At last, after 7 days of waiting to fly my Nav2, I finally got to finish the sortie just now. Nav2 route is as below:
WMKL-Kuah-Kuala Perlis-Kuala Kedah-Sala-Pendang-Jeniang-Guar Chempedak-Sala-Kuala Kedah-Kuah-WMKL
As you can see, the route is actually like going towards the mainland, make one U-turn and then come back to land. However, the weather at mainland today was not really ok, especially at Pendang and Jeniang where I could see the thick dark cloud, with the cloud base at 30000ft only. I was cruising 2500ft at that time, so halfway towards Pendang, I requested to divert straight to Guar Chempedak. Approval given by the Alor Setar Tower immediately.
By the way, a surprising stuff happened to me today. An Air Traffic Controller (ATC) actually complimented me on my RT skills!! And you know what? The guy is one of the fastest talking and merciless ATC in Lgk. He rarely gives compliment to anyone! I was like 'jammed' for a while before I could reply 'Thank you,sir'.
I still have a few more sorties to go before I could sit for the PPL flying exam (PT1). Some of my friends are going to sit for the exam the day after tomorrow. PT1 stands for Progress Test 1, you see. We cadets will be asked some ground questions and then proceed to fly to training area where we will show the instructor how we perform all the air exercises that have been taught to us since Day 1. Including all the flying procedures start from establish RT with tower until we land back.
I don't know exactly when the hell is my turn to sit for the exam. But I do really hope I can finish it fast. I might get a week of holidays too if I can finish it by end of March!!
WMKL-Kuah-Kuala Perlis-Kuala Kedah-Sala-Pendang-Jeniang-Guar Chempedak-Sala-Kuala Kedah-Kuah-WMKL
As you can see, the route is actually like going towards the mainland, make one U-turn and then come back to land. However, the weather at mainland today was not really ok, especially at Pendang and Jeniang where I could see the thick dark cloud, with the cloud base at 30000ft only. I was cruising 2500ft at that time, so halfway towards Pendang, I requested to divert straight to Guar Chempedak. Approval given by the Alor Setar Tower immediately.
By the way, a surprising stuff happened to me today. An Air Traffic Controller (ATC) actually complimented me on my RT skills!! And you know what? The guy is one of the fastest talking and merciless ATC in Lgk. He rarely gives compliment to anyone! I was like 'jammed' for a while before I could reply 'Thank you,sir'.
I still have a few more sorties to go before I could sit for the PPL flying exam (PT1). Some of my friends are going to sit for the exam the day after tomorrow. PT1 stands for Progress Test 1, you see. We cadets will be asked some ground questions and then proceed to fly to training area where we will show the instructor how we perform all the air exercises that have been taught to us since Day 1. Including all the flying procedures start from establish RT with tower until we land back.
I don't know exactly when the hell is my turn to sit for the exam. But I do really hope I can finish it fast. I might get a week of holidays too if I can finish it by end of March!!
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