Group 5 will be conducting an ACUT advanced communications user training course at Group 5 HQ, University Park Airport, State College PA on Saturday 4 February. The course is open to all CAP members and will run from 0900 to 1300, and conclude with the ACUT written and oral exams.

Registration is $5.00. Sign-in begins at 0830. All participants will need to bring copies of all CAP 100 series regulations. Lunch will be provided.

To register for the course, visit the course registration page

In case you did not know, there is a National CAP Aerospace DAILY newsletter.

Video of flight around the Freedom Tower under construction.

Via my career Air Force brother Peter.

An exciting new movie, Red Tails, is opening nationwide on FRI 20 JAN 2012. It tells the story of the Tuskegee airmen of WWII.

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Duty Day. It might seem silly sometimes, but when you think of the consequences of people flying fatigued in harsh conditions, it's why there is such a notion.

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NMUSAF - World War I Training Video

How US aviation groups trained and flew in WWI.

video

Doyle, Cuzoom Win Annual [2011] Valdez STOL Competition

link to EAA story and video [2011-05-12]

Frank Shinn, a squadron commander for the Civil Air Patrol, joined the organization as a teenager. "I don't know what I would have done without this organization," he said. "It was a priceless opportunity for me." Shinn, 35, flew in an airplane for the first time through CAP at 17 and went on to join the U.S. Navy.

story at The Pocono Record (Stroudsburg, Pa.), via AOPA

[UPDATE]

Due to inclement weather, the Group 5 Winter Operations Safety Briefing has been rescheduled to Wednesday, 21 December beginning at 8pm at Group 5 Headquarters, University Park Airport. This safety meeting is open to all CAP pilots. FAA Wings credit will be available to all who attend the meeting.

Attendance at this meeting will also satisfy the Northeast Region requirement for completion of the face-to-face Winter Operations briefing. All PA Wing pilots must complete this briefing by 31 December 2011.