Teton County Civil Air Patrol

December Minutes!

2012-01-21T08:50:00.000-08:00

January Meeting is next Tuesday (already????!!!!). Here are the minutes from last month. Be safe out there!
Click Here to view December Minutes

November Meeting Notes

2011-12-05T17:56:00.000-08:00

Members: Please read meeting notes to find Christmas party date (Nov 13), time (1830 hours) and place (43 North) so we might come together to celebrate the holidays, the friendships and the cause!! CHECK THE NOTES, in case my memory serves me wrong!! Click here Meeting Notes to read minutes.

September Meeting Notes

2011-10-15T08:44:00.000-07:00

Meeting Notes from September! Click here to read

Hope you are enjoying your fall!

Night burning operations at Palmer Creek prescribed burn.

July and August Meeting Notes 2011

2011-07-29T11:50:00.001-07:00

Sorry, I got a bit behind. Click on the month links to see the meeting minutes for JUNE and JULY.

Don't forget the wash and waxing party is Saturday, August 6, 2011 to begin at 9am. Let's make that plane shine for the Crew!

Can you name these pilots?

May Montly Minutes

2011-05-31T07:29:00.001-07:00

Want to see the minutes from May's meeting? Click on this link: Click Here.

Here is a picture of the Snake River flooding last June 7, 2010.

2011 Summer SAREX Dates

2011-05-02T08:31:00.000-07:00

Members:

You asked for it, you got it!! The dates for the planned 2011 SAREX events are as follows and can also be found at the following calendar link, Wyoming CAP Calendar. All SAREXes will be under the supervision of Lt. Col. Mike Carlson.

May 14-16 Big Piney SAREX

June 4-6 Powell SAREX

July 23-26 Laramie SAREX

September 10-12 Afton SAREX

April Meeting Notes

2011-05-02T06:41:00.000-07:00

Members: If you click on the link that follows, you will find the April meeting minutes, Click Here. Following photo is a ground shot. Pasque Flower shows its lovely face, despite the winter-like weather.

March 2011 Minutes

2011-03-30T09:08:00.000-07:00

Members: Please click on link to view meeting minutes March 2011 Minutes

This month's safety message: If you live where there are hydrants, make sure they are dug out!

If the link above does not work, try this link........
Click Here

22 February 2011 Minutes

2011-02-25T07:12:00.001-08:00

Greetings Teton Members! Click on link to view minutes from February 22, 2011 meeting. Click for link to minutes!

Spring run-off by Astoria Bridge, June 7, 2010.

January Minutes

2011-01-31T06:52:00.000-08:00

Please click on the link below to find January 25, 2011 Meeting Minutes.

MEETING MINUTES, click here

Boysen Dam

December 2010 Meeting Minutes

2011-01-03T07:21:00.000-08:00
Click on the below link for the December 2010 minutes.
December 2010 Minutes

November Minutes

2010-12-27T11:13:00.000-08:00
Starting today, all Monthly Meeting Minutes will be posted on the Blog Site.

Click here for November 2010 MINUTES

Organizational Chart

2010-12-26T20:13:00.000-08:00
After much work by Al & Trish, Ladies and Gentlemen, here is your Teton County Senior Squadron Organization Chart!! Congratulations to all!!

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, click here!

Coming Events!

2010-12-07T19:33:00.001-08:00
Just a friendly reminder that the next CAP meeting / Christmas party will be next Tuesday (2nd Tuesday) the 14th at 6 PM and at "43 North", located at the base of Snow King mountain on South Cache Street. Spouse's and friends welcome.

Also Al & Doug are teaching a Mountain Fury ground school this coming Saturday, the 11th, at the Teton Co. EOC (our meeting place) and everyone interested in brushing up on their mountain flying skills or someday interested in flying for CAP are welcome. Planned start is around 10 AM and should be done mid-afternoon.

Bill Jepsen
307-732-8592 office
307-413-0041 cell

TRY THIS TEST!

2010-11-12T19:12:00.000-08:00
Here it is; I think it works!! Today is a very good day if it does. Thanks for the help, Stan!! Ooooo-oooo! As soon as I get the Org Chart, that will be next!!

