Canada's Top Guns: From Cadet to Pilot in 7 Weeks (Air Force Documentary)

Canada's Top Guns: From Cadet to Pilot in 7 Weeks (Air Force Documentary) | Real Stories

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2 жыл бұрын

Every summer, the Royal Canadian Air Cadets offers its top cadets the chance to participate in an elite flight-training camp. This documentary follows a group of these young men and women as they undergo seven weeks of training to get their pilot’s license in an intense program that normally takes six to eight months.
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@cfairfull8030 Жыл бұрын

I did my PPL with cadets this summer, much like these cadets did. I can’t put into words how much it meant to me. Excellent video. You brought me back to this past summer. Thanks for making me cry.

@binflynn1 2 жыл бұрын

You know what goes through my mind is at seventeen I was unemployed in Belfast in the middle of the troubles and not knowing what my future would bring yet these students are training to fly a plane solo totally mind blowing well done to all , always remember we as people can do anything if we really want to 🙏

@JacobieShean94 2 жыл бұрын

I remember my first solo. The silence is so loud and I know that sounds stupid but it makes you want to talk, you say aloud all your steps.

@the_only_and_the_one Жыл бұрын

Great documentary. Really opened my eyes to what it's like training PPL for 7weeks and gave me the courage of not becoming scared about achieving my goals.u can achieve ur goals if u have the correct mindset and the amount of hard work that's needed.if they did u can too!

@joaquingordillo1603 Жыл бұрын

Got my private license through this course this summer 2022. By far the greatest experience of my life, absolutely rewarding!

@ethansehviationadventures 2 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to do this course in 2022 out of Regina, SK. I have never been through such a scary, rewarding, and emotional time in my entire life. The bond with the people that you do this course with is so cool because you come from all across Canada trying to accomplish the same goal. The stories and experiences that you experience at such a young age is wild.

@z9944x Жыл бұрын

Cool documentary i liked it ! ! Thnx for sharing !

@begonebegone7825 Жыл бұрын

I congratulate these young adults on a job well done!!!!

@handle11141 Ай бұрын

so proud of them

@NovaDeb Жыл бұрын

Wonderful film! I would love to see a follow-up film to show the path that these young people took.

@maryjanebeaton8454 2 жыл бұрын

Watching from Canada 🇨🇦

@dnielnjuguna 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo

@timbazchivakanenyama5380 2 жыл бұрын

My Favourite channel. Watching from Zimbabwe Gokwe Nembudziya ♥️🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼👍💛💛💛

@basedaf5580 Жыл бұрын

dang i almost cried, that is one intense course to do at that age

@snnbugua 2 жыл бұрын

Watching from kenya🇰🇪

@saipravastadepalli8124 Жыл бұрын

The military base in the beginning of the video is Denison armouries. I know because I was there for summer training in FTU's and saw these same people with a coach bus. My squad was summer training Cap 2 and that was the day we left the base to go to grimsby for overnight camp

@thelastdunkonian2846 Жыл бұрын

it couldn't have been, this is from the 2015 scholarship

@skullcrusher8221 Жыл бұрын

Hard work pays off, what a pilot what a human what a disciplined life, insane

@maryjanebeaton8454 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your services!

@jakes_on_a_plane 2 жыл бұрын

Hehe these aren't enlisted cadets... its like scouts but with the wings badge

@maryjanebeaton8454 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Had I had the money back when,it was my dream to be a pilot bigg time

@colonelbeaux1570 2 жыл бұрын

it is never to late

@whitemailprivilege2830 2 жыл бұрын

@@colonelbeaux1570 I’m 88. You’ve inspired me to become a pilotttttfffgghdxxdzsfgczzz zzz zzzzzzzz zzz zzz 😴 💤

@TheJimprez 8 ай бұрын

Cadets are all free... Air cadets can learn to fly gliders or small planes, Army Cadets can get their jump wings, and Sea cadets can get ship ratings.

@123arcadia 2 жыл бұрын

This is Canada best cadets ...really!

@fumblerooskie 5 ай бұрын

Go Air Force.

@a.h.s5152 2 жыл бұрын

Cool & awesome 🌈🌻🦋🌈✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✨👍

@banditeastlick2471 2 жыл бұрын

Everything is great but if you look at the notes on the service records of a lot of these first has the same result of one of the first women to land on aircraft carriers

@Ribelle9827 2 жыл бұрын

Like 23 nice video 📹 🤗 🙏 🙏

@etow8034 Жыл бұрын

A remake of the NFB's Horizons Unlimited (1978) !

@jakes_on_a_plane 2 жыл бұрын

Fun doc... I remember hearing about a cadet kid who dropped the F-bomb on the radio while working on PPL.. can't swear on radio.. he got sent home

@waltherppx6314 5 ай бұрын

So, you think 7 weeks of training makes you a "Top gun"???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@browndigity420 2 жыл бұрын

Watching from the 519 🇨🇦

@HHGHHG10 Жыл бұрын

Me to Kitchener/Waterloo

@Jaskaran_Singh8302 11 ай бұрын

Hello Everyone, actually I'm an international student, and I am currently studying in Canada and I want to join RCAF in the future. Can someone tell me how to apply and what's the overall procedure. If so, it'll be a great help.

