Brauch, 77, and his surveillance activities. It also has wife, Fritzi, 55, did not survive the working agreements with other civil defense agencies, as well as with the crash. Federal Emergency Management "In these situations, we use a the the Salvation Army and the estimate to Agency, approach search area," said Larry S. Brown, American Red Cross. The CAP has more than 64,000 Contracting Directorate. Brown is a major in the CAP. "We use time, volunteer members. This includes cadets and 38,000 speed, distance and altitude in a 26,000 teen-ag- e beMore than members. senior adult to line where to estimate straight current members have senior filed a had If the 8,500 pilot gin searching. Administration Aviation Federal con recent was there if and pilot flight plan 66 If that flight-followin- 99 -- l 8-1- 0. best-probable-fi- certificates. Many more are qualified observers and serve as air crew members. The Hill squadron has 25 senior members. As the official auxiliary of the Air Force, the CAP performs three main mission elements: emergency services, aerospace education and cadet training. The members wear a uniform similar to that of the Air Force with distinctive CAP emblems and insignia. Members are unpaid, but Hill allows 40 hours per year administrative leave for CAP members to perform their duties. Members pay for their food, transportation and lodging. The Air Force provides equipment from DOD excess items such as aircraft, spare parts, communications and rescue equipment. Members are also reimbursed for fuel and oil consumed in aircraft used rented or member-owne- d for CAP missions. The current Hill CAP squadron commander is Capt. Denny Mansell. 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