Porirua Air Cadets
archive Flight Sergeant Kendall Brown recently attended the Remembrance Day Ceremony at Wellington Cathedral. “I was part of the Colour Party for the Merchant Navy flag. Other Cadets from the Air Training Corps, Sea Cadet Corps and Cadet Corps also attended as well as plenty of soldiers, sailors and airmen from the Defence Force. It was … Read more
Cadet Kiera Brodie reports on the Flying Day held at Helipro Paraparaumu on 10th November 2012. “On the 10th November I was invited to participate in a flying lesson with the pilots of Helipro. It was a lovely day and I was very excited as I first entered the plane. I had previously been given … Read more
CPL Kadin Fowler and I were lucky enough to attend the National Commemoration of Service in Bomber Command held at the National War Memorial on the 26th September. It was to honour NZ’s involvement in Bomber Command during World War 2, and to remember the 55,573 airmen who died in action, of which 1,851 were … Read more
Sergeant Andie Thompson reports on the recent inbound International Air Cadet Exchange (“IACE”): I recently hosted an IACE exchange cadet through the IACE exchange programme. IACE stands for International Air Cadet Exchange. Cadets from all over the world are selected to tour another country for two weeks. I hosted a young American girl named Danielle … Read more
W/O Kendall Brown’s report on his IACE trip to Belgium From the 15th July to the 3rd August I went on the International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE) programme with the Air Training Corps. I spent 2½ weeks in Belgium, along with another Cadet and Officer from the South Island, as well as Cadets from the … Read more
On the 28th July 2012, several Cadets turned up to Helipro in Paraparaumu for flying. For many of us it was our first flight. We all waited in the carpark watching planes take off and land and before we knew it we were being called in for a briefing. We learnt about the aircraft we … Read more
On Saturday 2nd June we had another BBQ at Bunnings Warehouse Porirua as a fundraising exercise for Cadets. The weather was better this time than last and with being a long weekend we had a very successful day, selling 375 sausages. A big thanks to all involved and to Bunnings for providing the BBQ and … Read more
On 28 May 2012 F/S Kendall Brown & F/S Jess Toohey attended the Memorial Day church service at Old St Paul’s Cathedral in Wellington. This service is held every year to celebrate Memorial Day for the United States. F/S Toohey was involved in handing out programmes to guests. F/S Brown was a wreath bearer and … Read more
On 3rd April F/S Brown, SGT Toohey, SGT Thompson (and F/S Kemp of No1 Sqn) attended the RNZAF 75th Commemorative Church Service at the Cathedral of St Paul in Wellington. The Cadets acted as donation collectors – passing the collection bags around during the service. After the service they had the chance to mingle with the congregation … Read more
On 12th March F/S Brown, SGT Toohey, LAC Drummond & LAC Robinson attended the Commonwealth Day ceremony at the Cathedral of St Paul in Wellington. The Cadets were the Colour Party and they carried the Commonwealth Flag. They led the procession of all the flags of the countries of the Commonwealth. The flags were carried to the … Read more