THIS MAY WORK!!
Please let me know if it works for you!

Second Test

2010-11-11T12:35:00.000-08:00
This again is a test and the correct flow chart. Let me know if anyone has any success in opening the chart. Click on FLOW CHART
Thanks.

Testing

2010-11-11T11:28:00.001-08:00
Just testing some ways to import files; please disregard the flow chart (it's not quite right yet) until further notice (assuming this works!). Thanks.
FLOW CHART

Welcoming Party

2010-11-03T11:22:00.000-07:00
The new Wing Commander will be welcomed on December 4 in Cheyenne. I think we should put a couple planes in the air and buzz on over for the party and welcome this new appointee. So you know, no one knows at this point who the new Wing Commander will be....... Anyone want to go? See following message from present Wing Commander, Col. Stan Skrabut -

Greetings,
>
> Please place this on your calendar.
>
> There will be a change of command on 4 DEC 10 at 1400 in the Rapier
> Armory on Bishop Blvd, Cheyenne, WY.
>
> Please pass the word to those you know, I would like to see a
> supportive welcome for the incoming commander.
>
>
> Have a great day,
>
> STANLEY A. SKRABUT, Col, CAP
> Commander
> Wyoming Wing
> http://www.capwyhq.org/

Wheatland SAREX

2010-10-21T08:03:00.000-07:00
There will be a SAR Ex scheduled for Nov 5-7, 2010, held at Wheatland
Nat'l Guard Armory. This will be in joint cooperation with the WY
Military Dept and Civil Defense entities of the Torrington area. The
1st priority will be to the Joint Exercise out of Torrington, but
should not take all our energies, and the remaining time can be
devoted to our training needs. Our (WY WIng) needs are qualifying
folks for any and all ES qualifications . As was stated @ the RMR
Conf. all Wings knows how to fly the heck out of missions, but falter
in staffing areas. Since we are rated by how well we conduct Type 3
ICS missions we should be practicing/training towards those ends

Will need 1 AC and crew for a photo mission on either Nov 3rd or 4th.
of the new Prison in Torrington.

Other sorties planned .... Missing Person Search with AC & Grd Teams,
ELT searches, Photo operations, Missing AC, etc.

For lodging & nourishment communicate with Wheatland's Squadron CC Lt
Col Susan Mc Donald (c) 307-322-1913. The Armory will be used for
our ICP and for overnight accommodations for those wanting "free"
overnight accommodations.

The IAP states George Twitchell as IC
Hi All ! (From Susan McDonnald)

Setting up accommodations at the local Motel 6 which is the closest to the armory unless I can get a better price elsewhere.
We have a variety of restaurants in town and will provide a list later this week.

@ BJ and Mike and others with special diet needs the armory has a functioning kitchen.

We will fix the cadets a morning meal at the armory each day. We just ask that each unit attending please contact me so we can plan out the meals with their help for ingredients.

All the gas stations here take our new wing fuel card. for those of you with the old wing card we will get you fueled up while here.

We look forward to seeing all of your here in Platte County.

Susan

Do you know where this is?

Rocky Mountain Regional Conference

2010-10-11T19:26:00.000-07:00
Right out your back door folks!! This is the level above the squadron, above the Wing and below the National level. Anyway, come see what goes on outside of the Teton Unit - the bigger picture, as they say!!

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 15-16, 2010
JACKSON HOLE, WY

LOCATION: The Virginian Lodge
750 W Broadway
Jackson, WY 83001 1 (307) 733-2792
Call The Virginian for Room Reservations ($49.00 + tax, per night)

RSVP: ALSO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE To Becky Pratt prattbj@gmail.com (We need a seating count)

ACTIVITIES: Friday Night: “Meet & Greet”
Saturday Classes: Financial Summit, Operations Discussions and Updates, Chaplains/Character Development, DOV, AE, Safety and Commanders Call

Lots of Fun and Good Information to be provided

Special Guests: From CAP National Headquarters John Desmarais,
Johnny Dean and Susan Easter

Saturday Night Banquet (Buffet Style)

Registration Cost: $30.00 per person
(Includes Meet/Greet & Saturday Dinner)

RMR Conference 2010
PO Box 1436
West Jordan, UT 84084

Agenda Items

2010-09-14T11:03:00.000-07:00
Members: The next Teton Squadron meeting will be September 28, Tuesday at the Emergency Operations Center, Adams Canyon Road. Please submit agenda items for this meeting by 9/24/10 to Kathy Clay, k_dirt@yahoo.com Kathy Clay. Also, I'm not sure the link will work, just send info the old fashioned way, if not!

