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Throttle Throttle Monthly e-newsletter of Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302, Arizona Wing, Civil Air PatrolDeer Valley Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
Capt. Les Manser, Squadron Commander Vol. 3 No. 7 — July 2009
Civil Air Patrol: More Than Meets The Skies Semper Vigilans (Always Vigilant)Civil Air Patrol: More Than Meets The Skies Semper Vigilans (Always Vigilant)
InsideInside Full Throttle Full Throttle
• DVT safety 6 • Open house 9
• Promotions 9
See the Quarterly Training Schedule (QTS) for up- coming events and contact information plus http://
azwg.us for the Civil Air Patrol’s Arizona Wing calen- dar. Be sure to visit the squadron’s Web site at
www.squadron302.org.
O OO O utlining his vision for the unit, Deer
Valley Composite Squadron’s new
commander seeks to carry on the momentumof his predecessor but also demonstrate meas-
urable results that underscore the squadron’s
top-level ranking within the Arizona Wing of
the Civil Air Patrol (CAP).Capt. Les Manser credits Lt. Col. Chas Bu-
chanan for a resurgence of the squadron’s cadet
(Continued on page 2)
New commander Capt. Les Manser pauses between flights to map out the squadron’s direction.
Manser seeks measurable results
• EO training 2
• Mission pictorial 4
• Moon landing 5
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… Manser aims to sustain momentum
Full Throttle Full Throttle Full Throttle is the monthly e-newsletter for
officers, cadets and friends of Deer Valley Com-posite Squadron 302, Arizona Wing, Civil Air Pa-trol. Its mission is to bolster communication withand among officers and cadets, enhance aware-ness of squadron activities, and share news andinformation about the squadron and its person-nel. In addition, the newsletter also can beviewed under the “News” link on the squadron’sWeb site at www.squadron302.org.
Story submissions should be forwarded by the15th of the month preceding publication to Capt.Jerry Porter, squadron public-affairs officer, [email protected].
To guarantee receipt of the newsletter, readersshould ensure their e-mail addresses and othercontact information remain currentboth with the squadron andnational e-services atwww.capnhq.gov.
Vol. 3, No. 7 July 2009
Capt. Les Manser, commander of Deer Valley Com-
posite Squadron 302, inspects an aircraft.
(Continued from page 1)program with more involvement from senior
members plus growing depth in emergency ser-
vices and aerospace education. He notes the ca-dets are good at running their own program but
needed and continue to benefit from more adult
leadership.“I want to sustain that momentum but also
address the quality aspects and identify the bot-
tlenecks and barriers to membership involve-ment and excellence in performance,” says Capt.
Manser, who is employed as a certified quality
auditor who routinely uses data to monitor qual-ity results. He notes the squadron’s membership-
application process in the past could take severalmonths to complete but has been reduced to asfew as two weeks - a measurable result.
Likewise, he says new squadron members are
completing Level I training in as few as two
weeks and usually within a month, heighteningthe likelihood of their satisfaction and continued
(Continued on page 3)
New training requirement
aims at equal opportunity
C CC C ivil Air Patrol (CAP) National Head-
quarters has issued a new requirement
for all members to complete Equal Opportu-
nity Training as part of Level I require-
ments.Training materials can be found by going to
gocivilairpatrol.com, clicking on “Members,”
“CAP University,” then “Level I (foundations)”and “4. Equal Opportunity.” The training gener-
ally requires no more than 15 minutes to com-plete.
Capt. Les Manser, commander of Deer Val-
ley Composite Squadron 302, requests all
squadron members to address this trainingpromptly so the unit can record 100-percent
compliance with this new national requirement.
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… Manser: No. 1 rank backed by data (Continued from page 2)involvement with CAP and the squad-ron - also a measurable result.
“When we say Deer Valley Com-posite Squadron 302 has the No. 1ranking in the Arizona Wing - which
we do - we want to back up that state-
ment with data and statistics,” the com-mander says. “For example, we lead
the wing in flight hours for the fiscal
year and can confirm that fact with
data. We’ve already passed CAP’s an-nual requirement of 200 flights hours
with three months to spare in the fiscal
year. To measure is to know so we canlay out the facts.”
