air cadet league newsletter summer 2013

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Summe

Welcome to the 72nd Annual General

Meeting of the Air Cadet Leagueof Canada being held this year in

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Our agenda for the three days we

are together provides an attractive

combination of business and social

activities and reects a great deal of hard work by all concerned with its

preparation. I wish to thank Chairman

Russell Gallant and all members of

the Prince Edward Island Provincial

Committee for hosting the Annual

General meeting this year and

arranging our social agenda.

I also wish to compliment our National

Executive Director, Sarah Matre

and her team at the National ofceplanning and organizing a com

timetable of committee meetings

the Annual General Meeting Agen

An undoubted highlight in

program is the Effective Spea

Competition to be held Thurs

evening. There we will see the

of the best compete for the title o

Cadet League National Champio

I look forward to meeting

working with you during this An

Conference.

Ken Higgins, National Pres

(L) Marcel Bineau, Q/OV Chairperson and (R) Bob Goudie, National Past President, attend the Yellow Wings Youth Leadership Initiatve Lau


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N AT I O N A L O F F I C E

1 Welcome to the Annual General Meeting2 National Office Update

I N T H E N E W S

10 Once in a Lifetime

11 News and Notes

E V E N T S

3 Yellow Wings Launch

9 Aerospace Through Simulation

AWA R D S & R E C O G N I T I O N

5 Herb Spear Jubilee Presentation

6 Grant S. Fabes Memorial Trophy

Inside This Issue

Reminder T h e A i r C a d e t L e a g u e o f C a n a d a ’ s S e m i - A n n u a lM e e t i n g w i l l t a k e p l a c ea t t h e D e l t a O t t a w a f r o m1 5 t o 1 6 N o v e m b e r, 2 0 1 3 .



National Ofce

As the Cadet Program takes a strategic pause as directed by the Vice-Chief of Defence Sta

to focus on the Renewal Plan, we as the Air Cadet League have had to put some of our ne

projects and initiatives on hold. That is not to say that they need to be forgotten or done awa

with entirely. During a time when change is frequent and things uncertain, we have decided

keep these projects ready and waiting in the wings. There may come a time in the near futu

where one of our initiatives, take the Virtual Music Competition for example, could easily llvoid or answer to a need the Air Cadet Program may face in the future. It is important that w

are ready to provide needed support when required without delay.

Starting in the fall the Screening and Registration committee will be conducting random audof squadrons to ensure that members of the SSCs are properly screened. It is essential th

we do our due diligence to protect our cadets. Recently new screening handbooks and form

were released with specic tolerance guidelines and optimized forms. We now set the samstandards as the other two leagues as well as the Department of National Defence when

comes to working with the vulnerable sector. We are also looking into an online screenin

system with a third party company, but there are obstacles in the way as VSS checks can st

only be performed by the RCMP.

Under the new bylaws we are drafting for the League in accordance with the new NFP Acit is important that at the National Level we clearly dene who our voting members are. Onmembers ‘in good standing’ may vote at the AGM, which means only those members with val

screening can cast a vote at the meeting. The recent audit conducted of National membe

on the voting registry was a good exercise in ensuring that all provincial information has bee

transferred to National. It also assisted us in determining who is considered to be inactive.

If any of your cadets have received or will be receiving a FAMIL Pilot Upgrade Scholarship,

important to note that we made considerable effort, with the assistance of ATAC, to provide

better outline of exactly what the award is and how it may be used. The value of this scholarsh

is for $2500 plus tax or thirty (30) Pilot In Command (PIC) hours, whichever comes rsThe balances of the funds that are unused are reinvested towards another scholarship th

following year. Should cadets have any questions about their FAMIL Scholarship, they mu

contact the National Ofce and not the Flight School they have been assigned to.

Have a safe and happy summer everyone!



Yellow Wings Launch

reated by Vintage Wings of Canada in

artnership with the Air Cadet League

f Canada and the Air Cadet Program,

he Raytheon Canada Yellow Wings

outh Leadership Initiative uses six

ntage training aircraft – collectively

nown as Yellow Wings – as unique

eaching tools to highlight Canada’s

ch aviation history and the tangible

alue and benets of pursuing a career science, technology, engineering

nd math.

he rst in a series of nine cross-anada events aimed at Royal

anadian Air Cadets took place on

May 18-19.

ilots provided motivational presentations to air cadets, as well as “hands-on” tours of beautifully-resto

econd World War aircraft. Each session will include a powerful motivational video message recorspecially for this program by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadeld on the International Space Station.

ver 50 days this summer, the Initiative will reach more than 6,000 young men and women in nine commun

cross Canada and provide an opportunity for 500 deserving cadets to go ying in Yellow Wings aircraft.