Upcoming Subordinate Unit Inspection

2010-08-25T06:50:00.000-07:00
Attention Teton Squadron Members!
Part of the upcoming SUI will be the updating of your membership records. Please go to the following two links, fill out the paper work and submit to Captain Jepsen as soon as possible.
Senior Member Master Record
Emergency Notificatiion Data

Possible contender for "Dam Wyoming" fund raising calendar!!

Announcements, One and All!

2010-08-08T18:48:00.000-07:00
First, an announcement from Al regarding the hanger floor:

"FYI our hangar floor will have levelling compound set this Tuesday evening (10th) at 6pm. It should be a quick set but the aircraft will not be back in the hangar until about 2 pm Wednesday after the oil change. Tim, we need to tell you where the aircraft is for Wednesday morning, and will once we know."
(Speaking of Tim Cully......where has he been lately???)

Next, an announcement from Wayne Grimm:

"Saturday, August 14, from 1 o'clock to approximately 3 o'clock. Just show up.
Location: same old place. We couldn't find a shade tree.
Bill says we may want to go to Dornan's when we are finished to refuel, I mean debrief.
Probably like last year it will be Pizza but, we're cleared for the option.

For those who are not familiar with airplane walk-around inspections this would be a good
time to get up close and get very familiar."

I Wish I Had More Time

2010-06-18T20:12:00.000-07:00
If I could only build a cool page for our squadron each month......ah, life can be so busy!! Forgive me all!
Freemont Flood 2010

Crossing the T's, Dotting the I's

2010-04-25T08:19:00.000-07:00
Sometimes it's just all about the way you look! As many of you know, there are many Standard Operating Procedures in Civil Air Patrol. One of the recent, now-to-be-enforced, is proper uniform attire. Although the link is easy to click onto, UNIFORM RULES, understanding it all may not be quite so easy! However, the word on the street is that if you show up to a SAREX in inadequate uniform, you will be sent home BY GROUND. Yikes. Now there is a warning that gets your attention!

This month's safety issue can be found by clicking on APRIL SAFETY.

Also, remember this Tuesday night's (4/27/10) Squadron Safety Meeting to be held at 43 North, assuming they are not closed for the off-season, at which point the Squadron Leader will be calling us all to change location!!

I can't post this without a picture. Here's one from Washakie Needles in the Shoshone National Forest, southeast of Dubois. Tim and I made a December 27 flight which was an amazing scenic trip. Thanks Tim!

Quick News

2010-03-22T19:07:00.000-07:00
Greetings Teton County Members! The link for the CAP safety bulletin can be found by clicking on SAFETY. Think of the paper saved by viewing it online!! Of course, this month's Safety Meeting to be held this Tuesday night; same time, same place.
Here is a view of this year's Cutter Races - a different per-spective for most!
Things are happening in Casper this weekend. Come to learn more or firm up your travel plans!

Membership Profile, A "Moving Story" Jim Bean

2010-01-18T07:31:00.000-08:00

Mechanic of machines and men - these have been the passions of Jim Bean for most of his life. Born October 27, 1936, in San Bernardio, California, Jim’s parents sent him off to private schools and as a teenager a friend took him flying in an old fabric-covered aircraft. These are the childhood events that helped shape his life.

