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MCAP Cadet Program
Cadets meet every Saturday
at 10:00 a.m. local time in the Hangar.

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Cadet Programs - CAP's cadet programs are designed to inspire the country's youth to become leaders and good American citizens through their interest in aerospace. 

   Cadet Rocket Program
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C/SrA Chris Andrews launching his rocket, "Star Gate", with the assistance of Rene Simon.  Cadets of the Civil Air Patrol Marco Island Composite Squadron completed a course on rocket science by building their own rockets and launching them on July 26, 2008 at the Florida Sports Park in Naples.  The rockets fired reached altitudes of up to over 3,000 feet.  Rocket experts, Rene and Tim Eisner, graciously donated their time and energy in assisting the Cadets build 12 rockets for their 3-stage Model Rocketry Program.  The course is part of the CAP Aerospace Education program.  The video was taken by 2Lt Angelica Andrews.

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Saturday, July 26, 2008 Press release

The CAP Cadets of the Marco Island Squadron have been building model rockets for the past month as part of the CAP Aerospace Education program. They have been building them under the guidance of Tim Eiszner, a nationally known rocket hobbyist, with the assistance of Rene Simon. After learning how rockets function and the many safety precautions that must be taken, they completed the construction of a number of model rockets...

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Civil Air Patrol Cadets Celebrate a Milestone
At the May 8th Civil Air Patrol Meeting, the Marco Island Composite Squadron celebrated a significant milestone. At that meeting, Cadet Deryck Kuper was presented the Billy Mitchell Award by Squadron Commander LtCol Lee Henderson. Cadet Kuper is the first Marco CAP cadet to receive this prestigious award and the accompanying promotion to C/2Lt....Click here to read the rest of the article 

Here are some interesting links you might enjoy

  1. Airplane games   http://www.airplanegames.org/
  2. Joseph Palmer's Paper Airplanes  http://www.josephpalmer.com/planes/Airplane.shtml
  3. Quiz about airplanes  http://www.hpwt.de/Flugquize.htm
  4. Pictures of Cadet Glider training in Jan 2008>
  5. Cadet Practice Tests (but this one is not for Aerospace Dimensions, it is for 'Miscellaneous Achievements', and the link is: http://cadetstuff.org/quiz/
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Last updated on 27 Dec 2011