A PLANE FOR THE CIVIL AIR PATROL

The Civil Air Patrol, which currently has 14 cadets in Cape Girardeau, provides teen-agers an opportunity to learn about aviation and leadership skills while providing community service. Now the local group has an airplane of its own, thanks to the Missouri Wing. The state group has provided a Cessna 172 for the local patrol to use.

Plans call for the plan to be used for emergency services and search-and-rescue operations. For example, the plane would have been useful during flooding in recent years.

The CAP is a worthwhile organization whose stature will no doubt climb as the result of obtaining the airplane.