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Chapter 1 ANS -Civil Air Patrol's Inception
CAP Mission Statement ANS -"Supporting America's communities with emergency response,
diverse aviation and ground services, youth development, and
promotion of air, space and cyber power.."
when was cap founded ANS -CAP was founded on 1 December 1941, just six days before Pearl Harbor
Its three-fold mission ANS -of Emergency Services, Aerospace Education and the Cadet Program
CAP vision ANS -"Civil Air Patrol, America's Air Force auxiliary, building the
nation's finest force of
citizen volunteers
axis powers ANS -Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan
Civil Air Patrol began as an idea by __________ who were concerned about the future of general
aviation in America in the years before World War II ANS -aviation enthusiasts and pilots
why was cap founded ANS -would be better suited if civil aviation could be put to use when hostilities
opened instead of being restricted by the government during WW2
who founded cap ANS -Gill Robb Wilson
what was the blueprint for cap? ANS -Civil Air Defense Services
, The Civil Air Patrol 3-bladed propeller emblem was actually taken from the ANS -Civil Defense Emblem
what did maj arnold do for the program? ANS -convened a board of military officers to review the final
plan presented by Gill Robb Wilson and his colleagues and they approved the plan
Commanding general of U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II
what did man. gen. curry do for the program? ANS -First National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol and
a strong advocate for female aviators
how did Johnson prove that civilian planes are highly effective weapon in the hands of saboteurs and
civilian air travel should be halted? ANS -At eleven P.M. one evening, Mr. Johnson took off in his own
airplane from his farm airstrip near Cleveland, Ohio. In the airplane he carried three small sandbags and
flew towards a cluster of war plants on Cleveland's outskirts. Flying at 500 feet, Johnson dropped
sandbags on the roofs of three plants and returned to his airstrip - apparently undetected or, if
detected, dismissed as a threat just as quickly.
The next morning, Mr. Johnson notified the plant owners that they had been "bombed."
what was the result of Johnson's plan? ANS -Airports would be guarded; this meant that all pilots before
they would be permitted to fly would have to prove they were loyal citizens of the United States. All
flights were to be for official business only and accomplished only under approved flight plans.
what was the reasoning for cap's coastal patrol ANS -the navy and army did not have enough time, men,
material to protect the coast from the threat of german U-boats. CAP members really wanted to help so
they decided to attempt this
perform unarmed reconnaissance flights over the
eastern coasts
And, soon after the CAP Coastal Patrol experiment was authorized, the first three bases were
established at ANS -Atlantic City, New Jersey; Rehoboth, Delaware, and Lantana, Florida
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