Porirua Air Cadets
Notices that relate to Training in the squadron
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
The Squadron went shooting on Saturday 11 August 2012 at the Royal Tiger Range in Newtown. The top six shots of the day were: – LAC David Drummond 83 – LAC Daniel Robinson 79 – CPL Kadin Fowler 78 – LAC David Drummond 76 – CPL Kadin Fowler 75 – W/O Alex Asbery and CPL … Read more
Cadet Sanket Balia reports on the shoot held on 29 July 2012: On the 29th of July 2012, several cadets turned up at the Royal Tiger Range at Newtown for Shooting. For all of us, this was our second time shooting. As I arrived at the Royal Tiger Range, I got assigned to help out … 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
Following our shooting training weekend, the target shooting program kicked off on Sunday. The top six results were: – U/O McLeod 78 – W/O Asbery 72 – U/O McLeod 70 – CDT Balia 70 – LAC Robinson 69 – CPL Fowler 66
LAC Kathy Player reports on the recent Basic Bushcraft camp below: This year, the Air Cadets of 41 Squadron were joined by a number of Sea Cadets from T.S. Taupo Sea Cadet Corps on our Basic Bushcraft camp from the 25th-27th of May. We turned up at the T.S. Taupo building on Friday in civilian … Read more
During the Easter 2012 school holiday, LAC Kadin Fowler was selected to attend the Junior Leaders Course at Ohakea – he reports on his experience:- “I was glad and surprised that I had been selected to attend the junior leaders course, the only person in fact who had been selected from my squadron. The junior … Read more
During the second week of the Easter school holidays, Corporal Asbery attended the Senior Leaders course at Ohakea, he reports:- “The senior leaders course is a leadership course and for the central region is held at RNZAF base Ohakea. The course runs for 1 week and we stay in individual barrack rooms for the duration … Read more
Over Easter Corporal Asbery was given the opportunity to accompany No. 1 Squadron on their trip to the Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow as a last minute replacement due to an illness with another cadet – he reports on his trip:- “We began the trip on Wednesday 4th April with a ride on the Interislander, I … Read more
Report by Pilot Officer Asbery and Sergeant Jess Toohey:- Once per term No. 41 Squadron has a “let your hair down” fun evening that is called Superclash! This is basically a non-uniformed evening of games and fun, sometimes with a competitive element between the different flights within the unit. This time the cadets arrived in … Read more