The Cadet Air Corps training is focuses on building leadership skills, aviation knowledge, self-esteem and a sense of American civic responsibility.
Training includes but is not limited to - introduction of charts and pubs, ( local weather observation, analysis and prediction training), ground school, Daily/Take off craft inspection, fuel check, VFR, taxing aircraft, T/O roll, controlled climbs and turns, traffic pattern, Air Traffic control Instructions, approach configuration, initial approach point (IAP), touch and go landings, crab landings and more.
Airframe, avionics equipment, power plant, flight theory and aircraft design are taught. Also, great attention is given to our young pilots inter-personal skills..
In a full term (4 year) cadet will rise through thirteen non-commissioned air force ranks recruit - E13.
Learning ones natural skills and discovering individual personal challenges are major goals for each Air Cadet.
At this level we propose 33 (3 hour) sessions per year over an 11 week semester. This allows for a second class during the 25 week school year. Roughly, 50 hours will be devoted to basic flight training skills and it's disciplines. We hope to receive sufficient funding for 2.5 or 3 hour sessions for students within a 30 min travel time.