California Wing - Mar 2006

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The Official Magazine of California Wing Civil Air Patrol

Plus:

Rough Air Over Riverside

Altoids-Can Engineering Puts

DFing in a Shirt Pocket

Cessna 182Ts Land in NorCal

Handling Electrified

Emergencies

Dark PassagesCalifornias Most Perilous Air Routes

Spring2006

10 Tips for SurvivingSummer EncampmentCAWG Cadets Speak Out of School

Into the Mystic SlipstreamThe Late Col. Don Towse Let His Soul and Spirit Fly

And Left Us a Lovely Memoir


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Dark Passages

LOS ANGELESHeading hometo Palm Springs through theBanning Pass before sunset in lateMarch, Maj. Roy Hofheinz

looked up from his car andaspilots will imagined being upthere, in the air, and felt damnedglad he wasnt. Storming,windy, visibility was lowmiser-able, he recalls. It was as if Idhit a wall of weather.

Minutes later, in what wouldbe a fateful hour for two men fly-

The Tehachapi Triangle. The Kearsarge Pass Trap. CaliforniasMost Perilous Air Routes Claim Lives Enough for Legend.

Search-and-Rescue Pilots TalkFatal-Crash Sitesand How to Avoid Them.

By Capt. Greg Solman, Eagle Call Editor

ing overhead just then, a ceruleanblast hit Hofheinz coming out ofthe pass at Cabazon. The skiesopened up. There were high

clouds. It was desert-dry. Youcould see it hadnt rained all day.All the ominous weather, itseemed, had headed off air trafficat the Pass as if to take downplanes.

Later that evening, Hofheinzand Capt. Frank Tullo, seasonedCivil Air Patrol mission pilots

from Palm Springs CompositeSquadron 11, were on a weather-delayed alert with the rest ofsouthern California Wing for a

factory-fresh Cessna 208B thathad dropped off radar and hadapparently crashed. Last-knownposition: Banning Pass.

According to the preliminaryinvestigation of the NationalTransportation Safety Board(NTSB), the Caravan departedJacqueline Cochran Regional inThermal and headed for Ontario.The passengerstwo top-ratedpilots, including a man dear to

many in the Wing, Rick Voorhis,founder of Van Nuys FlightCenterfiled an instrumentflight rules (IFR) plan, but neveractivated it. Theyd picked up anAIRMET (airmans meteoro-logical information notice) atRiverside for moderate rime ice.

The pilot, Steve ONeill, toldPalm Springs Terminal Radar

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Approach Control that theyd flyto the Banning Pass under visualflight rules then pick up their IFRthere. Southern California Termi-nal Radar Approach Control tookthe handoff, picked up theCaravans blip at 8,500 feet, 10

miles north of Banning, thenquickly told them they were head-ing for trouble. Do you have theterrain in sight? asked the con-troller. Eight Whisky Echo,were maneuvering away fromthe terrain right now, came thereply.

Those were the last wordsheard. Radar tracked the planemaking a climbing right-handturn into rising terrain. Witnesseson the scene, turning tragedy topoetry, said that minutes after theplane plummeted before theireyes, the rain became snow.

This illustrates the problemflying in California in the wintertime, says Hofheinz, an articu-late Rhodes Scholar and retiredHarvard professor. Icing, ruggedterrain, traps you can get stuck in,box canyons. And communica-

tions in that area has never beenperfect. You have a gap aroundthe Whitewater Canyon, so theylike to send you [visual flight

rules] VFR until you get thehandoffBanning is notoriousfor sucking in airplanes. Theremust be 20 or 30 crashes on thesides of those mountains.

Theres high terrain on bothsides and heavy winds, ferocious

winds, and bad weather, echoesTullo, who survived having hisF-105 shot down over Hanoi andhas no plans of buying it overBanning. Palm Springs could beabsolutely perfect, but all the

Continued . . .

San Gorgonio at the Banning

Cloud cover obscures the

Cajon Pass

In this crash near Palm

Springs the aircraft just

missed the ridgeline.

The forebidding Kearsarge


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weather moving west to eastbacks up in the pass, kind of like afunnel between San Gorgonio andSan Jacinto mountains, and yousee this curtain.

Two weeks later, Hofheinzand Tullo retraced the path of thefatal flight. There was no terrainin front of them. Did they enter astall spin? Hofheinz speculates.They might have had cata-strophic engine failure. Or had

they gotten so disoriented by theweather, they yanked the yokearound in a sharp turn andinduced an accelerated spin? Wemay never know.

Morbid curiosity had nothingto do with their flight reenact-ment. Serious mission pilots both,Hofheinz and Tullo had flownmany a search-and-rescue in thatarea, and flying with Maj. BruceMarble last October, earned a

Distress Find for spotting aLancair crashed six miles north ofWarner Springs east-southeast ofMount Palomar, a spoke off theJulian VOR, a notorious radial.

A San Diego-area news-paper reported a few years agothat Julian VOR, the main routefrom San Diego County to any-where east, is one of the most

dangerous areas in nation, saysCapt. Bob Keilholtz, CaliforniaWing Director of EmergencyServices, whos run countlessmissing-aircraft missions as anIncident Commander. Statisti-cally, there are a significantamount of accidents from planesicing up going over the Sierras.

weather up north tells pilots tojust stay put. Here theyll start outwith visibility for ten miles andend up in trouble.

The higher mountains are inthe central and northern parts ofthe state, reckons Maj. Jim

Porter, California Wing ViceCommander and experiencedmission pilot. Pilots up north getsocked in. They know they cantget 12,000 feet to cross the moun-tains at 10,000. Down south youcan slide over 6,000 foot moun-tains at 8,000.

And thats the deadly tempta-tion, pilots say. Lt. Col. RonButts, a Vietnam Black Worldjet-jock who now flies low andslow as the Deputy Director ofOperations for California Wing,says Banning and Gorman Passtend to attract airplanes like amagnet. He, too, subscribes tothe risk-taking mindset theory.

I think I can make it.Thats the opening line of thedisaster, says Butts with wearysolemnity, just a few days afterthe crash that killed Voorhis and

ONeill. I dont understandpilots. They fly in low visibilityand pick their way through thecloudsVFR pilots flying in IFRconditions: Thats the report on90 percent of accidents.

And on two recent ones, saysMaj. Chuck Frank, Wing Directorof Counterdrug Operations and aSAR mission pilot who flies out

Continued . . .