At the young age of 19, Jim joined the Air Force and set to studying in the aircraft and engine school in Amarillo, Texas. Like most of the Air Force work force he moved from base to base; Langley AFB, Simbach AFB in Germany, back to Langley AFB, on to Kadena AFB in Okinawa. After four years of the Air Force he jumped ship and joined the US Army serving as a helicopter engine mechanic on H-21s and Hueys. A close call during the Cuban missle crisis found him on alert while stationed at Fort Ord, California. Just as his company was to leave for the tip of Florida, President Kennedy called off the invasion.

After seven years of active military service, Jim came back to California where no aviation jobs could be found. Jim went to work for the State of California as a psychiatric Technician for the California Department of Hygene. Jim worked this job for the next eight and a half years, was married and had two daughters, Janet Lee (left) and Judy Ann (right).

At the age of 36, Jim loaded up his family and went west to Montrose, Colorado. There he worked at the Montrose Memorial Hospital and signed up to learn about becoming a scrub technician in the surgery operating room. As he began this new trade, he ended his first marriage.

Jim then moved to Reno, Nevada and worked at St. Mary’s Hospital. Here he met Tami and they married just a few months later. They joined Civil Air Patrol in 1978, and he worked as the maintenance officer.

Once again, Jim packed up taking Tami to Elko, Nevada. Here he worked in surgery and became commander of the Elko Squadron. He took the job, was promoted to Captain, and built a membership from four members to a squadron of over 20.

One day Jim and Tami drove to the Hill AFB in Utah in search for some CAP clothing. While there he applied for aircraft depot maintenance and got the job! Not long after the hiring, they moved again! This time to Layton, Utah where Jim was put in depot maintenance on F-4 aircraft and then on to C-130 maintenance. He worked on C-130s for eight years and found time to obtain his pilot’s license from the Odgen-Hinkley airport. As a CAP member in the Odgen squadron, he was put to work restoring an old Cessna 172.

The year of 1995, saw Jim’s retirement from Hill AFB and his move to his home base now of Apline, Wyoming. Jim began working at the Afton airport doing annual inspections and general aircraft maintenance. Soon he was managing the airport and did maintenance for five more years.

The year 2010 will mark Jim’s thirty-second year in Civil Air Patrol. His hobbies include aircraft maintenance, taking photographs, working with wood, gardening and greenhouse work. Jim prefers to stay vegetarian, no meat, but he will eat milk, eggs and cheese. Jim’s favorite movie is The Sound of Music.

Jim composed a wonderful educational article about Civil Air Patrol and can be obtained by contacting Jim at Jim's email (click on the words, Jim's email, to send a note).

Slade Ross, Newest Mission Pilot!!

2009-12-15T12:18:00.000-08:00

As snowstorms gained momentum to the west, Pilot Al LaPointe tested Slade Ross and his flying abilities last Friday, December 11, 2010. Slade passed the test and joins the ranks of the fine Mission Pilots who make up the foundation of the Teton Squadron. Congratulations to Slade!

ATTENTION FOR NEXT TUESDAY CAP MEETING!!! THIS WILL BE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY SO YOU SHOULD COME - RUMORS OF FREE FOOD AND GOOD TIMES FOR ALL!! YOU KNOW WHERE, 7PM. HO! HO! HO!

Holiday CAP Celebration!

2009-11-12T14:16:00.001-08:00

Thursday evening, December 3, 2009, members of the Teton County Civil Air Patrol squadron are invited to a casual get together with Colonel Stanley Skrabut, Commander of the Wyoming Wing begining at 18:00 hours and held at 43 North.
Colonel Skrabut was born in Bitburg, Germany and raised in Tankhannock, Pennsylvania, the "gateway to endless mountains". At age 14 he joined Civil Air Patrol as a Cadet and has worked his way up through the ranks over the years. Colonel Skrabut has been at the helm of the Incirlik Cadet Squadron in Turkey from 1984 to 1987, then on to the Cheyenne Composite Squadron from 1996 to 1999. Through out his CAP career, he has been assigned to ten different units in seven different wings! His list of merits, awards and decorations is impressive, to say the least. Married to Bernadette van der Vliet, he has two children from a previous marriage, Christopher and Cassandra. His favorite movie is We Were Soldiers, a "great film about leadership, bravery, and doing the right thing." No matter what title he holds, Stan looks forward to continuing to give back to CAP in meaningful ways.
As the stars have not quite yet aligned perfectly, he has yet to gain his pilot's license, an endeavor he hopes to achieve in the next five years. Also on that wish-list is the completion of his doctorate degree in education which focuses on distance education and a quest to finish up a book he is writing on CAP. Stan's hope is to see membership increase within the Wyoming Wing and encourages members to improve their levels of professional developement.
Stan instructs a martial arts group in Laramie; Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu and holds a hachidan (8th degree black belt) in Bujinkan Budo Taijustsu. He also enjoys the challenge of geocaching and dabbles in magic!
A perfect day for Stan would be doing absolutely nothing, "for once". Especially if the Steelers were on TV beating another team. Stan loves the fall season most of all; maybe because that's when the Steelers play ball!
Please mark this special occasion on your calendars to join Stan for a nice casual evening of getting together and getting excited about Civil Air Patrol.

