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.

AIR DEFENCE PILOT

Kehilangan pesawat B777 semasa membuat penerbangan dari KLIA ke Beijing, MH370 memang banyak meninbulkan bermacam macam theory dan andaian. Persoalan yang paling utama ialah kenapa TUDM tidak menghantar pesawat pemintas untuk memintas pesawat B777 itu sebaik sahaja menyedari yang pesawat itu telah membuat Turn Back, menghala ke Barat , lebih kurang 180 darjah dari laluan asal. Bermacam macam jawapan yang telah diutarakan, dan saya tidak akan mengeruhkan keadaan dengan membuat theory dan andaian saya sendiri. Cukup lah saya menceritakan apakah tugas tugas sebagai seorang Air Defence Pilot.

Dalam Air Defence kita sama juga dengan negara negara lain, ada Readiness Condition Green, Amber and Red. Apabila Red enforced, pesawat akan disiap segera berhampiran dengan runway untuk memudahkan berlepas dalam jangka masa paling singkat. Kalau readiness Alert 15, pesawat telah siap diperiksa, di isi minyak dan lengkap dengan persenjataan, juruterbang menunggu di dalam bilik rehat. Apabila mendapat scramble order, juruterbang akan bergegas ke pesawat masing masing, menghidupkan engines dan bergerak ke landasan untuk berlepas, dan ini semua mengambil masa kurang dari 15 minit.

Sekiranya memerlukan persediaan yang lebih pantas, Air Defence akan menggunakan Alert 2, juruterbang akan bersiap sedia , duduk di dalam cockpit menunggu scramble order dari Air Defence Centre. Bila scramble order dilancarkan, dengan segera mereka akan menghidupkan engines dan terus bergerak kelandasan dengan mengambil masa selama 2 minit sahaja untuk berlepas. Air Defence Controller akan mengarahkan kepada juruterbang hala yang perlu dituju dan juga ketinggian untuk sampai ke tempat yang di tuju dengan seberapa segera, untuk memintas pesawat musuh.

WAYPOINT IGARI

On ground, before departure, setting up the routing into the Flight Management Computer. This was the route that I flew to Taipei on the 13 Apr evening.

In flight, this is how it look in the computer.

And the Navigation Display, approaching waypoint IGARI at 39000 feet.

As a back up and monitoring, I have an Ipad with preloaded navigation application to show my present location.

So this is the infamous waypoint IGARI where the MH370 reported disappeared from the radar and ended somewhere at the Indian Ocean.