Title: Civil Air Patrol performs Model Rocketry - Space Shuttle Salute
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Two Civil Air Patrol (CAP) squadrons will be conducting an ambitious salute to the Space Shuttle on Saturday, September 29th, at North Branch Park, Bridgewater, NJ, with the following schedule. Arrive: 8:00 AM, Launch:10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and Depart at 4:00 PM.
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In commemoration of the Shuttle legacy, the Lone Eagle and Curtiss Wright Composite Squadrons have each built five replica Space Shuttle model rockets – representing the five Shuttle orbiters - and launch them a total of 135 times for each of the 135 actual Shuttle launches – all in one day. The squadron cadets, middle and high school students, think this will serve to honor the monumental contribution of the Shuttle program.
Lead by 1st Lt David Simpson, the 2010 New Jersey Aerospace Education Officer of the Year, the two squadrons will build five their Shuttle models each and launch them - about one every 5 minutes - in the exact order that they the actual Shuttle missions were actually launched.; about one every 5 minutes. The roles of rocket preparation, launch, and recovery will be divided among the cadets, emulating the roles played by NASA's employees and contractors. One role will be that of PA announcer, describing each launch with: mission number, mission, date, the shuttle's name, the crew, the outcome and so on. It will be a very full day!
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The The Curtiss-Wright Composite Squadron meets on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. at the Red Cross Building, 209 Fairfield Road, Fairfield. For more information about the Curtiss-Wright CompositeWright Composite Squadron, contact 1st Lt. Anthony J. Vinci, Commander, at (201) 967-5383 or tonyvinci55@gmail.com.
The Lone Eagle Composite Squadron meets on Wednesday nights 7:00 p.m. at the Scout Cabin, Borough of Peapack-Gladstone, NJ. For more information about the Lone Eagle Composite Squadron, contact Major Will McLain V, Commander, at (908)441 963-2146 8807 or will.mclain@njwg.cap.gov .
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 61,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 54 lives in fiscal year 2011. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to nearly 27,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program.Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 61,000 members nationwide. CAP performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 113 lives in the fiscal year of 2010. Its volunteers also perform homeland security and disaster relief missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to the more than 23,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 70 years. For more information, go to www.loneeagle.org , www.njwg.cap.gov , or www.gocivilairpatrol.com .
