North Carolina Unit Trains 20 in Mountain Flying
August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news:
By Maj. Clint Parker
The art of aerial searching above mountainous terrain was the focus when the North Carolina Wing's Asheville Composite Squadron held its 13th Mountain Fury Clinic recently.
Civil Air Patrol planes typically search from an altitude of 1,000 feet above ground level, so mountains can prove to be a challenge -- not only because of the variations . . .
By Maj. Clint Parker
The art of aerial searching above mountainous terrain was the focus when the North Carolina Wing's Asheville Composite Squadron held its 13th Mountain Fury Clinic recently.
Civil Air Patrol planes typically search from an altitude of 1,000 feet above ground level, so mountains can prove to be a challenge -- not only because of the variations . . .