He also is pleased the squadron has
grown to include 10 CAP pilots - a 50-percent increase in the past year - and
three more are nearing their qualifications. Over-
all, the squadron is approaching the 100-member
level after having dipped by approximately twodozen members more than a year ago.
Capt. Manser says he is assessing the squad-
ron’s status and future direction and plans to
have measurable goals for implementation bythe start of the new fiscal year in October. As
part of those goals, he wants to ensure CAPmembership remains enjoyable and the camara-
derie within the squadron continues to build. The
commander also says he feels “a sense or ur-gency for people to be recognized for what they
do achieve and can achieve.”
Accordingly, personal goals by the member-
ship are an important part of the squadron’s fu-ture direction, and Capt. Manser plans to lead by
example by completing requirements to becomea CAP mission pilot. He notes, “Squadron com-mand was not part of my personal goals for an-
other three years” so he could continue to build
his expertise in in a variety of areas. Yet, servicecomes before self, he says, and he “is always
willing to make a difference.”
Demonstrating that desire, the decorated for-
mer U.S. Air Force captain has
been a workhorse for the
squadron since joining the unitin May 2007. Capt. Manser
has served the squadron as op-
erations officer, aerospace edu-
cation officer for seniors, aircraft maintenanceofficer, testing-control officer, inspector general
(IG) complaint officer and web security adminis-trator.
In addition, he serves at the wing level as an
IG inspector and cadet orientation-flight admin-istrator and was the wing project officer for the
U.S. Air Force-CAP Compliance Inspection ear-
lier this year.
Capt. Manser plans to pass some of those du-ties to other officers so they, too, can grow in
service. He will be looking for “professional vol-unteers who practice excellence” to serve in dutyassignments at all levels within the squadron.
“Persistence in the key,” he says. “That’s the
quality manager side of me. Little actions everyday make big improvements over time. I drive
myself to improve continually, and I hope it rubs
off on others.”
Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302 leads the Arizona Wing
in flight hours, having surpassed the CAP annual requirement
of 200 hours with three months remaining in the fiscal year.
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Overflying Arizona
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D DD D
uring June’s Arizona
Wing operational ex-ercise (OPEX), Deer Valley
Composite Squadron 302 members Lt. Col. Ken
Ramage (left), pilot in com-
mand, and Senior Member
Hank Polakowski (belowleft), scanner trainee, overfly
mining operations (middle
left) outside Bagdad, Ariz., and the nearby Alamo Lake
Dam. The blurred shadow of the squadron’s airplane(bottom right) glides along
the ground.
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Remembering ‘one small step’Remembering ‘one small step’ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Moon landing four decades agoMoon landing four decades ago
fulfilled ‘the greatest adventure’fulfilled ‘the greatest adventure’
J JJ J uly 20 marks the 40th anniversary of the fulfillment of
what President John F. Kennedy envisioned would be
“the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on
which mankind has ever embarked” - the quest to land humans
on the moon. Lifting off on July 16, 1969, atop a 363-foot-high Saturn V rocket,
Apollo XI astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Ph.D.,
and Michael Collins arrived in lunar orbit threedays later. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin
boarded the Eagle landing craft for their descentto the lunar surface. They touched down at Tran-
quility Base with only seconds of fuel remainingbecause they had to search for a landing site after
discovering their target spot was strewn with
boulders.Then came Armstrong’s message: “Houston,
Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
Within hours, Armstrong left the first impres-sion of a boot print on the surface of another
world with the statement, “That’s one small step
for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.”The crew returned
to earth on July 24
but remained in
quarantine for threeweeks in the event
they brought back
unknown lunar mi-crobes.
On Aug. 13,
1969, the nationcelebrated with pa-
rades featuring the
crew in New York,
Chicago and LosAngeles.
That small step
indeed was a giantleap.
Apollo XI crew (from left) Neil Armonstrong, Mi-
chael Collins and Edwin Aldrin prior to launch.
Below: Collins, Armstrong and Aldrin commemo-
rate the 30th anniversary of their flight in 1999.
Buzz Aldrin on the moon.
