North Carolina Civil Air Patrol Sending Aircraft To Northeast

Burlington, NC -- The Civil Air Patrol's North Carolina Wing is sending one Cessna 182 aircraft to the Northeast to help with Sandy cleanup, the unit announced Sunday.

CAP will send a pilot, an observer and a mission scanner on aerial photography missions to survey areas hit hardest by Super Storm Sandy.

Col. David E. Crawford, wing commander, said the group left from Asheville Sunday morning and rendezvoused with other CAP members in Wilmington, DE.

The mission's goal is to provided FEMA with photos of damages to property and infrastructure throughout Sandy's path.

CAP has been on standby since the storm approached the North coastline.

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