Painted up in the red, white and blue scheme of the Civil Air Patrol.

One of three Civil Air Patrol aircraft nicely parked for photos at Lake Hood

Nice colourful Civil Air Patrol Cessna parked close by the Aviation Museum where you can see the Alaska 737-200 in the background.

Two US Civil Air Patrol aircraft at Lake Hood parked outside of the Rusts Flying Service hangar

One of many resident Beavers on Lake Hood.

Part of an interesting CAP fleet at Lake Hood.

Part of an interesting CAP fleet at Lake Hood.

Delivered to the US Army January 7, 1956, this Beaver hit the civilian market in 1976 going to the Civil Air Patrol. CAP would later replace the two port hole windows with 6 enlarged cabin windows. N5342G suffered major damage February 20, 2009 crashing into trees on take-off just outside of Kenai AK. In 2012 the wreck was tendered for sale with the stipulation the aircraft remains be scrapped.

A classic Cessna 172 volunteering for the Kentucky division of the Civil Air Patrol. From the second year of production, this 1957 model did not have a new model number.... the 172A came out in 1960. This aircraft is still current on the US registry at the time of uploading.

N5153G was built in 1957, and was also registered has N62LC and N63562. It is currently deregistered.

Of America's aerial boyscouts.