Aerospace News & Activities

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Aerospace News & Activities

Aerospace Education is one of CAP's three main missions, along with Emergency Services and Cadet Programs. Here are just some some of the things we do at KY073:

Aerospaces classes at least once a month, including the National CAP Aerospace Excellence curriculum.
Special activities and tours, including USAF Museum, Louisville Planetarium, Lunken air shows and hangar tours.
Six curriculum modules on which cadets are tested as they progress in grade/stripes. (See below for downloads)
Orientation rides in powered CAP Cessna search aircraft.
Orientation rides in CAP gliders, based at Bardstown.
Dozens of special national encampments and activities with aerospace as their focus. (See national CAP Encampments page.)
There is also a model rocketry program that we have talked bout implementing from time to time.

Orientation Rides

Cadets have a tremendous opportunity to fly in CAP's Cessnas and even take the controls. This is all part of our Orientation Ride program. Cadets can take up to five O-rides at no charge, but they must be scheduled with our search-and-rescue pilots. All local O-rides take place at the Air 10 Terminal at Lunken Field, Cincinnati, where our planes are based. Here are the O-ride guidelines:

1. O-rides will be at the Air10 Terminal at Lunken Airport. You are responsible for your own transportation to Lunken. The rides themselves are free.

2. See the NEW national O-ride syllabus for a few more details. The syllabus is in your squadron binder.

3. If you cannot go on your scheduled O-ride, you need to call your O-ride pilot. However, please make every effort to attend. Your pilot is giving up his time and expertise for you. If you cannot get ahold of your pilot, please call Sgt. Stephanie Bridges, Lt. Chase Pendery, or Capt. Steve Burke.

4. You MUST be in BDU uniform for powered rides, but please do not wear your covers on the flight line.

5. You MUST bring your CAP ID with you.

6. You MUST have your Form 60 medical contact information with you.

7. You MUST bring a plastic grocery bag(s) with you in case you get air-sick. It does happen sometimes. If it does and you don't use your bag(s), you will have to clean up the plane, and you don't really want to do that. Or you can get sick down your blouse, and you don't want to do that, either. Trust us -- a bag of prevention is worth a lot of cure. And don't think it can't happen to you.

8. Be alert for phone calls and messages the day before and the day of your ride. Weather can be iffy, pilots may have family or work conflicts that force them to cancel.

Aerospace Texts -- See below

Links

Video of Yves "Jetman" Rossy at Grand Canyon

Aerospace Games & Study Aids

Aerospace Dimensions 1 - Introduction to Flight
Aerospace Dimensions 2 - Aircraft Systems and Airport
Aerospace Dimensions 3 - Air Environment
Aerospace Dimensions 4 - Rockets
Aerospace Dimensions 5 - Space Environment
Aerospace Dimensions 6 - Spacecraft

Famous Flier Bios

Contacts

Capt. Lynda Kilbourne, KY073 aerospace officer.

C/CMSgt. Stephanie Bridges, KY073 cadet aerospace assistant.

C/SrAmn Hannah Brewer, KY073 cadet aerospace asst.

C/SrAmn Blaken Emmons, KY073 cadet aerospace asst.

TODAY'S AEROSPACE NEWS