Topic of the Month - Balloons!

2009-10-20T07:46:00.001-07:00

This month’s Aerospace Education’s topic is balloons! The strange story that flew out of Fort Collins, Colorado last week has me pondering balloon flight. An interesting and strange coincidence about the Colorado silver spinning balloon is the fact that it lifted off the ground exactly two hundred and twenty six years after the first manned balloon flight. French scientist Jean-FranCois PilAtre de Rozier, on October 15, 1783, launched 84 feet off the ground and two years later became ballooning’s first fatality when his balloon suddenly deflated and crashed during his attempt to cross the English Channel.

As this present strange story untangles, one wonders if father Richard Heene knew that he would be launching a media spectacle on this significant-to-ballooners anniversary date. His home-built helium balloon flew all the way up to 7,000 feet altitude and landed 50 miles from the family’s home launching a media splash and possible felony charges, rescue cost restitution and potential FAA charges.

While dinking around on the internet exploring ideas for this story I came across the fascinating story of Lawn Chair Larry, another strange bird! Larry Walters, on July 2, 1982, launched a most unusual “balloon” from Long Beach, California. Imagine this – 42 helium-filled weather balloons tied to an aluminum lawn chair with Larry seated in the chair. He carried a bottle of soda, CB radio, and a BB gun. He ascended to heights of 16,000 feet, descending by shooting balloons with his gun. One of the problems with balloons is steering. Larry’s ascent was anything but graceful as he struck power lines on the way down, blacking out the power down a stretch of Long Beach homes.

In 2008, balloonist Kent Couch did the same kind of lawn chair-balloon lifted trip on a 235 mile float across Oregon. Check out these cool pictures at Balloon Photos

The hot air balloon was invented in 1709 by a Jesuit priest, Laurenco de Gusmao. Who would guess that it would be the cost reduction of printing which is attributed to the successes of lighter-than-air flight? Wide distribution of books and other written documents enabled scientist’s notes, thoughts and discoveries to become readily available. The dissemination of these ideas across Europe advanced ballooning and by 1793, President George Washington witnessed the first United State’s balloon flight flown by Jean Pierre Blanchard, the first successful balloonist to cross the English Channel.

The most recent national CAP magazine has a great article on using a beautiful red, white and blue balloon for CAP purposes; specifically cadet training. This lovely balloon inspires cadets from the Illinois Wing to attend a weeklong encampment to learn about ballooning and enjoy a lift in that beauty. If you have not received your magazine (or recycled it accidentally like I did!) you can go to CAP Magazine to pull up the most recent issue.

As we sit back and chuckle at the absurdity of the media and this nation’s interest in the “balloon boy” story, it is noteworthy to be reminded that this same hoax was pulled off in 1844 by none other than Edgar Allen Poe. Old Poe penned up an article and sent it to the New York Sun. Their reporters, eager to be the first to release hot-topic news, jumped all over it and headlined the news of the first balloonist to cross the Atlantic. Reportedly, people line up outside the Sun’s office for a copy of that day’s paper to read the gripping story of balloonist’s Monck Mason’s flight in his “egg-shaped gas-filled balloon"! The newspaper correction, printed two days later, read as follows; “We are inclined to believe that the intelligence is erroneous.” It would not be until 1978 that the first balloon crossed the Atlantic!

