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announcement, EAA, Events, Subang
In Announcement, Social Life on September 3, 2013 at 9:13 pm
Picture taken at LIMA 2013 – Kids sitting in the shadow under the stabilator of 9MDRJ
EAA Malaysia is organizing an aviation day for underprivileged children at Subang Airport on Saturday, 7 September 2013. I will fly to Subang on Friday morning to help out. The main attraction of the day for the kids will be the flight with one of the participating aircraft. The event will go from 0900 am to 1800. The young pilots will get a certificate and I believe there will also be an opportunity to visit the control tower and fly an airplane in a simulator.
I thought it would be nice to take pictures of the kids in the airplane and share it with them later. If anybody wants to join me to help with the pictures and the safety around the airplane, let me know. You would need to be at Seletar on Friday morning around 9 am. I am coming back on Sunday morning.
Ingo and his Piper Archer III
Cessna C340, cross-country, Diamond DA42NG, Malacca, Malaysia, PA-28
In Aircraft, Flight Log on August 31, 2013 at 5:11 pm
Ian in Johor
Update 130901: We left the hotel in Malacca at 9:15 and touched down in Seletar at 11 am. I had a brief chat with the very friendly immigration officer. She told me that Malacca immigration services are available everyday from 9 am to 5 pm. Next time, I won’t stop in Johor on the way to Malacca to get my passport stamped. The airport security desk charged me a landing fee of Ringgit 10.69 and a parking fee of Ringgit 6.27. All very reasonable.
The weather was nice between Malacca and Batu Pahat, but then the cloud base came down to just a bit over 1000 feet around Benut. Another aircraft, coming from Simpang Renggam was scheduled to arrive at Kulai at the same time as I, which required some coordination over the radio and old-fashioned VFR look out.
Paya Lebar Approach asked me to climb 2500 feet to join downwind 03 left at Seletar, which was odd. Seletar then corrected to 2000, but even then I had the usual difficulties to loose height fast enough when I finally got clearance to descent for final. I have to find a better method – maybe slowing down to flap speed earlier without descending and yank out the flaps to full even before turning to base.
Finally, here is my flight plan and the flight log to Malacca:
(FPL-9MDRJ-VG
-P28A/L-SF/C
-WMKM0200
-N0100A020 WMKM MUAR BATUPAHAT BENUT WMKJ EJBT POINTXRAY WSSL
-WSSL0105 WMKJ
-DOF/130901 EET/MUAR0013 BPAHA0027 BENUT0040 WMKJ0053 EJBT0100 WSSL0105 OPR/INGO NOKA
-E/0400 P/1 R/V S/ J/ A/WHITE AND DARK GREEN C/NOKA I +65 81275812)
AFTN, airport, ATC, Bernam River Airfield, cross-country, flight plan, fuel, Ipoh, knowledge, Subang
In Knowledge, Navigation, Social Life, Weather on August 25, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Flying around the clouds at 4000 feet
I had a nice dinner with the Extreme Midlife Aerobatics team at a restaurant call Berliner’s , named after the city in Germany I am coming from. It was great to catch up with people who are as passionate about flying as I.
Graham told me that despite all problems they may have had, Bernam River Airfield is open for business. This will be one of my next flying destinations. Bernam River Airfield lies half way between Subang and Ipoh (it is included in my VFR reporting points list) and should be an excellent starting point for excursions into Pangkor, Penang or even Langkawi. I believe they have a few cabins for overnight stay. Given that Subang has become rather inconvenient for overnight stays, this little airfield is becoming attractive for weekend flyers.
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airport, cross-country, flight plan, fuel, Ipoh, Malaysia, Subang
In Aircraft, Navigation, Social Life on August 24, 2013 at 7:05 pm
Subang Airpark is going to be closed for small airplanes
It was good to be back in the air today. For the first time I took the inland route from Singapore to Subang. That route shaves off about 10 minutes from the flight time. If everything goes according to plan, it is possible to fly from Singapore to Subang (block on/off) in about one hour and fifty minutes. In most cases it will be an honest two hours however. You have to watch you altitude however. There are some hills on the way that reach more than 1,500 feet. In my flight route some of the hills stand right in my flight path. (Download the flight log and AFTN Flight Plan here.) Read the rest of this entry »
ATC, aviation, cross-country, flight plan, fuel, Hat Yai, Ipoh, phuket, phuket airpark, thailand
In Flight Log, Navigation on August 12, 2013 at 1:02 am
Flight Summary
| Dates |
27 July 2013 – 31 July 2013 |
| Engine Time |
13h 10m |
| Landings |
7 |
| Airports |
WSSL, WMKP, VTSS, VTSW, WMKI, WMSA |
| Countries |
Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand |
| Distance |
approx. 1400 nm |
| Fuel total |
115 Gallons |
| Fuel per hour |
approx. 8.8 Gallons |
| Picture Gallery |
Click Here |
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airport, aviation, chinese cuisine, cross-country, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, noodle dish, thailand
In Aircraft, Flight Log, Gear, Navigation on August 3, 2013 at 5:11 pm
Back in Singapore after 14 hours of flight, 1,500 nm and three countries in four days.
