SOLO DONE.. GH DONE.. NEXT,NAVEX....

Well, it's been a while since I've last updated this blog. Sorry for the waiting. I've lack of internet connection while at the Crew Residence and it was kind of hectic for the past few weeks.

Now, let's talk about flying. Well, everything went pretty smoothly after I've last updated my blog. Me as well as all of my batchmates have done our first solo flight. Not only that, we've done 4 solos after the first one. Thus, we have earned our own APAC callsigns. We obtained it according to the solo sequence from the first one to do it to the last one. Here's the list!

Goh Hui Shi (APAC 5051)
Sarabjiet Hans Sohan Singh (APAC 5052)
Alan Kok Wee Peng (APAC 5053)
Jenson Choo Chien Ning (APAC 5054)
Keegan Francis Khoo (APAC 5055)
Avan Ng (APAC 5056)
Nik Hazman Azizy Nik Adnan (APAC 5057)
Khushdeep Singh Dhillon (APAC 5058)
Jessica Lee Suk Tin (APAC 5059)
Hasbullah Anthony Hasbi (APAC 5060)
Mohamad Zafran Mohamad Azmi (APAC 5061)
Joseph Bryan Ong (APAC 5062)

The first two numbers represent out batch number which is 50 and the second consecutive numbers represent the sequence starting from 51.

Alan (APAC 5053) after first solo. Eventhough the weather was quite bad, he managed to fly.

My first solo aircraft was 9M-NRR. Well, surprisingly, I got the Piper Warrior II instead of the newest Warrior III. The Warrior II was the old model and 9M-NRR was the 80's model. Talk about classic... Instruments were classic and the interior was quite bad. However, the maneuverability was better than the Warrior III since it was a very seasoned aircraft and the controls were light.

Everything went well during my first solo,except I did it on my second attempt since my first attempt was canceled due to weather and it ended up as a solo taxi to the runway. Haha.. Well, the first solo was nothing much. It was only a 15 minute flight. I flew one circuit, which means one take-off and one landing. Alhamdulillah it all went well...

We've done our General Handling (GH) sorties and currently doing our Navigation Exercises (NavEx). NavEx is very fun indeed. I've flew to Dabong, Manek Urai, Pulau Perhentian and also Penarek. The highest I've flown on NavEx so far is 7000 feet with Captain Maniselvan (APAC 12) while en-route to Manek Urai and Kampung Kubur Datu. Pretty high for a single-engined, 160hp, unpressurized, naturally-aspirated, four-seater aircraft.