I have been informed by my leader that Batch 24 will be starting CAA6 class by this Monday (27/7/09)..B) As far as I know, this is the hardest stage among all exam that I had before…
CAA6 syllabus consists of
1) Radio Aids
2) Meteorology Practical
3) Meteorology Theory
4) Instruments
5) Navigation
6) Flight Planning
So, I will strive for the best…
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Yeay…today was my first flight…My flight was scheduled on 4.30PM..waaa…its the last sortie man for the day..NVM..I dont mind…
So, I came early to the hangar @ 7.10AM (you can calculate how many hours of waiting game time)…:roll: with some of my friends which their sorties in the morning…NVM
I have plenty of time to go through my checklist…SOP…annndddd AFM…;D
The next thing I did is I took out the checklist and went to real AC (unserviceable)..When I tried to unlock the door, ITS LOCKED!!|-| haiz..nevermind..just the checklist from outside…huhu…almost 1hour I was there..
While doing the checklist, here comes “Ramzi” and Wan…
Ramzi : Woi Arni…Wak gapo tu??
ME : haaa?Wak checklist…
I saw him with wan going to piper..so I decided to follow him as the piper AC is unlocked…
I saw wan already inside the AC doing the checklist as well..huhu..I asked him whether can listen to RT..He switched on the Avionics master and…change the freq…what I do know is only ‘sssiiiittttttt‘ sound produced…huhu..unlucky…:P
The old fashioned Piper 28…However, the good thing is, the ‘dashboard’ is lower enough for me to see compared to Diamond..
APFT does not allow the cadet smoking while in flight…Perhaps, this AC designed for smoking..
Nah…just ignore the checklist…Diamond 40 checklist with Piper..hahaha
Thats it..Time goes on…Until…1PM in the afternoon…My Capt (Myo) arrived.
Me : Good Afternoon capt, My name is ARNI from batch 24.I will be doing Famil with you today 4.30PM
Capt : OK..I will let you know later..
Me : OK Sir..
I just followed him to flight ops then..flight ops said that runway 28 is in used for today..Usually runway 10 is in use..But today, because of the wind, its changed to RWY 28..
The capt said that I will be flying early @ 1.15PM due to SOLO flight cancelled (which using the same AC as me 9M-NRA)..
So I filled up all form..
I did the preflight check with assistance from the capt.We went to Bachok T/A..
Climb to 1000ft..then 1500ft…over coastal area…
Capt : OK..today we did EOC 1 as well..
ME : OK sir..
He then showed me how to bank & yaw…He gave me control so that I can try by myself..Trim..Is the next thing I learned..Its quite easy but need to concentrate..While capt talking to you..you will also listen to other communication from other AC with tower/ground…huhu..
Infact, that day I’ve covered EOC 2 as well, capt showed me effect of power/slipstream and flaps…But the only thing is, the flying hours is not enough to write EOC 2 in FTR.
My flight was not bumpy like backseat yesterday…Kinda smooth…:>> (coz my sortie was in the morning)
After done those exercises, we landed using RWY 28..Capt landed smoothly..Ngam-ngam brake enter the taxiway to dispersal..fuh…B)
So..that’s it…
Until the next flight
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YES….My first sortie was scheduled on 9/7..3days earlier than I thought..:>>
So, whats next??..PREPARATION… I asked my senior on what to prepare because its be my 1st time flying…
Things I need to prepare/bring and make sure are :
1)Self Fitness (yes…this is the most important factor that you need!)
