First Civil Air patrol Mission as Mission Scanner
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- This was my first Civil Air Patrol training mission as an aircrew
member. The exercise today was to simulate an earthquake on
the New Madrid fault line, our mission was follow US Highways
65, 60 and 67 from Branson, Mo to Springfield, Mo then to
Poplar Bluff, Mo and finally ending in Farmington, Mo then
we were to fly to Lee C. Fine (AIZ) just SE of the Lake Of
The Ozarks for debriefing. After debriefing at AIZ we learned
we were on standby for further mission tasking but after three
hours we were told to stand down and return to base (FWB).
Total time in flight was approx. 4.5 hours.
November 2012
Camera: Nflightcam plus by contour
I developed an interest in joining the CAP ever since my first encounter with them in church one afternoon. This video is very interesting, and continues my interest in joining the CAP whenever I have the time and budget to do so.
Although you need to be at least 18 to be an aircrew member (or to log your training), there is nothing stopping you from learning the basics. Here in Washington Wing, we have All-Cadet SAREX activities -- where all positions (including aircrew) are manned by cadets. Specially configured flight simulator software lets cadets fly the missions. (I have replied with a video from our last All-Cadet SAREX)
That’s great! Hope you had a good time today! (be careful you don’t catch the “flying bug” ;-) The first time I flew in a small plane was when I was 10 in Alaska. 9 years later I started taking lessons. The plane in this video is a 1986 Cessna 182R.
I like the steep approaches. Nice and safe. Good flying sir. Looks like fun to be on a real mission with a crew!
Thanks! I joined in spring 2011 so a little more than two years now, I've had trouble finding the time myself so I've not been able to do as much I'd like yet, but that's the great thing about CAP, it's all volunteer so can do as much or as little as you have time for.
Visitors are welcome at meetings so find your nearest squadron & give them a call to find out when/where they meet.
Thanks for ever posting this! Ten years later, I’m getting my PPL and would love to join CAP as a senior member an pilot once I get home from flight school
Textbook touch down!! Nice. Thanks for the flight gentlemen I just mailed off my completed application today.
Very cool video, just dropped in on a CAP meeting this week and grabbed an application form. Will drop it off at their next meeting, interested in going the SAR route starting as a scanner since I have no PPL but regardless of license, excited to get in a plane and get in the air!
LOL! That’s true, there is if I’m not mistaken a small maintenance fee ($30-$45 p/h depending on type of plane) but CAP CFI’s aren’t allowed to charge for their services so it should end up costing less than if you flew at a flight school. Feel free to keep me up to date on your progress towards your PPL.
You guys sound very professional. The comms problems seem normal for CAP
+Jason Robinson Thanks! Yeah, I've experienced better comms since but it always comes up in debrief as something that could've been better. It all depends on who sets it up and what equipment they're using.
your instructor would be shouting to get on that centerline! XD
Thanks! Glad to here that, welcome to CAP! I used to live up that way, we went to church and shopped in Sedailia all the time.
When you are ready, drop me a note. We've been documenting what we have been developing. (In the future, we'll also be looking for remote mission bases to work with!)
Heard 2381 and 2333 over the radio, and flown quite a few hours in both. Doing some orides tomorrow. 🙂
Thanks. Okay I have never been in a 182, I ended up getting to fly in an 80's 172. The flight was amazing! and i think I have already caught the flying bug :-)
That's great! glad to hear from a fellow CAP member and thanks for the sub, I hope you'll enjoy my future uploads!
Oh no! I have to say, it's not easy to get ride of, the best you can do is treat the symptoms w/ frequent flying ;-) Glad to hear you had a good time and thanks for the sub! I hope you'll enjoy my future uploads.
Awesome man! Im currently a 14 year old C/TSgt in CA, but when I turn 18 I hope to become a Spotter.
I'm thinking CAP looks like something I'd be very interested in and find very fulfilling. What was involved in becoming an aircrew member?
Best advice is to find the nearest squadron and pay them a visit, guests are always welcome, especially perspective members :-) As far as aircrew training, you just need complete the prerequisite training which is just learning some of the basics of airplanes, flying and being a part of a CAP aircrew, then, you can fly as a trainee. Once you've flown at least two missions, just complete the advanced training and voila! you're a qualified Mission Scanner (MS). Process is basically the same for Mission Observer (MO) and Mission Pilot (MP) except of course for MP you'll need at least a Private pilot's license ;-)
***** Much depends on how much time you can devote to training and if your squadron has a dedicated CFI. You can do your mission pilot training on your own dime in a few months but most people attend one of several emergency services academies held each year across the country usually lasting a week or two. I know there're ones in Texas and Indiana but there may be others.
