Posts Tagged ‘cross-country’
AIP, ATC, Chart, Charts, cross-country, flight plan, Maps
In Flight Bag on January 29, 2012 at 10:58 pm
Frederic Weld (1823-1891)
Finally the mystery of reporting point Port Well has been resolved. We know where Port Well is, in fact we know Port Well does not exist. If it ever existed it would have been Port Weld, which is a name that is not used anymore. The actual name is Kuala Sepetang, and it must have been that way for quite some time, considering that our 40 years old maps already use it. ATC in Malaysia is certainly not changing things around in a rush.
For over a year the fearless aviators of the FRAS flying club had to rely on wild guesses to determine where this reporting point “Port Well” might be. ATC surely never explained it and no map or AIP document mentions the place. Nevertheless, without fail, Lumpur Info or Ipoh tower would ask for a report at Port Well. Until now, our chief flight instructor Captain Singh (Kevin Muk got a job that does not allow him to fly anymore) determined that Port Well must be somewhere between Pantai Remis and Bagan Serai, probably at the border of the Ipoh TMA. Read the rest of this entry »
cross-country, Events, flying, Langkawi, Malaysia
In Flight Log, Social Life on December 26, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Ingo lifting kids in and out of the AT4
Almost 15 hours of flying time and one of the best days of my life at LIMA 2011, Langkawi – can it become any better that that? Hard to imagine, but I sure hope so. We went with an AT-4, a PA-28 and our good old Charlie Foxtrot (C172) to Langkawi to be an exhibitor at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace show 2011. Our aircraft were the only GA planes on display together with fighter jets (SU-30, MIG-29, Eurofighter etc), massive transport planes and military helicopters. While it is hard to compete with this sort of hardware, at least with our 41 years old Cessna 172K 9M-WCF we had the oldest aircraft on display. The pictures and movies don’t do justice to the excitement of this adventure, but have a look here if you are interested. Alvin also has a blog entry with lots of great pictures, which is worth looking at here.
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AIP, Charts, cross-country, Malaysia, Maps
In Airmanship, Gear on November 13, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Soviet Military Topographic Map
In South East Asia, Aeronautical VFR charts tend to be out of date or non-existent. As with most General Aviation related services in this part of the world, this sorry state of affairs has to do with the very low demand. There are simply not enough GA aircraft and pilots in Asia to make it worthwhile for anybody to spend money on many things that are taken for granted by pilots in the US or Europe.
Nevertheless, we make do with what we have and I have not heard of anybody getting lost in Malaysia because of a missing or inaccurate map. Of course, the airspace is not as crowded as (I imagine) in most parts of the UK or Germany.
To alleviate the situation a bit, I have collected a couple of resources that can help fellow aviators in Malaysia to find their way around. I would be very grateful if you could send me additional information or help me correct mistakes I may have made. This blog entry is just an announcement of this new content on my website and any further changes will be made on this page. Read the rest of this entry »
cross-country, flying, Mersing, PA-28, Piper, Pulau Rawa
In Flight Log on October 15, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Pulau Rawa
A while ago I wrote in my Post “Nothing to see” that the weather foiled our attempt to take some photos of islands along the East coast. On the 15th of October we made another attempt and this time we had beautiful weather and good visibility. Read the rest of this entry »
cross-country, flying, PA-28, Piper, Subang
In Flight Log on October 14, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Max with Papa in Piper 9M-FRM
The first time to Subang on my own and the first time flying with my son Max. We spent two exiting and challenging days flying to Subang on Thursday (13/10) and coming back on Friday (14/10). I had been to Subang three times before with an instructor. I felt pretty confident that I knew how to get there and how to handle Subang airport.
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airport, cross-country, Ipoh, Piper
In Flight Log on September 25, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Ipoh Terminal Building (air side)
On the 24th and 25th of September I added Ipoh (WMKI) to the list of airports I have landed on. On Saturday morning around 9 am, we took off in Johor. In Subang we had a quick lunch and left for Ipoh about 12:30. We took the coastal route via Kapar, Kuala Selangor, Teluk Intan, Kampar and Gopeng and touched down in Ipoh after a one hour and 20 minutes flight. Captain Ridzuan had everything extremely well prepared as usual. I had put together flight plans and logs as well, but his stuff was better. Read the rest of this entry »
cross-country, flying, weather
In Flight Log on September 11, 2011 at 10:39 pm
Haze
This weekend I took a colleague to the club to fly for the first time with a passenger (who is not an instructor) . He has lots of hours of flying time himself, he just hasn’t flown for a while. Unfortunately, for a sightseeing tour, there was precious little to see. Read the rest of this entry »
cross-country, flying, PA-28, Piper
In Flight Log on July 31, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Pulau Redang
I am not much of a fan of the Village People or the Pet Shop Boys, but I had the song “Go West” in my head when I thought about my flight along the east coast of Malaysia. “Go West, where the skies are blue” or “There where the air is free, we’ll be what we want to be.” have nothing to do with aviation, but fit perfectly. So I took the liberty to reverse the direction and “Go East” to start this blog entry about my flight to Pulau Redang and Kota Bharu from 29 to 31 July 2011. Big thanks to Captain Ridzuan, who prepared flight plans and navigation logs, found accommodation and took care of all the small and big things that need to be in place before one can take off into the (for most FRAS pilots) uncharted blue skies of the East. Read the rest of this entry »
cross-country, Events, FRAS
In Flight Log, FRAS Affairs on April 6, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Click for more pictures from the last Langkawi long nav in December 2010
The FRAS flying club is organizing a long cross-country to Langkawi, from 29 April to 1 May. I took part in a cross-country in December and while we didn’t actually make it to Langkawi, it was one of the most exiting adventures of my life. Read the rest of this entry »
cross-country, flying
In Flight Log on February 13, 2011 at 10:45 pm
At about 5000 feet altitude on the way to the Mersing
For the first time I have flown on my own to a place I have never been before! I did my homework and prepared a flight plan and a flight log to Mersing.
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