Arrival..

View of the airport from aircraft parking bay..

A bus provided to fetch us to the school from the airport.

Didn't even have time to unpack our luggage. We were called straight for orientation.

We stayed at ground floor.

And this is the common room (one in each block at ground floor). It was clean when we first came though.

Then we started our ground school..PPL, one month and then to DCAT phase, 2 months..hours and hours of studying..
but it's nothing compared to STPM..

But we can't be studying all day long. So it's either we go for sports or play DotA.
We bought our own router weeks later and it made things easier when we played against other batches.




We organized our own group trips (picnics, beach swimming, movies, etc) whenever we were free. One of our frequent spot....


My girlfriend.




And we also celebrated birthdays for all of our batchmates! It's quite costly to celebrate birthday 16 times in a year and to buy 16 birthday cakes.
So......

None of the celebrations were without eggs and flour!




Not forgetting LIMA '07
They arrived here a few days earlier to practice. Best spot to take such pictures is of course at the highest point!




I compiled some of the pictures (during their practice session) into a short clip.






And some sequence photos during LIMA.


There are around 5GB of LIMA photos. Just contact me if you want them.





And after DCAT phase, we went into flying wing to start our 42hours of PPL flying phase.

The first 42 hours of flying was quite tough. You know, I was new to flying. Multi-tasking was of a different level.
It's not as easy as sms-ing while driving.
But I am glad I pulled through.
I can never forget the first day I started flying solo! :)




Done with the 42 flying hours at early April 2008, we reported back to ground school for CAA6 and CAA2 courses.
Again,
DotA is still the best way to relax after classes! =P




Done with ground school, and back to flying wing again to complete the 145hours of Single engine.
Few weeks of flying in lgk, then we were sent to kt to fly for more than 2 months during monsoon season.


The morning looked bright and sunny to fly. Pre-flight check first!



Just 20minutes later..
....We had to go on standby...damnit..


After around an hour or two of heavy rain, skies was clear again...but not for long.

If you look carefully, there is another line of Big Mommas approaching in fast.



Checking weather as usual....looked like can fly..
No..better standby first..



Our dining place.



Our cabins. The left is for technicians, right is Flight Operations.
Two cabins behind are for cadets.
And the last one at the center is the washroom.



Near to end of January 2009, we came back to hell to do our PT4 and PT3.
Completed the 145hours of Single Engine and proceeded to Twin Engine Simulator and Flying phase..




....and finally on 13th April 2009, I clocked 201 of flying hours....






It's about time to leave.
Not gonna update for quite sometime..