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Dark PassagesContinued . . .

But when they depart SanDiego, home of some the worldsbest weather, everything seemsfine, Keilholtz figures, attributingthe accidents as much to psychol-ogy as topography. Around SanDiego, even suspecting badweather, people will fly,Keilholtz says. All the extreme

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of San Jose Senior Squadron 80.The pilots in each case weretrying to get somewhere by skud-running, trying to find openings

in dense cloud cover to avoid IFRconditions, Frank figures. Theymade poor judgment calls.

By FAA definition, Franksays, it is all mountainous ter-rain in the high Sierras. And haz-ards can include the sort of stulti-fying, disorienting darknessFlorida pilots report flying overthe Everglades. Frank recalls acrash on a mountain nearStonyford when a plane was fly-ing from Chico to Ukiah duringmoonless night flight operations,as the NTSB report put it. A PiperAerostar 601P pilot was descend-ing from 6,700 feet and requestedflight following and a vector tothe airport. Air Route TrafficControl Center recommended aheading. He thought he had aGPS direct situation, Frank sur-mises. He programmed the

direction and sat back, fat dumband happy. No low-altitude alertwas issued, even though themaximum elevation in the area is7,400 feet. The pilot was flying inVFR conditions, yet completelyblind. He crashed at 6,700 feet,missing the clearing of the crestby 50.

Butts, Keilholtz, and Lt. Col.Steve Asche, California WingDirector of Operations, separately

recite a chilling litany of Califor-nia crash sites. Banning Pass onroute to Phoenix. The splatter sur-rounding Big Bear. Far south,Keilholtz sketches a Pauma Val-ley Triangle: Escondido to thesouth and Pauma Valley to theeast, with the vertex stretching up6,126 feet to the peak of Mount

However predictable, the prevalence of crashes in sparsely popu-lated and remote areas of the state poses a challenge to search-and-rescue efforts there, says Maj. Jim Porter, California Wings DeputyCommander, especially with respect to the deployment of CAPresources. I think were in pretty good shape by situating the aircraftboth around the pilot base and somewhat geographically, he says, tomake sure we have aircrafts and crews in reasonable striking distance todifferent parts of the state.

Porter acknowledges that even though pilot concentration drivesdeployment, the Wing benefits from lucky coincidence. The greaterconcentration of both mission pilots and mission activity is in southernCalifornia, he says. For obvious reasons (more pilots means moreaccidents) they mirror each other.

Still aircraft deployment can only be cheated so much to align withhistorical precedence of fatal crashes, Porter says. You need a unit at an

airport that is capable of having an airplane, and pilots to fly it. Thatleaves holes.These days, one hole bottoms out at Bishop. There is no Civil Air

Patrol in Bishop anymore, so the center part of the Owens Valley iswithout coverage, Porter says. CAP is also pretty thin far north,along the Oregon border to Lassen, but so is air traffic. The vast but byno means un-traveled territory north of Central Valley Group 6, south ofNorCal Group 5, and west of Central Coast Group 4, remains worri-some. And Palm Springs Composite Squadron 11, as the single unithandling the eastern part of San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperialcounties, leaves that whole part of the state uncovered, Porter admits.There are incidents in those areas. We dont have the personnel to

support units there.All we can do, Porter concludes, is launch from a distance.

Continued . . .

OK, We Know Where They Crash.Now Where Do We Put Our Planes?

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Palomar. Moving north, the TejonPass and Gorman Pass, from theL.A. basin to the chronicallyfoggy Grapevine and on to thecentral Valley. The Cajon Pass,often mistaken by pilots for aroute farther west into Palmdaleand Agua Dulce, slaps pilots withunexpected winds. Fresno to theOwens Valley over Kings Can-yon. Asche warns of a TehachapiTriangle from Frazier Park andthe Gorman Pass in the south-west, Lake Isabella to the north,

and southwest to Mojave, withlonely Highway 58 cuttingthrough.

Back in the 60s and 70s Iperformed three to four searches ayear out of Bakersfield alone,says Asche, a 30-year veteranpilot. I have documented around80 crashes in this area alone, andIm only counting those that aredocumented. (And if a StealthF-117A Nighthawk was to have

crashed there on maneuversandhes not saying one did, mindyoutheres a limited publicpaper trail, and typically no CAPsearch.)

Deadly wind shears andstorms have been the culprit,Asche figures, some 80 percent ofthe time. The triangle is knownfor extreme turbulence and strong

up and down drafts. Even in clearweather you can hit a downdraftand cant pull out. The plane justdrops. Pilots increase power andpitch to no avail. They run out ofairspeed, then altitude, end upstalling, and spiral to earth.Some of these pilots have a falsesense that a downdraft is tempo-rary, Asche theorizes. Theydont want to climb to 7,000 or8,000 feet, so they have no alti-tude to work with. It can happenin seconds. He would knowithappened to him: The draftsmacked the aircraft from 7,500 to2,000 feet in a matter of seconds.

The Kearsarge Passjustnorth of the juncture of the Inyo,Tulare and Fresno county lines,northeast of the Great WesternDivideis the stuff of pilot-

pioneer legend. Above Indepen-dence, it is the lowest pass and themost direct route over the Sier-ras, explains Keilholtz. But itsa false pass. Or, rather, it pre-sents the illusion of a clear open-ing thats a literal dead end near a

suspiciously small pass that is infact the way through. The rightpass looks wrong; the wrong passlooks right. The confusion isoften tragic.

Think youre out of the woodswhen flying around cities? Toughterrain meets tight traffic in areassurrounding San Francisco andLos Angeles international air-ports, for example. And the prob-lem of Class Bravo negotiationrelates as much to the air trafficitself as pilots attempts to avoidit. Class B airspace tends to con-centrate general aviation traffic atthe [altitude] limits and edges,explains Capt. John Joyce, a pilotwith Clover Field CompositeSquadron 51, Santa Monica, whoflew for United Airlines for morethan 35 years. Thats a mid-aircollision hazard. The caution

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I am writing this column onpossibly the coldest weekend ofthe winter. There is a storm ragingoutside, the temperature is nearfreezing, and I am more thanready for warm weather. Youshould be receiving this EagleCall in late spring, so lets thinkabout summer. Theres a lot tolook forward to.