2)Diamond 40 Checklist
3)Training area map
4)Headset
That’s it…
So, the night before I fly, I slept early…I think around 11PM…Woke up early in the morning…and yeah…ready to fly..My sortie was scheduled on 10AM..With Capt Myo…
We (3 of my batchmates and I) then took 6.45AM bus together with ground school students there…Arrived at APFT hangar 15mins later..We then attended the ‘morning briefing’…In this briefing, a duty student will check for METAR then he will brief us..Time check..andddd serviceable aircraft…That’s it…
the next thing I did was, I looked for the captain in Flight Ops and..he was there..I introduced myself…
ME : Sir, My name is Mohd Noor Arni bin Abdul Rahman, you can call me ARNI (written at my airport pass also:oops:)
Capt : ARNI?? Like a gurl name huh..?:| ha ha ha…
ME : (speechless)…just laugh…
Capt : just kidding..so ur sortie on 10AM…later you see me before 10AM..
ME : OK sir..thank you, sir…
I’ve met the capt…I’ve wrote the autosheet..So, what should I do now??Just read through again the checklist…
Time : 9.30AM
I went outside and look after Niner Mike November Romeo Alpha or in other words (9M-NRA), aircraft registration that I will fly today…
But…there is no aircraft here..I went inside Flight Ops room..checked the LCD, that AC is still flying..doing circuit..I just wait outside..I dont want to wait inside, coz later my capt searching for me which is not a good thing:roll:…
Time : 11.30AM
I’m not sure how time flies…I didnt realize that I sitting outside almost 2hours..Finally, the aircraft landed…I immedeatly approached my instructor..Unfortunately, he said to me that my sortie will be cancelled coz other cadet will be doing solo check..
Capt : ARNI, your sortie will be cancelled because other cadet doing solo check..and time almost 12PM..Finish hours
ME : ok sir..no problem..When will be our next sortie (replacement)??
Capt : Come on SUNDAY @ 2PM
ME : OK sir…thank you…
So I went inside and look for my batchmates..I told them and they ‘laugh’ at me..huh..it wasnt my fault..ceh!!:p
Out of a sudden, I want to fly no matter what,TODAY!!..I just findout that I still have one of my batchmate will doing his sortie @ 2PM today…YEAH..I just can backseat that aircraft…(backseat pun jadilah…haha:oops:)..
So, shorten the story, before we get into the AC, we did the pre-flight check together..I was there and also checking thru..(huh, mcm la sortie aku)..
Then listening to ATIS…taxy..then take-off…Its quite bumpy I tell you around 1,000feet…We went to Uban training area…quite a distance compared to Bachok training area…
My batchmate, Azri, performed all the exercise for EOC 1..I just watched him from backseat silently..
Overhead KB town…Tesco!!
Capt Dhanny shows us where are we on the training Map..
I felt quite dizzyyy because it was my first time and the aircraft was extremely bumpy..Confirmed by capt itself when he said “Bumpy gila ari ni“..
None of us “muntah” during the flight, but my friend who sat infront asking for his ‘plastic’, just in case..B)
On FINAL
I think thats all..I will write more on my very first sortie soon!!
Yeay….Nk balik..sbb ada appointment kat mindef 10/7 ni…dah book Air Asia untuk kali pertamanya!!!Well…sbb tak penah naik airbus…737 dah rasa…ATR 72-500 dah rasa…tinggal airbus je nk rasa…tiket fare ok…order hotdog skali..huhu..
Masa nk pilih seat..ingat nk select yg paling depan….kanan ke kiri ke takpe…tak kisah..tapi tak boleh…hahaha
:D:p
We have finished our two ‘mass briefing’ on Effects of Controls and Straight and Level on a different two days time..
For Mass Briefing on EOC, we were taught about the effects of main controls such as elevator,ailerons and rudder..Just revising our PoF, (sapa yg mugup 100% DCAT mmg koyak la;D)
Straight and Level, nothing much…just learn how to make the AC flying straight by using a formula called “SHRAT”..haha..and we also learned bout AC datum attitude..
Thats it..
Our first time ever batch sortie will be started by this Monday…So whos the lucky guy??ARIFF!! The 1st guy name in the list…B)I’m the 13th..:oops::>
So I’m not so sure when will be my sortie…Later on, after I’ve got the sortie table…I will take a leave man!! I’m going back to KL!!!…
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