any pilot's here?

[retro]

Originally posted by tooned@March 04, 2007 10:41 am

i miss flying small prop plane!!

although i feel safer in a helo

i am interested to fly a heli and try out... but no time and $$...

[retro]

Originally posted by tooned@March 04, 2007 10:44 am

oh do you sky dive??

that's something i wanna try someday

but it doesn't make sense to be jumping out of a servicable a/c

well i am interested to try out also.. i did static line jumps b4.. 9 times.. but it was over too fast...

[Throttle]

Originally posted by tooned@March 04, 2007 10:44 am

oh do you sky dive??

that's something i wanna try someday

but it doesn't make sense to be jumping out of a servicable a/c

Yes, I did.

APF and USPA member as well but that was 6 - 7 years ago.

 

it makes very good sense to be jumping out of a plane as long as you know why you are doing it.

[Throttle]

Originally posted by retro@March 04, 2007 03:46 pm

well i am interested to try out also.. i did static line jumps b4.. 9 times.. but it was over too fast...

for Static line jumps, you basically got no free fall time.

just jump, the line pulls and rig opens.

Plus it's usually done at lower altitudes.

 

The experience of freefall (even if you do tandem) is a beautiful feeling of human body flight.

[retro]

Originally posted by Throttle@March 04, 2007 07:53 pm

for Static line jumps, you basically got no free fall time.

just jump, the line pulls and rig opens.

Plus it's usually done at lower altitudes.

 

The experience of freefall (even if you do tandem) is a beautiful feeling of human body flight.

yeah.. no freefall feeling.. those kinda suicide feeling.. had a chance to go malaysia to do freefall few years back but missed the chance... too bad.. now gotta wait till i have the time lor... btw you do horse riding??

[moccajava]

Originally posted by tooned@March 04, 2007 10:44 am

oh do you sky dive??

that's something i wanna try someday

but it doesn't make sense to be jumping out of a servicable a/c

That's EXACTLY the reason for skydiving! hahaha

 

in fact... the place where I did tandem dive... the tagword was "Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?"

 

[Throttle]

Originally posted by retro@March 04, 2007 08:36 pm

yeah.. no freefall feeling.. those kinda suicide feeling.. had a chance to go malaysia to do freefall few years back but missed the chance... too bad.. now gotta wait till i have the time lor... btw you do horse riding??

horse riding, never....

only iron horse lah....haha

[retro]

Originally posted by Throttle@March 06, 2007 10:14 pm

horse riding, never....

only iron horse lah....haha

iron horse!!!

[tooned]

Originally posted by moccajava@March 05, 2007 09:36 pm

That's EXACTLY the reason for skydiving! hahaha

 

in fact... the place where I did tandem dive... the tagword was "Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?"

 

yea that's just something we say to make fun of the commandos

[retro]

Originally posted by tooned@March 07, 2007 04:17 am

yea that's just something we say to make fun of the commandos

making fun of me lah...

[tooned]

ah actually i wouldn't wanna be a commando.

my friend did a jump and he landed heavy on the runway.

he said it "felt like hell went up his ass"

 

no thanks

[Throttle]

I guessed as much retro . 9 static line jumps only done for basic airborne at Hendon Para trg wing.

 

Maybe we know each other.

When did you do your ns?

[retro]

Originally posted by tooned@March 07, 2007 12:08 pm

ah actually i wouldn't wanna be a commando.

my friend did a jump and he landed heavy on the runway.

he said it "felt like hell went up his ass"

 

no thanks

haha... i did nine times.. all on the grass.. STEER!!! STEER!!!

 

 

it's the jumper not the chute...

[retro]

Originally posted by Throttle@March 07, 2007 12:11 pm

I guessed as much retro . 9 static line jumps only done for basic airborne at Hendon Para trg wing.

 

Maybe we know each other.

When did you do your ns?

you give me a feeling that you are my senior lah.. i 1st coy 2000..

 

 

 

 

For Honour and Glory...

