Older (18+) cadets getting their pilot's license

[CadetAnderson]

Can older cadets 18+ cadets still do O-flights and have the opportunity too get their pilot's license through CAP?

[Eclipse]

Cadets must be under 18 to participate in the O-Ride program.

See CAPR 52-16
"8-5. Cadet Orientation Flights. The Cadet Orientation Flight Program's primary goal is to introduce youth to general aviation through hands-on orientation flights in single engine aircraft and gliders.
a. Eligibility. Cadets may fly as much as possible, but normally only five powered flights and five glider flights will be reimbursed. Wing commanders may authorize reimbursements for additional flights. More than one cadet may fly per sortie, depending upon the aircraft's capability. Cadets are authorized an unlimited number of backseat flights; they do not lose any of their syllabus flights by observing another cadet's flight from the backseat. The program is limited to current CAP cadets under 18 years of age. However, cadets aged 18 and older may participate in military orientation flights."

[lordmonar]

And cadets over 18 can still work on their pilot's license.....they just don't get their o-rides.

[Al Sayre]

From CAPR 60-1:

2-2. Operation Limits.

h. Except for flight instruction or during CAP check rides, only a qualified CAP pilot may handle the controls below 1,000 ft AGL. Orientation flights are not flight instruction. PICs on orientation flights must handle the controls below 1,000 ft AGL.

2-8. Pilot Training.

a. CAP cadets and qualified SAR/DR mission pilots are authorized to use CAP airplanes for flight instruction toward any FAA certificate or rating.

b. All CAP members are authorized to use CAP gliders for flight instruction toward any FAA certificate or rating.

Note:  2-8 says "authorized to use"  not  "authorized to use for free"  Cadets can use the aircraft for flight training, but they still have to:

1.  Find an instructor who will work for free.
2.  Pay the normal maintenance (dry) rate + purchase the fuel.