The entire happening has been a wonderful, amusing and educational way to learn a little bit more about ballooning. The Heene family is about to find themselves in a similar predicament of de Rozier, the French predecessor balloonist. Imagine the rushing of the wind as one drops down from the sky when the balloon above suddenly deflates and you crash to the ground!

Big Teton CAP News!

2009-09-13T19:45:00.000-07:00
(Letter from Colonel Stan Skrabut) I wish I had a picture!!

Greetings,

I have just appointed Dr. Robert Giese from the Teton County Senior Squadron as the new Director of Aerospace Education. I will be working close with him as he gets his feet under him. I am personally looking forward to exciting things in the field of AE.

Robert Giese started his career in navigation with the Air Force in
1955. In 1959 he started his computer programming career with the programming of the University of Wisconsin’s IBM 650 computer. His surveying experience started in 1959 as Assistant City engineer in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. In 1961 he earned his B. S. degree in geography from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In 1962 he began his career in the computer field as a cartographer and programmer for the USAF Aeronautical Chart and Information Center in St. Louis. This group later became the Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center. In 1967 he became a self employed computer consultant. In 1968 he earned an MA in Mathematics from the University of Missouri, Columbia. In 1974 he earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Houston. Since then he has held positions both in industry and in the academic community, dealing with a wide variety of applications in mathematical computation, statistics and research. His clients have included oil and gas, chemical, engineering, drilling, surveying and oil movements companies,government agencies and attorneys-at-law. He worked through G-Tech Corporation starting in 1982, and continued until a company with the same name started to operate the Texas Lottery. The name G-Tech was then sold and the company was renamed Giese Technical Resources. Dr.
Giese has consulted in half of the 50 states, Canada, The Congo, England, Germany, Nigeria, Scotland, and Switzerland.

Dr. Giese began teaching at the university level in 1966 at the
University of Missouri, and has been associated with most of the
Houston area major universities, including the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Administration at Rice University, the Graduate School of Business Administration, Department of Management Systems and Strategy at the University of Houston, University Park, and the University of St. Thomas. He has taught courses in computer science, operations research and geodesy as an Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Civil Technology and Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston. In 1998 he started teaching courses for Prescott College. He now teaches mathematics at Western Wyoming Community College Outreach in Afton.

Welcome aboard, Dr. Giese!

Have a great day,
STANLEY A. SKRABUT, Col, CAP
Commander
Wyoming Wing
http://www.capwyhq.org/

Aerospace Education, I

2009-09-09T21:12:00.000-07:00
    Recently, I was invited to train for SUI inspections. Subordinate Unit Inspections; that's what THAT acronym stands for! Anyway, Al and I flew to Casper August 28 to be enlightened. He had a more, shall we say, "particular" teacher than I! Under the direction of Colonel Jackie Floyd, a Civil Air Patrol member of 53 years (yes, I said 53 years), I was able to glean some of the finer points of the odious and onerous amounts of paper work, t's to cross and i's to dot which are all required to satisfy CAP's SUI requirements.
    So, here is one of my attempts to help Captain Jepsen succeed with our next SUI. Two things. Next meeting, you all need to fill out a 35-2 form - the one that lists your emergency contacts. That's really easy, huh? It needs to be a hard copy in your personal file. If you can't make the meeting, pull it up under the CAP web page, left column Forms Indexes tab then look for 35-2. Print it, fill it out, give it to Captain Bill. Please.
    Secondly, we are all supposed to be getting some type of Aerospace Education on a monthly basis. So here we go. Go to Leonardo da Vinci and learn about what an incredible man he truly was! Holy moley, I had no idea!! This guy makes Einstein look like a beginner!! Did you know that he was totally into the idea of flying? He drew a helicopter before anyone even thought of the thing!! 400 years before anyone even built and flew a glider, DaVinci drew it!! Unfortunately, (and this is crazy-fact!) it was 300 years (that's a LONG TIME FOLKS!!) after his death before his manuscripts were published and made known to the world. Ya think this might have delayed the progress of manned flight??
    And, FYI, I just finished the Yeager Award - studying and testing. It was pretty cool, I must say. Captain Jepsen has the book. If you haven't done it, check it out. Fascinating!
     Next monthly "CAP Safety Meeting", September 22, 2009. 1900 hours. Place TBA.        What an amazing place we live in.

