MONT BLANC

Approach and landing at Simon Bolivar International Airport, Caracas.

MADRID... again..

We stayed at this hotel, not bad, I really enjoyed the breakfast.

The Gate of Europe

 Mahatma Gandhi is being being respected all over the world. This is in front of Congress Building of Madrid.

Shopping time for Real Madrid merchandise at the Real Madrid Stadium.

Hola from Buenos Aries.

PINGAT JASA MALAYSIA

This is how I started flying with the RMAF, after graduation from the flying school, the sent me to the fighter squadron.

Started with this CL41G, Tebuan, based in Kuantan from 1981-1984, followed by the Aermacchi MB339. Most of the operational sorties were to provide ground attack againts the Communist Terrorist, in support for our troops at the Thai and Malaysian border .

In 1984, I was transfered to Butterworth Air Base , different role this time, as the Air defence Pilot, flying the Northrop F5E .

 Towards the end of my carrier with the Airforce, I was sent to Alor Setar Base to teach the young pilots of RMAF to fly. My tenure of duty there was from 1990 to 1992, which include flying for the Taming Sari Formation for the first LIMA in 1991.

And today, 07 Sept 2014, I am awarded the Pingat Jasa Malaysia as a recognization for my service in RMAF especially fighting the Communist Terrorist.

Sadly, I was unable to attend the prestige and memorable function as I was away on duty flying somewhere over the Amazonica, The Latin America. My son proudly volunteered to received the medal on my behalf and here it is, the PJM.

AMAZONICA

The Amazon rainforest (Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica orAmazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica, Amazonía or usuallyAmazonia; French: Forêt amazonienne; Dutch: Amazoneregenwoud), also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is amoist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 square kilometres (2,700,000 sq mi), of which 5,500,000 square kilometres (2,100,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peruwith 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. States or departments in four nations contain "Amazonas" in their names. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species.^[1]

Flying over the Amazon, between Buenos Aries and Caracas.

REAL MADRID - Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

2 days transit in Madrid, walked to the stadium which is only 1.2 km from the hotel.

Buenos Diaz !!!

Holla, buenos diaz ! , it mean hello and good morning in Spanish, the language mostly spoken in the Latin America Region.

I am on wet lease operation to Condiasa Air of Venezuela, based at Caracas. Departed in the morning from Madrid , crossed the mighty Atlantic, 7 hours over the water before we reached our destination, Simon Bolivar Airport, Maquetia, Caracas.

Airborne out of Madrid Airport on the way to Caracas.

The flight path over the Atlantic. With 4 engines running, less thing to worry.

 Landing at runway 28 , Simon Bolivar Airport of Caracas.

Alhamdulillah, safely landed.

Happy Birthday to my twin girls..

PINGAT PJM

Dua hari lepas dapat email dari sahabat lama , satu intake atau skod yang mengatakan saya layak untuk mendapat Pingat Jasa Malaysia, untuk veteran ATM yang pernah berkhidmat dan terlibat dalam operasi menentang Parti Kominis Malaya. Maka dengan gigih saya pun mencari buku biru, Pengakuan Perkhidmatan untuk dibuat salinan supaya dapat dikepilkan bersama dengan borang pendaftaran PJM.