Calendar has been updated

Click the tab above to go to Squadron Calendar. Activities from Wing Calendar have been transferred to LA022 Calendar. If you have a Google Calendar, we can use the invite function. Will try that in the near future.

Balloon Festival Date change (again)

 This went out via email to all squadron commanders and wing staff:

I have been advised that the Balloon Festival dates Have changed again. The new date is the weekend of 9/21-23. I have been assured that this is an absolute date. Please advise me of your squadron status of participation for this new date. 

Look for more information from Capt Spain  about ES training to run concurrent.

Captain Lydia Pike

Amelia Earhart's 115th Birthday

Todays Google Doodle reminds us of Amelia Earhart's 115th Birthday  

Noted American aviatrix and author, Amelia Mary Earhart was a pioneer in the aviation community. After becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928, she was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross.

In 1937, while attempting to circumnavigate the world in a twin engine Lockheed Electra, Earhart disappeared near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean. Her disappearance remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century.

Her name alone is symbolic of aerospace achievement and therefore Civil Air Patrol has named one of it's most prestigious cadet achievements in her honor. The Amelia Earhart award,  the second milestone of the Cadet Program is earned after the completion of the first eleven achievements of the Cadet Program and the cadet must pass a comprehensive 100-question examination covering aerospace topics, leadership theory and staff duties. Cadets have earned this award since its inception in 1964. 

Earhart Ribbon

Please "Search" for our cadets

..."Good Search," that is!

Wouldn't it be wonderful if our squadron could provide 2 cadets with 50% scholarships to encampment each year? or maybe pay for an airline ticket to an NCSA? With a little help, it is entirely possible. So far this year, and with only a few of us actually using Good Search for Internet searches (instead of Google, AOL or Bing,) we have earned $45.

It's easy to do. Just sign in and select your charity (us we hope.) Then when you need to search, type it in the "Good Search" search bar. It actually uses the Yahoo Search engine but by going through Good Search we earn money as you search the web.

If you haven't signed up or have forgotten about using it, make sure you sign in and look for Ascension Civil Air Patrol Cadets at the top of the page.

Go to http://www.goodsearch.com/ and start raising money today (Charity ID 935758.)

Every penny counts!