Thursday, 10 Jan 2019UOD, per CAPR 39-1:
PTs – All black crew neck t-shirt, conservative colored shorts, white socks, tennis shoes.
Classes/Activities:
Leadership
PT Testing
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19:00-20:20 Senior Member Meeting
UOD, per CAPR 39-1:
Corporate Polo uniform
Pledge
• Introduction of Guests
• Per MNWG Commander, Col James Garlough, “National has posted a change to the Aircraft Information File with a suspense date of January 7, 2019, which seems to be causing some confusion among pilots in Minnesota Wing. They posted specific changes to the CAP Aviation Risk Assessment Worksheet, which is required to be filled out before each flight. Specifically, the change removes the Wind Chill Chart and replaces it with a simple outside air temperature-based risk assessment. (See form attached.)
The new worksheet increases the risk point value whenever the planned flight will take place with an Outside Air Temperature (OAT) of less than 20°F (that’s twenty degrees above zero Fahrenheit). The risk is assigned three points. However, in the overall analysis, flight when the temperature is below 20°F is still authorized, without any special approval required, and generally the three points will not force a go/no-go for a flight as the OAT is merely one factor in the worksheet. Pilots must be aware of the increased risks of cold weather flight operations, i.e.; airframe icing, carburetor icing, shock cooling engines, frozen brakes, dangers of an off field landing in such conditions, etc., and take all reasonable precautions in all weather conditions, hot or cold.
A change that will impact Minnesota Wing flight operations is anytime a flight is to be conducted when the OAT is less than -10°F (that’s ten degrees below zero) approval for the flight must be made by the Wing Commander, Wing Vice Commander or Wing Director of Operations.
Additionally, anytime a flight is to be conducted when the OAT is less than -20°F (that’s twenty degrees below zero) approval for the flight must be made by the CAP NHQ Director of Operations or his designee.”
• CAP Van and Aircraft Credit Cards – Capt James Higgins and Lt Col David Yost will facilitate locating the correct cards with the appropriate vehicles.
• Thursday, 17 Jan 2019 – STX Annual Safety Down Day – Project Officer STX Safety Officer, Maj Michael Bordonaro.
• Thursday, 24 Jan 2019 – Emergency Services Training – Project Officer STX ES Officer, CMSgt Don Vance.
• 07 Mar 2019 (alternate is 14 Mar 2019) Subordinate Unit Inspection (SUI) – Project Officer, Lt Col David Yost. Detailed expectations, responsibilities and timelines. More information is forthcoming.
• Cadet Orientation Flights – Lt Col Paul Prior asked for Saint Croix Composite Squadron (STX) Pilots to fly Saturday, 12 Jan 2019 Orientation Flights.
• Storage Cabinets Wheels installation – Project Officer, Bill Lambrecht.
• Storage Cabinets need locks and keys. Project Officer?
• Saturday and Sunday, 12/13 Jan 2019 – Corporate Learning Course (CLC) – A CLC will be hosted by Anoka County Composite Squadron. Seniors who have completed SLS are eligible to attend as students.
• 2019 Shrine Circus – Lt Col Paul Prior offered Fundraiser and Volunteer Service activity to Saint Paul Composite Squadron (declined), and then to Anoka Composite Squadron. No word back yet.
• 07 Feb 2019 STX’s Quarterly Awards Ceremony. Updates.
• STX’s Next Unit Commander – Lt Col Paul Prior reminded STX Senior Members that his term as Unit Commander ends in November 2019. Anyone interested in the Unit Commander position should contact him to learn more about the position.
• Annual Awards – Lt Col Paul Prior reminded STX Senior Members the deadline for submitting MNWG annual awards nominations is January 15, 2019.
Send ALL STX award nominations to ALL of the following STX Awards Committee Members:
• Maj Michael Bordonaro
• Capt Steve Keller
• Lt Col Paul Prior
• Maj Scott Richardson
Nominations must include documented accomplishments. Use positive adjectives.