Yellow Wings pilot Francis Bélanger is interviewed with

Air Cadets after their ights in historic aircraft.adets take a break on ight simulators. Yellowings pilot Francis Bélanger instructs and gives

elpful tips such as, “put down the landing gear”.



Follow us on

Marcel Bineau, Q/OV Chairperson, speaks to Cadets

over lunch during the Raytheon Canada Yellow Wings

Leadership Initiative Launch.

www.facebook.com/500DreamsTakeWing

Cadets hear a motivational video mes

recorded by Canadian astronaut Chris Had

“I never thought I would have the chance to y in such a prestigious warbird such as th

North American Harvard. Having just landed I can say I had an incredible time, the view wmagnicent and I know this is an experience that I will never forget. Many thanks to Vintag

Wings of Canada and pilot Paul Kissmann for providing myself and the other air cadets

Ottawa with such an incredible opportunity! WO1 Andrew Lumley, 872 RCACS.”

LEFT: Big smiles can

be found on both

cadets and pilots after

a ight in a de HavillandChipmunk!

RIGHT: Yellow Wings

Team Lead andChairman of the Board,

Todd Lemieux, briefs

he rst 25 cadets toy on leadership, goal

setting, discipline and

pursuit of your passion.



Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE MEDAL PRESENTED TO HONOURARY DIRECTOROF THE AIR CADET LEAGUE OF CANADA

Flight Lieutenant (Retired) Herb Spear, Honourary Director of the Air Cadet League of Canadaand WWII veteran was presented the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal on Friday, 24 May at theWestJet Campus, Calgary.

Herb Spear. If one were to describe him

in a short sentence one could say, “Herbis an airman’s airman”. On Friday the24th of June, before 500 of his WestJetco-workers, Herb was representedthe Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.The medal recognizes his “signicantcontribution to the Air Cadet Leagueof Canada”. Flight Lieutenant (retired)Herb Spear is an Honourary Governor of the Air Cadet League (ACL) of

Canada and a full-time WestJetter. Asan Honourary Governor he and WestJethas lent invaluable support to theLeague’s National Effective SpeakingCompetition. WestJet ies, free of charge, every provincial cadet winner and his or her escort to the National Effective SpeakingCompetition held during the ACL’s annual general meeting. This year the national competition iin Charlottetown, PEI.

In 1941 at 17 years old Herb donned the uniform of the edgling Royal Canadian Air Cadets

Two years later he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, trained as a ghter pilot and waspresented his wings in August 1944. He continued to serve his country during the waning years othe war. He then served with 403 ghter-Bomber (Auxilliary) Squadron at RCAF Station CalgaryIn September of 1952, 403 Squadron received the title, “City of Calgary”. Since then he has oweverything from a P51 Mustang to a C45 Expediter and Boeing 737. Herb has never lost his lovof ight.

WestJet CEO Greg Saretsky and several hundred WestJetters were on hand to witness thpresentation. Herb and his partner, Rene Dussome remain very active with the ACL and will agaibe attending the national competition in PEI.

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Herb Spear, Honorary Director of the ACL receives a Queen’s Diamond

Jubilee Medal presented by Darlene LaRoche, National Governor.



The Air Cadet family recently suffered a hu

loss with the passing of National Past Presid

Grant Fabes. Grant began his second car

of service in the Air Cadet Movement wit

West Montreal Squadron ten years ago.

To honour Grant, the Air Cadets, OfceSquadron Sponsoring Committee, and Frien

of 1 West Montreal Squadron established

annual award in his memory. In keeping w

his passion and dedication to educating you

the Grant S. Fabes Memorial Trophy will

awarded annually to the most procient adedicated cadet instructor.

The inaugural presentation of the Grant S. Fabes Memorial Trophy was held at the Squadro72nd Annual Ceremonial Review on May 25, 2013. The Squadron was honoured to ha

Grant’s wife Joyce and his daughter Kendra present this year’s award to WO1 Carl Bindm

Miniatures of the Memorial Trophy were presented to Joyce and Kendra by Mrs. Pilar Sanch

SSC Chairperson and Captain Jean-Philippe Decarie, Commanding Ofcer.

Grant’s commitment to the Air Cadets of not only 1

West Montreal Squadron, but to this country, was truly

“Second to None”, the Squadron’s motto.

Grant S. Fabes

O1 Carl Bindman receives the Grant S. Fabes Memorial

rophy from Joyce Fabes and her daughter Kendra.

Joyce Fabes and her

daughter Kendra receive

Grant S. Fabes Memorial

Trophy Miniatures from SSC

Chair Pilar Sanchez & 1 West

Montreal CO Capt Decarie.

Memorial Trophy



A Family Affair

With the cream of the crop of Canada’s cadet

marksmen in our midst this week, it’s impossible

o miss the number of shared last names that

catch your eye as you scan the results board.

