DCS Aerospace Education
Maj Jacqui Sturgess 

2006 National Congress

The 2006 National Congress (NCASE) will be held in Washington, D.C.

Contents of this page

• Aerospace Education documents
• Links to other CAP web pages of AE resources
• Links to useful non-CAP web sites
• Administrative stuff you can download (regulations and pamphlets)
• Aerospace Field Trip Destinations in the Northeast Region
  
  
  

Aerospace education documents:

• (coming soon) Information for a brand new squadron AE Officer
• The New Yeager book
  
  
• An Overview of CAP's Aerospace Education Mission, a document prepared for use when lecturing at wing conferences, SLSs, CLCs, and Region Staff College.
  
  
• How to prepare for a wing inspection - a guide for Wing DAEs
  
  
• Inspection checklist for squadron and group AE officers
  
  
• In 1998 and 1999, Southeastern New York Group held an Aerospace Testing Day for senior members. Click here for a list of the Yeager awardees and a copy of the announcement used to publicize the testing day.
  
  
• Materials for teaching cadets
  
  
• A recent episode of "Scientific American Frontiers" on PBS was all about innovative flying machines!
  
  
• Walkalong glider - a model glider powered by air bouncing off of a moving human body!
  
  
• Model rocketry info by Capt Benjamin Bell
  
  
• Pictures of launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis, Feb 2001
  
  
• How to subscribe to CAP-AE,  the national AE discussion listserve
  
  
• Questions and Answers on Aerospace Education
  
  
• Field trip destinations in the Northeast and elsewhere
  
  
• The First National Aerospace Education Officer Staff School was held 27-29 June 2002 in Cocoa Beach, FL.
  
  
• Joan Emerson explains how to earn the A. Scott Crossfield Award (an excerpt from the CAP-AE listserve)
  
  
• Regulations that define the CAP AE program (an excerpt from the AE listserve)
  
  
• Duties of Region Aerospace Education Staff, by Lt Col Dave Garner
  
  
• To download the AEO information software developed by Maj Ron Tuman, Pennsylvania Wing DAE, right click here and choose "save target as..."
  
  
• Information on Aerospace Education Membership
  
  
• How to apply for Aerospace Education Grants
  
  
• The procedure for administering the AEPSM (Yeager) exam, from the perspective of a wing Internal Aerospace Education Officer, by Lt Col Marilyn Rey

Other CAP web pages of aerospace education resources:

• Aerospace Education pretests are available at http://mdln.hws.edu/cap/modules/ 
  These tests have reportedly help manycadets pass their AE portion of their achievements.
  
  
• California Wing has many AE lesson plans on its web site
  
  
• The Canandaigua Composite Squadron's online test bank for the Aerospace Education training modules. The test bank includes multiple guess questions, matching, and crossword puzzles.
  
  
• National Headquarters AE page
  • The Aerospace Excellence Program applications are available on the national HQ web site
  • Information on the National Congress on Aviation and Space Education
    
    
• Northeast Region AE page
  • Connecticut Wing AE page
  • Massachusetts
    • The Lt Col Frank Pocher Minuteman Squadron's AE page
  • New York Wing AE page
    • Phoenix Composite Squadron's AE page
  • New Jersey Wing AE page
  • Pennsylvania Wing AE page
    
    
• Pacific Region AE page
  Lt Col Barbara DeCamp, as PACR/RDAE, collected many useful resources for AE Officers, including:
• Southeast Region AE page  
  Lt Col Dave Garner, SER DCS/AE, has put together a page of AE resources
  
  
• Did you know that the CAP Supply Depot, aside from carrying airplane parts, also has a huge selection of AE materials?  You can call them at 800-858-4370 to request a catalog, or you can click here to view their Aerospace Education Catalog on the web.
  
  
• You can help with the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
  
  
• You can download current CAP regulations from the National HQ Web site's publications page
  
  

Non-CAP organizations whose sites are useful for aerospace education:

• The Aerospace Education Foundation
  
  
• NASA's Aerospace Education Page
  
  
• Soaring Society of America site about gliders
  
  
• Experimental Aircraft Association site devoted to build-it-yourself aircraft
  
  
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
  
  
• Paper models galore (some are $2, some are free, like this J-3 Piper Cub model)
  
  

Administrative stuff you can download:

• The following three CAP publications are available in Adobe PDF format here or from the National HQ web site at http://level2.cap.gov/index.cfm?nodeID=5285
  - to view them: click on link
  - to download them: right-click on the link and select "save target as"
  - To read them you will need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • The regulation governing AE, CAPR 280-2
  • The Aerospace Education Officer's Handbook, CAPP 15
  • The regulation governing the AE specialty track, CAPP 215
    
    
• You can also download Civil Air Patrol forms in Microsoft Word format from the national HQ web site

Aerospace Field Trip Destinations in the Northeast Region:

• Click here for a comphrensive list of destinations in the Northeast.