STX award nominations will then be be submitted via the Wing’s online form at https://mncap.org/awards/
DO NOT submit award nominations through eServices, as this may lead to a nomination being rejected or ignored without review by MNWG.
Fill out the form to the fullest extent possible. Provide detail regarding the nominee’s performance or action in the award or decoration category. To help in organizing the justification, emphasis should be placed on:
– the ACTIONS the nominee took,
– the RESULTS obtained and
– the IMPACT they had.
Consult CAPR 39-3, Award of CAP Medals, Ribbons and Certificates for a complete listing and descriptions for all CAP awards and decorations. Pay particular attention to paragraph 9, Criteria for Awarding Decorations. Also see CAPP 39-3, Awards Made Easy. It is highly suggested that one take the time to write a strong nomination, using some of the tried and true techniques included in this guide to improve the chances that the award will be approved.
Lt Col Paul Prior thanked everyone for taking time to recognize the outstanding efforts of fellow STX volunteers. If you have any questions throughout the nominations process feel free to contact Lt Col Paul Prior.
• Aircrew Briefings – Project Officer is Maj Michael Bordonaro.
FAAST Credits – Lt Col David Yost.
– 10 Jan 2019 – Emergency Procedures – Maj Charles Jents (NOTE: This will become a weekly briefing item.)
– Date TBD – 1Lt Patrick Kookier Flight Line Marshalling.
• Around the Room
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20:20-20:45 Commander’s Call
• Pledge
• Introduction of Guests
• Safety Brief
Facility:
The weekly safety briefing will cover, at a minimum, the following:
a. Personal Safety
i. Do not arrive to the Readiness Center before 18:20, unless scheduled for Cadet Program activity, e.g. testing.
ii. Buddy System – no one walks around inside the building without a buddy, e.g. bathrooms, downstairs, other classrooms.
iii. Stay inside the building unless escorted outside for an activity or departing the building with parent/guardian.
iiii. Do not open doors to allow unknown visitors to enter the building.
v. At all times – use indoor voices while in the building – No Yelling.
vi. No horseplay inside or outside the Readiness Center.
vii. REMEMBER – we are representing Civil Air Patrol.
b. Building Evacuation:
i. Keep Calm
ii. WALK on stairs and use handrails
iii. Locate 3 exits from building
iiii. Fire: Rally in the east parking lot. Fire Drill!
v. Tornado: Rally in lower level locker rooms – seek an interior room with no windows to the outside. Tornado Drill!
c. Hydration
i. Keep hydrated – summer and winter
ii. Sip water, don’t down an entire canteen at one time
Trivia: If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
d. Formation in Readiness Center Gymnasium
i. Don’t lock your legs
e. Weight Room – STAY OUT of lower level weight room.
• Commander’s Call Question – At the conclusion of Commander’s Call, there will be a question based on material covered in Commander’s Call. The first person with the correct answer wins a fabulous Aerospace Prize, so please pay close attention. Tonight’s Prize: USS Lexington Compass.
• Aviation Briefing:
YouTube.com video: “B-52 Stratofortress Lansing Without Tail” 1:05
10 January 1964: This Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, serial number 61-023, flown by Boeing test pilot Charles F. (“Chuck”) Fisher, was conducting structural testing in turbulence near East Spanish Peak, Colorado. The other crew members were pilots Richard V. Curry and Leo Coer, and navigator James Pittman. Dick Curry was flying the airplane and Chuck Fisher, the aircraft commander, was in the co-pilot’s position. Pittman was on the lower deck.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress had been designed as a very high altitude penetration bomber, but changes in Soviet defensive systems led the Strategic Air Command (SAC) to change to very low altitude flight as a means of evading radar. This was subjecting the airframes to unexpected stresses. “Ten-Twenty-Three” (its serial number was 61-023, shortened on the vertical fin to “1023”) had been returned to Boeing Wichita by the Air Force to be instrumented to investigate the effects of high-speed, low-altitude flight on the 245-ton bomber.
Flying at 14,300 feet and 345 knots (397 miles per hour), indicated air speed, the airplane encountered severe clear air turbulence and lost the vertical stabilizer. Several B-52s had been lost under similar circumstances.
