[Scan-DC] CAP aircraft

[Jim Dunn]

All the information about the Civil Aip Patrol,
including history,  can be found at www.cap.gov


--- Chas Armstrong <armstrong.c at verizon.net> wrote:

> I don't know about the Tyson's area, but the CAP
> flies regular patrols along
> Rt. 50 between Annapolis and I think Easton - mostly
> to monitor Bay Bridge
> traffic on weekends in the summertime.  The USCG Aux
> has an air flotilla
> based at Gaithersburg that flies Bay patrols among
> other missions.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of Steve Rigby
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 11:34 AM
> To: Scan-DC
> Subject: [Scan-DC] CAP aircraft
> 
> 
>    I was reading in the newspaper a few weeks ago
> about the Civil Air 
> Patrol going into high gear for some reason, mostly
> vague.  The article 
> mentioned that during World War II the CAP was used
> to patrol and look 
> out for enemy activity off our coast, which I am
> left to suppose was 
> intended to serve as a suggested rationale for this
> new increase of CAP 
> activity.
> 
>    Since reading that article, I have taken note of
> the high number of 
> single engine aircraft that are cruising the skies,
> at least around 
> where I live, near Tyson's Corner.  These are flying
> at low altitudes, 
> about the same as used by traffic aircraft, and
> these craft are 
> abundant, at least compared to any recollections I
> have of small craft 
> activity over the years I have resided in these
> parts.
> 
>    Does anyone know of the real purpose of all these
> flights other than 
> to burn fuel, make noise and log lots of flight
> time?  Are they really 
> searching for "enemy" activity, and how would they
> know it if they saw 
> it?
> 
>    Any knowledge of frequencies they are using for
> CAP to CAP comms?
> 
>    Steve
> 
> 
> 
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