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Issue # 24
Week of April 20, 2015
Cadets of the Week
YEAR END TRIP SIGN-UP
For the next two Monday nights (April 20th and 27th), Year-end Trip sign-ups will occur at Rotary Hall from 1900 until 2100. Please park at Village Union Public School and NOT in the driveway at Rotary Hall.
Please have with you emergency contact info for the long weekend in May, and pertinent medical information (including prescription medications) for your cadet.
The cost of the trip is $200 (minus 10% of fall tagging and 10% spring tagging, if applicable). Amounts owing will be available at the hall on sign up nights. Payment can be made by cash or cheque made payable to “151 Chadburn Squadron”.
We have space for approximately 85 cadets on the year end trip, if we have more cadets than that sign up, selection will be based upon achievement points. If your cadet is not selected after sign ups are done, you will be reimbursed the amount paid.
Squadron t-shirts will be available for sale during sign up nights for $15 and are mandatory for wear on at least one day of the trip. (If your cadet already has a t-shirt, they do not need to purchase another one).
Power Familiarization Flying Sign Up
The Squadron recently got approved to restart their Power Familiarization flying program from the Oshawa Airport.
This coming Monday April 20, signup sheets will again be available for those cadets that missed sign up last week.
Flights are $10 per 45 minute flight. We will be scheduling our first flights shortly and you will be contacted by the NCO in charge.
Cadet Activities
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Date |
Day |
Month |
Activity |
Location |
Time |
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20 |
Mon |
Apr |
Cadet Training |
Central Collegiate |
1830 – 2200 hrs |
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21 |
Tues |
Apr |
Level 1 Open Shooting |
Squadron HQ |
1900 – 2130 hrs |
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22 |
Wed |
Apr |
Boot Shining |
Squadron HQ |
1900 – 2130 hrs |
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22 |
Wed |
Apr |
Drill Team |
Squadron HQ |
1900 – 2100 hrs |
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23 |
Thurs |
Apr |
Competition Band |
Lviv Hall |
1900 – 2130 hrs |
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24 |
Fri |
Apr |
Competition Band |
Central Collegiate |
1800 — 2000 hrs |
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25 |
Sat |
Apr |
Band & Drill Competition |
Kingston |
1100 – 1700 hrs |
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25 |
Sat |
Apr |
Rifle Team |
Squadron HQ |
1300 – 1700 hrs |
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25 |
Sat |
Apr |
Power Flying |
Oshawa Airport |
0800 – 1100 hrs |
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26 |
Sun |
Apr |
Power Flying |
Oshawa Airport |
0800 – 1100 hrs |
For details of the Squadron’s many activities please review the Squadron
calendar by following this link :
https://www.chadburn.org/activity-calendar-2
Orienteering, Ganaraska Forest Centre
One of the Squadron’s more popular activities is orienteering in the Ganaraska Forest.
Cadets first have a classroom training session and then its off to the forest to find the various targets that the staff have set up.
It sounds simple enough but some cadets certainly had their problems when it comes to recognizing the terain features on map and then using a compass to locate the targets.
As one can see it was not all orienteering as the cadets also got a chance to take on the staff in a game of baseball.
Royal Order of the Glassy Boot
The following cadets have all been accepted as full members in the special and exclusive society
known as the “Royal Order of the Glassy Boot.”
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WO1/WO2 |
WO1 Bliss |
WO2 Boyden |
WO2 Hembruff |
WO2 Lloyd, D |
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WO2 Shaw |
WO2 Sheppard |
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FSGT |
FSgt Barton |
FSgt Brandow |
FSgt Dellipizzi |
FSgt Gagnon |
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FSgt Katzer |
FSgt Lloyd, A |
FSgt O’Brien |
FSgt Sam |
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FSgt Travis |
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SGT |
Sgt Abraham |
Sgt Annis |
Sgt Carson |
Sgt Davies |
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Sgt Hewett |
Sgt Kennedy |
Sgt Loyst |
Sgt Mejia |
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Sgt Milne |
FSgt Nemeth |
Sgt Singh |
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FCPL |
FCpl Alleyne |
FCpl Chandler |
FCpl Hancock |
FCpl Hayes |
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FCpl Katzer |
FCpl Sealy |
FCpl Talhouk |
FCpl L. Mastroianni |
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FCpl S. Mastroianni |
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CPL |
Cpl Anthony |
Cpl Garroick |
Cpl Rabjohn |
Cpl Goss |
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LAC |
LAC Boyden |
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Cadets wishing to apply for membership must first be approved by the Squadron Warrant Officer,
then we will post their name here in our newsletter.
Financial Planning Presentation
“Winning The Money Game” with Mr. Jerry Smith
Each year we have a financial advisor come in and speak to our cadets about managing one’s finances.
An important topic when you consider that not too far down the road many of our cadets will be getting ready for a job or an institute of higher learning.
Up Coming Cadet Activities
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Day |
Month |
Activity |
Location |
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25 |
Apr |
EOA Band & Drill Comp |
Kingston |
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12 |
May |
Annual Inspection |
Legends Center |
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15-18 |
May |
Year End Trip |
Kingston & Ottawa |
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30 |
May |
Canadian International Military Tattoo |
Hamilton |
Thoughts From the Treadmill
Another great weekend as far as the weather goes. I can’t remember the last tag days where we had such nice weather for the entire weekend. I would like to thank all of the cadets who participated in the fund-raising, as well as their parents for getting them to the locations. I would also like to thank all of the staff who made the weekend a success.
It is hard to believe that the Annual Inspection is now less than a month away. I would like to invite all of the parents and friends of the Squadron out to see this great group of young people in action on May 12th. They have worked so hard all year to get to this level of proficiency , I am proud of them and I know anyone who sees the annual will also have a sense of pride in the entire group.
Good Luck to both the Drill Team and the Band who will be travelling to Kingston next Saturday to compete in the Easter Ontario Area Band and Drill Competition.
As I write this on Sunday night, word is out that the secondary school teachers will be going on strike tomorrow. As it stands now, we will still be parading at Central Collegiate tomorrow night. If this changes, we will update the Squadron web page as well as the Facebook page. Each cadet will also receive a phone call. The plan is that we will parade at Rotary Hall if we can’t use the school.
That’s all for now.
Stay safe and have a great week.
Major Bliss
“Rules of the Air”
Some practical thoughts and comments regarding the world of flying and aviation.
“Good judgement comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.”
Aviation Photo Of the Week
Restored B-29 Emerges on 70th Anniversary of its First Delivery
It looks like Fifi, the only known B-29 to maintain airworthy status, but it will soon have some welcome company. After several decades, the efforts to bring the B-29 bomber named Doc from its dormancy in the Mojave Desert to back into the skies has taken one giant step in the right direction. While the initial restoration efforts moved at a snail’s pace due to a lack of funding and adequate workspace, the airplane, which moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 2000, has been enthusiastically worked on for the past two years by volunteers. The group has estimated that it will cost between $7 million and $9 million to finish Doc’s restoration.
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