North Central Region, Civil Air Patrol

New NCR Glider Flight Academy SmugMug photo album!

Missouri Wing: Saline County Composite Squadron building and launching rockets!

North Dakota Wing: Bismarck Composite Squadron getting an up-close look at rotor aircraft!

Kansas Wing: NCR Glider Flight Academy in the news! https://www.hutchnews.com//yoder-aerodrome-gl/7681417002/

Emergency Services Brief: An update for NESA 2021! Slots still available. Please be patient with the ever-changing COVID restrictions. - Slots for the Basic school, both weeks, are almost gone. - Slots still available for the Adv school week 1, 25 to 31 July. ... - Slots for the GTL course are also available, 1 to 7 Aug. Visit their site at https://nesa.cap.gov/about/schools/gsar

This Week in CAP History -- Kansas Wing!

Emergency Services Brief: California Wings new "Chuck Wagon" for large and/or prolonged missions. Wow!

Now, there's a Facebook page banner photo!! NCR Glider Flight Academy keeps on soaring!

Nebraska Wing: "The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Nebraska Forest Service (NFS) and the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) have a long history of working together in various capacities to prevent and extinguish wildfires." NEWG aircrew are flying firewatch missions to assist local fire chiefs as fire season starts. https://www.newschannelnebraska.com//fire-and-air-civil-ai

100 years ago today, in 1921, Bessie Coleman made history when she became the first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license. As a Black woman, she wasn’t able to learn to fly in the U.S. so she had to move to France to do so. https://airandspace.si.edu/bessie-coleman

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army, formed on June 14, 1775! Many members of North Central Region have ties to the U.S. Army and we thank them for their service!

Aerospace Education Brief: Citizen scientists, including a father of a 7-year-old in California, have discovered two planets beyond our solar system as part of a NASA-funded and volunteer-driven program. https://www.nasa.gov//citizen-scientists-discover-two-gase

Fox News aired their story again about CAP delivering COVID vaccine to remote areas. https://video.foxnews.com/v/6234010200001

Great update and photos from the NCR Glider Flight Academy!

Emergency Services Brief: Another save for the CAP Cell Phone Forensics Team! (See second story.)

Emergency Services Brief: Certainly missions NCR aircrew have performed over the years. BZ to CTWG on a job well done.

CAP recognizes black history month by honoring Tuskegee Airman, Franklin Macon. Macon began his flying career with the Civil Air Patrol. Just a week before hi...s death in November, he was presented a replica of the CAP Congressional Gold Medal for his membership in Colorado Wing-Civil Air Patrol during World War II, adding to his Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal. To learn more about Macon's amazing life journey, click the link to watch a short interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pISFFn1RhC4

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has opened a scholarship for High School Seniors worth up to $10,000. For more information, see the link below. https://www.aiaa.org/get-invol/k-12-students/scholarships/

Cadet Programs and Diversity Brief: Many of our cadets also participate in the scouting program. See the link for celebrations later today for the first female class of Eagle Scouts! https://www.scouting.org/bethechange/

Minnesota Wing: "Check out this encouraging new Air Line Pilot Magazine article that features one of MN Wing’s Civil Air Patrol families in Mankato Squadron. It highlights the extraordinary impact that even one person can have on the lives of so many others that can begin with one aviation conversation and just one orientation flight. #GoFlyCap"