Category Archives: Flying

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. 

Spring Gliding in NOTL

Sgt Couroux receiving his pre-flight safety briefing from a WOII with the Gliding Centre, while Capt C Stevenson, CD straps into the pilot’s seat in the back.

Missed the Spring session? Remember to sign-up in October for our next scheduled day.

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.

 

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.

Amazing Aviation

If you’re not fascinated with flying yet, try looking at it from this perspective.

Svetlana Kapanina was the World Aerobatic Champion in the women’s category in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2011 and has won the title more times than any other pilot in the category. Additionally, she was overall World Air Games Champion in 1997 and 2001.

Together with Mikhail Mamistov and Oleg Spolyansky, she won the team gold medal in the 16th FAI European Aerobatic Championships 2008 in Hradec Králové (Czech Republic). She placed fourth overall and was best female participant.

Gliding Cancelled

Due to the inclement weather forecast, the Gliding Centre has cancelled gliding for tomorrow.

We’ll keep everyone posted when we have our Fall gliding date.

Capt Jody Lemoine
Training Officer

Gliding Follow-up (2)

It appears that the link send for the sign-up sheets in the original follow-up post doesn’t work when accessed from email. This one provides a more functional link.

Capt Jody Lemoine
Training Officer

Gliding Follow-up

As a follow-up to Capt Palumbo’s post about gliding this weekend, cadets are reminded that priority for gliding is by training level and prior experience. Level 1 cadets who have not participated previously will have first priority, followed by remaining level 1 cadets, then level 2 cadets, &c.

A sign-up sheet has been added to the web site in order to track which cadets will be in attendance. The link is provided in this post, but you must either be logged into the site to see it or access it directly from the email message.

Capt Jody Lemoine
Training Officer

Flying Scholarship Ground School

Flying Scholarship Ground School continues tonight at 809 Sqn LHQ

7-9 pm. Dress: civilian casual (809 Sqn t-shirt & ball cap would be perfect!).

You will meet in classroom #1.

If you are from 809 Sqn and participating, please be helpful as the instructors adjust to their new location. Capt M. Palumbo, CD will be opening the building.