On the first of May, I got the chance to go up in a helicopter with an instructor from Ardmore. Although I didn’t sit in the front, sitting in the back seat was just as fun. The take off was smooth and the instructor made flying it look like a breeze. As we passed over mountains and houses, he answered all questions we had to ask (while showing off his skills of course) and then the LAC who was sitting in the front even got a chance to pilot the air craft. The instructor showed us all controls and told...
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Cadet Story – Senior Leaders Course April 2011
In the second week of my holidays, instead of being at home probably doing absolutely nothing, I was up at Tamaki Leadership Centre, a Royal New Zealand Navy base on the Whangapaoroa Peninsula. This was the Northern Area Senior Leaders Course – a Cadet course designed to develop junior NCOs into a higher class of leaders in each of the three corps, The Air Training Corps, New Zealand Cadet Corps and the Sea Cadet Corps.
The week had a lot packed into it, theory lessons and practical exercises on instructional technique, leadership and GSMEAC briefing, parade drill and more. As always,...