Local CAP gets close look at military carrier, aircraft

Local

CAP gets close look at military carrier, aircraft

Ten cadets

and three senior members of the Peachtree City Civil Air Patrol were recently

treated to flights on an Air Force C-17 Globemaster jet.

Members of

the CAP squadron flew in the Air Force Base, South Carolina. Every member

got to ride in the cockpit, sitting in inspectors' seats right behind

the pilots.

Cadets in the

group were Athena Anderson of Fayetteville, Jacob Breedlove of Whitesburg,

Warren Deeds of Sharpsburg, Richard Gosch of Newnan, David Hunter of Sharpsburg,

Brett Matchceck of Peachtree City, Stephanie

Patterson of

Fayetteville, John Waters of Peachtree City, Ben Willis of Sharpsburg

and Joshua Hawkins of Fayetteville.

Squadron senior

member escorts were Lt. Col. Phil Bowden of Locust Grove, and senior members

Mike Jones of Stockbridge and Teresa Patterson of Fayetteville.

In Charleston

for the weekend, the CAP members spent half a day climbing all over the

aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, which saw service from 1943 to 1970, and

which is now a floating naval museum. The group also took a bus tour of

The Citadel, the military academy of the South, and later enjoyed walking

around the historic Charleston city center.

Civil Air Patrol

is the all volunteer auxiliary of the U. S. Air Force. Prospective cadets

are eligible to join when they reach the sixth grade or age 11. The Peachtree

City Falcon Field Composite Squadron meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at

McIntosh High School in Peachtree City.

Interested

young people and adults are invited to visit anytime.