8/20/2019 PDK Senior Squadron - Nov 2012 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/pdk-senior-squadron-nov-2012 1/7 THE SALVATION ARMYPAGE 2 Awards and Promotions PAGE 6Semper Vigilans PEACHTREE DEKALB SENIOR SQUADRON MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ntegrity, Volunteer Service, Excellence, and Respect “You PDK Boys are Good!”We have all heard the Statement that “If you want something done, ask the busiest person you know. “ Well that adage holds true for people as well CAP Squadrons. PDK was able to successfully pull off two Public Af- fairs events on the same day at two different Air Ports. On October 20 th , Mike Mullet, Joe McCord and Ralph Knight, from LZU, sup- ported the Epps Aviation Youth Day at KPDK and Joanne Janchus, John Aden and Ron Argo sup- ported the Salute to America Air Show held at KPUJ. Youth Aviation Adventure, sponsored by Epps Aviation, had ten stations teaching Boy Scouts and Girl scouts as well as other youth about possible careers in aviation. The Stations ranged from Avionics to Engine repair, from How to pre - flight fixed wing aircraft to a display showing the kids the internal working of an engine. The eve allowed both Boy Sco and Girl scouts to earn aviation merit badges The Salute to America show was Paulding N West Atlanta Airport’ Air Show. The show h some very well know teams, Team AeroShe U.S. Air Force Acade Wings of Blue Parach Team and the U.S. Army’s Sky Soldie Demonstration Team. November 2012September 27 and October 16, 2012 PDK Air Crews find ELTs 9/27/2012 Captain Pat Ragin and Lt Col Charlie Cayce were able to find a most troublesome ELT that was eventually located at 20GA, Stockmar Airport in west Georgia,. For a full account of the find, see 20GA on page 6. 10/16/2012: Lt. Mike Mullett (pilot), Lt. Ricky Binkley (scanner), Capt. Jeffrey Chiu (Observer) with assistance from Wider Comm and a ground team from the Cobb County Compo- site Squadron, were able to lo- cate an ELT that was eventually found at 6A2, Griffin-Spalding County Airport. For a detail ac- count of the find see GA2 on page 6PDK Community OutreachPROBLEM SOLVINGPAGE 3
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On 27 September 2012, Captain Pat Ragin flew a B12 sortie withLt Col Charlie Cayce to renew Charlie’s Mission Observer Quali-
fication the morning of Sept 27. Just after landing and refueling at
the ramp, Capt. Ragin received a text from the IC for an aircrew.
When the text came in, Capt. Ragin and Lt Col Cayce was stand-
ing next to a warm airplane with a newly re-qualified MissionObserver. Since both officers had time, Cap Ragin called the ICand told him GA 130 had a crew ready to roll.
The IC replied “GREAT!” and then provided the mission briefingand coordinates. “How soon can you be in the air?” he asked.
“Ten minutes” replied Capt. Ragin. The IC's surprised voice could be heard on the cell phone: ““You PDK boys are good!”
Within the promised 10 minutes Capt. Ragin and Lt Col Caycewere airborne; within 15 minutes, they were on station.
The team immediately detected an audible sig-nal over 121.5 but was unable to capture any-thing on the Becker. Coming in from the west,
they knew the target was not behind them. Theyconducted a sector search over the Lat/Lon
provided by the IC and noted where the signalappeared strongest: to the west and south.
To Paulding County airport was west and theirLat/Lon was almost in a direct line with therunway. One possibility could be either a crash
on approach/take off. Another possibility: anaircraft at the field with an active beacon.
They flew the approach course to Paulding incoordination with ATC. The ELT signal grew
stronger but it dropped completely approximately two milesout. They overflew the runway with no signal recapture, so theyexecuted a procedure turn to reverse course and departed Pauldingalong the runway heading.
The signal was recaptured about two miles off the runway. Theoriginal Lat/Lon was slightly north and the sector search clearedeverything east, so they concluded the signal was south.
The team proceeded along the runway heading of 130 de-
grees. The signal peaked and then faded. They made a 90-degreeright turn; the signal peaked and faded again.
Shortly after turning 90 degrees to the left, they picked up a solidsignal on the Becker, which lead them to the private airfield nearVilla Rica (20GA, Stockmar). Using the Becker, they bisected the
airfield and determined that the signal was either coming from anaircraft parked in some Quonset type of hanger to the south orfrom the ground behind the hangers to the south. (The buildingstructures likely caused the erratic signal.)
The Air Crew reported their findings to the IC and RTB to LZU.The IC confirmed later that they found the ELT at the field.
On 16 October 2012, multiple airborne reports confirmed anELT 20 miles south of Atlanta. As usual, airborne assets fromPDK were offered to the Incident Commander as soon as he was
named. The IC selected a PDK aircrew consisting of Lt. Mike
Mullett as Pilot, Lt. Ricky Binkley as Scanner, and Capt. JeffreyChiu as Observer.
The team departed PDK that afternoon, heading south of Harts-field.
As the team crossed out of Hartsfield airspace, they detected aweak ELT radio signal on 121.5 over Tara Field and AtlantaMotor Speedway.
The team headed west, following the signal that was neitherstrong or constant. The ground team was still far away, so theaircrew continued to fly west, hoping to pick up a stronger signain that direction.
The signal strengthened over Falcon Field, but remained inconsistent so the Aircrew
continued west. After arriving in NewtonCounty, the aircrew decided that the signalwas being transferred over the powerlines. While increasing altitude, Lt. Mullett prompted the ATC to see if any aircraft stillheard the ELT. ATC reported a passing air-liner reported a strong signal. The Aircrew
decided to head back to Tara Field. In routethey contacted the ground team to get anupdate as to the ground team’s location. Upocontact with the ground team, the Air Crew
was informed that the IC suggested headingto Griffin.
As the team approached Griffin, the signal strengthened andremained constant. The aircrew circled over the airport, listen-ing. The signal was strong. They headed away from the airportgoing off frequency to try to reduce the strength. The signal waso strong that wing nulls did not diminish it.
The Aircrew landed at Griffin and waited for the groundteam. Once the ground team arrived, they used their equipmentto determine the location. A local pilot called the airport manager who showed up and rode around the airport with a groundteam member. They narrowed it down to an aircraft that was
being painted away from the hangar they first suspected con-tained the signal.
Though the aircraft had not been moved or worked on for severadays, it emitted the screeching tone. The owner of the aircraftgave permission for another local pilot and the ground team toopen the panel. The pilot started to remove the screws, but hiscordless screwdriver's batteries were dying so the teams removethe screws by hand. The ELT switch was not easily accessible, but with persistent effort they finally deactivated it. With its lasdying volt, the screwdriver found enough power to replace the panel screws.