The 2013 Championship sibling tally chalks up

ve pairs and even a trio from Summerside, PEI,comprised of two brothers and a sister. The Taha

amily – Albert (17), Mary (16), and Abraham (13)

– represent three of the ve members from 53 CEMonty DFC Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron,

he unit team here representing Prince Edward

sland.

We’re a tight-knit bunch,” says Albert, “in fact,

most of us - including the composite team - live

within 5 minutes of each other.”

Albert considers himself to be a mentor to his

younger siblings in Cadets, but modestly claims

hat the other two have found their own way on the

marksmanship side of things. Nonetheless, on

he range it’s hard not to notice the synchronicity

as the three set up their targets identically and

adopt nearly indistinguishable prone positions.

f they’ve qualied for nationals, they must bedoing something right!

I think we have an advantage in having three

eam members from one family,” says Albert.

We’re much more relaxed and have no problem

being honest with each other if something isn’t

going right.”

Marksmanship is certainly embedded in

genes of Prescott and Russell United Coua rural area approximately 50 km southea

Ottawa. The unit team representing the Ea

Region - 5 Cyclone Royal Canadian Air C

Squadron - consists of not one, but two se

sisters.

The Leroux girls (Danielle, 15, and Natalie

joined forces with Justin Gagnon and a pair

the Burkes family (Daniella, 17, and Julia13) to form the team who made it through a

competitive Quebec region to earn their

here at the National Championship. Coach

yet another Leroux, Danielle and Natalie’s f

– Robert - the tight-knit group isn’t witho

share of sibling rivalries and family dynamic

PEI National Marksmanship Team Photo. Lef

Right Abraham Taha, Albert Taha, Victor Mun

Salazar, Kyle MacIsaac, Marry Taha



Passion and excellence in marksmanship

runs deep through family bloodlines.

e push each other to do our best. There’s

nitely some internal competition here,” saysnielle Leroux. “Natalie beat me at Regionals,

t I made sure I did better at Provincials. I beat

r at all sports, except sometimes this one,” she

ys with a coy smile.

e trend of tight-knit sibling success in the

arksmanship Program draws a parallel to the

-dependence of cadet units and the areas that

st them. “Our squadron is in a really small

mmunity,” explains Daniella. “It keeps us close

gether both as a unit and a community – we get

s of support.” Through this involvement, the

nadian Cadet Program thrives and enables its

ung participants to excel and participate at the

hest levels.

is phenomenon is not all that unique as

e program is no stranger to accomplished

arksmanship families! Brothers Patrick and

smond Vamplew got their respective starts

cadets, and went on to become members of

e elite Army Cadet National Rie Team, whichmpetes in Bisley, England each year. These

o Cadet alumni later went on to illustriousarksmanship careers, highlighted by two trips to

e Olympic Games for Patrick and a gold medal

m the Commonwealth Games for Desmond.

en mom – Edith – has been deeply involved

h just about every aspect of this sport for over

e decades!

The established trend of family successes in

Cadet Marksmanship Program continues h

in St. Catharines. Through the combination

sibling rivalry and close community teams,

are sure to see plenty of common last names

the top of the results board – both now and

years to come!

By 2Lt Derek Reid, Press Center Correspond

At the competition there are a few groups of siblings fr

across Canada. One such group is (left to right) Danie

Burke, Danielle Leroux, Natalie Leroux & Julianne Bur Also with this group was coach & father Robert Leroux

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More than 300 young people participate each

year in the Cadet Youth Development Centre’s

programming. The centre’s aerospace facility is

the only cadet facility of its kind in Canada.

Lockheed Martin has provided a visual simulationplatform that creates training scenarios across

aviation, maritime and ground domains to

Breslau’s Cadet Youth Development Centre.

The Prepar3D simulation platform will encourage

youth to explore science, technology, engineering

and math (STEM) through an immersive learning

environment.

The Cadet Youth Development Centre is home tothe 822 Tutor Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air

Cadets. As a registered charity, the centre offers

free access to aerospace and robotics programs

for cadets and youth aged 12-18 years.

ts Introduction to Aerospace Through Simulation

program engages participants in aviation-based

tasks where they build teamwork, leadership and

resource management skills while experiencing

STEM principles in action.

“When our cadets get in the simulators, they

are entirely attuned to the task and to their

teammates,” said Lt. Col. Ronald Gowing (Ret.),

founder and program director of the Cadet Youth

Development Centre. “The simulation program

empowers youth to take control of their futu

by cultivating self-assurance that they can ex

in math and the sciences.”

“Simulation technology provides boundle

opportunity for engaging youth in learning abSTEM disciplines, and we are honored to supp

the Cadet Youth Development Centre in t

mission,” said Jon Rambeau, vice president

Lockheed Martin Training and Logistics Solutio

“Many of our own employees have pursu

technical careers because of encouragem

and experiences they had during their youth.”

