ok, this entry is gonna be about how i did not go for my first area solo and about ahbengs (just can't resist makin fun of them)


And so i flew my solo-cx flight on friday morning, and i swear it was one of the better flights i've had with JTan. My loops were good, my wing overs were good, jus that my barrel roll was dog shit at the start, and my 4pt-roll and slow roll, though wasn't perfect, was safe enough. if anyone doesn't know wat i am talkin about, basically the basic stuff u see at aeroshows.

The only time was when recovering to pearce at 280kts, with practically no height, i saw my trottle move back to "idle" and my instructor saying "flame out now". i was like "wtf" stunned for a while..

errr... ok think i'll stop here cos i don't think anyone will understand wat i will be saying from here.. to cut story short, i was cleared the subsequent first Area Solo Flight, which will be chased by my instructor on another Aircraft.

And so the story goes i was starting up the aircraft, and i did the usual checks which includes the control column check (the stick that controls the a/c). "forward, back, right,....left..." i felt the left side being heavier.. so i thought nvm.. maybe its the wind.. so i taxied out with my "chase" instructor infront of me and i kept moving the controls to see if there was really something wrong. that was when i decided to abort the mission, and taxied back and put the aircraft for repair.

So the ground crew started doing retifications on the a/c and i could only know whether my judgement was right or not on monday (yesterday). ON friday's end of day debrief they flashed all the day's defects and my name was nicely written nxt to my defect "Aileron bla bla bla noted by OCT ONG P"

And i had to present the morning ops brief on monday. (That was when the ground crew flashed all the results of the friday's defects on screen, whether there really is a problem (fault confirm) or no problem at all (unable to duplicate fault))

Well, mine was better.

After handing over the morning brief to the ground crew for their summary, i stood one side anticipating the worst. They flashed the slides, and there it was "OCT ONG P" on the side again "extensive Testing were done on bla bla bla bla, and no abnormalities were found" they didn't even use the usual phrase, unable to "duplicate fault". damn the bastards.

well, i'm still going area solo.. tmrw that is. hope i don't kill a totally servicable aircraft again.