By Alex | AuxBeacon News Contributor
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It appears plane crashes by elderly CAP pilots are the frequent norm in the Civil Air Patrol. See link… [redacted]
Alex
HILLSBOROUGH — A small single-engine [Civil Air Patrol] plane being used for a flight lesson hit a tree on landing and flipped over onto its roof at Central Jersey Airport Tuesday afternoon, in the second crash at the airport within the past week, according to police.
The left wing of the [Civil Air Patrol] Cessna 172 struck a tree as it came in for a landing around 4:15 at the airport off Millstone River Road, according to Hillsborough police. Student [CAP] pilot James Finley, 70, of Hopatcong refused medical treatment after the crash while [CAP] instructor Lorraine Derby, 73, was treated and released from RWJ Somerset Hospital.
New Jersey 101.5 chief meteorologist Dan Zarrow said the wind was light at the time of the crash at 7 MPH.
The plane is registered to “National Headquarters” based at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, according to a check of the plane’s number in the FAA database. “Civil Air Patrol” was written on the plane’s rudder.
A [Civil Air Patrol] Cessna 172 veered off the runway after landing on November 18 with no injuries to the pilot and passenger on board.
Seems like one CAP plane crash/scandal after another with no accountability or oversight from Congress or the Air Force. Molestation’s and sex scandals. On and on. My own confidence in the CAP is very, very low.
Why does Congress keep them around? Is it a Barry Seal recruitment school for the “high” and mighty?
THE CAP should be permanently grounded.
As they have for nearly eighty years. You can’t fix stupid.