Alec Yang, a teen cadet at 637 Arrow Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron and student at Moscrop Secondary School in Burnaby, is spending his summer soaring the sky as he pursues his glider pilot license through the cadet program in CFB Comox.
“I was scared during my first flight on a glider when I was younger,” said Yang, 16. “Now I get an incredible thrill being able to fly a glider by myself.”
Yang recently completed his first solo flight.
The Glider Pilot Scholarship training program requires candidates to complete a minimum of 24 flights with an instructor before they are able to fly by themselves. The six-week training program results in successful candidates graduating with their Transport Canada Glider Pilot Licence.
Outside the cadet program, Yang enjoys participating in Model United Nations debates.
“Regardless of whatever you do, try your best, set an attainable goal, and work towards it,” says Yang.
There are many summer training courses attended by approximately 20,000 Sea, Army and Air Cadets across Canada this summer.
The Cadet Program is for youth 12 to 18 years of age. The aim of the cadet program is to install in youth the attributes of leadership, citizenship, physical fitness, and an interest in the air, land, and sea activities of the Canadian Armed Forces.
