07 December 2008

Civil Air Patrol keeps on flying

Civil Air Patrol volunteers Gary Hewett and Gary Schroeder love their job, even if it does sometimes make them sick.

From 1,000 feet above the ground, spotting a white pickup in the middle of a snow-covered forest is tough duty. It’s even tougher to do it while fighting off nausea in the tiny cockpit of a Civil Air Patrol plane that is making lots of twists and turns in a low-level search pattern. For an extra challenge, throw in some air turbulence while tracking GPS coordinates and taking notes on a clipboard.

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