Porirua Air Cadets
Today it was announced that No 41 Squadron’s Wallingford Team A won the Central and Wellington Area Shooting Trophies. Team A scored 425 points out of a total possible 600. Team A members were: – Corporal Kadin Fowler 79 – Corporal Nicholas Asbery 75 – Flight Sergeant Kendall Brown 73 – Corporal Daniel Robinson 67 … Read more
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
Another great day was had by both the cadets who manned the squadron flight simulators and the attendees who took the opportunity to have a virtual flight with us at the recent Plimmerton School Gala. Over the day there was a constant stream of potential pilots visiting us in classroom 16 and with the wonderfully … Read more
No. 41 Squadron will once again attend Plimmerton School’s annual gala with flight simulators on projectors and offering the chance for any pilots to enter a competition to win a Radio Controlled Helicopter. This follows a recent visit by an RNZAF Iroquois to the school – see article below. Of course any Year 8 pupils … Read more
On Sunday 11th of November a contigent of cadets made up the guard party at the ceremonial memorial unveiling of a statue that pays tribute to the armed forces at Whenua Tapu cemetry. Unfortunately the weather was cold and wet, but it didn’t stop a large turn out from making the ceremony to mark Armistice … Read more
Congratulations go to Cadet Sanket Balia, who was awarded Top Year 11 Student at Mana College recently – pretty impressive for someone who arrived in NZ less than a year ago and missed some time at school due to a car accident – keep up the good work! Extract from Porirua City Life – 14th … Read more
LAC Aidan Drummond reports on Exercise GPS held over the weekend of 27 and 28 October: Saturday morning we arrived at the unit and had our gear checked by Flight Sergeant Brown. Then we loaded the gear into cars and set out for Waitarere Forest. Once we got to the spot where we would be … Read more
Many of the Squadron’s top shooters shot in the Wallingford postal competition today. The practice sessions went very well with many improving their average scores for the year. Results from the day include: – 1 Marksman subject to confirmation by HQ – 4 First Class Shots subject to confirmation by Central Area – 1 Shooting … Read more
Cadet Joseph Mijares reports on the Flying day held at Helipro Paraparaumu on 20 October 2012: “When I was asked to write a short paragraph about my flying experience on the 20th of October, I wondered how I could explain such an amazing experience. That was my first time taking control of an airplane. So, … Read more