It only costs a few hundred $$ which is basically for food and lodging, much less then if you did it on your own. The flight training it's self is paid for and under some circumstances transportation to the event is also paid for.
Once you're a qualified mission pilot you can use CAP aircraft to train for any additional rating or certificate. Other wise, you'd need to obtain approval for advanced flight training.
***** Hay you're welcome! Keep in mind, unless you're under 18 you'll need at least a private pilot certificate to start flying with CAP. If I'm not mistaken, CAP hosts the academies, the two I know of are the National Emergency Services Academy and the Lone Star Emergency Services Academy (guess which one is in Texas ;-) Hope you enjoy being a member of CAP, it does take some work and spare time but I do enjoy it! Fly safe!
Mindwerkz my MS training was death by power point. and 2 training flights.
Mindwerkz you should join the mission scanners we scan we're the civil air patrol search and rescue team is to give assistance
I just joined the Civil Air Patrol Squadron SWR-OK-115 Comanche Eagles Composite Squadron on August 5, 2013 :D
I will show this video to our new Senior Members, everyone will want to become a Mission Crew member.
I just joined CAP and had my first O-ride. Still no mission due to COVID but this looks really cool.
Congrats on your first O-Ride! That's one of my favorite things to do as a CAP Pilot. Love the channel name too!
Yes, it was my first time flying. Waited my whole life to fly a plane. I’m excited for where CAP brings me
@@flaps4038 Well, judging by your enthusiasm for aviation, if you just add a healthy helping of hard work it's very likely you will fly far wherever you're at. Enjoy the flight!
@@tonytheflyer thank you!! Yes I’ve loved aviation science I was 4
@@flaps4038 I've loved aviation since I was 0...JK ;-) Truth be told, I've been fascinated by airplanes and aviation since I was five or six. Back then, it was just one of the many other "childhood fascinations" I had, but aviation was pretty much the only one that stuck with me and grew out of control.
Thanks for that Mr. Jackson. Nice video, I like the idea of using flight simulator for aircrew training, as it does in aviation flight simulators allows people to train for scenarios that that are unsafe or impractical in real aircraft. I'd would to set up a flight sim for my squadron but I haven't had the time yet but eventually I'd like to do the same thing.
Hey thanks for the vid! I've always wanted to be a pilot and I can finally join the CAP cadets next year. I want to be a CAP pilot someday
Your very welcome! Work hard and it will happen ;-)
+Brenner The Plane Have joined CAP yet??? :D
about to do my firs orientation flight later today. haven't flown in a small plans since i was six.
Sorry to hear about that Mo, I hope you can find another squadron close to you. Do you mean Malden Missouri? I think you can hear Malden base talking a few times in the video. My squadron is based out of the Branson West airport; we just celebrated our third anniversary since our charter in 2010. Branson had a squadron, but they shut down about 10 years ago I think. Some of our members are from the original Branson squadron.
Nice. John Steele SM. CAP SQDN 5 GROUP 3 CAWG.
i am 19 qnd have my private pilots license, how and what do i join and what would i do? i want to fly
well, with CAP I can fly for the cost of fuel so treatment is cheap!
Great video - I flown to those airports in southeast MO and it was fun to watch. Have you been in the CAP for long? I have thought about getting involved for some time and should get more info on it. It's just finding the time.
Greetings and congrats on getting your PPL! My best advice would be to find your nearest Civil Air Patrol squadron and give them a call to find out where and when they meet, visitors are always welcome at meetings. You will have to put in some time, money and climb the ranks a little before you can fly but once you do, there are opportunities to fly missions and log some flight hours for free. There’s also a lot of great resources online, check out "capmembers,com" for more info.
No one actually, since it was just a damage assessment training mission. I wouldn’t upload any homeland security type missions w/ out permission though, your superior and/or PAO would be guess to get permission.
I am a cadet from New Mexico wing and I am looking into getting my Mission Scanner qualification.
Is CAP a good way to build flight hours? Just a few hours shy of my private and considering volunteering as a pilot when I do get it, if able.