The first summer activity willbe an important one. The AirForce is scheduled to monitor ourSearch-and-Rescue Exercise onJune 2-4. During odd-numberedyears the Air Force evaluates ourperformance during the SAREX.They watch and grade what wedo. During even-numbered years

the SAREX is designed as a train-ing vehicle for our members. TheAir Force monitors how we doand offers helpful suggestions.This year the main base will beCable Airport in Upland. Therewill be subordinate bases in thecentral and north. The goal is totrain, upgrade and renew Emer-gency Services specialty ratings.To that end, we will assign quali-fied ES personnel in all positions

available to mentor membersseeking new ratings. This is agreat opportunity for us to traintogether - pilots, communicators,safety officers, planning sectionchiefs, IC trainees, etc. The simu-lated-emergency scenario -though it is subject to change -should be oriented more towarddisaster relief and homeland Continued . . .

security duties than typicalsearch-and-rescue. For ex-ample, we expect to send offmany planes to photograph tar-gets of interest.

For twelve days in June (17-28), California Wing will host aNational Sailplane Flight Acad-emy at Los Alamitos. Twentycadets are scheduled to attend forboth ground school and flighttraining. Cadets will have theopportunity to experience bothaero- and winch tows. Col. EdLewis will be the director. Manytow pilots, CFIGs and cadet pro-gram officers will work togetherto make this a meaningful trainingactivity for the cadets.

The Wing is also hostingforeign cadets from Hong Kong,Canada and the United Kingdomas part of the International AirCadet Exchange this summer.Captain Alan McGavin, theproject officer, is busy planningeducational and fun activities.Local cadets will be invited tomeet and mix with our visitors.

Forty-six of our Wings cadetsand about a dozen senior mem-

bers applied for National SpecialActivities over the summer. Sev-eral cadets will attend CadetOfficer School at Maxwell AFB.Blue Beret, held in conjunctionwith AOPA Oshkosh, will boastof CAWG cadets and seniors thisyear. CAWG members are alsoslated to attend: Air Force SpaceCommand at Peterson AFB; the

Engineer Technologies Academy;

the Aircraft Manufacturing &Maintenance Academy at theCessna factory; Honor GuardAcademy; IACE; and both powerand sailplane flight academies.We also have members attendingthe Pacific Region GSAR Schoolat Fort Lewis, Wash.

All Wing cadets are invited toa t t end the CAWG summerEncampment, August 5-12 atCamp San Luis Obispo. The

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mander, Maj. Gen. Pineda, haslowered the cost this year to $95,including the Saturday banquet.Members may also attend and

observe the business portion only,held on Thursday, when CAP willelect a new national vice com-mander. On Friday, seminars fol-low a general assembly. Last yearover 60 different seminars wereoffered. Saturday begins with anawards assembly, moves to semi-nars, and concludes with theevening banquet.

If you have not been to anational conference I urge you toattend, as this is your chance tomeet CAPs leaders and ask ques-tions. Every year I come awaybetter informed, encouragedabout CAPs vi tal role, andrefreshed from socializing withother CAP members. CAP hassome of the very best people. Iadmire what is accomplishedwhen we all work together.

As if that werent enough,

theres more. Group 6 is organiz-ing a trip to Catalina. First Aidclasses will be offered. Squadronswill hold bivouacs, and Groupswill hold SAREXs. There will beair shows throughout California.Expect a Basic Cadet School, sev-eral Level 1 classes, and commu-nications courses. And all thisopportunity happens against thebackdrop of CAPs ongoingemergency services, from our

extraordinary work at Imperial toroutine ELT missions.

I dont think anyone can com-plain about having nothing to dothis summer. The problem israther having so much to choosefrom. All members should have achance to participate in areas thatinterest them. Check the Califor-nia Wing calendar on our website,

Cadets will be instructed oneverything from aerospace toshoe-shining and barracks main-tenance. An advanced training

squadron accommodates cadetsattending encampment for asecond time. Senior members areencouraged to apply to help atHQ, drive vans, and serve astactical officers. The event endswith a public graduation paradescheduled for 1000 hours onSaturday, August 12.

Senior members also havetraining opportunities ahead,north and south. A Check PilotSchool and FIRC is scheduled forJune 10-11 in Sacramento. ASquadron Leadership School(SLS) is slated for July 22-23 atCal State Dominguez Hills. Thissummer, we are hoping to offer aTraining Leaders of Cadets(TLC) class at the SLS. This is anew class developed by CAPsNational Headquarters to trainsenior members who want to

learn about working with cadets.The premier training activityfo r s e n i o r m e m b e r s i s t h eNational Staff College, held thisyear at Maxwell AFB. The schoolis limited to majors and above anddeals with upper-level manage-ment theory. Students get achance to interact with our CAPsenior leadership, NHQ staff, andsome Air University faculty. Thedirector this year is Lt. Col. Peggy

Myrick. This school provides agreat opportunity to learn howCAP works at the national level,improve ones leadership skillsand meet CAP members fromevery region. Besides that, its fun.

All CAP members are invitedto attend the summer NationalBoard meeting in Reno, Nev.,August 10-12. Our national Com-

Suddenly, This SummerContinued . . .

COMMANDERS COMMENTS / EAGLE EYE

Dark PassagesContinued from page 9 . . .

Joyce vividly recalls the 1986mid-air collision between anAeromexico DC-9 on arrivalapproach at LAX and a Piper

PA-28 that had departed Torranceon a VFR flight to Big Bear. TheNTSB reports that the DC-9 pilothad been instructed to descendfrom 7,000 to 6,000 feet.

The grim-reaping, fictionalFinal Destiny demon took overfrom here, at least as the investi-gators and Joyce explain it. ThePiper pilot wasnt communicatingwith the tower. LAX didnt havean automatic conflict-alert sys-tem. The Pipers analog-beaconresponse from the transponderwasnt configured for display.An atmospheric inversion,according to the NTSB report,prevented the primary targetfrom being displayed to the air-traffic controllers. He inter-cepted the tiniest corner of whatwas then called a TCA [TerminalControl Area], Joyce recalls.

The pilot was from Oregon. Hemay not have had the correct chart.He may have misinterpretedwhat freeway he was over.

In the end, at the moment ofhis demise, the pilot may havebeen looking down.