Chuck Fisher immediately took control of the B-52. He later reported,
“As the encounter progressed, a very sharp-edged blow which was followed by many more. We developed an almost instantaneous rate of roll at fairly high rate. The roll was to the far left and the nose was swinging up and to the right at a rapid rate. During the second portion of the encounter, the airplane motions actually seemed to be negating my control inputs. I had the rudder to the firewall, the column in my lap, and full wheel, and I wasn’t having any luck righting the airplane. In the short period after the turbulence I gave the order to prepare to abandon the airplane because I didn’t think we were going to keep it together.”
A Boeing report on the incident, based on installed sensors and instrumentation aboard the aircraft said that the bomber had
“. . . flown through an area containing the combined effects of a (wind) rotor associated with a mountain wave and lateral shear due to airflow around a mountain peak. . . Gust initially built up from the right to a maximum of about 45 feet per second (TAS), then reversed to a maximum of 36 feet per second from the left, before swinging to a maximum of about 147 feet per second from the left followed by a return to 31 feet per second.”
Fisher flew the bomber back to Wichita and was met by a F-100 Super Sabre chase plane. When the extent of the damage was seen, the B-52 was diverted due to the gusty winds in Kansas. Six hours after the damage occurred, Chuck Fisher safely landed the airplane at Eaker Air Force Base, Blythville, Arkansas. He said it was, “the finest airplane I’ve ever flown.”
1023 was repaired and returned to service. It remained active with the United States Air Force until it was placed in storage at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 24 July 2008.
• Saturday, 12 Jan 2019 Cadet Orientation Flights – Lt Col Paul Prior asked for Saint Croix Composite Squadron (STX) Pilots and Cadets to fly Saturday Orientation Flights.
• Thursday, 17 Jan 1019 STX Annual Safety Down Day – Project Officer, STX Safety Officer, Maj Michael Bordonaro.
• Thursday, 24 Jan 2019 STX Emergency Services Training – Project Officer, STX ES Officer, CMSgt Don Vance.
• 25-27 Jan 2019 – Winter Survival Weekend. All details as well as the application link may be found on our web-page at: http://mncap.org/es/wsw/.
• 07 Feb 2019 STX’s Quarterly Awards Ceremony. More details are forthcoming.
• 21st MNWG CTG. The following information is on the MNWG Calendar. Here is the basic information:
– Cadre Selection Exercise (CSE) 22-24 Feb 2019.
– The CSE is where staff is selected for Encampment. To be eligible to apply, you must have attended an Encampment.
-The Cadre Training Weekend (CTW) 28-31 Mar 2019.
-Encampment Preparatory School (EPS) 10-12 May 2019.
-Encampment Dates 29 Jun- 06 Jul 2019.
• 11-22 Jul 2019 Flight Academy – Please register online.
• Question: By a show of hands: How many are interested in a coach bus trip to/from Experimental Aircraft Association’s 50th Anniversary in Oshkosh, WI AirVenture.
• CAPR 36-1 Civil Air Patrol’s Non-Discrimination Policy Presentation – Lt Col Paul Prior
• MN122.org is Saint Croix Composite Squadron’s Website.
• Saint Croix Composite Squadron Cadets and Senior Members are encouraged to participate regularly at squadron meetings and activities, and continue testing, training and advancing.
Interesting Trivia:
• The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.
• The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
• Due to earth’s gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters (49,212 feet).
• Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
• For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg (1,146 pounds) of excess fuel are needed at lift-off.
Around the Room:
• Cadet Commander, C/2Lt, Jack Britten
• Deputy Commander of Cadets, Capt Steve Keller
• Deputy Commander of Seniors, Maj Michael Bordonaro
Commander’s Call Question:
– What Regulation Number is assigned to Civil Air Patrol’s Non-Discrimination Policy?
Answer:
– CAPR 36-1 is assigned to Civil Air Patrol’s Non-Discrimination Policy.
DISMISS
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