Porirua Air Cadets
PLTOFF Chris Asbery 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
Congratulations go to Year 8 Paremata School pupil Cyzck from Room 6, who was the lucky winner in the draw to win a Radio Controlled Helicopter from the Squadron’s appearance at the Paremata School Gala on Sat 27th Oct. Pilot Officer Asbery paid a surprise visit to Room 6 to deliver Cyzck’s prize and ask … Read more
On Saturday 27th October a small contingent from 41 Squadron attended the Paremata School Gala, taking along the Squadron’s flight simulators and once again offering the chance to win a Radio Controlled Helicopter to any virtual pilots on the day. By collecting a gold coin donation for each flight meant the unit were able to … Read more
Scott Lancaster from the Child CancerFoundation stopped by the unit on Monday the 10th September to meet and thank those cadets who had helped raise some $486 for the foundation in August. A huge “well done” goes to all the cadets who assisted and it was a great opportunity to show Scott what the cadets … Read more
Sunday the 26th August saw North City hold their Manzone event again, and No. 41 Squadron were invited back with our flight simulators to try and recruit some additional new cadets. In order to maximise the potential of the expected 20,000 attendees we also collected money for the Child Cancer Foundation, raising some $484 over … Read more
On Sunday 26th of August North City is hosting the Manzone event again – a celebration of all manly pursuits! At this event No. 41 Squadron will again set up our flight simulators, distribute leaflets and be available to answer any questions from prospective new recruits to the unit – both Male and Female! Additionally … Read more
A number of cadets from No. 41 Squadron got to fly from Paraparaumu airport on Saturday the 18th August. Cadet Hawinkels reports on his experience:- “On August the 18th I was one of the lucky 11 to participate in the latest flying event. This was my second time flying, having already flown once before meant … Read more
Congratulations go to Jayven Timalea Liifano who won the radio controlled helicopter up for grabs at our recent recruitment drive at North City Shopping Mall. 9yr old Jayven attends Corrina School in Waitangirua, and although he is a little bit young to join the squadron just yet maybe in a couple of years he’ll join … Read more
On Saturday 4th August the Squadron turned out in force to man our flight simulators and hand out flyers to prospective new recruits at North City Shopping Centre. As well as distributing information flyers and answering questions from prospective new recruits (from our target age range 13-15yr olds) and their parents, the cadets manned the … Read more
No. 41 Squadron will be actively recruiting up to 20 new recruit cadets at the start of Term 3 2012. On Monday 13th August any interested potential new recruits can attend a New Recruits Evening at 6.30pm at TS Taupo and join the squadron. On either Saturday 1st or Sunday 2nd September there will be … Read more