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Support Our (No Wisecracks!) FOP

The Air Force Flight Orientation ProgramServes Both CAP and the Country

By Lt. Col. Mike Prusak, USAF California Wing Liaison Officer

BIRDS EYE VIEW

course, is that FOPs areanother avenue of Air Force-funded flying and continuedproficiency for CAP pilots.

hours there are geographicalrestrictions to who can sup-port this program. Qualifiedpilots may contact Lt. Col.Jim Crum, CAWG chief ofstaff and AFROTC coordi-

nator, to see where they maysupport this program.

If your unit operates neara college with AFROTC thatis not taking advantage of theFOP, or for further informa-tion, please contact me at(916) 564-1605 or [email protected]. With CAPshelp, Im confident that this

program will help inspiret om or r ow s Ai r F o r c eleaders.

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M os t o f us know andunderstand how and whyCAP manages its cadet flight-orientation program (popu-larly known as O-rides). Didyou also know that CAP isintegrally involved in another

flight-orientation programthat introduces some of thefuture leaders of the U.S. AirForce to aviation?

The primary objective ofthe AFROTC Flight Orienta-tion Program (FOP) is to helpprovide a complete and well-rounded education in al laspects of the Air Force to

AFROTC cadets. The pro-gram exposes AFROTCcadets to flight operationsand to pilots of CAP servingin their role as USAF Auxil-iary officers. This interactionshould benefit the USAF byproviding motivat ionaltraining and experience toAmericas youth and future

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TRAVIS AFBConventional direction-finding(DF) receivers suffer from several shortcomings, notthe least of which is their cost. Many senior membersand cadets who would love to embark on missionshave to beg, borrow or stealwell, hopefully notstealstandard issue L-Tronics L-Pers, often inshort supply due to squadrons tendencies to destroythem through rough handling, blow up the antennaswitch-box with VHF radios, or corrode the units byletting batteries rot inside.

The L-per nonetheless remains Civil Air Patrolspreeminent tool for emergency-locator transmitter(ELT) radio direction finding (DF). Recently, L-Tronics came out with its new DF unit and it appearsto be a fantastic piece of gear, with all the features weneed now and the ability to add new featuressuchas 406 MHz data decoderslater. It looks to becomeas much a CAP standard for hunting ELTs as the old

L-per, which has worked perfectly for our purposesfor decades.But at $750, theyre also priced out of reach for

most CAP members, even many squadrons. So I setout to design a simple, low-cost a direction-findingradio receiver that could be carried in a pocket yetachieves sufficient dynamic range (the ability to dif-ferentiate between loud and soft signals) and selec-tivity to eliminate off-frequency transmissions. Itwould also need to deliver clear audio and sport aneasily readable signal-strength meter. It should beable to closely localize a signal and so determine

which particular aircraft out of hundreds on an air-field has the activated ELT.

This is not a trivial task: The signal from an ELT,though relatively puny in the world of radio transmit-ters, can overwhelm (swamp) the L-pers highlysensitive receiver. Moreover, the L-per can bedesensitized by aircraft or tower transmitters usingnearby frequencies. (Seniors members might likenthis to becoming selectively deaf in noisy environ-ments, such as restaurants.) Most ground teams can

Breathtaking Ingenuity

Allen Lords Direction Finder-in-an-Altoids-Tin GivesGround Teams an Affordable and (OK, Well Bite)

Curiously StrongShirt-Pocket Solution

By Capt. Allen R. Lord, Travis Composite Squadron 22

IN THE CAN: Completing the low-tech illusion, Capt. Lordswitty battery deployment suggests a last-minute trip to thecorner store.

testify to having heard voice traffic coming throughtheir L-per. And this can happen intermittently,which can be even more frustrating.

My initial experiments were dismal failures.First I tried to build a souped-up crystal radio and itwas easily swamped, and couldnt provide a suit-able signal-strength display. I realized that I neededto use a Narrow Band FM (NBFM) receiver toaccomplish all of my design goals. I contacted one ofmy suppliers in Britain, a manufacturer of radioproducts for telemetry. I asked them if they couldbuild a radio-frequency (RF) front-end module for

my design. As it happens, another U.S. Governmentagency (which shall remain nameless) had alreadyasked for modules capable of receiving the 121.5MHz distress signal. Eureka! They sent me a fewsamples, and I began to experiment.

At first, I considered building a receiver systemmuch like the L-per using a Switched Antenna,Time-Difference-of-Arrival method (c.f. Joe

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the signals origination.Unfortunately, directional antennae intended for

Civil Air Patrol ELT missions (121.5 Mhz fre-quency) require elements that are about four feetlong (see Saman Seneviratnes In Search of the Per-fect Sticks, Eagle Call, Winter, 2005). It is a littleungainly. Even first-generation L-pers induce ourmothers worst fear (Youll put your eye out!).What ground team member hasnt poked his team-mates with his sticks while trying to get in and out

of vehicles?Signal-strength units call for a combination of

field techniques. In Body Shielding the ground

team member places his body between the source ofthe transmission and the receiver. This is a practiceutilized frequently with the L-per receiver. Since thebody effectively absorbs radio waves, when it isbetween the transmitter (ELT) and the receiver (yourDF unit) it partially blocks the signal, allowing theground-team member to narrow in on the direction.At close range, the switched antenna array is thendisconnected and a rubber duck antenna (sometimesno antenna at all) is attached.

The second method to reinforce the body-shielding technique is near field proximity,wherein the signal gets stronger as you get nearer thetransmitter and suddenly even stronger as you enterthe near field within one wavelength (with 121.5signals, thats about eight feet).

My design has three principal building blocks:An RF receiver section, a signal strength section, andan audio demodulator section. The RF section is anarrow-band FM receiver module. Some hams mayhave noted that ELTs are amplitude modulated(AM), but fear not. FM receivers will hear them just fine.

FM receivers work a little differently than AM

receivers. AM receivers can hear weak signals withlots of noise in the background. Thats good in adirection finder for detecting an ELT on the fringe.FM receivers, in contrast, exhibit a phenomenoncalled capture: They either pick up the transmis-sion perfectly or not at all. But since my design isreally intended for close-range detection, this isnot a problem.

The display in my design acts more like an AMreceiver. You can detect a signal using the bar graphLED display without actually hearing it. This is espe-cially useful capability since a high percentage of

ELT failures result in a carrier-only signal, withoutthe characteristic swept tone. In the absence of a sig-nal, you will hear a hissing sound, atmospheric andelectronic noise. As a carrier-only signal becomesstronger, the receiver will become quieter, a phe-nomenon called (you guessed it) quieting. And,given the urban direction finding task, its notuncommon to be on airfield, surrounded by movingpropellers.

