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296Daily – Battle of Britain

by CI Horton on March 28, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296daily – In the skies over the United Kingdom – one of the key battles in WW2 was fought. This video goes through that summer – discussing the planes, the people and the systems that saved Britain. Ewan McGregor ( […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – Cadet Promotions

by CI Horton on March 27, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296Daily – Each cadet looks forward to their next promotion – a symbol of their hard work and accomplishment. Promotions are controlled at a national level by a set of rules – the Cadet Administrative and Training Orders. Cadets ( […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – Astronauts guide to Positive time in self isolation

by CI Horton on March 26, 2020 at 9:00 am
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Commander Chris Hadfield has been an astronaut, a test pilot, a fighter pilot, and an Air Cadet. We’re sharing with you his video today on our current situation ( physical isolation) and what you can do to make the most […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – Apollo 13

by CI Horton on March 25, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296Daily – in 1970 – three astronauts were on NASA’s third journey to land on the moon – when a catastrophic failure occurred. Apollo 13 never landed on the moon ( it circled it in an emergency maneuver to get home) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – 2013 Band Freestyle @ Competition

by CI Horton on March 24, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296Daily – Here is a link to the 2013 296 City of Cambridge Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets Pipes and Drums at the final stage competition at CFB BordenDrum Major is FSgt Fearon. Pipe Major is WO1 Oullet. We won […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – building the largest passenger plane – the A380

by CI Horton on March 23, 2020 at 9:00 am
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The AIRBUS A380 is the largest passenger plane ever. Bigger than the 747, it can carry significant cargo and people staggering distances compared to planes from a generation ago. This video shows the plane being assembled ( in 7 short […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Boot Competition – Time to enter

by CI Horton on March 22, 2020 at 7:01 pm
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Time runs out soon for cadets to enter the boot shining competition. Just send in your before pic of your boots ( along with cadet name) and then get shining! More info and tutorials on website. your ‘AFTER ‘ pics […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296 Daily – SundayFunday

by CI Horton on March 22, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296Daily today is from from CI Horton, and it’s a story. Open this on the full Sqn page to read the whole thing. For years we’ve had end ‘ end of year fun night’ One last night to blow off […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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#296Daily – MachLoop / High speed low level passes

by CI Horton on March 21, 2020 at 9:00 am
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In Wales, there is an area with steep green covered hills used for low and fast training of military aircraft. One benefit of this is that spectators can get up on some hills ABOVE the amazing machines and pilots flying […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296daily – Jet Engines

by CI Horton on March 20, 2020 at 9:00 am
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Jet engines are incredibly powerful tools, used on a variety of aircraft to propel them. This video describes the basics on jet engine processes. This next video just uses a white board to explain jet engine principles. A cadet instructor […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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