In the April school holidays the NSW Group of the Australian Air League held a 5-day flying camp at the Air Activities Centre located at Camden Airport, NSW which was attended by 12 student pilots from Squadrons across the state, with a view to build and consolidate on their training.

All of these students had commenced their flying training at previous camps and this camp provided them with the opportunity to work on achieving the next stage of their license. They were assisted by a team of 9 instructors rostered on for the camp, and ground staff there to ensure the camp ran smoothly.

Their hard work and dedication were rewarded with two cadets achieving their first solo flight, and a further two cadets going on to their training area solo. The two first solo flights were achieved by Cpl Jesse Hooper of Marrickville Squadron, and cadet Adam Hung from Epping Squadron whilst L/Cdt Christian Laudicina of Manly Squadron and L/Cdt Michael Yousseph from Camden Squadron completed their first training area solo flights.

In total the cadets completed 53 flights and just over 51 hours of flying during the camp and several are now working towards their Recreational Pilot Licence (RPL) that will allow them to fly as pilot in command with a passenger, without supervision in the local training area.