November 2001

Auxiliary Pilots Receive Special SAR Training from USCG by Chris Maurer, USCG Auxiliary Public Affairs Officer

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary pilots Frank Tangel, Augie Miller, Mark Sherman, John Friedlander, and Graham Roberts, all of Air Flotilla 10-20 1SR, Caldwell, NJ received advanced Search and Rescue training at the US Coast Guard Air in Station Elizabeth City, NC. The airmen attended classroom instruction, followed by a complete Search and Rescue exercise over the Atlantic Ocean. As part of the exercise, Tangel was tethered into a C-130 aircraft while deploying life rafts and pumps to a drill boat below.

The Caldwell Air Flotilla assists the Coast Guard in finding boaters in distress on the Hudson River and portions of the Atlantic Ocean. All Auxiliary pilots are volunteers and fly their own private planes. For membership information, please call Flotilla Commander Darryl Laxson at 973 942-1297.