CYAV 2001

Just hanging out...

Do some math: 17 guys * 7 weeks - 3/4(contact with outside world) / 6 airplanes. Lotta interesting stuff went on that summer, most of which the Statue of Limitations has not run out on yet...

• Bryan, in Met. class.
  
• Bryan and Rob's collection of notes.
  
• One of the RGS officers, Ryan, at the Gimli Icelandic festival with his prize.
  
• Nathan, Jesse and Sean at the Gimli Icelandic festival.
  
• Jesse , Brad and others in dress uniforms, a rare sight on the Power course).
  
• Rob and Brad on the bus to visit the NavCanada Winnipeg Centre..
  
• The torential rain that hammered us one night. We had a tackle soccer game in 4 inches of water.
  
• Caleb patching wounds from said game. Note the enthusiasm. (His team won.)
  
• Hanging out in the common room. Rich, Brad, Ansel ,Charles and Nolan.
  
• Blue Bombers/Roughriders game. Bombers won 32-14. Rob and Bryan are standing after trying to get a wave going.
  
• Me with the Cessna 152 I flew for most of the course, C-GQZB.
  
• Me after my solo dunking with C-152 C-GNRF
  
• The Worms 2 Tournament.
  
• The Worms 2 Tournament. Brad, Bryan, Rich, Charles, Jesse and Garrett.
  
• Wings Parade. Garrett and me. Matthew getting his wings from RAdm Zuliani (Chief of Reserves and Cadets).
  
• Wings Parade. Garrett, me and Matthew. I'm getting my wings from RAdm Zuliani.
  
• Wings Parade. Fly Schol cadets are on the right.
  
• Wings Parade, march past.
  

SAR Training Mission

While in Winnipeg, we got to fly along with the Search and Rescue Squadron for some training missions. While on mine, we flew over Lake Winnipeg and Gimli.

• Gimli from the back of a C-130 Hercules transport. Look closely to see the RGS gliding operation between the two runways.
• Gimli, again.
• A C-130 Hercules.
• Another shot of a Herc.
• Out the back door of a Herc. The water didn't turn out behind it but it's there.
• Sgt. Lazarowich, SARTech
• Winnipeg, just as we were landing.

Ya don't say?

Okay, so we all say stupid things. This applies to everyone, including 17-18 year olds on a scholarship to get their PPL.

• "Alright you guys, Maj. Gillrie's coming by for an inspection some time this week, so I want your rooms to be clean. Bochurka, Blieske; I'm looking in your direction." - Capt. Chris Harke
  "Hey, I resent that! Our room is clean!" - Jamie Bochurka
  "Yeah, if you close the door, you can't even smell it!" - Matt Blieske
• "Why in the heck does the flightsuit have an up zipper and a down zipper?" - Matt Obrigewitsch
  "That's so you can go to the bathroom without taking it off." - Brad Micholson
  "Yeah, but what if you have to take a crap?" - Rob Laferriere
  "Plan ahead, and wear it backwards." - Brad Micholson
• "What's Dick like?" - anon(he was referring to the comedy-movie about Richard Nixon)
• "I hate it when my bed's wet." - anon
• "Why does everyone think I should be Maverick?" - Jamie Bochurka
  "'Cause you're a dink." - Ansel Vyreaun
• Running Gag Alert!
  "Hey, how did you do this calculation for your cross-country?" - lots of people asked this, or a similar flying-type question of another cadet
  "What do I look like, a pilot?" - someone wearing a flightsuit
• "Are you guys from the States?" - some cute girl in the St. Vital Mall
  "No!" - Rob Laferriere, with much scorn for all things American
  "...wait! Come back, we're pilots!" - Rob Laferriere
• Running Gag Alert!
  "Okay, I'll pump the ape" - anon (Don't ask. We were gonna translate it to latin and put it on a crest...)
• "Aww, no more Sex." - Jamie Bochurka
  (5 mintues later) "Aww, no more Dick."
• "File that under stupid!" - Capt. Chris Harke
  This was another running joke, by week 2 (of 7), the folders 'Stupid', 'Really Stupid', and 'Bad Ideas' were full.

The Whiteboard

We had waaayyyy too much time on our hand. Besides games of Stick and about 400 different suggestions for crests and name tags, we found time to liter the whiteboard in the classroom with our own versions of commercial slogans, adjusted for pilots!

• Got Pilot?
• Got Wings?
• Drink Pilot
• Back off! Get your own pilot!
• Have you had your Pilot today?
• Image is nothing, Pilot is everything. Obey your Pilot
• Go Pilot or go home.
• Stand back everyone, I'm a Pilot!
• Pilot: 365 days a year.
• Built Pilot tough.
• Gotta be Pilot.
• Oh hungry? Oh Pilot!
• Pilots wanted.
• The best part of waking up, is Pilot.
• Is there a Pilot in the building?
• Just fly it.
• You've always got time for Pilot.
• It's amazing what you and a Pilot can do.
• Pilot. It's in you to give.
• I am. Pilot.
• Pilot: takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
• Better beans, better Pilot.