BARGAIN HUNTER: Capt. Lord field tests his low-costdesign.

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The signal-strength displaysection has a total of ten LEDs ina bar graph array. The re ce iverhas an 80dB dynamic range

on its RSSI (Received SignalStrength Indicator). In theory thatmeans an 8dB difference in signalbetween segments, assuminggood linearity. (Im sorry to havesubjected you to that, but I knewsomeone would ask.) In practice,the first or second LED will usu-ally light up just from noise. Thelast LED will not light until youare almost touching the antennaunless of course someone is key-ing up their radio on 121.5.

The demodulator sectiondrives a speaker or headphone,allowing you to hear the audioinformation transmitted, which isvery helpful. Hearing the swepttone of an ELT or EPIRB allowsyou to confirm an actual distress-

nine-volt battery. The PC board has a built in volumecontrol, and a pin-out section with connections forground, audio, power, and RSSI.

Im selling the device as a kit to keep the unitaffordable. A fully assembled DF device wouldrequire an FCC approval costing thousands of dollarsand thwarting my objective to put a cheap, effectivereceiver into the hands of search-and-rescuers. Sell-ing the device as a kit eliminates that problem, sinceexperimenters can build any kind of receiver theywish, so long as it does not cause interference. Andas the RF modules were designed for sale in the U.S.and Great Britain, they already pass FCC muster. Sosit back, enjoy a mint, and expect to see an AltoidsELT Receiver on E-bay soon.

As a ground team leader, Capt. Allen R. Lordparticipated in such missions as the Space Shuttle

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Orleans where he worked for FEMA in disaster

recovery. Capt. Lord holds an FCC commercial

license with a RADAR endorsement and, as an elec-

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in the design and use of radio tracking systems. Hes

a licensed Private Investigator.

WAIT STATE: The circuit board replete with LED indicator.

Breathtaking IngenuityContinued . . .

device activation. Hearing a carrier only implies anELT failure, often the dying breaths of an ELT asthe battery dies. Hearing a conversation means that

someone is sitting on his aircraft band push-to-talkswitch. Digital sounds indicate a microprocessoror other electronic device inadvertently emitting onthe distress frequency. (CD players, DVD players,and a number of computer peripherals have donethisand by now weve all heard about CAPs non-distress Find of a big-screen television.)

I designed the circuit footprint with the idea ofdisguising it in an unpretentious Altoids tin, althoughyou can certainly put it in a nice metal project boxmarked TOP SECRET if you wish. (In any case,always use a metal box for radio receivers to keep

them from picking up and generating noise.) Becauseit uses a standard FM receiver, it can work withoff-the-shelf radio direction finding kits suchas the Ramsey Fox or Doppler k i t s (seeramseyelectronics.com).

I expect to sell my design as a finished and testedprinted circuit board. Buyers would provide the case,an on-off switch, an antenna connector (BNC, RCA,etcetera), a small speaker or headphone jack, double-sided tape for mounting the PC board, and a

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Scorch this Hot Quiz for a Cool SummerBy Capt. Chris R. Storey, Associate Editor, Eagle Call

FULLERTONWarm weather means outdooractivities and fun in the sun!and sometimes heat

stroke. So dont get burned by ad hype. Its danger-ous out there. Whether youre spending a week atencampment, working an air show or on an ELTsearch mission, ailments related to Californias heatcould ruin the day, or the summer.

Scorchers can affect anyone, from the couchpotato to the seasoned athlete. Theyre more likely toaffect young children, the elderly, and people withchronic health problems. Ask your health care practi-tioner if you have questions about how your medica-tion may affect your ability to tolerate the heat. In themeantime, heres your pre-summer quiz:

1. You know when its hot. When is it officially aheat wave? When more than 48 hours of high heat(90 degrees or higher) combines with high relativehumidity (80 percent or higher). The NationalWeather Service steps up hot-weather warnings toalert the public to take hot-weather precautions.Score: 90 for the right answer, 80 for being partiallycorrect (notice how we subliminally reinforced thosenumbers). Subtract 20 points for blurting the perenni-ally overplayed Martha & the Vandellas tune on cue.

2. Is there a summer version of the winter wind-

chill factor? Yes. Its called a Heat Index, and payingattention to it can prevent heat-related illness. TheHeat Index, in degrees Fahrenheit, expresses thecombined effect of heat and humidity for greateraccuracy. Direct exposure to the sun, for example, canmake it feel 15 degrees hotter than the thermometerreads. Give yourself from 0 to 15 points on a slidingscale, depending on how quickly you answered.

3. One hour of exertion in heat can decreasephysical and mental performance by a) 5 percent, b)15 percent, or c) 25 percent? Sixty percent of the

human body is water, and you remember that fromhigh school biology, right? Water carries nutrientsto every cell in your body and whisks away thewaste. Water regulates body temperature. Healthexperts recommend more than the usual eight to tenglasses of water a day when its hot. But all thatfatigue and muscle weakness; decreased endurance,mental efficiency and coordination; and impairedthinking and decision-making that come from dehy-dration has a miracle cure: water. Give yourself 25

points if you answered C above. Celebrate with aCalistoga, not a stogie. Smoking dehydrates.

4. Fill in the blanks: Heat_____are painfulmuscle spasms caused by heavy exertion and abovenormal loss of fluids in a hot environment. Althoughheat_____are the least severe of the heat-relatedillnesses, they are an early sign that your body ishaving trouble with the heat. If you guessedcramps give yourself 10 points. Youre rightbutthat was too easy.

5. True or false: The best indicator of heatexhaustion is the most obvious, your body tempera-ture. When people exercise or work strenuously in a

hot, humid environment and lose body fluids, theblood flow to vital organs decreases, inducing a formof shock. Sometimes your body is prevented fromcooling itself sufficiently because the humid air stopsyour sweat from evaporating in the humid air orbecause you are wearing too much clothing. Signsinclude clammy, pale, flushed, or red skin; heavysweating; nausea or vomiting; dizziness, exhaustionand headache. Counter intuitively, your body tem-perature can be near normal as it has been strugglingto keep cool. So, falseand give yourself 10 pointsfor remembering your Red Cross training.

