My First Solo..

My first solo on Eagle..

We have to do atleast 4-5 hours of circuit before they can let student go for their first solo..

I'm doing my circuit with Captain Sadick..

He is my instructor..

We have to stick with the instructor when we do they circuit exercise..

Honest saying that the circuit exercise is the most unforgettable moment..

Because this time is the most critical part..

Like being in the prison..

We have to learn a lot of thing in a short time..

And the instructor will be some sort of "cruel" person..

Some of them be like tiger, lion and some times they act like king kong..

You know what I mean rite??

And my instructor appear like one of that..

How worse it is..

And the circuit is the worse time for me in flying stage..

The first circuit exercise, I feel nearly to surrender in flying..

I'm the only one..

My others friend also feel the same thing..

But some of them got the instructor like "Mr. Nice Guy"..

How lucky are they..

I'm not as lucky as them..

The meter gauge of stress show at the caution range..

Anytime can go to the critical range..

But I remember what my mother have said to me before..

"Dont simply surrender and back off.. U choose this carrier, no one force you to enter this life.. If you feel dont, pray to Allah.. He will help you, give the strength to you.. Insya Allah, you will be fine.."

Sometimes we can say, our mother know more about us than ourself..

Okay, lets talk about the circuit..

The circuit is the exercise that you just fly around the airport..

We make an oval shape around the airport..

N we have to do touch n go..

Means, once landing we apply full power n airbone once again..

Depends on the situation, in one hour we can make how many circuit..

If we lucky maybe can do 6-7 touch n go..

If not, maybe only 2..

And in one circuit, we have to finish a lot of checks..

Sometimes we forget about it because to concentrate to fly the aircraft..

I'm also like that..

I will remember when the instructor shout to me..

You know what I mean rite??

Lets forget about the exercise..

After 5 hours of circuit, my instructor send me to do the solo check with other instructor..

Because he not qualified to do the solo check..

I feel nervous..

Hope I can perform today..

And he let me go for solo..

Before enter the aircraft, raise my hand and pray to Allah..

Hope everything good today..

Amin..

I start the aircraft..

And we airbone..

I do as per normal..

First, I do the normal circuit..

All the thing was fine..

But the landing part is worse..

The aircraft bounce dont know how many times..

And of course the instructor say something..

I not remember that..

Dont want to..

The second circuit, I asked him..

"Sir, normal circuit??"

"Yes, what more I expect from you.."

"Oo.. Ok Sir.."

Second touchdown, I think better that the first..

We do 2 more circuit..

And the last circuit, he say to me..

"This time, you better than before, I sent you for solo.. If not, finish.. Understand??"

"Yes Sir"

Now I feel blur..

And the last touch down, same like before..

Huh..

I dont know, is it he let me go for solo of not..

His face like frustrating with me..

I taxi the aircraft to the apron..

And then suddenly he call the ATC..

Instructor : Ground APAC 20..

ATC : APAC 20 ground go ahead..

Instructor : APAC 20 request to change callsign to APAC 20 Sierra..

ATC : APAC 20, approve to change callsign to APAC 20 Sierra and standby for startup..

Instructor : Thank you sir, APAC 20 Sierra..

"If I sent you for solo, you can bring yourself and the aircraft in one piece??" he asked me..

"I can sir," I say it confidently..

"You idiot, dont say yes.. Say Insya Allah,"..

"Insya Allah sir," I reply him..

"Good.. Turn the aircraft and start,"..

"Is it we need to refuel sir??" I asked him..

He look at me and say "Why?? Only one circuit, why need to refuel.."

"Oo.. Ok sir," I smile at him..

Now my time come..

I start the aircraft alone..

Before this with the instructor..

Now, only me..

No one at the right side of the plane..

Me : Kota Bharu Ground APAC 20 Sierra, Assalamualaikum..

ATC : APAC 20 Sierra Kota Bharu Ground go ahead..

Me : Ground, APAC 20 Sierra request start up for one circuit and landing, POB 01, endurance 2 hours and 30 minutes in 9M-BDR copied information Bravo..

ATC : APAC 20 Sierra start approve for circuit and landing..

Me : Start approve for circuit and landing, APAC 20 Sierra..

I do all the check and run up..

Me : Ground APAC 20 Sierra request taxi..

ATC : APAC 20 Sierra, taxi holding point Charlie , contact tower APAC 20 Sierra..

Chocks off and taxi to holding point..

The feeling is different..

You are alone..

At holding point..

Me : Kota Bharu Tower APAC 20 Sierra at holding point Charlie, Assalamualaikum..

ATC : APAC 20 Sierra backtrack line up runway 10..

Me : Backtrack line up runway 10, APAC 20 Sierra..

Enter the runway, go as far as I can and backtrack for line up..

Me : Tower APAC 20 Sierra ready..

ATC : APAC 20 Sierra, climb 1000 feet for right hand circuit, clear for take-off..

Me : Climb 1000 feet for right hand circuit, clear for take off, APAC 20 Sierra..

Apply full power and airbone..

Once you leave the ground, nothing you can do except landing the aircraft..

I do as per normal..

Same thing that I have learn before this..

