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| Civil Air Patrol missions are flown utilizing the crew concept. The Observer and Scanner are non-pilot aircrew positions required to be on board for a mission to be flown. The Observer and Scanner both have distinct duties. Missions are conducted to complete various objectives such as gathering digital images for local civil authorities, to searching for downed aircraft and many other missions as assigned. |
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| The Observer sits up front to the right of the pilot. The Observer performs navigation, communication and electronic and visual search duties during the mission. As an Observer, you tell the pilot where to fly. The Observer assists the pilot with VFR See and Avoid requirements throughout the flight. You report the time information the Scanner is collecting by FM and VHF radio back to the mission base. The Observer operates the electronic search equipment attempting to narrow the search area when an aircraft or personal emergency locator transmitter beacon identified. In addition, after you assist the pilot navigate to the assigned location, you assist the Scanner by looking to the ground searching for the objective of the mission. During the mission, the Observe is frequent communication with mission base reporting your aircraft's location and relaying important flight time information. You will utilize the latest in aircraft navigation and communications equipment to accomplish your assigned mission.
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| The Scanner sits in the left back seat of the aircraft if the aircraft is a three crewmember aircraft. If a four crewmember aircraft, there may be two Scanners onboard. The Scanner's duties start at the moment of engine start. The Scanner is busy during all phases of flight by recording engine starts, time off the ground, time to search objective, arrival time at the assigned search location and time on station. Once on station, the Scanner's primary duty begins. The Scanner looks outside the aircraft towards the ground carefully scanning for the objective of the mission. The Scanner captures digital images when the objective is found. These images can be sent back to the mission base during the flight. Then, if more images are required, the Scanner can capture more while at the search objective. When the time comes to return to the mission base, the Scanner is once again busy recording important time information, such as estimated return to base, landing times and engine shut down time. Estimated time enroute and time to base are reported to the mission base by radio during the flight so the aircrew's location is monitored by the ground based mission personnel.no |
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