Where Civil Air Patrol Once Prepared for War, They Now Help to Prepare Young People for Life
Capt. John Banks and 2nd Lt. Diana Layton of the Civil Air Patrol show a glider that directly supervised teenage cadets can fly up to 2,000 feet above the ground. By Stephen Smoot “The sky is not the limit. It’s just the beginning.” This was said by a man who grew up in a town called Myra, whose streetscape borders the Mud River in Lincoln County. As an adult, he shot down 11.5 enemy aircraft in Europe. Then after the...
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