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Missions for America

Semper vigilans!Semper volans!

The Coastwatcher

Newsletter of the Thames River Composite Squadron

GON

Connecticut Wing

Civil Air Patrol

http://capct075.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

S. Rocketto, Editor [email protected]

C/Capt Brendan Flynn, Reporter 1Lt Scott Owens, Paparazzi

Vol. V, No 28 03 August, 2011

SCHEDULE OF COMING EVENTS

For Future Planning

Cadet meetings normally start with drill and end

with aerospace history, current events, andCommander's moment. Blues are worn on the

second week of the month and BDUs at other

times. Main topics may be indicated on theschedule below. See website for updates.

09 AUG-TRCS Meeting07-14 AUG-CTWG Encampment

16 AUG-TRCS Meeting

13-20 AUG-Reg. Cadet Ldrshp School-McGuire

20-21 AUG-TRCS LISP missions17-20 AUG-CAP National Summer Conference

23 AUG-TRCS Meeting

30 AUG-TRCS Meeting

10 SEP-Multi-Squadron SAREX-Tentative

10 SEP-Wings Over Westerly Airport Event

22-24 SEP-AOPA Summit-Hartford24 SEP-Cadet Ball-Courtyard Marriott, Cromwell

22-23 OCT-CTWG Convention

CADET MEETING NOTES

02 August, 2011

The meeting opened with an extended drill

session. Columns were the main focus of practice.

At the squadron, blues and BDUs were inspected

to make sure that they were encampment ready. A

flight by flight boot/shoe shining lesson wasadministered by C/SrAmn Bourque, C/MSgt

Daniels, and former cadet Abigail Wojtcuk.

Capt Wojtcuk, C/SMSgt Schultz, C/2Lt Wojtcuk,

and C/Capt Flynn talked about encampment

activities and gave tips for the week. They alsowent over the "What to bring" and "What not to

bring list." Areas where minor personal discretion

is involved were discussed.

Maj Noniewicz discussed the confusion

surrounding our missing airplane and canceled O-

flights. He also talked to cadets about theimportance of communication.

A promotions ceremony ended the evening. CadetBunevich was promoted to Airman First Class,

and cadet Schultz was promoted to Senior Master

Sergeant.

TRCS FAMILY PICNIC

30 July,2011

A picnic for all member of the squadron and their

families was held in lieu of the regular meeting.

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PRATT AND WHITNEY MUSEUM TRIP

21 July, 2011

Thirteen members of the Thames River Composite

Squadron were treated to a three hour tour of the

Pratt and Whitney Museum and Customer ServiceCenter in East Hartford. The tour was led by Mr.

Robert Reynolds, the grandfather of Cadet

Chartier. Mr. Reynolds has forty years of experience as a maintenance instructor at Pratt and

explained much about the highly technical

manufacturing, maintenance, and customer servicecomponents of Pratt and Whitney Corporation. By

chance the trip occurred on the day before the 86th

anniversary of the founding of Pratt as an aircraft

engine manufacturer.

Cadets Cathcart and Flynn listen as Mr. Reynoldsexplains details of the diffuser used in the PW4000

high pressure turbine.

The history of the corporation extends back to the

Civil War and Pratt and Whitney was one of the

many companies which developed during thegolden age of American industrial development.

In 1925, Frederick Rentschler, an executive withthe Wright Aeronautical Corp. saw an opportunity

to produce air cooled radial engines for the U.S.

Navy. He raised the capital and recruited a

talented pool of engineers from Wright whichincluded George Mead, an engine designer par

excellence. On Christmas, 1925, the first Wasp

engine was produced, the progenitor of a line of legendary power-plants.

A dozen member of TRCS stand in front of the 110inch maw of a P&W P4090 engine used on the

Boeing 777.

AEROSPACE CURRENT EVENTS

F-35 Catapult Test

An F-35C Lightning, the navalized version of the

joint strike fighter was successfully launched fromthe Navy's ground-based steam catapult at

Lakehurst, N.J. Two other versions of the aircraft

are flying, the USAF F-35A and the USMCSTOVL F-35B.

Aerostar Conversion Displayed

Two Pratt & Whitney 615 FADEC engines have

been installed under the wings of a Aerostar prop

plane and placed on display at the ExperimentalAircraft Association's AirVenture in Oshkosh.

The new aircraft has a 400 kt speed and improved

performance.

P&W powered Smith Aerostar sits behind a

Lycoming powered Piper PA-60-700P Aerostar.



AEROSPACE HISTORY

05 AUG, 1930-The irrepressible "Pancho" Barnes

flying a Travel Air Type R "Mystery Ship",establishes a women's speed record of 196.19

mph.

06 AUG, 1957-Rockoon No. 59, a rocket launchedfrom a balloon, instrumented by the State

University of Iowa, gathers the first data on the

auroral zone of the earth's magnetic field in anexperiment conducted by James Van Allen and

Lawrence J. Cahill.

07 AUG, 1919-Capt Ernest Hoy, flying a Curtiss

JN-4 completed the first flight over the Rocky

Mountains carrying mail from Vancouver toCalgary.

08 AUG, 1924-The ZR-1, USS Shenandoah,

becomes the first airship to moor to a ship, the

USS Pakota, in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

09 AUG, 1945-Charles Sweeney flies the B-29

Superfortress, BocksCar to Nagasaki on thesecond atomic bomb mission.

BocksCar on Display at the Museum of the USAF

10 AUG, 1921-The US Navy's Bureau of

Aeronautics is established and Rear Admiral

William A. Moffett is names as its first Chief.

A CONTINUING SALUTE TO NAVAL

AVIATION ON ITS 100TH BIRTHDAY

Aircraft at Oshkosh displayed traditional or novel paint schemes.

McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet bears the

new Navy digital camouflage and if you look closely, the 100th anniversary logo.

Lockheed P-3 Orion carries a 1942 patrol planecolor pattern.

Bell's TH-57C Sea Ranger is adorned with an

anchor which designated naval aircraft in 1916..

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