Me : Tower APAC 20 Sierra, downwind to land..

ATC : APAC 20 Sierra, continue approach, report final..

Me : Continue approach, report final APAC 20 Sierra..

On final..

This is the critical part..

Me : Tower APAC 20 Sierra, turning final to land..

ATC : APAC 20 Sierra, advice surface wind calm, clear to land..

Me : Copy that sir, clear to land APAC 20 Sierra..

Aiming point, airspeed, centerline..

Aiming point, airspeed, centerline..

Aiming point, airspeed, centerline..

Aiming point, airspeed, centerline..

Keep saying that..

To make sure you know where are you..

And, LAND..

As per normal..

Aircraft bouncing..

Like frog..

I try as hard as I can to control the aircraft..

Alhamdulillah, I'm safe..

Land safely..

ATC : APAC 20 Sierra, vacate runway Via Charlie contact ground..

Me : Vacate runway Via Charlie contact ground, APAC 20 Sierra.. Thank you sir, assalamualaikum..

ATC : Waalaikumussalam..

At holding point..

Me : Ground APAC 20 Sierra at holding point Charlie, request taxi for dispersal..

ATC :APAC 20 Sierra, clear taxi to apron for dispersal..

Me : Clear taxi to apron for dispersal, APAC 20 Sierra.. Thank you sir, assalamualaikum..

ATC : You are welcome.. Waalaikumussalam..

Taxi the aircraft to apron..

Follow the marshaller sign..

Stop..

And shutdown..

I take a time to feel..

To appreciate the time..

Know, I become a solo student..

I can fly the aircraft myself..

Without instructor..

Alhamdulillah..

Praise to Allah..

I went out from the aircraft and see the instructor..

"Hows your landing??" he asked me..

"Not so well sir," I say..

" Yah, I know.. I see it.. But ok, safe landing.."

"Thank you sir.."

Alhamdulillah..

Atlast, my aim have been achieved..

But, still long to go..

Just finish my solo..

Still have to going through a lot of exercise..

To prove the flying skill..

Insya Allah..

I will try my best..

To improve it..

I will..

(",)

~This what we call circuit (for eagle)~

~AIRBONE~

~Enter DOWNWIND~

~Enter BASE~

~FINAL~

~LANDING~

..Alhamdulillah..

Recall: My First Flight

My first flight..

Need time to recall..

Long time ago..

More than a year ago..

We have finish our DCAT examination..

The academy attach us to the hangar..

They introduce us to flying face..

First to all my batch mate..

The operation set us for the first sortie..

All of us feel so excited..

This our first flight since entering this school..

This is the moment that we have been waiting for a long time..

To fly..

This is the aim rite??

Enter flying academy, of course to fly..

My first sortie on 17 March 2009..

We call the first sortie is famil..

The aim is want to introduce the student with the aircraft and to the training area..

The Operation separate us to different instructor..

And me, with Captain Sadick..

His callsign at that time is APAC 21..

Before the flight, the instructor will brief us roughly about what we want to do on our flight that day..

Then, ready to fly..

I bring my headset, my license and my map..

I check the aircraft, assist by the instructor..

After complete the inspection, time to enter the aircraft..

I take the left seat and the instructor on the right side..

In an aeroplane, the captain or PIC (Pilot In Command) take the right seat..

He's the one who got the full authority of controlling the aircraft..

Now, I'm sitting at the right side..

Once again..

Is it I said on the right side??

Yah, on the right side..

I'm the PIC..

But, I know nothing..

Why I have to seat here..

The instructor ask me to do the pre start..

And he assist me..

Then, he do the radio call..

And he start the aircraft..

I do the check after that..

After all completed, he call the ground..

Instructor : Ground APAC 21, request taxi..
ATC : APAC 21, taxi initially holding point Charlie contact tower..
Instructor : Taxi initially holding point Charlie contact tower, APAC 21..

"Okay, now I want you to taxi the aircraft.. Use the differential braking," he says to me..
"Oo.. Ok sir.. I try my best sir," I reply to him..
"You cannot try, you have to do it.. Put power a little bit, after aircraft start moving, use your brake ok??" he instruct me..

"Yes sir," I acknowledge..

And then I taxi the aircraft to the holding point..

Its quite hard to control the aircraft since this is the first time I handle this aircraft..

But, its amazing..

Eventhough I taxi the aircraft like "snake" that been hit by baseball stick..

Going to the right, and then left, and then right..

And nearly into the grass..

Hah..

But..

Still ok I think..

And then at holding point Charlie, he have the control..

Instructor : Tower, APAC 21 at holding point Charlie, Good Morning..

ATC : APAC 21 backtrack lineup runway 10..

Instructor : Backtrack lineup runway 10, APAC 21..

We enter the runway..

The first thing came in my mind, the runway is so wide..

And at the moment I feel little bit afraid..

And at the same time feel amazing..

Before this I just see it from far..

Now I'm here, at the middle of the runway..

Instructor : Tower, APAC 21 is ready on line up..
ATC : APAC 21, climb 1000, right turn to Bachok, clear for take-off..
Instructor : Climb 1000, right turn to Bachok, clear for take-off, APAC 21..