6. True or false: A victim of sunstroke couldexhibit hot, red, and dry skin while suffering up to a106 degree fever. True. Thats why its a life-threat-ening medical emergency. During heat stroke (a.k.a.sunstroke) the bodys temperature-regulating systemstops working entirely. Temperature may also go upso high that brain damageand deathwould resultif the body is not quickly cooled. Signs of heatstroke: changes in consciousness ranging from dis-orientation to unconsciousness to coma; a rapid,weak pulse; and quick shallow breathing. That was

grim: Give yourselves 106 points for readingthrough.

Scoring: If you scored more than 250 points,congratulations ES-pert! Reward yourself with aglass of cool water. 100-200: Seek instruction from aCadet whos been in Boy Scouts. Under 100: Wear aPLB. Well soon be seeing your withered carcass,face down in the desert, next to a full canteen!

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with feet elevated 10 to 12 inches, easing the work ofthe heart. Take active cooling measures to cool themdown. Remove or loosen their tight clothing for

them. Cover their body with wet sheets or cloth.Douse them with water. Use a fan, magazine, clip-board, or even a large piece of cardboard to fanthemanything to get the air moving. If you haveice packs, place them in the victims armpits, groin,and on the neck to help cool the large blood vesselsnear the surface of the skin. Watch for signs ofbreathing difficulty. If victims begin to vomit, imme-diately turn them onto their side so they do notchoke. Be prepared to perform CPR if necessary (seeMaj. Carol Denise Edwards, Keeping Your HeadDuring Mouth-to-Mouth,Eagle Call, Winter 2005).

Memorize the method of treating for heat andremain alert to others around you who may be experi-encing a heat-related illness. By taking care of yourself,you are protecting California Wings greatest asset.

Capt. Storey is the Emergency Services Officer of

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Follow these tips all summer long, especiallywhen a heat wave is underway or predicted.

*Slow down and avoid strenuous physical activ-ity. Schedule any necessary physical activity duringcooler parts of the day. Take regular breaks whenengaged in physical activity.

*Drink plenty of fluids, even if you do not feelthirsty. Avoid soda, tea, and alcoholic beverages.Alcohol and caffeine exacerbate heat effects andcause you to become dehydrated faster. Sports drinkscontain carbs and electrolytes: good choice.

*Dress for the heat. Wear lightweight and light-colored clothing, to reflect some of the suns energyaway from your body. Wear a hat or use an umbrella.

If you have to be outdoors during the hottest part ofthe day, use sunscreen. Sunburned skin interfereswith your bodys ability to cool itself.

*Stay indoors as much as possible. If air condi-tioning is not available, stay on the lowest floor. Tryto go to a public building with air conditioning eachday for several hours. Electric fans do not cool the

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*Eat lighter and smaller meals more oftenthroughout the day. Heavy meals that take longer todigest make the body work harder.

How to Treat for HeatHeat-related illnesses usually progress throughstages. Dehydration can lead to heat cramps, which canlead to heat exhaustion, which can lead to heat strokeand death if not treated. If you recognize signs of a heat-related illness, here is what you can do to help.

First comes the heat cramps. Treatment: Find acooler place. Rest comfortably. Sip small amounts ofcool water. Stretch and massage cramped muscles. Ifthe symptoms subside, theyre good to go.

If its gotten to heat exhaustion, take the addi-tional steps of passive cooling measures by having

the victim remove or loosen tight clothing. Offer thecool water only if they are completely awake andalert. If you have any doubts, give them nothing. Call9-1-1 if they refuse water (or are not alert enough todrink it themselves), or if they vomit, appear con-fused, or lose consciousness.

Heat stroke is life threatening. Call 9-1-1 first.The victim must be protected from direct sun, even ifit involves temporary shade made with clothing(such as in the desert). Place victims on their back

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THE CADET COSMOS

FULLERTONDo you sufferfrom Encampment Dread, antici-pating the Cadet TrainingGroups eight days of fun lordingit over you? Fear not, fellowcadet: With a little planning andfollowing these handy-dandypointers, you might even have asmuch fun as us.

By definition, we CadetTraining Group (CTG) cadetshave been where you are. Youcant lead until youve followed.Since 1975, weve been turningnewbies like you into finelytuned, high-velocity cadets. Sowhether youve enrolled becauseyou love drill (say it out loud),want free lessons in proper under-pants-storage technique, or knowyou need Encampment to earn theBilly Mitchell award, Lt. Petrees

going to give you a few tips thatwill make this summer a littleeasier for you. So, seats at-ease,and listen up:

Putthe candy bar down.Encampment is not military bootcamp: We cant turn you into alean, mean machine in eight days.That being duly noted, the physi-cal standards at encampment arehigh. Morning PT has been

known to ruin a few afternoonsand evenings. Your chances ofhaving a good time increase inproportion to how easily you cankeep up or stay ahead. Go outsideand start running, now, whiletheres still time. Work onpushups, flutter kicks, and dis-tance running. If you cant domany reps or go as far as youd

Your Encampment Survival Guide

10 Tips from a Grizzled 18-year-oldVeteran of Two Summer Sweats

By Cadet 2nd Lt. Jordan Petree

like at first, work up to it. Startwith one or two pushups and addanother one every other day.Encampment will demand several

sets of each exercise consisting ofabout ten to twenty repetitionsdone to a three-count cadence, sobe ready! Run half a mile andwalk the rest. Push yourself alittle more each day until you canrun the whole thing through. Youneed to be able to run a full milefor encampment; you should beable to run several in order to becomfortable. Watch what you eatand take your vitamins.

Sub-Tip: Change your socksevery day during encampment.To quote Lt. Dan, The Mekongwill eat a grunts feet right off hislegs. Seriously: Accumulatedsweat on dirty socks can causeskin irritation and blisters, whichdo not make anything easier.

Leave your r ank a t th e

gate,Eisenhower.The proper positive outlook is thekey to making encampmentenjoyable. Your attitude is every-thing, affecting how you eat,sleep, and interact with others. Ifyou head to encampment full ofyourself, you can bet your stripes(however many you have) yourein for a rough time. If youre onstaff at your home squadron, getout of that mode before arriving.When you report, you are a basiccadet at the bottom of a verylarge and very hungry food chain.And dont worry. Its not as hum-bling as it sounds. You will havefun and make friends and memo-ries that will last a lifetime.Sub-Tip: To all you 1st Sergeants,get rid of your diamonds beforearriving at encampment. They

have their own and dont needany more.