It can be depending on whats available in your area. For example, if there's a squadron near you that has a C172 you can join and pass a CAP checkride and fly it kinda like a flying club except you can't fly non-CAP passengers. If all they have is a C182 you'll need 100 hours before you can fly it. Self funded flying in CAP is usually cheaper than a rental and CAP instructors aren't allowed to charge for their instruction however to fly funded missions "ie. free to you flying" you need 100 hours PIC and 50 hours X/C minimum to qualify for Transport Mission Pilot (TMP). Once you have TMP you can fly aircraft to/from maintenance and missions and also fly communications missions but not a search for disaster relief (SAR/DR) missions. For that you need 200 hours PIC and specific training in SAR/DR operations to become a SAR/DR Mission Pilot. Once you have 200 hours PIC you can also fly cadets on orientation flights. Like everything that's good there's pros and cons but my suggestion would be to find a squadron near you and go visit them and check it out for yourself. Visitors are always welcome at CAP meetings. Fly safe (and fun!) and good luck on your Private checkride!
Hey tonytheflyer I'm from malden. Where do u go to cap at?? Malden has shut theirs down due to the lack of members
Everyday Heroes
Thanks I will.
Thanks! I'm not sure but I think you can start scanner training anytime, have you flown on any cadet orientation flights?
Cap Fullerton Ca
Im a cadet from 1989 2000
How did you get the audio from the atc, ground team, and inside of the airplane edited onto the video?
It's not hard at all. The audio from all sources goes into the aircraft's audio panel and comes out over the intercom. I have an adapter that plugs into my camera from a regular headset jack.
How did u record the audio through the headset with your camera because im about to take flight and I would like to get good audio. Please respond asap
ApexxPredator So sorry I couldn't reply sooner, I was out of town and I don't do TH-cam on my phone. Anyways, both my NFlightcam and GoPro have adapters for headset audio which you can buy or you can buy an ordinary digital audio recorder and adapter at Radioshack (or on the internet). Hope this helps.
what do you have your go pro on because I'm going to be mission pilot soon and I would love to be able to put a pilots POV video up
Actually, I use a NFlightcam for the headset cam, it's just attached the side of my headset using one of the mounts supplied w/ the camera. You can see it here: GoPro + NFlightcam Multicam I'm hoping to eventually make a forehead rig for my GoPro, I think a cam from the forehead would be the best POV cam.
Is it possible to join the civil air patrol to just be a pilot? Does the CAP have a cadet group and a pilot group and each group does their own thing?
Hi SPLATS, absolutely, I know several members (including myself) who pretty much just fly, though participating in other actives is generally preferred and appreciated. I used to participate in ground team activities before I became a qualified Pilot, and manage our squadron's aircraft, but these days I mostly fly and instruct. On occasion I've give presentations usually as a part of instructing (a few months ago I hosted a Zoom G1000 training session), sometimes I release sorties (flights) as a Flight Release Officer and sometimes I review other Pilots sorties to verify all the right boxes are checked, but that's all stuff I've volunteered to do. Usually we meet together for the first half hour or so, then we split up into a Senior group (18+), and a Cadet group (12-17) for the rest of the meeting unless the command staff decides they need to cover something that applies to everyone which is rare, but what happens during meetings also varies from squadron to squadron. Some squadrons are Senior only, some are Cadet only, my local squadron is a Composite squadron (both Senior and Cadet). The best advice I give to anyone interested in CAP is to find your local squadron and go visit them during a meeting (or two) to see if it's right for you.
@@tonytheflyer oh wow such wonderful adventures you have had. Im getting my PPL (school offers flight lessons) but I also go to a navy jrotc boarding school in Tampa. I have a local CAP in the city and I was wanting tk put my flying yo good use to serve the state of Florida. I just wasn't sure if I could just fly and participate in minimal activities because I am afraid of my boarding school events would conflict. Thankyou so much for getting back to me. I will look into joining when I get back to school.
What kind of plane was this?
im in civil air patrol to
Request permission to splice portions of this video into a CAP recruiting video I am creating.
Capt Daniel Cohn, CAP I must respectfully decline due to the other parties involved, I don't if they would be willing to be in other videos. Sorry.
Can you do mission scanner if you're legally blind
That's a good question. I would say it all depends on your vision. You may not be able to participate in visual search missions, but if you can see well enough to use a camera, you might be able to participate as an Aerial Photographer. I suggest talking to some Aircrew and Mission Pilots at your squadron and see what they say. Hopefully they can find something that works for you.
@@tonytheflyer ok will do
500 planes that sit around mostly. Easy to spend other peoples' $. Outdated to say the least. NH
Well with a video from 2013... the modern aircraft are amazing and definitely get used