A Time for Patriots

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jan and David Bellville, Rob and Shari Spara, and Janet and John de Carteret for your generosity.

Thanks to my fellow members of the Douglas County Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, Minden, Nevada, for their help and encouragement, especially to former squadron commander and my instructor pilot Arden Heffernan; instructor pilot and deputy commander of cadets Russ Smith; Mike Allgaier, a tireless and dedicated CAP member who taught me a lot about mission-scanner and mission-observer procedures; and Brad Spires, squadron commander and my mentor in guiding me through the process of getting mission-pilot qualified.