SOP Does Not MeanSporadically Obeyed Program.Did you get Standard OperatingProcedures with your acceptancepackage? Did you actually readthe SOP? You will come to knowthis little book very well by theend of encampment. In it, youwill find everything from the

C a d e t H o n o r C o d e t o t h eEncampment Chain of Com-mand, and everything in between.Make sure you study it, alongwith the rest of your materials,well before you head out. Youshould already be familiar withsome of the contents (CadetOath), but the other stuff may

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look foreign (Value of Drill AndCeremonies). Dont worry. Youwill learn it all by the end ofencampment. If youre not moti-

vated to do memory work, getwith a friend and study.Sub-Tip: Get your Chain of Com-mand down first. CTG FlightSergeants love to quiz you on thissection.

Avoid Bag-Drag Blues:Pack it Right or Pack It In.Are you going to start off by notfollowing instructions? (My funmeter is pegging already!) Stickto the Encampment packing list,for Petes sake! Learn from movieclichs about chubby Privates suf-fering boot camp: Cream-filledsnack cakes are not on that list!Neither are lighters, slingshots,jackknives or other contrabandfavored by Dennis the Menace. Ina few days youll be firing anM16 assault riflelet that beyour solace as you leave the

Rambo Collection behind withyour kid brother. And pack lightlyfor easy organization. Youre notgoing to have extra time to domuch of anything, so if you canpack and unpack quickly you canto devote that time to somethingmore important.Sub-Tip: If you have to wonderabout whether or not its autho-rized, the answer is probablyNo!

Water Yourself, Camelback!Water is your friend. Dehydrationis your enemy. It will be hot dur-ing encampment and you canloose water quickly. You need todrink water at every opportunity,and there will be plenty of oppor-tunity. Nothing will get you intothe medics office faster than

excessive water loss. Dehydrationcan turn into a real medical emer-gency if left untreated. Somesigns of dehydration include

fatigue and muscle weakness,painful muscle cramps, upsetstomach or nausea, feelinglightheaded or dizzy, a darkerthan normal urine color (clear topale yellow is good), and disori-entation. But it is inexcusablefor a cadet to let it go that far,because youve been warned. Ijust warned you.Sub-Tip: Change out the water inyour canteen every night duringpersonal time to ward off thatnasty canteen taste. Plus, thewater will get nice and cool over-night and youll be more likely todrink it.

Defend the Epidermis!Sunscreen: Learn it, live it, loveit. Nothing stinks more than beingsunburned and squirming in yourrack on a hot night at Camp SLO.

Sunburned skin also causes you tobecome dehydrated more quickly(see previous tip) and increasesthe risk of developing melanoma(a malignant skin cancer) later on.A few quick squirts from one ofthe spray-on varieties of sun-screen and youre good to go. Irecommend a sunscreen with aSPF (sun protection factor) of 30to ensure prolonged protection.Remember, youre not going to

encampment for sunbathing andsocializingthat comes later,when youre boasting of the dayyou made Cadet Captain.Sub-Tip: I made time to applysunscreen during the changingperiod after PT. Make sure to getyour neck especially.

M a k e a n I n s p e ct i n g

Officer Miserable.Have your uniform ready to gobefore you get there. Spend sometime ironing and prepping it

before you leave home to makesure you look your best. Cut thebomb cords. (Boom?) As I said,you wont have much extra timeso anything you can do before-hand to make your uniform looksharp will pay off. Shining yourshoes, polishing that brass, andgetting some last minute tailoringare all things you can do toimprove your appearance andhelp you avoid the bark of anangry inspecting officer.Sub-Tip: Leave your ribbons,cords, and devices off your blues.You wont need them until nearthe end of encampment. Justremember to pack them. Thentriple check to make sure you did.

Talk to Your TAC.If youre having a problem, yourTactical Officer is the one to go

to. Dont be afraid: They are thereto help you. If you feel uncom-fortable about something or needtreatment for an injury, speak up.You wil l never be denied arequest to speak to the TAC.Dont abuse it though: Encamp-ment is supposed to be difficultand your TAC is your TAC, notyour mom.Sub-Tip: The chaplain is also avaluable resource if you need

somebody to talk to. Try to sitwith him in the mess hall to avoidthe onslaught of the CTGs 1stshirts.

Think Thr ough the Pain.Pay attention. You may be tired orbored at times but keep your eyesand ears open. Encampment is

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Jody, Jody, Look and See,What Encampment Done to Me!

It began with a sense of forebod-ing. Every encampment horror

story Id ever heard rushed tomind as I stood in line to checkmy luggage (processing in),studying my SOP. The sound offlight staff yelling at cadetsechoed from every building, fillingthe air. I had definitely arrived.

The first day consisted oflearning the encampment stan-dard for everything, from prop-erly folding clothes to how to eatat the chow hall. Cadets met theirflight staffs and fellow basics.

Before sunrise the next morn-ing, we awoke to the sound of ourflight sergeant loudly ordering usup and outside. Cold air slappedus as we began our first PT of theweek. Todays theme: teamwork.We learned that in order to perfecteverything in our barracks, wehad to work together. In order todrill perfectly, we had to work

together.By midweek, Id discoveredthat encampment is not just get-ting yelled at. Each flight had runthe military obstacle course.Strained voices had reached theirlimits as cadets motivated oneanother. The Leadership ReactionCourse presented us with a chal-lenge that could be met only by

using teamwork. We climbedwalls, swung across water, andtransported personnel and sup-plies through an obstacle coursewithin a set time.

It got better: Orientationflights allowed us to experienceChinook helicopters and see the

spectacular scenery beyond CampSLO. We all went to the range toshoot M16s the highlight of theweek for some cadets in myflight. Marching flights soundedoff jodies with pride. In the end, itwas the sound of high morale wecould hear in the air.CadetTech. Sgt. Melanie Tunison,

Travis Composite Squadron 22

Go for the 3-peat

Youve probably asked your-self, Why would I want to getyelled at for a week of my sum-mer vacation?

Becausecall me crazyCalifornia Wings encampment isthe best cadet activity. Havingattended two consecutive camps(97th CTS, Fort Hunter-Liggett,Delta Flight; and last year atCamp SLO, with the ATS,Whiskey Flight), Id like to con-vince you that it is a worthwhileexperience.