I spent Monday evening in Ipoh, which is apparently famous for the local food. I tried one noodle dish, which was indeed delicious. Normally I am not a big friend of chicken feet in the Chinese cuisine, but this one tasted great. Read the rest of this entry »
aviation, cross country flights, fellow pilot, flying, passenger
In Announcement on August 1, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Note the meticulous attention to modesty and safety (in that order), we pilots are known for. Anthony, the pilot, looks like he is in haven and the expression of Lenora, the passenger, is simply priceless. According to the Christian Science Monitor, Miss Rivero was delighted with flight but disappointed they didn’t fly higher.
I have been asked a couple of times whether I prefer to fly alone, because I have done most of my long cross-country flights without co-pilot or passengers. There are two answers to that question. Firstly, I don’t really prefer to fly alone, but I do enjoy the challenge and the freedom to make my own decisions. Secondly, I absolutely love to show people the beauty of flight or share the workload with a fellow pilot. Read the rest of this entry »
airport, ATC, cross-country, flight plan, fuel, Hat Yai, phuket, phuket airpark, weather
In Aircraft, Airmanship, Equipment, Flight Log, Navigation on July 31, 2013 at 8:49 pm
9M-DRJ, a bit lonely at Hat Yai Airport, Thailand
On Monday, my short field take off skill was to be tested. In a case like this, before you do anything else, you have to makes sure the weight and balance of the aircraft is acceptable for the runway you want to take off. At a soft, grass field of 500 meters, that stuff really matters. Normally I take off from runways that are built for an A380, on which I have ample time to get up to speed or to abort if it is just not going to happen (the take off).
I couldn’t do much about my own weight (which is embarrassingly high these days), so I made my plane as light as possible. I had about 32 Gallons (87 Kg) of fuel and 25 Kg of luggage (mostly paper, iPad, laptop, handheld radio – this sort of thing). Altogether, I and my plane were in good shape for a short field take off. (I did the calculation for takeoff ground roll and over 50 feet obstacle as well, which is a topic for another post.)
W&B for take off from grass field Phuket Airpark
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cross-country, Patong Beach, phuket, phuket airpark, thailand
In Flight Log, Navigation on July 31, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Ingo at Patong beach – Tourist for one day
Day two was a non-flying day. DCA Thailand does not allow any flights that are not explicitly mentioned in the flight permit. Otherwise I would have loved to fly around the beautiful islands of Phuket. Since that wasn’t an option, I did the next best thing and slept long, had a one o’clock breakfast and a few beers watching the people at Patong beach in the afternoon. None of this was very exiting or unusual, so I leave it at that before you get bored with me. Read the rest of this entry »
ATC, cross-country, flight plan, fuel, Hat Yai, phuket, phuket airpark, thailand
In Airmanship, Flight Log, Knowledge, Navigation, Uncategorized on July 28, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Pad James and Ingo at Phuket Airpark
Wow! What a day. The weather in Singapore turned a leisurely flight from Singapore to Phuket with plenty of breaks and buffer time into a mad race against time.
I arrive at about 7:30 am at the Seletar immigration checkpoint. The METARs and the rain radar didn’t look great, but there was still room for hope that I could take off between 8 am and 9 am. Later than planned, but still not too bad. A front of early morning thunder storms moved from the North West down the coast to Singapore, but hadn’t made landfall yet. I thought I could skirt the outer edges of the weather by flying inland rather along the cost to Malacca. By the time I had the aircraft ready the situation was still borderline acceptable, so I asked ATC for clearance. Surprisingly, they actually got it, but cautioned my that after Point XRAY the visibility would be so bad that I probably wouldn’t be able to proceed in VMC. If you have half a brain left, you do not ignore a message like that from ATC, so I postponed the flight plan to 10:00 am. Read the rest of this entry »
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