According to AC Facebook page,
“The Presentation of Wings”
Today’s Presentation of Wings ceremony marks the completion of an intensive flying and ground training course, during which, the seven successful students have amassed over 1000 cumulative flying hours.
The students commenced their military training in October 2019 at the Military College in the Curragh Camp. After receiving their presidential commission as Officers of the Defence Forces they returned to the Air Corps College in Baldonnel in March 2021. The students undertook a rigorous ground-school programme, successfully passing 14 examinations which involved over 750 hours of lectures.
In October 2021, their flying training commenced with six of the students leaving Ireland to travel to the U.S. Air Force Security and Training Squadron.
Initially based in Pensacola, Florida, the students learned basic flying and airmanship with 19 hours of flying on the Cessna 172 aircraft. They progressed to the Grob G-120TP aircraft in Dothan, Alabama where they flew over 100 hours, before returning to Baldonnel where they completed over 20 hours of flying on the Pilatus PC-9M aircraft.
One student, 2/Lt Liam Kelly, remained in the Flying Training School for the duration of the course, completing all 128 sorties and 165 hours of flying on the Pilatus PC-9M.
Flying disciplines completed included aerobatics, formation flying, navigation, instrument flying, night flying and tactical flying.
Today’s Presentation of Wings ceremony marks the completion of an intensive flying and ground training course, during which, the seven successful students have amassed over 1000 cumulative flying hours.
The students commenced their military training in October 2019 at the Military College in the Curragh Camp. After receiving their presidential commission as Officers of the Defence Forces they returned to the Air Corps College in Baldonnel in March 2021. The students undertook a rigorous ground-school programme, successfully passing 14 examinations which involved over 750 hours of lectures.
In October 2021, their flying training commenced with six of the students leaving Ireland to travel to the U.S. Air Force Security and Training Squadron.
Initially based in Pensacola, Florida, the students learned basic flying and airmanship with 19 hours of flying on the Cessna 172 aircraft. They progressed to the Grob G-120TP aircraft in Dothan, Alabama where they flew over 100 hours, before returning to Baldonnel where they completed over 20 hours of flying on the Pilatus PC-9M aircraft.
One student, 2/Lt Liam Kelly, remained in the Flying Training School for the duration of the course, completing all 128 sorties and 165 hours of flying on the Pilatus PC-9M.
Flying disciplines completed included aerobatics, formation flying, navigation, instrument flying, night flying and tactical flying.
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