Monday, August 08, 2011

Cadets aim for the sky: Aeronca Aircraft Project. John Paul II Catholic High School.

Cadets from the Aeronca Aircraft Project graduated from their program Thursday (July 28) taking them one wing closer to flying with the birds.

Friends and family filled John Paul II Catholic High School gym to see 20 cadets receive their certificate from the aviation technology and maintenance course.

“They learn a lot about how to be an aircraft mechanical engineer and they also learn the piloting part of it as well,” said Don Berrill, Air Cadet League of Canada chair. “It’s one of the first (courses) of its kind in Canada, certainly from the Air Cadet program.”

The course is offered over a semester at the high school but these hardcore cadets complete the whole thing in just 20 days, cramming in over a week’s worth of work in a single day.

The class is offered to teens, aged 14-16, and they can earn a credit towards their high school diploma.

The cadets never get to actually fly, but the course teaches the intricacies of the mechanics behind a plane.

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