Just back from sortie today. Bloody tired as always. Tiredness is not just because of flying, but also because of sitting in the hangar waiting 6-9hours for my sortie.

Anyway, perhaps you guys may have noticed that I did GH3 (Flight Day 19) and then skipped to GH5 (Flight Day 21). The reasoning is:

GH1 (Dual) - Done
GH2 (Dual) - Done
GH3 (Dual) - Done
GH4 (Solo)
GH5 (Dual) - Done
GH6 (Solo)
GH7 (Solo)
GH8 (Dual)
GH9 (Solo)
GH10 (Solo)

As you can see, out of the the total of ten GHs, I have only finished four. I was suppose to do GH8 today but the Flight Ops guys programmed me to fly IF1 (IF is the acronym for Instrument Flying) today because my batchmates and I will be sitting for our RTOL examination next week, probably on the 15th of Mac.

RTOL means Radio Telephony Official License. *This is what a senior told me*

Anyway, about IF1 today, this sortie was somehow a 'smaller' version of flying visually. I was only required to focus my eyes on the instrument panel. And I focused real hard! The real horizon now is actually on the Attitude Indicator (AI). Generally for altitude, I have to rely on the Altimeter and Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI). Airspeed based on Airspeed Indicator (ASI) while Direction is taken from Directional Indicator (DI). My performance was not that bad as I managed to obtain a B+ !! =D

According to my instructor , there are two kinds of pilots namely, 'analyzing pilot' and 'thinking pilot'. He said that I more of a 'thinking pilot' type as I fly better with instruments. Well, I personally feel that it's easier to fly by looking instruments because I think it's like playing video games. Sort of like playing Ace Combat 5 (PS2) game, minus the missiles, bombs and the crazy maneuvers!! =)

Let's see whether I can maintain my performance or not for tomorrow's sortie, IF2.