She can fly!The sky's the limit for 14-year-old Kristen Garcia. She's the only girl among more than 20 boys in the Lebanon, N.H., Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol  The U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was created on 1 December, 1941 by Administrative Order 9, with Maj. Gen. John F. , a civilian auxiliary cadet program (cap.gov) offered for kids by the U.S. Air Force. Besides learning to fly a Cessna single-engine aircraft, Kristen is learning search and rescue, radio communications, model rocketry rock·et·ry n. The science and technology of rocket design, construction, and flight. rocketry Noun the science and technology of the design and operation of rockets , disaster relief, and more. But while Kristen's head is in the clouds, her feet are firmly on the ground as a lead athlete en Hartford High School's cross country running team--and she's still in middle school. She can do a level mile in five and a half minutes, and Kristen's commanding officer says she gives the male cadets a run for their money during training. Kristen hopes to pass physical, leadership and aerospace education tests this summer to be promoted from her current rank of cadet airman Cadet Airman (C/Amn) is a grade that indicates the completion of the first achievement of 16 in the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program. The Cadet Airman insignia is based on the design of the airman insignia from the USAF with a superimposed CAP Cadet shield in the center. . Um, shouldn't that be airwoman Air´wom`an n. 1. A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft; a woman aviator; a woman airplane pilot or balloonist; an aviatrix. Noun 1. ? |
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