More than 300 young people participate ea

year in the Cadet Youth Development Centrprogramming. The centre’s aerospace facility is

only cadet facility of its kind in Canada. Additio

community aviation and aerospace programs

made available to local schools, scouts, guid

and other youth-oriented organizations.

Powered by game-based technology, Prepar

presents a virtual reality platform that suppo

immersive learning scenarios from de

underwater to suborbital space. Military acivilian professionals currently train with Prepar

individually and collectively during distribu

training exercises.

By Breslau, Canada (SPX) Apr 23, 2013

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Lockheed Martin

Ontario Air Cadets Take Flight in LockheedMartin’s Prepar3D Simulation Software

Aerospace through Simulation



Once in a Lifetime

Black Visor for coolness”. Witha remarkably casual voice,

Captain Brett Parker kicked off

what is arguably the most unique

experience I have ever had. I was

strapped into the co-pilot seat of

Number 3 Snowbird, just about

o take off. With that, we ippeddown the black visor on the ighthelmet, despite the overcast skies.

The Snowbirds tour the countryevery summer, and at a few stops,

hey perform media ights. Theynvite public gures to come for ights in order to fulll their role as

a voice for the Canadian Forces.

There are probably 30 people who

get this opportunity every year,

and I was extremely fortunate to

be one of them. Other people

chosen included John Sauder of CBC news, Ace Burpee of Hot 103,

Melissa Tate of the Winnipeg Free

Press, and the superintendent of

he Winnipeg police.

My encounter with the Snowbirdstook place in two parts. Part one

was the day before the ight, whenall the guests were checked out on

the ejection seats and emergency

egress of the aircraft. Because

the Snowbirds do not travel with a

support unit, the seat check took

place on the actual aircraft, with

live ejection seats. They strapped

on the life preserver and parachute

and put us in the aircraft, wherewe were briefed on ejection

procedures.

The second part, on May 25,

was the ight. We sat in on thesquadrons brieng, and I sawthe amount of preparation and

professionalism that goes into a

simple yby. They plan to avoid

disturbing livestock, plan alternateairports for every leg of the journey

and calculate precise fuel gures.Everything is done on a tight

schedule; the brieng even had a

countdown to start. When we in the airplanes, all nine pilots

through their checklists in unis

and then taxi’d to the runway

their ights of three. Take off wincredible, because they do it

formation of threes, not more th

4 meters between wingtips. Wit

30 seconds, all nine aircraft w

off the ground and formed up

the leader.

We proceeded on a forty min

yby circuit of communities arouWinnipeg, ying over LaSaStarbuck, Winnipeg Beach, Sel

and St Andrews. When they arriv

over a town, they would tighten

the formation, put on the smo

and do a 360 over head. Dur

these turns, we would pull arou

two and a half Gs, an incredodd sensation.

When the ight came to a clothey once again put on the smo

and did a yby of WinnipInternational airport, scream

by at 400 feet. They broke

into ights of three, and landedformation as well. I was truly s

when the wheels touched dow

but I am incredibly thankful towaboth the Snowbirds for th

friendliness and professionalis

and to the people who made t

happen – the Air Cadet League

Canada and the Canadian Forc

By: WO2 Julian Audette

307 Stoneybrook Squadron

Photo by: Sgt Daren Kraus

Flying with Canada’s Snowbirds



LEFT: The New Brunswick Provincial Commi

presented John Betts, MLA Government Caucus Chwith an Air Cadet Service Medal. Mr. Betts wa

member of 101 Moncton Squadron between 1962

1967.

Left to Right: MLA Bev Harrison CD (S/L & former

527 Sqn), Tom White, John Betts MLA & medal

recipient, Greg Boudreau, NBPC Chair, Dale Grah

Speaker of the House.

RIGHT: The New Brunswick Dept of Education

and Early Childhood Development recently

announced that cadets are now eligible to

challenge for school credit on two occasions.

From L-R: Jody Carr, Minister of Educationand Early Childhood Development; Tom White,

National Vice President, ACL; Paul Dowling,

Executive Director ACL (NB); Premier David

Alward; Steve Nightengale, representing Navy

League of NB; Major Dave Boudreau, Det.

Commander, NB/PEI Cadet Det.; Paul Butler,

National President of the Army Cadet League

of Canada; Robert Langevin, President of NB

Army Cadet League; and Brian MacDonald,

MLA and Legislative Assembly Whip.

LEFT: National Governor

Don Berrill with Admiral

Bennett Vice-CDS at

the opening ceremonies

of the 2013 National

Cadet Marksmanship

Championship on May 5.

News and Notes

ABOVE: Bob Goudie, National Past Presidand Marcel Bineau, Q/OV Chairman,

interviewed during the Raytheon Cana

Youth Leadership Initiative (Yellow Win

launch on May 18.

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