Archive for March, 2020

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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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Contest – Boots!

by CI Horton on March 20, 2020 at 7:49 am
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So @296 is going to have a boot polishing competition. It’s open to all @296 cadets. Here is how it works. This weekend- you will send pictures ( at least a couple) of your boots to CI Horton. Include your […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Contest coming up

by CI Horton on March 19, 2020 at 4:14 pm
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Tomorrow we’ll announce details on a contest that all cadets can take part in. It’ll be on the website – so we need to ensure ALL cadets are online. Text your peers – ensure they know it’s coming. If your […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – Leadership

by CI Horton on March 19, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296daily – During your cadet training you’ll learn a lot of qualities of a leader, principles of leadership. This speech – from General ( Ret’d) Colin Powell of the United States distills that down. However if you think back to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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