Royal Canadian Air CadetsRoyal Canadian Air Cadets and the Air Cadet League of Canada were founded over sixty years ago on April 9, 1941. Individual squadrons marked the anniversary with events throughout the year ending May 30, 2002. Over 1-million young Canadians 12 to 18 years of age have benefited from air cadet training during the programs 60-year history. Royal Canadian Air Cadets is recognized as one of the most successful youth organizations of its kind in the world. 
For most air cadets their first flying experience is the result of local familiarization flights and the flying scholarship program. Air cadet flying training involves both gliders and powered aircraft. Each year several hundred flying scholarships are awarded to qualifying cadets who can graduate as licensed glider or power pilots following summer training. More than 17,000 air cadets have graduated as private pilots since 1946 and earned their air cadet wings. Well over 1-million air cadet glider flights have been logged since 1965. Courtenay Flight Center has been involved with the Air Cadet Flying Scholarship Program since 2000. Since then we have trained 62 cadets from British Columbia and the Northwest Territories to Private Pilot standards. With our 4 seat Cessna aircraft we are able to offer the cadets the added benefit of experiencing each lesson twice as all the cadets are paired into groups. While the first cadet flies up front with an instructor, the second watches from behind until it is time to switch seats. By pairing the cadets for each flight, we can also fly to other locations and experience various airport and airspace procedures. Besides Courtenay Airpark, many of the cadets will have the opportunity to experience such airports as Port Hardy, Port McNeil, Campbell River, Powell River, Gilles Bay, Port Alberni, Tofino, Nanaimo, Victoria, Sechelt, Pitt Meadows, & Chilliwack. |
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Royal Canadian Air Cadets Program 2005Instructors: Mike Schnabel, Sigmund Sort, Jim Slater, Bob Lewis, Cathering Paquette, David Nielsen, Kim Lindstrom Middle: Alden Cambell, Callum Campbell, Robert Gagliano, Stefan Bower, Duane Kitkpatrick, Jude Chow, John Gilmour, Anthony McCann, Ellen Law Front: Chris Brewer, Mike Prior, Tristan Nano, Jason Currie, Stephen Porteous, Christopher Linde, Jarrod Costain, Jeffrey Gellein |
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Royal Canadian Air Cadets Program 2004Instructors: Terry Gillespie, Tanis Herriot, Jim Slater, Capt. Bob Lewis, Terry Chester, Kim Lindstrom, Wade Bowman, Mark Friel Middle: Eric Jaget, Jason Pineau, Dustin Grant-Osborne, Justin Hitchborn, Dany Majercsak, Alex Petruk, Hong Tsui, Thomas Bolder, Pierre Bruneau, Micheal Laverman Front: Hawk Regnault, Jeremy Dow, Drew Hilland, Scott McLean, Tyson Schellenberg, Craig Coleman-Shepard, Amy Roberston, Colin More |
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Royal Canadian Air Cadets Program 2003Instructors: Cayce Baird, Jim Slater, Margaret Slater, Terry Gillespie, Michael Seib, Mike Beasley Middle: Margaret Cramm, Sheena Holland, Sal Bafaro, Tyler Willis, Regina Tam, Mark Graydon, Jason Mundy, Giles Bagley, John Ryan Front: Thomas Sowinski, John Fraser, Dennis Senft, Thomas Higgs, Aidan Kyne, Elijah Schultz, Zachery Brown |
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Royal Canadian Air Cadets Program 2002Instructors: Mike Beasley, Alex Dennett, Jim Slater, Major Leo Nolan, Michael Seib, Terry Chester, Cayce Baird Middle: Sean Appleton, Jed Bartlett, Erin Edwards, Brandon Cameron, Kyle Hilman, Amalia Haleem, Danielle Melo Front: William Houghton, Terry Gillespie, Josh Denman, Daniel Veillette, Patrick Langmuir, Nick Heiler, Pam Muir, Leo Lung |
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Royal Canadian Air Cadets Program 2001Instructors: Sean Mahoney, Alex Dennett, Tony Appels, Major Leo Nolan, Jim Slater, Cyril Rodgers, Mike Rood |
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Royal Canadian Air Cadets Program 2000Instructors: Cyril Rodgers, Jim Slater, Sarah Horne, John Mercer, Tony Appels, Sean Mahoney, (missing) David Jennison |
