Operations Page

Air Ops:

Civil Air Patrol operates the World’s largest fleet (535) of single-engine, piston aircraft. The majority of these aircraft are Cessna 172 (as seen above) and Cessna 182. These aircraft are used for all our aerial missions from actual search & rescue (SAR) missions to cadet orientation flights and training. They aircraft are equipped with the standard avionics plus special DF and communication equipment for search and rescue missions.

To practice a aerial DF search download the following free program. Right click and select "save target as" once download unzip files into the desired directory. To install the program double click the setup.exe file.

DF Search Program (1.65Mb file) Click here for a free copy of WinZip 

CAP Emergency Services Website

Weight & Balance Calculators

To calculate the weight & balance for commonly used CAP aircraft you can use the Excel spreadsheet below.

Weight & Balance Spreadsheet

Important: It is the sole responsibility of the PIC to ensure all data used for flight is accurate and current.

Ground Ops:

We have both base and handheld radios as well as a handheld DF unit for ground SAR missions.