[Throttle]

wah, end of discussion....generation gap there already., hahaha

[retro]

Originally posted by Throttle@March 07, 2007 04:57 pm

wah, end of discussion....generation gap there already., hahaha

[Richter]

Sigh I also thinking of joining SQ. Failed my basic wing in airforce after a few solo flights.

 

Now apply also dunno what if they ask me how i fail, how i should answer. and my eyesight is going down as my current job require me to stare at the comp 8.5 hrs a day.

 

Anyone knows the criteria for eyesight? esp astig

 

hahhaha

 

And Joshy dun think if u still reading the post here. Biang the books u want i have lah. never come ask me......

[sunnyday]

Originally posted by Richter@March 08, 2007 10:15 am

Sigh I also thinking of joining SQ. Failed my basic wing in airforce after a few solo flights.

 

Now apply also dunno what if they ask me how i fail, how i should answer. and my eyesight is going down as my current job require me to stare at the comp 8.5 hrs a day.

 

Anyone knows the criteria for eyesight? esp astig

 

hahhaha

 

And Joshy dun think if u still reading the post here. Biang the books u want i have lah. never come ask me......

6/60 without optical aids, correctable to 6/6

[retro]

Originally posted by Richter@March 08, 2007 10:15 am

Sigh I also thinking of joining SQ. Failed my basic wing in airforce after a few solo flights.

 

Now apply also dunno what if they ask me how i fail, how i should answer. and my eyesight is going down as my current job require me to stare at the comp 8.5 hrs a day.

 

Anyone knows the criteria for eyesight? esp astig

 

hahhaha

 

And Joshy dun think if u still reading the post here. Biang the books u want i have lah. never come ask me......

JUs apply.. lots of ppl are like you.. dropped out from Basic wing.

[tooned]

hey richter, which bwc were you in?

[quikslvr]

Originally posted by moccajava@March 01, 2007 07:07 am

saw a news report of this dude who took private lessons @ malaysia up to learjet licenses. he's not full fledged commercial pilot per se with boeing/airbus planes nevertheless he's still flying but smaller planes for Pelangi Air. and that's only on his rest days from his normal main job. got about 700RM per flight to mostly short destinations like krabi and kota kinabalu.

 

does it mean that he actually self-learn up to the CPL or ATPL stages? i think it was mentioned he coughed up close to 30k.

 

reference 28/02/07 Berita Harian main page.

i think its impossible la.i still have the newspaper article.and im from Elite flying club,the club dat he claim take up ppl n cpl.dat club doesnt even have learjet much more offer cpl..n 30K for everything? siao ah.when i took cpl in Oz last time was nearly 50k.after reading the article again,i think he took the jet rating in MAS after knowing the pilot from MAS.still it would be interesting if i bump into him @ de airport.can ask him how he do it.newspaper articles are not to believed 100%.reporters know nothin n skew the actual story

 

http://www.eliteflyingclub.com/

[retro]

Originally posted by quikslvr@March 09, 2007 10:34 am

i think its impossible la.i still have the newspaper article.and im from Elite flying club,the club dat he claim take up ppl n cpl.dat club doesnt even have learjet much more offer cpl..n 30K for everything? siao ah.when i took cpl in Oz last time was nearly 50k.after reading the article again,i think he took the jet rating in MAS after knowing the pilot from MAS.still it would be interesting if i bump into him @ de airport.can ask him how he do it.newspaper articles are not to believed 100%.reporters know nothin n skew the actual story

 

http://www.eliteflyingclub.com/

 

you got cpl??

[quikslvr]

Originally posted by retro@March 09, 2007 02:12 pm

you got cpl??

almost..only my cpl theory passed.no more money to continue the flying part

[retro]

Originally posted by quikslvr@March 10, 2007 03:12 am

almost..only my cpl theory passed.no more money to continue the flying part

icic.. the flying part is the more expensive one...

[quikslvr]

Originally posted by retro@March 10, 2007 05:30 am

icic.. the flying part is the more expensive one...

yeah.i want to start flying again.need to renew med then go to EFC.didnt fly for almost 2 years..how bout u?