The break and the shift

Getting kina busi with flight as i`m into circuits and gettingall ready for my solo.. Kina bring back memories when i was in Gingin, Pearce RAAF, for solo on the S211. This time round there wun be a break in the training! Only a smooth transition to a restricted PPL all the way in June.. So far 2 of my classmates have made it through and soon all of Msy 50 will make it through and have a feast to celebrate the out come of it all..

Gona shift tml to the new place which is soo much nearer to the Flight Centre and soo much quietier for studies and home parties.. haha.. juz kidding! But it shld be a lot better then staying in the mids of the square and get all messed up with drunkens 3am in the morning and street racing throughout the night..

Anyway, not much for updates.. juz some photos taken by a fren of my from Singapore Poly! she is Elisha from EEE Singapore poly, here in palmy for her attachment.. Wonder why i din get a chance to do that when i was in DMA SP.. hmm.. "Would you take a walk with me down the rocky road?"
The attachment students from Singapore Poly.. and their driver for the day to ohakea airfield!
trying to take some artistic shots.. not to bad i think..
Myself and elisha

Well, there is more photos to come but i wld juz stop here for this chapter.. Cheers..

Updates @ Palmerston North

Its the easter holidays now and I'm not getting much flights out due to some hold back from the weather and my group guys.

Weather here is getting kina good for circuits but not to good for air-rex! Cloud deck is low and visibility is not that high. But never the less we do get some exceptional weather at times and the view up there is fantastic!

The front is on the constant move over the area and temperature can go around like 13 to 26 at times. Cold in the morning, pretty warm in the afternoon and freezing cold at night! Thats the weather at the moment.

Our hus is ready for move in on the 1st of April.. Its no april fool i hope as it wld be a really major joke on us with all the loads we now have on us and the test and flights coming our way. A quiet and convient place is what we really need now! Shall send in photos when i get the chance to take some photos.

Its getting quite bored in Palmy as all the shows are closed on easter and other public holidays or they closed early like 4pm.. The only interesting things are house party and maybe drinking at detroit or highflyers with the mates and frens..

There are some Singapore Poly student here for attachment and manage to hook up with them and fill them up with the life in Palmy. its pretty nice to be overseas with singaporeans as they tend to stick closer together. I wonder why.. But in general, singaporeans are really much friendier then other nationalities. Not to sure why but we tend to speak up when we are educated overseas. Maybe its the fight to be notices or the kiasu-ness of Singaporeans. Its definately a good thing!

More updates coming soon as i embark on my flying week and maybe trip down to wellington or foxton beach (Maybe). Stay tune my bros and mates..

Ohakea airshow 16 March 2008

Pics from the Ohakea Airshow... althought, i missed out on the RSAF Black Knights at the Singapore Airshow. But i got to see how old planes in action at the Ohakea Airshow on 16 march 2008. There were the F-111 from Aussie land in action over the blue Newzealand Sky...

Taking a pic with the Modified P-51 Mustang with MJ before the show starts.. The F-111 from Aussie Land.. Its a really damn nice A/c!
The wannabes taking photos with the usetobe jet trainer.. Its alit similiar to the S211 juz a more advance one! Very Very nice as well...
Phil and the C130 from RSAF.. They were there on a round trip mission and as well as the airshow. The RSAF C130 have even created a que that goes all the way to the gates on the base.. somewhere like a hello kitty que in singapore mac's during the craze! hahaha...
One of the very very very old fighter plane that was on show! it still have the abilities to do loops and other aerobatics.
The UH-1H bringing ''The Rain'' to the show! they are the 3rd SQN in the Base..
These are not ani F-5s or F-16s or ani of the modern fighter planes.. They are the very first few fighter planes that was ever build..

Well, these are the more happening photos that i manage to take during the airshow which is very cool on the country side life style they have here..

Ohakea Airshow

A day before the airshow.. Road recce to ohakea airbase with M.J. juz some nice aircraft that the base holds...

Getting a look at the new place

Its back to flight, test and presentations for me at the moment! Next wk is Nav calculation for me and the boring aeroscience class which i dun kneo why we have to study that subject! We are not going to be scientist or something.. but well, its all part of the program and all!

For the passed few days, things have been good and nuthing of the unusual happenings at milson Flight Center! Went for a singaporean gathering bbq thingy in school with some international friends as well. Met the seniors and many of them are ladies that are studing Vet related subjects.. Soo i have guess that Massey is a place for Vets and Pilots to be in! But they are pretty nice and friendly ladies.

Took a look at this beautiful house which is pretty near the airport the other day and i believe we might be getting that place in early April if all goes well with our reference letter and paper work.

For that kina house, it will most likely cost S$400,000 or soo in singapore but rent we are looking at is NZ$370/wk! That is without furniture and all.. Think i will be hunting household stuff for awhile when i get the place and a place to finally wash my dirty car! Then i can send my car for WOF and get some fixing in the car itself to make it look better and after to put some photos on my blog! hehe...

A wk of fun and rest..

Last week was a good wk to recover from late night studies and drinking off with frens and instructors. Its really kina slack as i was spending time re-creating notes and setting up stuff for flights and studies.

Friday was out welcome party for the Massey 50 which is my course. Instructors and Lecturers planned a BBQ session and drinking get together at the AeroClub for us to mingle around. Weather was perfect for it as its the summer but due to the global warming.. Its really juz windy and cool!

These are the A/C that the guys at the aeroclub fly! Its high wing fixed gears and not really a proper place for parking. Althou' they complete their course in a year and half with the same or maybe slightly more flying hours then us. They dun get ani degree and are actually like farmers in the industries. Its the same everywhere for that case. The nice weather we have in the evening.. Evening Civil Twilight!
After the AeroClub, We went over to one of the senior's place for flat warming.. and this is not the guys that own the place but one of the flight instructor we have in milson.
Back to the AeroClub, some of my classmates chatting away and smoking away by the apron of the aeroclub.
Instructor Vs. Student.. (Instructor on the Left in white and senior on the Right)
This is our dinner for the night.. Heaps and Heaps of them.
and Its the seniors and instructors that cook for us. Nice...
we juz sit around to catch up with the instructors and keep the beers and drinks coming..
The night was really good as most of the instructors are younger then the singaporeans, we have come to a point of sharing experience as frens and not instrutor and student.

We went to get Lional a car. Its not bad a car but previous driver was a lady and its kina pimp up with dragon stickers and all.. Lian-ish a lit ehz! But i was juz playing the owner's dogs and this one is called "Goldy" and she is 14 years old. Cute ehz!
Haha.. After a week of fun and drinks and all, some of my frens got soo tired that some fell asleep in class today. haha.. Well lets have another week of fun n drinks soon! Fight hard in Class and Play hard out of class..

The main output of workout is wkend soccer with the local guys and yesterday, i had soccer with some fiji community with the Aviation students @ Kelvin Grove which is like bukit timah area in singapore and the field there is like carpet grass.. This was the first time i see a double rainbow in Palmy while playing soccer..Cool..

Things are getting pretty well with the house shld be on the way and projects ar falling into places. Hope i can get the place by next wk so i can finally do some real cooking.. Have a proper room, Wash my car and do some weights! Fight Fight Fight..