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Civil Air Patrol Cadet Ethan Kelley of Conway displays survival items he learned how to use during search-and-rescue training at Hawk Mountain Ranger School in Pennsylvania. Local CAP members are holding a search-and-rescue training exercise today in the fields and skies of Fryeburg, helping cadets hone search and communication skills. The day also functions as a recruitment event. (ROB BURBANK PHOTO)

FRYEBURG, Maine — If you notice a bit of extra buzzing over town today, it could be the sound of Cessnas flying a Civil Air Patrol training mission, helping young cadets to hone their search-and-rescue and communication skills.

Five CAP aircraft are slated to fly into the Eastern Slope Regional Airport today, arriving between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Senior CAP members will be piloting those planes while CAP cadets perform various communications tasks as members of a ground crew, explained Maj. Mark Hyland, Maine Wing public affairs officer and commander of the Lewiston-Auburn CAP Squadron.

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