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Canadian Air Cadets at Langley Regional Airport
 Langley Regional Airport facilitates glider training to the Royal Canadian Air Cadets throughout the spring and summer.
Two of eight air cadet gliders in British Columbia are located in Langley, two in Abbotsford, two in Nanaimo and one each in Penticton and Prince George. The air cadets have five tow planes - Cessna 305 (military designation is the L-19).  The 305 utilized at Langley has a four blade prop which is extremely quiet allowing it to be less obtrusive to the surrounding communities.
Under instruction of competent glider instructors, cadets sit in the front seat of the glider and the tug plane tows the glider to an altitude of 2000 feet and is then released from the tow cable. Glide time is usually about twelve minutes before landing on the grass runway.
 For more information about Cadet youth programs and to locate a cadet squadron in your community, see the Pacific Regional Cadets website.
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