Techno Info

2009-08-27T06:34:00.000-07:00
Welcome to the world of technology!! Notice on this page, upper right corner, a list of three blue sites. If you click on any of this you will go right to that link; the Google calendar, the Wyoming Wing Civil Air Patrol Site, and the CAP Facebook site. Colonel Skrabut is very good at technology stuff - he set up the latter two!
Any interest from you CAP members for notes from the monthly meetings? This would be a site to make that information available. Input is requested.
Breakfast in Cody with Holder. Bill, Bill & Trish.

Weekend "Successful"!

2009-08-23T19:22:00.000-07:00

Greetings Jackson CAP Members! If you were there, you know. If not, you might be wondering; the Wyoming Wing passed the annual Air Force Inspection this last weekend with a Satisfactory Score. The SAREX/Evaluation was held in Casper, Wyoming, beginning on Friday, August 21 and commencing late into the very hot afternoon of Saturday, August 22. Ground crews, pilots, scanners, mission observers, a solemn chaplain (DO NOT LET YOUR CERTIFICATION EXPIRE AND EXPECT NO ONE TO NOTICE, by the way!!), and mission staff were put to test during a practice earthquake event with a thrown-in downed airplane and missing 17 year old. Events of notice included the discovery of the cargo net still in its factory packaging (thanks for those laughs, Orville!!), a real, live rattlesnake for the ground crew to contend with and an air conditioner that went belly up on the hottest day of this summer in Casper (I'd rather deal with a snake!).
Awards were presented at the beginning and at the end of the event. As Al has commented, we're now going to have to show a little bit more of respect to Bill Jepsen! Bill was promoted to Captain this weekend, the award presented by Colonel Stan Skrabut. Congratulations, Bill. We know titles don't mean much to you, however, we are proud of you and believe the title is well-deserved in all your efforts of leading, taking care of and managing the Jackson Squadron!!
You can check out the pictures from this weekend on the Facebook site by clicking on this CAP FACEBOOK.
Discussion regarding the CAP Plane calendars was had this weekend as well. Right now, you can still view the plane schedule calendar by visiting Yahoo Calendars (make sure to sign out of any other Yahoo applications), entering the tail number and using the password skylane to view Jackson's plane schedule. Click on this link to begin the sign-in for the Yahoo Calendar, YAHOO CALENDAR. A Google site has been created for your review. Click on GOOGLE CALENDAR to sign in. Note, on Google the password is skylane1 (skylane and the number one with no spaces) and the tail letters are capitalized.
Check Bill's email reminders and note the new meeting location.

Washing of the Plane!

2009-06-24T16:25:00.000-07:00
Greetings one and All! Check out the initial posting; your comments are appreciated.

We are tenatively washing the plane Friday afternoon, July 17. Plans for a BBQ and beer are in the works as well. More to come.....

Creating a Site!

2009-06-22T12:58:00.001-07:00
Greetings Members: Thanks to the help of Commander Stan Skrabut, we have the opportunity to create a Teton County CAP page. Your input is requested. Please think about what you would like to see on this page and linked to this page so we may make it a meeting place, an information place, and a place that belongs to all of us!
All five planes flew at the recent SAREX in Casper! Unfortunately, all five didn't fit in the picture!
Want to see CAP plane schedules? Go to Yahoo Calendar, enter the tail number under User ID, and then the password sent with this email. Not every plane is entered, however, Jackson's plane is up and running. This seems like an excellant tool, if used. Great ideas from our Al LaPointe and Casper John Burkett!
Here is another way to have fun CAP comms on line and get some other event ideas; go to Stan's Wyoming Wing Site.
(For those of you who might not be that savy with computers, if you click on those blue words, it will take you to that site.)