1st Lt. Jim Griggs, Dep. Commander / Seniors, IL-049 05 February 2008 saw Palwaukee Squadron’s ‘all-hands’ night having some awards to present to it’s members. Captain Joe Long, Operations Officer, and Captain Dave Gillingham, AE Officer / Finance, both were presented their Davis Award certificates. The Davis Award certifies completion of Level Two in the Senior professional development arena. Both had the seal denoting AEPSM completion affixed to their awards. Captain Gillingham’s award got him his shiny new Captain’s bars as well. 2d Lt. Scott McKnight, IT Officer, was awarded his Yeager Award, certifying completion of the Aerospace Education Program for Senior Members. Lt. McKnight was also given his Find Ribbon, as he was part of the UDF team that silenced 6 Survival Rescue Beacons on a UAL jet at O’Hare recently. On the Cadet side, Ryan Weinberg got his promotion to Technical Sergeant. Congratulations to all!
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February 2008
23 February 2008
06 February 2008
Disaster Assessment Flight
By 2nd Lt. Marc Stanley, Palwaukee Composite Squadron, CAP
Digital Images By Major Bob Williams, Commander Group 22, CAP
Recent bitterly cold temperatures contributed to the formation of ice dams on the Kankakee River particularly near the Wilmington, IL I-55 bridge. This resulted in rapid flooding; houses were damaged, roads were blocked and people nearby were evacuated.
Palwaukee Squadron assisted Will County by providing aerial reconnaissance of the affected areas stretching along the Kankakee River roughly from the I-55 Bridge to Kankakee, IL on January 25, 2008. This disaster assessment flight was piloted by Lt. Col. Lou Wipotnik with Major Bob Williams serving as the observer. Also aboard was Anthony Marzano from the Will County Emergency Management Agency.
We provided approximately 200 digital images on compact disc to Will County immediately following the flight to aid in allocation of resources.
Flight path taken on January 25, 2008.
This house burned down because fire fighters were unable to reach it due to flooded roads.
Here is an example of a flooded road.
Frozen and swollen Kankakee River; note Dresden nuclear power facility cooling pond to the right of image.
