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Come Fly With Me – 28/29 September

In Announcement on September 25, 2013 at 10:55 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 haven’t decided where I am going to next weekend, but I will definitely fly.  Pulau Tioman seems a nice destination and I could use the short-field landing practice.  If anybody is interested to join me, let me know.  I have one seat available (and a second for a light person).  Use the “Contact me …” link at the top right of this page if you want to send me a message.

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Come Fly With Me

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 »

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Airspeed – Dead or Alive?

In Airmanship, Equipment, Gear, Knowledge, Ownership on May 19, 2013 at 4:47 pm

As they saying goes: it only takes two things to fly – airspeed and money. However, while it is usually better not to think too hard about the money you spend on flying, it is a great thing to know your airspeed.

Recently, I found out what it takes to fly without knowing your airspeed. After take-off, the airspeed seemed to come alive very late and be stuck at about 60 knots. By the time I decided that something is wrong with my airspeed indicator, I was already airborne and not enough runway left to abort the take off. I figured it is safer to fly as planned and use power, attitude, ground speed and eyeballs to fly at a safe speed. It turned out to be rather easy to achieve a straight and level flight without airspeed. After all, what speed can you possibly fly at with a 70% power setting without climbing or descending? The real question was, how would I achieve a reasonable approach speed and probably for the first time in my flying career I actually listened to ATC telling me wind speed and direction in their landing clearance.

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Where the wind will carry me …

In Flight Log, Navigation on October 13, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Flight Summary
Engine Time 11h 51m
Landings 7
Fuel total 85 Gallons
Fuel per hour approx. 7.2 Gallons (28 Liters)
Hotel cost approx. RM 240 (SGD 100)
Pictures Click here

The flight safari has been postponed, so I had free time on my hand and decided to jump into the club piper to see where the wind would carry me.

13 October 2012, 14:00 LT, Malacca Airport

Empty Airport Terminal in Malacca

Well, as it turns out the wind decided to carry me exactly 100 nm before putting a full stop on my plans with thunderstorms over Subang. Now I am sitting in an empty airport terminal in Malacca and hope I will later make it to Penang and Langkawi.

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Subang live updates

In Navigation on October 6, 2012 at 9:42 am

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On my way to Subang. Intention is to fly to Pangkor later.

Big scare. After Cape Ricardo the electrical system of the aircraft went completely dead. The handheld radio wasn’t strong enough to reach Lumpur Info. Eventually I managed to contact another aircraft and got cleared to Subang. In Subang the handheld radio worked and they let me land. Of course in between the batteries of the handheld had to be changed too.

That was not a pleasant experience. The battery is now completely dead, which means the alternator wasn’t charging.

I hope to get it fixed by tomorrow so that I can fly back by plane.

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Come fly with me …

In Announcement, Navigation, Uncategorized on September 21, 2012 at 12:11 am

Ready to Fly in the Morning

It is some time now since our last flight around Malaysia. This is not a good state of affairs! The VFR lanes of Malaysia are deserted and the air traffic controllers haven’t heard a fumbling low time PPL for too long. Let’s go and change that. I am organizing a flight safari from the 13th To the 16th of October and look for company. Whether you are a licensed pilot or not does not matter, everybody is welcome.

We can go either East or West. If we go West, we would fly to Malacca, Subang, Pangkor, Penang and Langkawi. on the East coast we would visit Tioman, Kerteh, Terengganu, Pulau Redang and Kota Bahru. From Kota Bahru we could also go to Thailand and spend a day there.

It would certainly be easier to go West, especially if you are concerned about returning at a particular time. There are more bus and commercial flight connections if we are stuck because of bad weather. It will also be easier to get fuel.

Please have a look at the flight program and message me if you are interested in joining.

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Flying in the Dark …

In Airmanship, Flight Log on January 5, 2012 at 9:48 pm

Sunset over Gunung Pulai

A good start into the new year.  I did an hour of night flying yesterday (4 January 2012).  The weather was gorgeous – calm air, an almost full moon and a bright orange sunset.  Night flying is in many ways similar to the normal day flying, but of course there are many differences as well.   For every FRAS member, who has not done the night flying, I would strongly recommend to try it.  The tropical night is truly magical.  Click here for a couple of pictures i took while I was waiting for Paulo to come back from his sortie. Read the rest of this entry »

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FRAS supports LIMA 2011

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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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 »

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With Max to 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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