Yesterday marked the end of Climatology topic in Meteorology. Around the world in 8 days, that was what my instructor said before he began the classes of Climatology. Here is a list subtopics that we studied:
1) North Atlantic
2) North West Europe
3) Mediterranean
4) Persian Gulf
5) Monsoons
6) Indian Sub-continent
7) Far East
8) Australiasia
9) East Africa
10) West Africa
11) South America
It's not easy to master this subject. There are many factors to consider before we can get to correct answer. Example, for a route from Singapore to Tokyo via Hong Kong in the month of January, we have to understand that January is winter season in the Northern Hemisphere.
Land is colder than sea during winter. Thus, the surface pressure on the land is greater than sea surrounding it. Wind will blow from high pressure regions to lower pressure regions.
The bigger the land mass, causes a larger temperature difference between the land and sea. So where is the biggest land mass in Northern Hemisphere?
Siberia.
Hence, surface winds will blow out from Siberia in an clockwise manner towards Japan, down to Philipines, China, further down south to Malaysia and Singapore.
This is why we have North East Moonsoon between January and May generally and the coastal areas of Terengganu and Kelantan will have a very bad weather. Thunderstorm showers.
The explanation above is just a general view on surface wind and weather. I still haven't touched on upper winds conditions, clouds, turbulence and icing. Don't worry, I won't elaborate any further cuz it's just too much.
Out of 38 questions is Meteorology, there will be at most 6 questions on the topic of Climatology. Obviously it is risky to just ignore those questions and concentrate on other 32 to pass this bloody subject. Seniors have advised us not to rely too much on the worksheets given by the instructors because the question trend has changed since Batch 17. All the CA6 papers are set in UK, so exam result will probably take a month or so to process I think.
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ASIAN stock markets tumbled yesterday amid growing alarm as oil prices spiked above US$142 (RM461) a barrel for the first time and on Wall Street’s dive on Thursday.
Crash-landing: The wreckage of the two-seater airplane lying in the garden of the house in Ipoh Thursday.
Badly injured: Ahmad Tarmezee being carried by rescuers to an ambulance after the crash Thursday.
The two-seater Eagle 150B trainer aircraft crashed-landed in the garden of a double-storey link house in Taman Cempaka, Ipoh, Thursday. The trainer and trainee pilot survived the crash.
Source: The Star
Friday June 27, 2008
By IVAN LOH
IPOH: Housewife P. Susila was stunned when she heard a loud bang and saw the object that crashed into her garden here yesterday, just metres from where she was standing – it was an aeroplane.
The two-seater Eagle 150B was largely intact and was upside down with its nose embedded in a patch of plants in Susila's nicely-maintained garden in Taman Chempaka. The wingtips had just missed the boundary wall and a pillar. A set of garden furniture just metres from the wreckage was untouched.
Relating the 1.30pm incident Susila, 49, said: “I was inside the house when I heard a loud noise. When I looked out of the door to check, I was stunned to see the plane in my garden, just metres from my doorstep.”
Soon after, several people were shouting at her to tell her to open the gate so that they could help the two pilots who were still in the cockpit, she added.
Trainer Mohamad Faizal Kamaruddin, 37, and his 23-year-old trainee Ahmad Tarmezee Ahmad Lotpi were in the airplane belonging to an aviation institute here.
It is believed that the pilot had lost control of the aircraft before it crash-landed into Susila’s compound.
Ipoh traffic chief Deputy Supt Mohd Rodzi Rajab said the two men, who were badly injured but in stable condition, had been admitted to the Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun.
Police said they were still investigating the incident and had yet to identify who was flying the airplane.
Chia Kwan Hong, who was having lunch nearby said he saw the plane hitting a tree first before it crash-landed.
Chia, a 25-year-old computer salesman, said he and his father Kook Kheong, 51, rushed to the crash site to see if they could help the survivors.
After 20 minutes, rescuers managed to free the two men from the wreck and rushed them to hospital.
***Apparently the newspaper did not mention the name of the flying school. From the colour of the stripes on the aircraft body, I guess it is from Integrated Flying Academy. Thank god those two survived the crash.
If you read one of my post regarding Practiced Forced Landing (PFL), I mentioned about what kinda place to choose to land the aircraft in case of emergency (such as engine failure).
I am not sure whether the instructor was really superb or just pure luck, but he somehow managed to make an Emergency Landing in a house compound! You can notice how small the compound is! Looks like the garden is the biggest place to land the aircraft at the time problem occured.***