@TheJimprez 8 ай бұрын

This is about AIR CADETS. It's for kids and young adults, from 13 to 19. NOT the air force. That is different. I think that all you need for the regular forces (apart from the basic qualifications) is a Permanent Residence. They DO hire foreign pilots with experience straight off though.

@Jaskaran_Singh8302 8 ай бұрын

@TheJimprez that's good I was in IAF and have flown several Russian jets such as Migs & Su-30MKI

@1959raven 2 жыл бұрын

good for them , but Top Guns in the U.S.A is a whole lot different

@sirandrelefaedelinoge 2 жыл бұрын

U 👏 S 👏 A ✊

@colonelbeaux1570 2 жыл бұрын

you just ain't a woofin'

@1959raven 2 жыл бұрын

@Bubble0seven who cares what you think eh

@jakes_on_a_plane 2 жыл бұрын

Except usa is a joke... this video title is click bait.. nothing top gun about some PPL cadets

@1959raven 2 жыл бұрын

@@jakes_on_a_plane yawn you are boring

@petrovichbauer5105 6 ай бұрын

This is an Aviation documentary

@Live.1774 7 ай бұрын

its funny cuz i hung out with this squadron and they didnt tell me they were in a documentary...

@darrenrichings2574 Жыл бұрын

17 is way too young to handle that kind of stress and i would put the US Navy Top Guns up against the Canadian any day and they wouldn't stand a chance

@thelastdunkonian2846 Жыл бұрын

except it's not, clearly since this program has been running for decades , and it's not literally top gun, these are civilian cadets

@peterjaniceforan3080 Ай бұрын

🇨🇦🫡

@joeydepalmer4457 Жыл бұрын

am i the only 1 who thinks the picture they chose to for the video thumb seems wrong? a girl who looks like she is sitting on the pilots lap in a jet

@shanmango Жыл бұрын

Yeah that was 100% clickbait

@serbcanuck 2 жыл бұрын

Canada needs the Dassault Rafale or the F-35..

@TheJimprez 8 ай бұрын

We ARE getting the F-35

@djsmith2871 Ай бұрын

Great an' all, but how long does it take to make a 10 year fighter pilot? TEN YEARS!! Exactly And how many does Canada have left? Exactly

@mountainnewsnow1832 2 жыл бұрын

WHAT KINDA THUMBNAIL PIC YPU THINK U NEED FIR A VIDEO?????????? I’m not even going to watch this because of the thumbnail!!!!!

@jakes_on_a_plane 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not top guns.. its a clickbait title too

@WoodysOpinion101 2 жыл бұрын

Lol Canada's Air force is a joke...

@dikshansinghrathore3879 Жыл бұрын

I would not blame it on Canada's air force completely the students are not good or focused enough

@thelastdunkonian2846 Жыл бұрын

it's not the air force, it's cadets, a youth group subsidized by the Canadian armed forces, like JROTC

@JS-wp4gs Жыл бұрын

@@thelastdunkonian2846 In other words literally the air force

@thelastdunkonian2846 Жыл бұрын

@@JS-wp4gs bruh what? none of us are members of the CAF, it's basically just a different version of scouts, all cadets are minors from 12-19, we have reserve officers to come in and train us once a week

@TheJimprez 8 ай бұрын

LOL, a dumb little hater... Good luck making friends in life dufus.... Canada makes do with less, that is why we are so good when we get the very best kit. BTW joker, we just ordered almost 100 F-35s, and we also won the US TOP GUN trophy, so get lost.

@JS-wp4gs Жыл бұрын

and this is exactly how you end up with badly trained, incompetent pilots, leading to inevitable incidents and serious accidents. Licensing someone as a pilot with only 7 short weeks of 'training' is irresponsible, absurdly dangerous and darwin award level stupid

@thelastdunkonian2846 Жыл бұрын

yeah, it's not one of the most intense 7 weeks of someone's life, it's not like they still have to take and pass the TC exam, they're just giving away PPL's

@arielluquer8274 Жыл бұрын

@@thelastdunkonian2846 Been there and @JS-wp4gs is absolutely right it is at least somewhat irresponsible to rush that process and to only give the minimum 45 hours regardless of performance but what can you do.

@TheJimprez 8 ай бұрын

Those kids have had YEARS of theoretical courses in their units, and lots of familiarization flights, and some of them are already glider pilots. Only the very best get offered the scholarships. I went to a college where they give a 3 year pro pilot course. MOST of the students were Air Cadets. They all had their PRIVATE pilot license... PS: When you don't have a clue about what you are saying, you should NOT write stupid rants like yours.

@ethansehviationadventures 2 ай бұрын

I graduated from this course in 2022... cadet pilots have to meet the same standards, hour requirements, and complete the same testing as every other private pilot in Canada.

@Miss_Loving 2 жыл бұрын

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@TheJimprez 8 ай бұрын

WRONG channel. Repent for YOUR sin of hubris. Thinking everyone ought to be like YOU, because YOU know so much... What is the matter with you???