Miller’s Mission: ‘To Help and Serve’

Lt. Col. David Miller is an admitted “Star Trek” buff who’s met every prominent actor in the iconic series except for William Shatner.While Miller, a family practice physician, may never share the bridge of the Enterprise with Shatner as Capt. James Tiberius Kirk, he...

Vehicle Risk Management Program Focuses on CAP Driver Safety

Civil Air Patrol’s Logistics team is introducing the Vehicle Risk Management Program to train, educate, and promote awareness among CAP members about vehicle safety.“Let’s be honest with one another. We can get complacent when it comes to operating vehicles,” said...

Retired Police Officer Making Impact in New Jersey Wing

Way back in 1982, Amy Myzie knew it was time to rejoin Civil Air Patrol after a lapse of a few years during her new career at a New Jersey police department.She had joined CAP as a cadet in the early 1970s in Connecticut and loved it. In 1978 she was hired as a...

ACE Awards Go to Top School, Teachers, Student, Partnership

Goldsboro Elementary School in Sanford, Florida, and its flight and space STEM teacher, Robert Wakelyn, head the list of national honors announced for 2023 by Civil Air Patrol’s Aerospace Connections in Education program.Goldsboro Elementary has been named National...

North Carolina Cadet Nets 3 Service Academy Appointments

A cadet flight commander for the North Carolina Wing’s Hickory Composite has received not one, not two, but three service academy appointments, ultimately choosing the U.S. Coast Guard Academy as her next destination.Cadet 2nd Lt. Shaley Dunn also received...

Silvered Wings — Meyers OTW-125 “Out-To-Win”

Meyers OTW-125 “Out-To-Win” — NC26460Capacity: 2Length: 22 feet 8 inchesMaximum speed: 115 mphCruise speed: 100 mphRange: 350 milesService ceiling: 14,000 feet“Something old, something new, modern rivets, and...