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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


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.




… 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.



Overflying Arizona


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.




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.




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


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




… 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.





(Continued from page 7)

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.




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)

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