Round Malaysia GPS Track
Live Updates posted during a Round Malaysia trip from 12 to 15 April 2012
Aircraft: Piper Warrior II, PA 28-161, 9M-FRR
PIC: Ingo
Co-pilot: Capt. Ridzuan
Logbook PIC hours: 16.4
Airports and airfields: 14
Landings: 16
Posts Tagged ‘Malaysia’
Round Malaysia live Updates
In Flight Log, Navigation on April 12, 2012 at 9:34 amAround (our) World in 4 Days
In Flight Log, Navigation on March 12, 2012 at 11:13 am
Maneuvering an aircraft can be hard work
From the 12 to the 15 April, the fearless aviators of FRAS Flying Club will make an attempt to circumnavigate the West-Malaysian peninsula with a formation of five aircraft and land at as many airports and airfields as possible. I counted 15 possible places to land, but I think there are even more than that.
We have passenger seats available for club members (you can become a day-member as well). In addition there should be plenty of opportunity for club pilots to come along and fly some of the legs.
KL City Tour
In Flight Bag, Flight Log on February 19, 2012 at 11:10 pm
KL City Tour
On my way back from Langkawi, Captain Aziz (he is based in Subang) was so kind to reveal the secrets of a proper city tour over Kuala Lumpur. We flew in loose formation on an anti-clockwise course around the city center with its twin towers, around Batu Caves and back Subang. The weather was good and the usual haze hadn’t descended onto the city yet. Early morning was “clearly” the right time to marvel at the glory of KL.
From the air, KL doesn’t actually look that big and there are a couple of easy to recognize reporting points. Nevertheless, next time I want to do this on my own and so I created my own map to remember the reporting points, air spaces and so forth. As usual the map can be downloaded in the download section of my website. Read the rest of this entry »
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.
Aeronautical Charts of Malaysian Airspace
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 »
Fly in Asia 