Flight Over Iran

During winter, Iran looks very beautiful with the snow covering most of the mountains especially at the Northern side. These pictures I took during my flight to Frankfurt few days ago.

Taken from 40000 feet, and this area is about 15000 above sea level. Nearest airport to this area is Tabriz, about 600 km North of Tehran.

Lesen Terbang !!

Begini la bentuknya lesen terbang, maksud saya lesen penerbangan. Yang warna hijau berbentuk buku hutang 555 tu ada lah yang di keluarkan olih Departmentof Civil Aviation ( DCA ) Malaysia dan yang macam kad credit itu yang dikeluarkan olih DGCA UAE.

Dalam buku hijau itu ada lah muka surat yang tertentu tentang tahap kesihatan , tarikh luput skill test yang kena buat sekali dalam enam bulan,lesen penggunaan radio , Instument Rating dan lain lain lagi. Untuk UAE, ada credit card lain untuk medical check up certificate dan SEP.
Tanpa benda ni, atau pun sekiranya lesen sudah mati, tidak dibenarkan memandu pesawat.

Merdeka!!!

UAE celebrating their National Day on the 2 Dec. Very grand celebration , I saw a few light planes towing big UAE flag all over Abu Dhabi. At night after Isyak prayer, firework brightened the sky .

TORONTO

After almost 14 hours in the plane, we touched down at cold -6 deg Toronto Airport. The only black we could see is the runway, the rest covered with snow. The flight including almost 3 hrs over the Atlantic. The flight back to Abu Dhabi shorter by 2 hours, riding on the jet stream average of 110 knots.

Masjid Sheikh Zayed di Abu Dhabi

Hari Jumaat 7 Nov berkesempatan solat di Masjid terbesar di UAE ini. About 20 minutes from my house. The interior is very beautiful, combination of ancient and modern decor.

Check Six !!!

I was doing London flight yesterday. For the first time flying over Iraq. Cant see much, night time over Baghdad. At the moment only 4 engines planes are allowed to overfly Iraq .This is to avoid emergency aircraft from landing in Iraq. In the event of in flight diversion, have to fly to Kuwait, Iran or Turkey...

ATC, sound like American military controller.

ORBI is Baghdad International Airport.

AIRBUS 340-600

This is the type of aircraft that I am flying most of the time now. Look at the dimension, its very long indeed. A camera fitted at the top of vertical stabilizer looking downward so that I can see the aircraft's body especially the main wheels perspective to the taxiways. Another one is fitted under the belly to show the nose wheel. This feature TACS (Taxi aids camera system) really help during ground maneuvering.

The Primary Flight Display (PFD). This is where my eyes glued on to during final approach to land.

Speed 155 knots, altitude 270 feet above ground level and about 1 nm to the runway. Notice the big yellow V ? It is the pitch limit for landing. If the pitch more than 10 deg up, aural warning PITCH PITCH will be sounded and if maintained, the tail will strike the ground by virtue of the long fuselage. Scary huh ?? Not really, as long as the approach is stabilized with the correct slope, speed and rate of descend, pitch angle of 5 deg up just nice for the greasily landing.

Gidday Mate!!! Sydney

Sydney , birds eyes view. Beautiful city, clear sky always...

Nasib baik ada sorang Minah Salleh tolong snap kat depan Opera House ni.

Dubai, other than buildings....

Satu hari tu boring sangat tak tau nak buat apa, gi la jalan2 kat Dubai. Pastu teringin nak naik bot penambang cross Dubai Creek to Bur Dubai. Kena bayar tambang 1 dirham. Bot dia tak ada dinding atau pagar, ada tempat duduk jer kat tengah tengah, life vest pun tak pakai. Kalau agak2 tak berani kena ikut jalanraya, pusing jauh sikit.

BTW these photo taken using Samsung SGHi900 OMNIA.

New York ! New York...!

JFK, Kennedy International airport ,New York. Macam kampong jer, KLIA lagi cantik dan canggih.

My recent trip to New York City... So tired to wander around the city after over 14 hours flight. Pay USD 19 to be on top of the Empire State Building and see the whole city from up there.

Actress Susan Sarandon was on my flight back from JFK to AUH.