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Safety first
Safety awareness includes DVT, too by Maj. Tim Beckwith
Squadron Safety Officer
T TT T his communication emphasizes the importance of four mindsets:
Be informed, be alert, be attentive and be safe. That includes op-
erating in and out of our home Deer Valley Airport (DVT). Here’s why: Be informed: In mid-February of this year, I counted 14 aircraft lined up
to take off at DVT runway 7R in mid-afternoon! Five other aircraft were in
the pattern to land. The north traffic pattern also was full. Controllers seemto do an excellent job issuing staccato directions and clearances and keeping
sense of this beehive of activity. I don’t think they could do a better job than
they do with this workload.Several times a day this traffic volume happens. Adding to this is one of
the two major flight schools has many students with marginal English lan-guage skills, so communication is made more difficult. Also, most of thepilots are trainees, so much attention is directed to learning flight skills.
While this includes communication and situational awareness, these facets have to suffer because of
the entire process being new or nearly new to the student pilots. Many have flight instructors with
them, but they, too, are deeplyinvolved in educational efforts.
Be alert: Most of the time,
thankfully, DVT traffic is notthis intense. When it is, how-
ever, this is your signal to be at
your best for situational aware-ness, listening, clear and effi-
cient communication, and keep-
ing a sterile cockpit to help youand your crew stay focused on
this heightened risk. One alter-
native would be to shut down
on the ramp for 10 minutes orso to allow the logjam to clear
or at least lessen to more toler-
able levels. Be attentive: Capt. Bill Rogers, the Arizona Wing’s standardization and evaluation officer and
one of our own at Deer Valley Composite Squadron 302, forwarded the FAA incidents report on the
next page. It lists daytime runway transgressions at DVT during a recent four-month period whenpilots have not followed their clearances. This is a No. 1 threat to everyone’s safety. Ask yourself
about the cause for each incident – how could it have happened?
I come away with the pilot not focusing on what he was cleared to do, either because he thought he
heard something other than what was told to him or he heard but then did something different by not
(Continued on page 7)
Maj. Tim Beckwith
Approach and takeoff from Deer Valley Airport requires flight crews to
exercise operation risk management and the utmost attention to safety.
Runway 7L Runway 7RRunway 7L Runway 7R
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… Be informed, alert, attentive, safe(Continued from page 6)focusing on what was instructed. What causedthe lack of focus? Landing on the wrong parallel
runway or crossing the runway in the face of traffic on the runway - even though the pilot ac-knowledges the instructions - is hazardous to
everyone’s health!
The traffic pattern is a high task and high-risk involvement under normal circumstances. That
increases considerably when the volume of air-
craft movements is high. We fly in the traffic
pattern every time we fly, so even though it ismight be busy, we have habits and reactions that
fit the repeated use of the radio and our aircraft
movements. One moment of inattentiveness, orlack of focus to do what you hear and acknowl-
edge, can result in these problems. It isn’t the
embarrassment of the error (and you’ll be calledto task for it by the FAA), it is the threat to you
well being and that of your passengers and the
crew of other aircraft that is important.
Be safe: The best way to combat this risk is topay attention and focus. Don’t let any of these
incidents happen to you. Safety is compromised
if you do not guard against this.
We’ve talked at our meetings about ORM,
CRM, situ-
ational aware-ness, communi-
cations, effec-tive radio usage,all leading to
doing a better
job staying safe.You have to do
it and so does
the other guy.
But if the otherguy, not you, is
the one goofing
up, then you have to manage the increased risk he has caused, let alone you doing your job cor-
rectly.
So even when cleared to take the active run-way, for example, look for traffic on final. It’s
your responsibility, and controllers are human,
too. Capt. Rogers did so about six months ago
and found a Cessna in his windscreen on shortfinal as he was cleared to enter the runway!
Let’s learn from the mistakes of others.
Read on, watch out and avoid being added to
the list:
DVT Runway Incursion Data( FY 2009 through Jan. 23, 2009)
Incident Type Severity Report Date RI/SI Category Category Narrative
10-02-08 RI PD D
11-3-08 RI PD D
11-11-08 RI PD D
A long EZE (experimental was instructed to enter left downwind
for Runway 7L and to contact North Local Control. The aircraft is
subsequently cleared to land Runway 7L, which pilot read back
correctly. The aircraft then lands Runway 7R without clearance. No
conflicts reported.
