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USCG established 1790 Since then, its aviation arm has become the seventh largest naval air arm in the world! Force is greater than 200 fixed and rotary wing aircraft Force is greater than 30 air stations, scattered throughout mainland United States, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. US COAST GUARD AVIATION

IN TIME OF WAR : 

IN TIME OF WAR In time of conflict, as in the past, some US Coast Guard pilots and crew may be tasked to the US Air Force for combat theaters, because of their unique SAR skills.

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GLOBAL IMPACT The US exchanges USCG pilots with overseas air arms, including the UK Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and the Canadian Armed Forces. US Coast Guard pilots are seconded to RAF SAR – Scotland; Royal Navy SAR – Cornwall; USAF Special Operations Squadron in Suffolk, England RAF and Royal Navy helicopter pilots come here – seen at ASCC!

90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS : 

90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS April 1, 1916 – Navy agrees to accept two officers for training at the “new” Pensacola NAS. August 24, 1916 – President Woodrow Wilson signed into law an act establishing an “Aerial Coastal Patrol”- the beginning of US Coast Guard Aviation! The sum of $1,500,000 was appropriated for the patrol and equipment. Ten Coast Guard air stations were to be established along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico. Before any money was spent, the United States entered WWI and the US Coast Guard became part of the US Navy. During this time, several USCG officers and enlisted men underwent aviation training with the Navy in Pensacola, Florida. These pilots were the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

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1917 - Beginning of WWI, the USCG qualified 18 aviation personnel, several of whom also trained at US Army Aviation School in Mineola, NY, besides NAS Pensacola. At end of WWI, the USCG was “returned” to the US Treasury Dept., and so were these pilots. Post – WWI, former NAS at Morehead City, NC was made available as temporary USCG Air Station; the Navy loaned six surplus HS-2 Flying Boats; these aircraft were finally returned to the Navy in 1926. 90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED… Curtis HS-2L

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2nd Lt. Norman Hall 3rd Lt. Elmer Stone Two junior officers convinced Capt. Chiswell, the CO of the USCG Cutter Onondaga, that the USCG needed a “flying surfboat”. Captain Chiswell contacted pioneer aircraft designer, Glenn Curtiss and persuaded him to design an aircraft for rescue work at sea. 90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED…

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Post – WWI - all aviation was experiencing a lean period but the race to cross the Atlantic would give aviation a boost! The International “Atlantic Blue Ribbon” contest was established and encouraged the development of new aircraft, advanced navigations skills and bravery! May 17, 1919 - Announcement that three US Navy Flying Boats were in flight across the Atlantic! They were aircraft numbers NC-1, NC-3, NC-4. Only NC-4 made it – the first airplane to cross the Atlantic! The pilot was Lt. Elmer Stone! He became US Coast Guard Aviator #1 and Naval Aviator #38 90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED…

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90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED… NC-4 Lt. Stone at right

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Lt. Stone went to command USCG Station Cape May, NJ 90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED… Cmdr. Stone’s amphibian aircraft Grumman JF-2 Duck. Commander Stone set speed record of 192 mph during 1934

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Early 1920’s was lean for US Coast Guard aviation. 1925 - US Coast Guard officer borrows a Navy seaplane and an Army surplus tent and sets up aviation base on an island in Gloucester Harbor, MA. This became know as “Ten Pound Island” Aviation Base. This “Base 7” pioneered radio experiments, developing communications systems between aircraft, ships and ground stations. 1920’s Prohibition - “Rum Wars” saw the too slow Coast Guard boats being outrun by rum-runners. Coast Guard aircraft were needed. This was the birth of an organized Coast Guard Aviation Arm – primarily for tax and law enforcement work! Congress wrote a check in 1926 for $152,000, buying 5 new aircraft from the Army and Navy, and opened two bases – Gloucester, MA and Cape May, NJ. The five aircraft were finally the Coast Guard’s own! They flew 200,000 miles between 1927-1930. 90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED…

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90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED… Cape May, NJ Air Station - 1935

Coast Guard Aviation Initial Duties: : 

Coast Guard Aviation Initial Duties: Patrol SAR Searching for schools of fish for fishermen Looking for wrecked sea planes Aerial Photography Machine gunning ditched cases of rum 1933 - 13 Aircraft and fourteen pilots 1936 - 45 Aircraft and twenty-seven pilots 90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED…

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90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED… Cape May Air Station - 1935

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1940 - 53 Aircraft and 90 pilots; nine new air stations built at: Biloxi, MS Elizabeth City, NC Pt. Angeles, WA Brooklyn, NY Miami, FL St. Petersberg, FL San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA Salem, MA All had: Seaplane ramps Landing lights Mooring Buoys Some had runways, so seaplanes could land in water or land. During 1940, the Coast Guard identified 725 illegal distilleries from the air! 90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED…

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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL During 1929 initial steps were taken toward the formation of a radio “net” whereby a chain of station hook-ups was established along the Eastern Seaboard, from NY to Miami, FL. Coast Guard flights were kept under constant surveillance by radio checks and position reporting. Similar to what all Aux Aviators do today! When an accident occurred, the nearest station responded. 90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED…

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So many “Firsts”, including – First pilot and first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic! But Coast Guard Aviation work really began in 1900, when the first skilled ground crew, members of the US Lifesaving Service Station at Kitty Hawk, NC helped the Wright Brothers launch the world’s first powered flight! The first photo of the world’s first flight was taken by a Coast Guard crewman! 90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED… COAST GUARD AVIATION

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90 YEARS OF COAST GUARD WINGS CONTINUED… Kill Devil Hills LSS crew. Wilbur Wright lived here during his flight experiments. Taken by Surfman John T. Daniels. Kill Devil Hills LSS.

About Frederick C. Veit: 

About Frederick C. Veit Frederick C. Veit received a B.S. in 1983 from The King's College and a J.D. from Pace University School of Law in White Plains, New York where he received national awards for writing, editing and for his work in federal taxation. Rick is also a Certified Financial Planner, having completed graduate studies at Fairfield University and Pace University. Rick is admitted to practice law in the State Courts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and the District of Columbia as well as the Federal District Courts for New Jersey and Southern New York. Following law school, Rick worked as a tax attorney for the accounting firm of Deloitte and Touche, specializing in personal taxation and financial planning and also taught Business Law at a local College. For the past seventeen years, Rick has served as legal counsel and fundraising consultant to hundreds of churches and ministries, as well as many national, non-profit organizations including those in the health care, educational and public service areas. Besides being a contributing writer for non-profit publications, Rick is also a lecturer and seminar leader on fundraising and legal matters for non-profits, having taught in over 50 cities nationwide. Rick's additional interests and expertise include non-profit law and taxation, non-profit incorporations and tax-exemption, family business planning, personal taxation and financial planning as well as estate planning and real estate. United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Officer Air Crew Boat Crew Instructor VFC

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