Meeting Thursday September 5th at 7PM
Ernie's Seafood
8206 Bedford Euless Rd. NRH, TX 76180
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September 5th, 2024 Meeting at 7PM with
Lt. Col. John Krogstad
presenting
Civil Air Patrol
CAP Stinson 10A from WWII
Lt. Col. John Krogstad. Our September presenter, has been a Civil Air Patrol member for 45 years. He has been a member in Texas, Minnesota, Colorado and California over that period. His many duties included Incident Commander, Search and Rescue Pilot and Ground Team member. John is a Certified Flight Instructor and trains search-and-rescue pilots in the CAP. John has participated in several rescue missions, finding missing hikers and downed aircraft, as well as acted as a Training Officer for its members. John is a member of the Ft. Worth Senior Squadron located at Meacham airport in Ft. Worth. John's first solo flight was 58 years ago. He has since earned Commercial, Instrument, Ground Instructor, CFI, Single, Multi-engine, Glider and UAS certificates.
John has a masters degree from Syracuse University in Radio-TV-Film, and is also an Air Force veteran who made training films for aircrew members. John's working career spans decades in radio and TV on-air, also sales and sales management. He has also worked at a major bank in the mortgage and underwriting department. John presently is a licensed Texas Realtor covering the DFW area. He is married to Dani Krogstad (also a CAP member); they are members of the DFW Pug Rescue and are fostering a pug named Rocky. He also has two married daughters, living in California and Florida.
CAP Cessna 172R