A YAKOVLEV YK52 (experimental) crossed Runway 7L at B5
without clearance. No conflicts reported.
A Cessna C182 called ACTC stating he was at C@ and ready for
takeoff. ACTC instructed the C182 to hold short of Runway 7R,
which pilot read back correctly. Subsequently, the C182 entered 7R
and held on the runway without clearance. No conflicts reported.
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DVT Runway Incursion Data (cont). ( FY 2009 through Jan. 23, 2009)
Incident Type Severity Report
Date RI/SI Category Category Narrative11-14-08 RI PD C
11-16-08 SI PD SI
11-17-08 RI PD C
12-18-08 SI V/PD SI
1-7-09 SI PD SI
1-18-09 RI PD Pending
A Mooney MO20P was issued left traffic for Runway 7L. When
Local Control North (LCN) observed the MO20P turning base to
final for 7L and after clearing an aircraft to depart, cleared the
MO20P to land Runway 7L. The MO20P pilot questioned 7R and
LCN responded, negative Runway 7L. The MO20P landed 7R
without clearance with a Piper PA28A on departure same runway.
The MO20P was flaring out to touch down and the PA28A was
approximately 1,500 feet ahead and airborne.
A Cirrus SR22 crossed Taxiway Bravo on Bravo 5 without clear-
ance. No conflicts reported
A Piper PA28A, landed Runway7L, exited at Taxiway B9 and was
instructed to taxi via B-9, hold short Runway 7R. The PA28A pilot
read back the hold short instructions but crossed the hold lines prior
to stopping as a Cessna C172 was landing Runway 7R. The C172
touched down abeam Taxiway C-3 and reached taxi speed approxi-
mately 3,200 feet from B-9. The C172 was instructed to exit 7R via
C-6, the most expeditious route to the ramp.
Local Control North (LCN) observed a vehicle southbound on
Taxiway 3 between B3 and A3 without authorization or communi-
cations with ATCT. The vehicle turned around, proceeded
northbound then exited the taxiway via a taxi lane which crosses
the airport perimeter road. No conflicts reported. Airport authority
official intercepted the vehicle on the perimeter road.
A AERO SPEC 2150 (experimental) landed Runway 7R and exited
at Taxiway C5. Subsequently, the AERO SPEC 2150 entered Taxi-
way C eastbound without clearance. Opposite direction outbound
traffic on C was stopped to ensure separation on C. Proximity not
reported.
A (flight school aircraft) Piper PA28A, after landing Runway 7L
and exiting right at intersection B9, was instructed by Local Control
North (LCN) to contact Ground Control (GC). GC instructed the
PA28A to hold short of Runway 7R, which pilot read back cor-
rectly. A Beech BE36 exited Runway 7R at C6, and a Piper PA28A
was cleared for takeoff on Runway 7R (between C2 and C3). GC
instructed the BE36 to cross Taxiway C and taxi to parking via the
ramp. The read back was garbled. The PA28, holding short of 7R atB9, took the instructions given the BE36 and entered Runway 7R at
B9 without clearance and conflicted with the PA28A departing 7R.
The departing PA28A was already airborne having rotated between
Taxiway C6 and C7 and flew over the taxiing PA28A by 100 feet
AGL. Distance from C6 to C9/B9 is 1,600 feet horizontal.
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C CC C ongratulations go to these Deer Valley Composite Squadron cadets who recently earned
advancements in grade:
To Cadet Master Sergeant: Zachary Dieman
To Cadet Technical Sergeant: Tanner Matheny
To Cadet Airman: Sebastian Shehi
“It’s never too late to be“It’s never too late to be
who you might have been.” who you might have been.”
—— George Eliot (1819George Eliot (1819--1880)1880)
English novelistEnglish novelist
Three squadron cadets advance in grade
StudyStudy TestTest
P P romote romote
Squadron hosts open houseSquadron hosts open house
More than two dozen parents and guests were introduced to Deer Valley Squadron 302 during an open
house on Monday, June 29, at Deer Valley Airport. Officers and cadets made presentation about squadron
activities and training. (Photos by Senior Member Lee Fala)