Civil Air Patrol crash

[DenverGP]

2 people taking part in a Civil Air Patrol search and rescue exercise in Colorado were killed, and one other severely injured in a plane crash in a wooded area of Larimer County.

Larimer County Sheriff's Office statement:
"This morning at approximately 11:12am, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a plane crash in the area of Storm Mountain."
"Colorado Civil Air Patrol has confirmed the plane, belonging to the Thompson Valley Composite Squadron, was conducting a routine training mission"

Prayers go out to the survivor, and the family / friend of those killed.

I was an active Civil Air Patrol cadet in Pennsylvania for 5 years before I went into the Air Force. Participated in a few search and rescue missions, and many training missions, including as a cadet aerial observer, and part of the ground search and rescue teams. Very few people realize CAP even exists, and only a few of those realize the important search and rescue work that they do.

Semper Vigilans

[FoxtArt]

Thank you for the post. May they RIP. Especially bad considering at one of those may likely be a cadet, which usually the avg age is late middle school.

I also had around 5 years in CAP as well, with similar experiences. Also had an uncle that joined CAP after his lengthy wwII Army Air Core / post-WWII Air Force career. I need to donate his uniforms.

CAP not only had extensive S&R role, but back in the early days, also had 500,000 hours in anti-submarine roles and credited with two sunk.