GH 14 - Solo
I had to cancel my IF7 sortie again due to weather over the sea and replaced it with the sortie as above.
I spent some time on ground to memorize the procedures of general handling (stalls, steep turn, medium turn, etc). So it proved to be useful when I practiced those skills again in the air.
Accuracy is still a problem, but things will fall into place as time goes.
I had a talk with a Japanese senior cadet. More of political talk actually. He said that the Dr M is very famous in Japan and many Japanese look up to him as a hero not just because his intelligence but also his ability to lead. Dr M is one of the most influential people in Asia who was responsible in bringing a better future for Japan, according to this senior of mine, 31 years old.
But when I asked him of the current leadership, he said he only knows about that guy with the name Abdullah.
"Other than that?"
"He is lousy."
I had a good laugh after hearing that. My senior also mentioned to me that many of his friends (non-bumis) complained to him about the way country's biased policies. This is what he replied to them:
"I see this from my view as an outsider. And I feel that the current policies actually benefited the non-bumis. Because, they know that they will not get much help from the government and so they strive harder to obtain their goals. But if you look at the people who receive all kinds of incentives, subsidies, you name it, they got it. But the outcome is very obvious to us, isn't it?"
A propeller strike happened on a TB-10, thanks to my junior of course. The clearance from the tip of the blade to ground is quite large, you know. I can't imagine how low that guy dived when coming in for approach.
This is the first time in history that such an accident happened to the TB-10 fleet. The junior had to endure one hell of lecturing and swearing from the instructors and the controllers.
TB-10 propeller is made of metal, by the way. So if this metal blades strike the runway, there is a very high chance that the aircraft will spin 360 degrees before crashing into the ground.
And oh yeah, he didn't know that he had a prop strike when he landed, until his batchmate found out about it (when doing pre-flight check for the next sortie).
He is damn lucky to survive. And he is grounded, I think, until his personal instructor clears him again for solo.
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I had a talk with a Japanese senior cadet. More of political talk actually. He said that the Dr M is very famous in Japan and many Japanese look up to him as a hero not just because his intelligence but also his ability to lead. Dr M is one of the most influential people in Asia who was responsible in bringing a better future for Japan, according to this senior of mine, 31 years old.
But when I asked him of the current leadership, he said he only knows about that guy with the name Abdullah.
"Other than that?"
"He is lousy."
I had a good laugh after hearing that. My senior also mentioned to me that many of his friends (non-bumis) complained to him about the way country's biased policies. This is what he replied to them:
"I see this from my view as an outsider. And I feel that the current policies actually benefited the non-bumis. Because, they know that they will not get much help from the government and so they strive harder to obtain their goals. But if you look at the people who receive all kinds of incentives, subsidies, you name it, they got it. But the outcome is very obvious to us, isn't it?"
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A propeller strike happened on a TB-10, thanks to my junior of course. The clearance from the tip of the blade to ground is quite large, you know. I can't imagine how low that guy dived when coming in for approach.
This is the first time in history that such an accident happened to the TB-10 fleet. The junior had to endure one hell of lecturing and swearing from the instructors and the controllers.
TB-10 propeller is made of metal, by the way. So if this metal blades strike the runway, there is a very high chance that the aircraft will spin 360 degrees before crashing into the ground.
And oh yeah, he didn't know that he had a prop strike when he landed, until his batchmate found out about it (when doing pre-flight check for the next sortie).
He is damn lucky to survive. And he is grounded, I think, until his personal instructor clears him again for solo.