When you graduate encamp-ment, you will have joined theelite corps of the Cadet TrainingGroup (CTG). Graduating encamp-ment earns the awesome feelingof being on the parade deck withyour flight for closing ceremo-nies. By this time you will haverealized that it is not about you,but the team.

Theres a practical benefit:Finishing an encampment makesyou eligible to take the exam forthe General Billy MitchellAward and promote through thecadet-officer ranks. Without an

encampment credit, forget aboutbecoming a cadet officer.

But its not just about pro-moting. At encampment youllexperience what its like to be amember of a team, join a flight,and graduate with your fellowcadets. Without a team effortwithout your effortthe flightwill not succeed.

Yes, there is a lot of yelling.Dont worry about it, and donttake it personally. Your flightstaff wants to see you exceed theencampment standard and con-quer the challenges of this gruel-ing week.Cadet Senior MasterSgt. Steve Dominguez, Travis

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SAFETY MATTERS

FULLERTONMany of us in Civil Air Patrol havefirst-responder in our blaze-orange blood. Werethe folks who look for a missing aircraft all daythen stop to help at an auto accident scene on the way

Yellow Lights on Electric Avenue

Dont Let Hybrid Hype Dampen Your Good Samaritan Impulse.

A Collision Course from Our Staff SARTECH.

By Capt. Chris R. Storey, Associate Editor, Eagle Call

age battery pack stores that energy until needed bythe electric motor.

One unique safety hazard posed by post-accidentHEVs is the difficulty of determining if the vehicle isstill running. Their quiet-as-a-golf-cart operation islikely to be the cause of accidents, as well, especiallyinvolving pedestrians who rely upon hearing carsmore than they realize. On some models, the electric

firefighters try to put the vehicle in PARK, turn offthe ignition, and remove the key. As a signal toothers that the vehicle is shut off, they place the keyson the dashboard. Take this advice if you are involvedin an auto accident in any vehicle. If you do not feelcomfortable reaching into someones vehicle after acollision, ask the driver or passenger if they are able

home.Beyond the

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coasting into elec-tricity. A high-volt-

motor automatically shuts off the gasoline enginewhile stopped or at low speeds. Drivers sometimesinadvertently leave their vehicles in DRIVE after acollision. This becomes a hazard because hybrids

have silent electricmotors that maystill be running.W h e n d r i v e r sremove their footfrom the brakepedal (when theyexit the vehicle orare helped out byfirst responders),the vehicle maylurch forward,striking you orother bystanders.

A u t o m a k e r sare proud of theirhybrids and iden-

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hard but it only gets harder if youare perceived as lazy. If you are

told to do something, make sureyou do it to standards. If you seesomething needs doing, take theinitiative and do it to standards. Ifyou dont know what the stan-dards are, find outand quick.Sub-Tip: Never cheat or takeshort cuts. Youve heard storiesabout cadets putting pens in theirrolled shirts to make them stiffer,or other inventive ways to cut cor-ners. Dont do it. You have anhonor code for a reasonto makeyou a better cadet.

T h i s is N o T i m e t oEmulate Dirty Har r y.

Teamwork! This is what every-one was screaming at me beforemy first encampment. Believeme, youd better learn it from dayone. Encampment is not justabout teaching you how to drill,

how to make your rack, or evenhow to eat like a robot. Yes, thoseare important, but the true pur-pose of encampment is to teachyou teamwork. You will learnhow to operate under pressure,using your teammates (yourFlight) to overcome! You aregoing to rely on your team foralmost everything. And the les-sons you learn here wil l beinvaluable now and throughout

your entire life.Sub-Tip: Remember T.E.A.M.Together Everybody Accom-plishes More!

C/2nd Lt. Jordan Petree is

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Fullerton Composite Squadron

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to do it. It is for their safety too.The potentially lethal voltage

stored in the batteries of hybridspresents another safety hazard

up to 500 volts in the ToyotaPrius. Safety experts say 60 volts,and even lower in some cases, canbe lethal. As a Good Samaritan atthe scene of an automobile colli-sion, you will not be cutting opendoors, roofs, or side pillarsthats for the fire department.Although your risk of contactinghigh-voltage wiring is less thanprofessional rescuers, exerciseextra caution. For electricity tobe transferred from the battery tothe motor, the car has to be accel-erating or decelerating, explainsSage Marie, Honda spokesman.Unless the car is moving, there isno high-voltage current movingthrough the wires. Even so,theres no reason any rescueworker should be anywhere nearthe wires, and where the wires arelocated, they wont be.

Automakers have gone togreat lengths to reduce dangersfrom the high-voltage compo-nents in their hybrids. Theyvecolor-coded the high-voltage wir-ing and components in our SAR-standard attention-grabbing blazeorange. These wires are routedalong the midline of the vehicleframe wherever possible forincreased protection. Automaticinterlocks disconnect the high-

voltage circuits if the air bagsdeploy. The high-voltage batter-ies are not grounded to the frameof the vehicle, so there is littledanger of being electrocuted bymerely touching a wreckedhybrid. Even with these safetyfeatures, be careful where youstick your hands because the nor-mally well-protected high-voltage

components could be exposedafter a particularly severe colli-sion. First responders across thecountry are being trained to locate

the emergency high-voltagedisconnects on the current pro-duction model HEVs, but thatsabove our pay-grade in CAP.

Youre probably asking,What about spilled gasoline andhigh-voltage sparks? Wontthese cars explode into flames?Good question, Good Samaritan!Hybrids are actually very safe.Collisions severe enough to rup-ture the fuel tank most likely haveactivated the safety featuresdesigned to disconnect the high-voltage at the source. Fire is alwaysa possibility at any automobilecollision. The best advice: Keepyour eyes open and prepare tomove out of harms way.

Hybrids are not everywhereyet, but theyre not exactly novel-ties, either. In 2005 alone, Torrance-based Toyota sold 107,897 Prius

models and Honda put more than26,000 Civic Hybrids and Insightson the roadand the eco-consciousGolden State dominates HEVsales, according to Car Concepts,Thousand Oaks. By the end of theyear, Toyota will likely have sold30,000 units of the new hybridCamrythe most popular vehiclein America. By 2008, nineautomakers will produce 15 mod-els of hybrids, including two full-

size trucks, four sport utilityvehicles, and three new hybridversions of current model passen-ger cars. There will be accidents.Dont be afraid to help if you arein a position to do so.NEXT EAGLE CALL: Capt.Storey explodes the myths ofballistic parachutes on smallaircraft.

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