[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 179 (Monday, December 12, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN GUY LOUGHRIDGE

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                          HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 12, 2016

  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Civil Air Patrol 
Captain Guy Loughridge of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
  Captain Loughridge has been a volunteer for Colorado and the United 
States of America for over 35 years. He began his service to the state 
of Colorado and our country in 1981, as a member of the Routt County 
Search and Rescue team, where he served for 17 years.
  Captain Loughridge's contributions to the search and rescue community 
have had profound impacts. He developed radar forensic software and 
trained radar analysts to locate missing and downed aircraft. He 
decided to forgo his for-profit software business venture, and instead, 
volunteer his time to the Civil Air Patrol to help further develop his 
radar forensic software. This led him to create the National Radar 
Analysis Team (NRAT), which became a squadron under National 
Headquarters of the Civil Air Patrol. Today this program operates all 
across the U.S. and finds around 40 aircraft each year, saving as many 
as ten lives each year.
  Mr. Speaker, stories of Captain Loughridge's hard work and dedication 
to serving his community and country are countless. I proudly stand 
with the residents of Routt County and the United States to thank 
Captain Loughridge for his lifetime of service. His work has saved many 
lives and forever changed the Search and Rescue and Aviation 
communities in our great Nation.

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