Yesterday's sortie was fun! The instructor let me did some RT to ask for clearance from the control tower and allowed me to taxy out to the holding point! Whooo! The wind was strong from one side causing the right rudder to be not so effective. So I had quite a hard time maintaining the aircraft in the straight line (it is a yellow line on the ground that follows to the holding point). After take-off, we flew through the valley of Simpang Gunung Raya. The weather was getting hotter and the wind too getting stronger. At some point of time, I felt like the aircraft loss the lift and "dropped" suddenly. And it was like a very bumpy ride, you know. Sort of like traveling in a bus on a road full of potholes. That time my stomach felt a little not comfy.

After passing through the valley, we saw the light house (it is a reference point that separates the two training area called Langgun and Datai) and flew into the Langgun Training Area. For this particular sortie, I revised back on how to keep flying straight and level based on the datum point (two to three fingers from the dashboard to the horizon). And then, before the instructor showed me the adverse effect of rolling the plane and the adverse effect of yawing the plane, he asked me to 'follow through'. I put my limbs lightly on the controls and had a feel on how he maneuvered the aircraft.

When the aircraft rolls to the left, it will yaw to the left too. Ditto when rolls to the right.
When the aircraft yaws to the left, it will roll to the left too. Ditto when yaws to the right.
The total effect is the aircraft will start spinning downwards to the same direction. Sort of like a spiral spin but it happens slowly.

My turn to perform the manoeuvre. Well, not much problem with controlling the aircraft. I only had problem with my stomach again. Felt wanna puke and dizzy again after finishing my task. I couldn't stand the it anymore and hence I asked for permission to vomit. Haha. But you know what, I forgot to bring my airsick bag along with me. Shit. Luckily my friend, who was the observer sitting behind me, brought his airsick bag. Thank god. And I vomited the meal I had just now.

Need me to describe the colour and the contents of the stuffs I threw up? I think better not. Haha.

Anyway, the instructor requested to land as he saw me couldn't cope with the sortie. However, to fly back to the airport needs around 15mins and we needed to fly past the valley again, which AGAIN we encountered turbulent wind. Err hemm..So...

You don't need me to explain what happened after that.

By the time, we landed safely, I found that I threw up quite alot! One whole plastic bag was full! Damn! Haha. Anyway, my instructor said that it is normal for some people to vomit during their first few sorties and I will get used to flying after throwing up some more. Practice makes perfect, right? I guess the more I fly, the faster I can cure my air sickness. I hope I will not break my instructor's record of vomiting more than 10 times during his first 10 sorties.

One of the seniors advised me that I should not eat too full two to three hours before flying and that will somehow reduce my chances of vomiting in flight. Another thing is that I have to learn how to relax my whole body and enjoy when flying. I did not realize I was so focused on controlling the joystick and so tensed up until my limbs felt numb! Goodness.

By the way, my next sortie is today at 1500hours, called Effect of Controls 2. Maybe today gonna learn how to trim and do some pre-taxy and pre-takeoff checks. Well, there is a pre-flight briefing for me at 1230 hours later. So gotta go have lunch soon.

Flying HIGH!!

And hope I gonna vomit less today. =D