Cessna 172S

From Robin, to Cessna 152II, to Cessna 172S. Finally, I had my first flight with Cessna 172S on the 7th of February and trust me, many things happened.

Unexpectedly.

First, I fought for my rights with a nice and respectable instructor. Then, the instructor who I should be flying with overheard and kinda disagreed with me.

Then, unimaginably, my flight was awesome. I loved the feel of the aircraft and best of all, the instructor was really professional.

Lastly, when I was performing my first landing on the heavy aircraft, the aircraft ballooned a little but it wasn't a hard landing. I've done worse and this time, it was nothing. However, the nose wheel strut compressed to the maximum. Both me and my instructor didn't know what exactly happened but I guess from the spillage of fluid, I assumed it's the hydraulic oil and something must have been wrong to cause the leakage.

Anyway, it's not my fault, thus none of my business. The insurance company will have it covered. That's it for today. Will try to squeeze my brain for more updates in the future. Ciao.

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

Very unfortunately, Monica (Omni Student) skidded her aircraft, RP-C8835 during a solo landing slightly to the right of the centreline and as the right main wheel moved along the grass, drag was created mostly on the right side of the aircraft. Thus, the aircraft moved to the right and rolled straight uncontrollably until the nose wheel braked and nosed down.

Fortunately, she survived without a scratch, physically, but they said she was crying in the Office with the doors locked. I guess it must be quite a big shock to her!

I guess as long as nobody gets hurt, it's a blessed day.

The Fuel Shower

Well, I've done my first ever Solo on the 16th of November. I hope it is not clashing with one of your birthdays, 'cause it's my memorable date now, not yours!

Haha, anyway, RP-C8837 was just okay. I used to be very familiar with that particular aircraft but as I explore the others, I deviate my love to them too... However, the most important thing is that I've done my part. Thanks Captain Louie! So, why wasn't I dressed up properly? They performed the Mixture Ceremony! There were two buckets of liquid, one with all the dirty stuff and the other with clean water. The first one was filled with Aviation Fuel! AvGas! Argh, it burnt my whole body, badly! Oh, did I mention everyone spitted in it? Fuck, that was gross!

Many were there, the foreigners, Batch 6 and friends from the outside world. I felt so sorry that I've completely forgotten to text Batch 6 and that they had to find it out from the others... Consequence of it, no landing videos... They said my third landing was flawless! I do think that it was by far my best landing. I'm flattered! I tell you, history will repeat itself!

Above picture, from left, Captain Louie, RP-C8837 and Moi.
Bottom, I present you, MALAYSIAN, OMANI, INDIAN, Bahraini, Half Bahraini-Malaysian, Singaporean, Jordanian/Kuwaiti, German Filipino and Pure Filipinos.

I LOVE TODAY!

Roof of What?

Oh did I mention that after the shot (QFE 0001FT), we lost hold of the gravity? Yes, everyone was floating happily. Try to examine each and every one of them, give yourself a big laugh! Go on, don't be shy!

Back to the original post. Roof of what? I'm living under the roof of fighter aircraft! Mirage and chinooks just to name a few.

Today, my flight was cancelled due to the prolonged delay at the holding point and I was on queue number four! Six aircraft was waiting and my instructor, Rey was the only one who asked for more information about the fighter aircraft ongoing activities.

He asked about the estimated delays and how long were we going to wait and while the other five aircraft was listening, they began to terminate their flight plan one after another. I then terminated my flight plan and we taxied back on an indian file to the ramp. They were having air formations until the sun set!

That was what happened this evening. Later, I heard something really nice and exciting!

Guess what?

Captain Krish, a retired from Indian National Defense who is now working as the HOT guy in Clark Aviation is going to Malaysia to arranged our Level-D A320 Simulator training! Currently, few were sent to Singapore to continue their training. All I hope is that by the time I reach that phase, I will be going to Malaysia to undergo this training!

I am so sure I'm gonna have a hell lots of fun there, having my kinda food, language, car, cash and everything! Malaysia is like heaven to me, still heaven.

I will be extremely disappointed and having no fun if I were to be sent to Singapore. No offense Singaporeans!

P/S : HOT stands for Head of Training, mind you!

QFE 0001FT

Clark Aviation Updates.

• Sonali did not complete her Solo Progress Check due to Captain Leng's busy schedules.
• Zellent performed the continued Circuit Flight in preparation for Solo with Captain Somera because Captain Lecciones was at Cebu.
• Francis' flight was delayed due to Radio Transmission problems. Zellent lent him a David Clark headset.
• Edward went to Omni to witness Zellent's poor landings.
• Jeff was reported elevated from the ground and recorded a scale of 0001 feet from the QFE (Question Field Elevation).
• Everyone and everything else were right in place.
• Well, not exactly everyone. Little Bunny was misplaced due to his tiny physical appearance.

I Love...

I love beeeers!

I guess they helped a lot last night, with the mooncake of course!

Hmm, do I love aircraft? Maybe?

No, I don't love reading by the way.

Anyway, I exceeded the passing score of 70% and I got myself a 96%!

Woah, I was so panic before the exam because, I was practically "partying" last night until about 2 in the morning. I was so worried because I didn't read anything at all in the given two free days so I stayed up, googling the stuff that I should know about this new aircraft that I'll be aviating. Effort paid off, I guess...

P/S : So sorry to Jopat and Mac, and also Cheston. It's not my fault that I was lucky during the exam, alright? It was really, pure luck.

OMNI Aviation on the 18th December