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Air Cadet Awards To Be Made in May To mark the close of Air Cadet Week, May 2 has been designated as "nomination day" for the special training awards provided by the league and the RCAF each summer. During the coming two weeks league selections committees at both provincial and national levels will select 508 outstanding cadets who will qualify for special re-wards in 1955. A total of 250 cadets will be granted RCAF flying scholarships covering 30 hours of actual flying instruction. The four weeks course will start in July. Successful graduates will qualify for the Air Cadet flying badge as well as private pilot's licenses. One hundred cadets will be chosen for a seven weeks "Senior Leaders Course" to be held at the RCAF Station at Camp Borden. Operated as a junior staff college, the course will train cadets for future positions of responsibility with the squadrons. Another 100 cadets will be selected for the first "Drill Instructors Course" to be held during the summer at Abbotsford, BC. From this group will be chosen a 40-man precision drill squad, which will compete with an American drill team for the General Beau Trophy at the Canadian National Exhibition late in August. A total of 58 cadets will be hand-picked for the league's top award—an exchange visit trip to the US, and United Kingdom and continental Europe. Names of the prize-winning candidates will be announced at the end of May. |