Maxwell CAP cadet wins award

Cadet 2nd Lt. Esala Wueschner of the Maxwell Squadron of the Alabama Wing of Civil air Patrol recently received the Most Improved Pilot award at the National Flight Academy, Powered, at Fort Pickett in Virginia.

Academy attendees received formal ground instruction and cockpit time with a certified flight instructor. The cadets get 10 hours of hands on flight time and 25 hours of ground instruction and can fly as an observer when another cadet is getting instruction.

Information from Maj. Patricia Mitcham, of the Alabama Wing. Pictured are (from left) David Cole of the Virginia Wing, Flight Instructor Thomas Doyle and Esala Wueschner.