Pilot Licences

Glider Pilot Licence

In the summer of 2017, I earned my glider pilot licence as a part of the Glider Pilot Scholarship in the Royal Canadian Air Cadet program. For a period of 6 weeks, I lived in Debert, Nova Scotia and spent my days completing flying lessons and studying rigorously.

Power Pilot Licence

In the summer of 2018, I stayed in Sudbury for 7 weeks to earn my private pilot licence (PPL) as a part of the Power Pilot Scholarship in the Royal Canadian Air Cadet program. There is a rigorous selection process that whittles down upwards of 9000 applicants down to only around 200. The process includes submitting school transcripts, writing statements of interest and personal essays, writing and achieving a competitive mark on a national qualifying exam, and completing in-person interviews with qualified pilots and Royal Air Force personnel. This course is known to be the most prestigious summer course to attend in the program. In 2018, the maximum quota for all of Ontario was 60. The typical minimum amount of time required to earn the PPL is at least 6 months of consistent weekly training. Most people take at least a few years to complete it.

The certificate of achievement for the Power Pilot Scholarship Course can be seen below.

Top Canadian Ground School Award

Awarded by my Royal Canadian Air Cadet squadron for achieving the highest mark on the Power Pilot Scholarship national qualifying exam that I mentioned above.