This is the moment..

He put the throttle to full..

And then the aircraft start moving..

It become faster and faster..

He control the aircraft gently and I follow him through..

The aircraft start to "jump", like a child who got the new toy..

How excited the child is..

Remember, it is light aircraft..

Easy to being effected by the wind..

At 55 knots, he pull the control stick little bit..

And the aircraft, airbone..

Now I feel sick..

The aircraft vibrating..

I feel afraid..

But I dont know why my instructor still control his "macho"..

Is it he dont feel what I feel??

Oh, now I know..

This is the normal thing..

He have flew for a thousand hours..

One thing came on my mind..

"Ya Allah, this is amazing.."

We proceed to Bachok..

He ask me to have a look to on the map..

He show me the training area..

I said to myself..

"I'm lucky, to be choosen by the God, to be here.."

Now I can see the ground from the sky..

I can see everything..

Its so small from 2000 feet above ground level..

The house, the road, the car and also the people down there..

How amazing..

And the view from up here, so nice n fantastic..

Hard to describe by word..

What I can say, Allah Is Almighty..

And then, the instructor request to the tower for rejoining..

The tower ask us to proceed to KB town and report there..

"Okay, now I want you to have control.. Put your leg on the rudder, right hand on the control stick and your left hand on the throttle.. You have control.."
" I have control sir," I said..
"You realize or not, that now you fly the aircraft yourself.. You see my hand, free from the control.. You are the one who have the authority now.."
"Oh.. Yes sir," thats all I can say..

Overhead KB town, he have the control and I just follow him through..

This is the most critical part in flying..

Because, everyone can take-off the aircraft but not everyone can land the aircraft..

Its hard..

But I just follow him through..

Instructor : APAC 21, turning final to land..

Tower : APAC 21, advice wind light and variable, clear to land..

Instructor : Clear to land APAC 21..

He land the aircraft..

Quite smooth for this type of aircraft..

Nice landing..

He taxi to the apron and shutdown..

"Put your FTR (Flight Training Record) on my table.."

"Yes sir.. And nice flying sir"..

He smile to me..

He open the canopy, and he just walk away..

I take time, to appreaciate, and to think what I have done today..

Finally, I'm a flyers..

Praise to the God..

Now, I feel so tired..

I want to go home n have a nice sleep..

Of course on the ground, not on the air..

And hope someday, I will fly again..

Insya Allah..

(",)

~EAGLE 150B~

~READY FOR STARTUP~

~AIRCRAFT AT HOLDING POINT CHARLIE~

~ENTER RUNWAY, BACKTRACK AND LINEUP FOR DEPARTURE~

~ROTATE AND AIRBORNE ~

~LAND~

..The Beginning Of The Dream..

The date: 24 Nov 2008

Place: Dewan Kaloi, Ridel Hotel, Kota Bharu

Time: 10:00 AM

Event: Batch 21 Registration

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Untuk menggapai impian yang semakin hampir untuk digapai..

Semuanya telah terbentang luas..

Hanya terserah pada diri masing-masing di mana hala tuju..

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Kerana menjadikan ia sebagai takdir kami bersama..

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Sujud syukur padaNya..

Kami akan menjadikan ia sebuah realiti..

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INSYA ALLAH..

~This Is The Beginning Of Our New Journey~

~ASIA PACIFIC FLIGHT TRAINING (APFT)~

~Vision and Mission~

~The child with a dream~

~Our Transport~

~DREAMER~

~A mother and father who dreaming their son bring them travel around the world~

~Flying with the bless from Allah~

It's All About Flying

Thanks to Allah, because give me the opportunity to be here..

I raise my hand..

Pray to the God..

And throw my thanks to Him..

He is the one who take me to this path..

He give me the strength that I asked..

He give me the way that I need..

He give me everything that I want..

AVIATION..

Something before this never be in my mind..

Never think about that..

Even never ever imagine to enter this world..

But now, I'm here..

Inside this world..

Be in the middle of thousand people who have the passion to fly..

A passion to be a pilot..

Even a lot of them now in the airline..

I'm one of them..

But, I still a kid..

Still new..

Start to learn how to walk..

Now, I can walk slowly..

Try to catch up with them who travel near to the speed of sound everyday..

When I see them..

I feel proud..

Everyday have a a look the the big aircraft arrive and depart from KB airport..

It's amazing..

It's cool..

Sometimes imagine to be there, someday..

And the others give their eyes to me just like what I'm doing today..

But I know..

I'm still far from it..

Still a lot of thing to do..

Still a lot of thing to learn..

To become one of them..

Who sitting in the cockpit and fly the aircraft..

Bring a lot of people..

From other place to other place..

I always pray to the God..

I'm not demand for the best..

But I pray for the best..

I ask Allah to show me the right path..

To give me a strong heart to be in here..

To hold myself to be always with Him..

It's hard..

Aviation is not as nice as outsiders thought..

But, this is the challenge that you have to take and have to face..

Insya Allah..

Everyday I try to be better than before..

And never give up even what happen..

Insya Allah..

IT'S ALL ABOUT FLYING..

(",)