Category Archives: Flight Club

Training This Week: Mon 25 & Wed 27 Sep

MONDAY: Drill Team 7-8pm Range 8-9 pm ALL CADETS WELCOME FOR BOTH ACTIVITIES

Flight Club will commence next Mon 2 Oct 17.

NOTE: please be aware that 2 independent inspections and a staff mtg will be taking place this evening. Capt Lemoine and Capt Palumbo will not be available to meet with parents. Please email/txt and they will make themselves available on Wednesday night if you need them.

WEDNESDAY:

PARENT BRIEFING: This is for all parents – especially new cadets – and will take approx. 45 mins. It is a good intro to all things that are happening this year at the sqn as well as an intro to our incoming Commanding Officer with timings etc.

Where: Gymnasium

Time: 645-730pm

VIMY MEETING: This meeting is MANDATORY for all VIMY participants & their parents/guardians.

WHERE: Gymnasium

TIME: 730pm-2015pm (immediately following the parent briefing)

Cadets and Parents/Guardians are requested to bring a pen/notebook.

MERIT REVIEW BOARD FILE REVIEW: All second year level 5 cadets (FSgt) and WOII Cadets will be required to do a file review in preparation for their interview on Wed 18 Oct 2017. Please meet with Capt Palumbo & Capt Lemoine at break to discuss the requirements.

Duty Officer
CI Thiffault

Duty NCM

FCpl Mannella

Dress
C2B: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C4A: AC, LAC, Cpl, FCpl

BIRTHDAY CUPCAKE WEDNESDAY! Happy Birthday to all Cadets with a July, August & September Birthday. Thank you to CI Thiffault for baking the cupcakes!

 

Famil Flying Tonight – NEW START TIME

WE ARE A GO! Approval has been given for our Famil Flying. Capt Mario Palumbo, CD of the St. Catharines Cadet Flying Training Site will be the Pilot for our outings.  The Sqn is paying for the flying – no cost to our cadets! Meet in the terminal building, wear comfortable clothing (no uniforms).

We have had more cadets sign-up – CHECK YOUR GROUP# below. We are starting an hour earlier to accommodate all our cadets. 

For Wed (TONIGHT!) – Group #1 meet at the NOTL Airport at 450pm. Group #2 meet at the NOTL Airport at 550pm. Group #3 meet at the NOTL Airport at 650pm. You must be LOGGED IN to view the names.

Capt Tammy Palumbo Cell: 289-783-1942

Group #1 Cadets: 

Group #2 Cadets:

Group # 3 Cadets:

Familiarization Flying – Standby!

Please standby as we wait for approval for our Famil Flying. Coincidentally, the weather was not going to cooperate for tonight anyways. Capt Mario Palumbo, CD of the St. Catharines Cadet Flying Training Site will be the Pilot for our outings.  The Sqn is paying for the flying – no cost to our cadets!

For Wed (pending approval!) – Group #1 meet at the NOTL Airport at 550pm. Group #2 meet at the NOTL Airport at 650pm. You must be LOGGED IN to view the names. If I missed your name, please text me ASAP to reserve your spot. 289-783-1942 (Capt Palumbo)

Group #1 Cadets:

Group # 2 Cadets:

Look for the website post & subsequent email to CONFIRM Famil Flying on Wednesday night. 

Monday Night Training

DRILL TEAM: 7-8pm – wear your drill boots and wedge

FLIGHT CLUB: 8-9pm – Capt M Palumbo from the Niagara Flying Site (where we go gliding), will be out tonight to work on cross-country, touch-and-go and more complicated map and simulator flying skills.

SPORTS: 8-9pm – Let loose inside and out of the rain. Floor hockey, soccer and dodgeball. Running shoes required – no jeans.

Drill Team & Flight Club Tonight!

Join us for Drill Team (1900hrs) and Flight Club (2000hrs) tonight. Come on out and practice your flight simulator skills!

NOTE: Sponsor Mtg tonight – 7pm. Sports will begin next week and alternate Monday nights. It will take place at the same time as Flight Club, so you can participate in both.

Monday Night Training

JOIN US:

Drill Team: 7-8pm Wear your hoodie, parade boots and wedge

Flight Club: 8-9pm Classroom #3 – with Capt Palumbo from SOGC; Simulator & map work

Range Team: 8-9pm Same cadets as last week only – arrive early for set-up for STANDING

There will be no other training this evening and all other classrooms will be closed.

 

Monday Night Training

Join us for a busy night:

Drill Team 7-8pm – in the gymnasium, dress is civilian with drill boots and wedge

Flight Club 8-9pm – in classroom #3

Effective Speaking 8-9pm – in classroom #1

Rifle Team Try-Outs 8-9pm – in the gymnasium, will coincide with Flight Club & Effective Speaking, each cadet will have at least two relay chances (four targets) to fire. All cadets welcome to try-out – RANGE COMPETITION is the SAME day as the FTX. Cadets that are selected for the range team will be expected to make their own way to 23 Sqn HQ in St. Catharines, then will be transported by Capt Palumbo to the FTX at the end of the comp.

NO OTHER training will be taking place at the squadron. Classrooms #2 & #4 will be off limits – except during canteen break.

Flight Club has taken off!

Do you have an interest in flying? Flight Club has started on a more formal learning curve this week.

Tonight we: Calculated distances from airport to airport, calculated time to destination, measured the degrees for your heading to your destination and return, partial simulated flight from St. Catharines to Hamilton.

Join us next Monday night from 8-9pm in classroom #3 as we build on what we learned this week.