Archive for Uncategorized

710 results.

#296Daily – CF 104

by CI Horton on June 27, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

Called the Missile with a Man in it. The CF-104 Starfighter was flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1961 on through to the 1980s. Fast, with an incredibly thin profile – it was made for fast attack and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 Comment 

#296Daily – Online Learning Portal

by CI Horton on June 26, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

Our HQ is busy putting together an online learning portal so cadets can learn from home over the summer. This will include a number of self-challenge opportunities. For some of these challenges – cadets will submit their video of their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 Comment 

#296Daily – Field Training Uniform Rollout

by CI Horton on June 25, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

For close to three decades – Air Cadets have had one formal issued uniform. Blue Tunic, and pants with sharp creases. Excellent for parades, keeping the boots shiny and the creases sharp means it isn’t good for cleaning, laying prone […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 Comment 

#296Daily – the Silver Dart

by CI Horton on June 24, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

The first powered heavier than air vehicle to fly in Canada – it set off rapid advances in aviation that would lead to the exploration of Canada.Brought to Nova Scotia by a team that included Alexander Graham Bell, it was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 Comment 

#296Daily – the Bell X-1 breaks the barrier

by CI Horton on June 23, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

In 1948 – with the Chuck Yeager as pilot , was the first crewed airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes, a series of American experimental rocket planes (and non-rocket […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

1 Comment

#296Daily – Alcock and Brown

by CI Horton on June 22, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

The first two men to cross the Atlantic in a non-stop flight – they set this record in 1919 – flying through blinding fog and snow in an open cockpit plane from Newfoundland to Ireland.What little electrical power their plane […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 Comment 

#296Daily – the Real Red October

by CI Horton on June 21, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

#296Daily – Nov 1975, half the Soviet Baltic fleet begins looking for a rogue mutinied naval vessel. Making for a neutral country – this very real story would become a kernel of history on which the HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 Comment 

#296Daily – Year End Video

by CI Horton on June 20, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

Thanks to FSgt Sharma for putting together a great video of of the training, experiences and more from the training year we were able to have in 2019-2020. We played this video at the end of the 2020 Annual Review […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 Comment 

#296Daily – WaterBalloon Volleyball

by CI Horton on June 19, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

Not sure if we invented it, or just perfected it – but one of the events cadets look forward too each end of training year is our end of training Water Balloon Volleyball tournament.Played in a local park – it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 Comment 

#296Daily – 2020 Annual Awards

by CI Horton on June 18, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

Congratulations to the cadets presented the Squadron Awards at the Annual Review – 2020 Zoom Edition on 17 Jun 2020. Attached is a full list of the Award winners. The trophy’s are being engraved now, as well as the small […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 Comment