MUTUAL!!!

On Monday, I flew to Sibu with Capt Mitchell. We did touch and go in Sibu then come back to Bintulu for VOR/DME letdown. Then on Tuesday I flew Nav solo to Sibu. Land on Rwy 13 and backtrack for Rwy 31. The weather kinda hazy.

My preparation for the navigations..


A road along the route. I guess this road connect the Pan Borneo HIghway to Mukah


I have the airport visual Golden 105.


Open burning between Sibu and Dalat


Tracking direct to Mukah after passing overhead Dalat. In contact with Mukah Tower at that time.


Going back to Bintulu via coastal


Clouds..


9M-GAA the metal bird that i flew..


Wednesday, 29 JULY 2009 marked my first mutual. For my first mutual I flew with a fellow cadet Abdul Rahman bin Jamil a.k.a Abong. In mutual, we do VOR/DME letdown with our partners. If not clear by tower for letdown, just do normal GH(circuits or general handling). The controller on duty that day is a friendly guy. He chatted with us once in a while..

Friday, 31 JULY 2009 marked my second mutual flight. I am lucky to have the eldest cadet in the school as my safety pilot-Mr Syukri.

*Notice that Thursday is not in the list? Coz I flew Solo GH on that day. Nothing much to talk about on it.

That's all for. It's me MR GIO signing off.
Tuuuuutttt...

It's the weekend!!!

It's the weekend again. The last weekend feels like yesterday only. Well...I have no special planning this weekend. Maybe study, eat, sleep and watch TV. Going out? Nope. No car to utilise here. That's what I hate being here. Coz no car to drive and you guys know how I love driving and speeding down the road. Just have to wait till I get back in Miri then I drive again. Then on Sunday I'll go to church. How I go? Follow my friends lor...Not Adam. He's going back Kuching. This guy in 1 month must at least go back Kch 1 time. Hahaha....

Now talking about fly, I'll be going to Sibu on a navigation exercise with Captain Mitchell this Monday. Will probably spend my weekend preparing for VOR/DME letdown in Sibu and probably ILS approach. Sibu here I come againnnn...Should have gone for Nav to Miri, my hometown..huhuhu.The ATC in Miri dont let us go fly there...Wait till I get back in Miri. I'll pay them a visit. I think that's all for now. BUHBYE!!!

Down with flu...

This stupid rainy weather in Bintulu since the last few days make me flu since last Thursday. Nevertheless I still continue on my flying. The weird thing is the moment i walk to my aircraft, the flu suddenly dissappear or ceased for a while. Then after I landed it came back again. Hahahaha...

Now lets talk about the flying part. Well my flight was on Thursday afternoon at 12pm and 3.45pm. Yes I flew for 2 hours a day and it's going to be more in the airline soon. The wind was kinda strong for the 12nooon flight. And the weather was building up, that's why the wind was like crazy. On my final approach to Runway 17 the wind indicated on my PFD was 330/22 knots. The was 'hell' of a crosswind. Then i continue on my approach with the aircraft cock into the wind. When it came closer to the runway, I feel that I wouldnt make it safely so it increase the throttle to full power for a go-around and come back for another. In the midst of climbing to 1000ft,the ATC telling that there is a change of runway. So I make an orbit on downwind to stabilise on downwind for Runway 35. The controller on duty that day was a friend of mine. The wind on final for Runway 35 also the same-22 knots crosswind. When getting closer to the runway, the windspeed gradually decrease. That's the ood thing of it. And i manage to land the aircraft safely. I quickly request for a full stop and vacated via Alpha. Behind me,got few fellow cadets on solo flight also came down to land. I know God is with me in the aircraft that time. He helped me in my landing. Thank you my heavenly Father.

PFD- Primary Flight Display (mine is a Garmin 1000)

Collecting my hours.

I did my first letdown with Captain Chow that day. Actually guided letdown. It was really confusing. Hurmmm.....Well, today I flew solo for 1 hours 50 minutes. 50 minutes is from 8.10am to 9am. Then from 12.10pm to 1310pm. In the morning I did 3 landings on Runway 17. Im happy with my 3 landings. Although slight on the left/right of the centerline, it's still safe. Then during lunchtime, it was time for the dreaded landings on Runway 35. Why it's dreaded? Because the wind is more than 10 knots and most incidents involving GGIFA aircrafts occured on Runway 35. Anyway I managed to make a safe landing without harming or damaging the aircraft. For the morning flight, I was using 9M-GAZ and for the afternoon flight I used 9M-GAA. Both aircrafts are two of the first three cessna to arrive in Bintulu or should I say the first three Cessna 172SP in GGIFA's fleet.