Which flight school was the first to use uniforms anyways?

Unless it's a military/ airline ab-initio school instrutors are better off with polo shirts.

If you have to wear the bags when flying for CAP, by all means, do what they tell you, but like TankerBob said, don't try to make real military enlisted salute you. I believe that is actually illegal, posing as a military officer. I don't take away anything from the CAP, they found the wreckage of a T-39 from my old squadron this Feb and I knew both the instructor and the pilot.

I checked out the CAP years ago (decided to stay away from it). Back then the uniform was all "airforce" with "CAP" real small on the uniform. Now they make it a little more different than the airforce (color and insignia). I attended a meeting in the '80's that had this CAP Colonel, struting around and acting like a four star General- no, that is offensive to real officers. Most of the top brass I've met have been great. This guy made me leave early and never come back.

I'm not sure what the CAP even does anymore. Search and rescue? Can't satellites find a ELT instantly? Civil defense in CA warning against a Jap invasion? Not anymore. Besides the cadet program being good education, what to the senior members do besides flying GA aircraft in "airforce" uniforms on practice flights? I'm not trying to put them down, I'm really curious. :confused:

Never had anything to do with them, but in the mountainous parts of the west an aircraft's ELT may not be detectable unless the reciever is directly overhead. Also, ELT's don't always work.

Also, I think they can be used to find lost hikers and perform homeland security related surveillance.

I know with the T-39 crew that I knew, the aircraft went down in a moutainous part of Georgia and it was heavily wooded with not much around other than some dirt roads. The CAP and a sheriff's helicopter found the wreckage from what I understood. I still don't understand exactly what they do, espicially with "cadets" that are in there early teens.

It's supposed to teach you leadership traits and how to lead. And, you get really cheap flight time!!! :D

I've heard that the majority of crashes that are strong enough to set off the ELT also break the ELT...

What do you mean cheap flight time, you have to pay for it, and who are you leading? Just curious. I see these guys all the time at the airport, but I only see the older ones flying.

I don't know for sure, but I think the cadet program is like an "airforce" boy scouts. You learn stuff aviation related. I've never seen or heard of any cadets getting flight training at any price. They might get a ride in the back seat as a spotter.?