Fort Erie air cadet earns his wings at town hall

The sky’s the limit for Logan Waite-Fenton, 17, who is now the first Fort Erie air cadet in six years to qualify as a glider pilot.

Mayor Wayne Redekop presented Waite-Fenton with a certificate at the September 28 council meeting at Fort Erie town hall, and Captain Harold K. Sully, commanding officer of 337 “Allan Troup” Squadron, presented him with ceremonial dress wings.

Waite-Fenton graduated August 15 from a six-week glider pilot scholarship course at the Saint-Jean Cadet Training Centre southeast of Montreal.

Sully said Waite-Fenton has been a “straight-A student” since kindergarten, and Redekop told council the cadet also plays in the squadron band and volunteers in the community.

Earlier this year, Waite-Fenton received the Lord Strathcona Trust Medal, the highest award a cadet can receive for leadership and physical fitness.

Waite-Fenton had two words of advice for prospective cadets in Fort Erie: “work hard.”

“The glider course was very hard, but we all got through it together, so find your people,” he said.

Air cadets compete for a glider scholarship by completing an online ground school program and writing an entrance exam. Each applicant then sits before a provincial interview board. Sully told Fort Erie Radio in August that successful applicants usually score in the high 80s.

Waite-Fenton joined 337 Squadron in 2021, when the pandemic had him completing cadet training online. He attended summer training every year after that, completing the drill and ceremonial instructor course in 2024 and the advanced aviation course in 2025.

Redekop asked Waite-Fenton whether he wanted to address council after receiving his award, but the cadet chose to let his actions speak for him.

“And pretty impressive actions they are,” said Redekop.

Sully promoted Waite-Fenton to warrant officer second class shortly after the council presentation, making him one of the squadron’s most senior cadets responsible for training younger members.

“I’ve spent the last five years working towards it,” Waite-Fenton said of his new rank. “I’m excited to bring what I’ve learned forward to my junior cadets and give them the best experience I can in the program.”

Waite-Fenton, currently in Grade 12, will apply next summer for the power pilot scholarship, the air cadets’ more advanced flying qualification.

“We have a small squadron compared to some of the strongest squadrons, but the Lions Club of Fort Erie is so good to us,” said Sully.

Sully also thanked the Fort Erie Lions Club for providing funding to 337 Squadron for a recent road trip that took the cadets to the Hamilton Military Museum at Dundurn Castle and the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

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