Above: A young cadet tries her hand at the controls of a USAF Auxiliary aircraft. Are we having fun yet?
Today we had "O" Flights, USAF Auxiliary shorthand for "Orientation" Flights, where young cadets get to fly an airplane, many for the first time.
Halfway through the day an airport manager told me that Playboy and Hooters were doing a photo shoot in one of the hangars at the same time. From the outside, you would never know it.
Fortunately, the cadets didn't know it. The weather slowed things down, so they got to go to the military museum at West Houston airport and to see the WWII aircraft of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) which also has a hangar on the airport. Quite a combo of activity on one day.
Thanks to News24 we got some of the cadets some TV time. It was a nice break from the world and the news.
Then it started raining and I remembered my wipers on the Mercedes had stopped working, so I scrambled home. I discovered that the wind blows most of it off - as long as its not HEAVY rain. Many thanks to all the volunteer pilots who flew in to do this. None get paid and spend their own money for hotel, food, etc.
For more info on the Civil Air Patrol see the national website at: http://flashpages.prodigy.net/houston/TX447/
1 comment:
This is a good idea to get publicity. This is a site where you can list your unit, so that when people are looking to volunteer..your unit info will be there. Talk to your unit PAO about it.~~>http://www.volunteermatch.org/
Good luck.
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