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The Royal Canadian Air Cadets (French: Cadets de l'Aviation royale du Canada) is a Canadian national youth program for young individuals aged 12 to 18.Under the authority of the National Defence Act, the program is administered by the Canadian Forces (CF) and funded through the Department of National Defence (DND).
The Air Cadet Gliding Program is a youth gliding program operated by the Canadian Forces (CF) and the Air Cadet League of Canada for the benefit of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. The program is managed by CF officers (most of whom are CIC officers), and is the largest producer of glider pilots in Canada. [ 2 ]
The Air Cadet League of Canada operates in collaboration with the Canadian Armed Forces, among other partners, to spearhead non-profit driven initiatives all while keeping today's Canadian boys and girls (between the ages of 12–18) interested in their personal and career development in aviation. The National Office is in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Blackdown CTC is the largest summer training centre for Canadian Cadet Organizations in Canada, with approximately 2500 cadets each summer enrolled in 2 or 4-week courses, with introductory courses lasting 2 weeks from August 5-16, and Advanced/Instructor courses lasting from July 7 - August 2.
In more recent times the college had been growing quicker than ever, becoming the largest in Canada. In 2006 the school was awarded the largest pilot training contract ever in Canada, to train 800 Chinese pilots. [4] The college announced in 2007 it would soon open a new campus in Fredericton to handle the quickly increasing student population. [5]
Cadet musicians of the 226 Air Cadet Pipeband at their annual review at the Colisée de Trois-Rivières in Quebec in May 2008. An Army Cadet band during a parade in Vancouver in 2014. The three Cadet organizations maintain a number of volunteer bands, typically assisted by members of Canadian military bands in the Regular Force and Primary ...
Although military pilot training in Canada dates back to the early years of the 20th century, [1] the modern Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilot training organization got its start in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) with the formation of service flying training schools one of which, No. 1 Service Flying Training School (No. 1 SFTS) [2] at Camp Borden, Ontario, specialized ...
Course cadets participate in the Canadian National Cadet Fullbore Championship, the United Kingdoms International Fullbore Championship in Bisley, England and the Dominion of Canada Rifle Associations' National Fullbore Championship. For most of the summer cadets are based in Bisley, England. [3] Sunset after a hot summer day at Connaught Ranges.