CAP - Orientation Flights

One of the neatest (in Landon's opinion, anyway) Civil Air Patrol activities is what they call Orientation Flights. Each cadet gets a certain number of these, a certain number in the front seat and some in the back seat of the plane. The Southeast Region, of which Citrus County is a part, funds a certain number of these each year.

Yesterday, our small but growing squadron hosted the first O Flights of 2008. Unfortunately, the cloud cover did not allow the planes to land at the Inverness Airport because it is a VFR (visual flight rules) airport.

They were disappointed, but the cadets used the time wisely anyway. This is the raising of the flag by Major Shewbart.



Senior Member Kuhlman and the cadets pushed his Cessna 150 H plane out of the hangar, and he took the cadets through the preflight inspection checklist (Landon is 2nd from the left between Sam Shewbart and Heath Duke).



Landon is certainly attentive!