Civil Air Patrol
Major Ed Casella will be giving a 30-40 minute presentation on the Civil Air Patrol. CAP has a unit operating out of nearby Caldwell Airport. Their distinctively painted aircraft have occasionally been known to visit Lincoln Park.This is an opportunity to learn more about the Civil Air Patrol and the type of work they do here in New Jersey.
Special thanks to Major Casella for agreeing to visit us on such short notice.
Presenter Bio
Ed Cassella logged his first logged flight 7/7/77. He graduated Hawthorne College Antrim, NH 1980 with BS Degree in Aeronautical Science and earned their highest award – Scholarship of Aeronautics. He has been a Flight Instructor (multi-engine and Instruments) since 1982. He holds Commercial SEL and ATP MEL certificates.
Ed holds Type Ratings in CE-500, 550 & 650 series, G-1159 (G2 & G3), GIV and IA-JET.
Aircraft flow range from J3, PT-17, Stinson, PA-28, 32 &46, Cessna 150 to 210, Beech Barron, Piper Navaho, Twin Cessna 414 & 412, SAAB SF-340, Lockheed L1329 Jetstar.
Total Hours 12,000+
Operational experience under FAR 121 (Scheduled airline) and 135 (on demand air carrier)
Current Employment; Executive Jet Management of Cincinnati, OH. Position: Lead Pilot/Captain on Gulfstream G300 (limited edition GIV) with HUD (Heads Up Display) & EVS (Enhanced Vision System).
Joined CAP in 1991. Duties include Mission Pilot, Mission Observer, Air Operations Branch Director, Instructor/Check Pilot and Aircraft Scheduler.