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That one moment …

In Social Life on October 7, 2011 at 10:03 pm

That one moment ...

Alvin, a fellow pilot from Singapore, has started his own blog.  That does not surprise me, once you start flying, you want to tell other people about it.

I met Alvin at the club and at pilot gatherings.  He is a very nice chap (no surprise here – pilots are like that) and he is a wizard with photos and videos.  With his permission, I am going to use a lot of the pictures and videos he produced during our latest aerial photo shoot.  It is the friendship with people I would have otherwise never met in a million years, which makes being a pilot in Asia such a great experience.

We have regular pilot gatherings in various places (pubs, Raffles Marina etc).  Everybody with an interest in aviation and flying is welcome!  You can look out for new events on this blog (or Facebook or Twitter) and contact me if you have any questions.

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What did they say?

In Airmanship, Private Pilot License on September 26, 2011 at 10:28 pm

Piper Avionics Stack

A while ago I wrote about my radio practice at Senai airport.  I wrote it mostly to get things lined up properly in my own mind, so I never got around to publish it.   I now found it again in one of the abandoned folders on my laptop and think this may help somebody else with their first radio calls.  So, while I make it available here, I am aware that I am not that experienced myself and may get things wrong.  It always better to ask an instructor for clarification if in doubt! Read the rest of this entry »

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FRAS Photo Shoot

In Flight Log, Social Life on September 17, 2011 at 10:49 pm

Domingo and Captn Singh in AT4 9M-EYM

On Saturday, we had bring-your-favorite-gadgets to the club day.  We wanted to do some photo and video shooting to have material for web sites brochures and so forth.  It turned out that flying is not the only expensive hobby our pilots are into.  The number of cameras we all brought along was nothing short of impressive.  I think I was the only one bringing a “point-and-shot” camera to a serious DSLR “fight”.  To be sure I also had my D80 in my bag, but that wasn’t anything to brag about.  Anyway, I am happy with my new little Coolpix P300 camera, which I bought recently.  As they say, the only good camera is a camera you actually have with you when you want to take a picture and the P300 is small enough to carry in my trouser pockets. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nothing to see

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 »

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Go East – Where the Skies are Blue

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 »

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Crosswinds

In Flight Log on February 27, 2011 at 9:37 pm

Malaysian Flag flapping in 15 Kts wind

This Sunday I was finally able to do some crosswind landings. During the PPL period we did a few of those, but I always thought I hadn’t done enough to feel really comfortable.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Over the clouds to Mersing

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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Short Cross-Country to Bahtu Pahat and back

In Flight Log on February 7, 2011 at 12:09 am

Haze over Singapore

Finally the weather allowed me to fly a short cross-country to Bahtu Pahat and back to Senai airport.   This is the same route the club uses for the first three (short) navigation exercises.  There is no airport or airfield to land on.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Not flying in the rain …

In Flight Log on January 30, 2011 at 1:49 pm

The weather has been dismal for the last few days.  Nevertheless, I got out of bed at 5 a.m. to be at the club for an 8 a.m. flight with Charlie Foxtrot.  Looking out of the window and following the rain radars and METAR/TAF on teh Internet started to show a picture that kept me from leaving the house.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Flying in the rain

In Flight Log on January 23, 2011 at 12:06 am

Heavy rain as seen out of Cessna 172

“I’m laughing at clouds, so dark up above … Let the stormy clouds chase, Everyone from the place … I have a smile on my face.”  After today’s flying experience, I can’t say I would agree with Frank Sinatra. Read the rest of this entry »