My first Piper flight!

Today was incredibly remarkable, to have embarked on my first ever Piper Warrior joyride from Seletar Airport to Senai Airport in Johor!

All thanks to Caleb for arranging a meet-up with his pilot friend Justin, I not only made a new friend, but experienced what it was like to take to the skies on a small Piper Warrior! Despite Caleb, Denise (and another friend) having gone on the already-full Saturday flight to Melaka, Justin was obliging enough to cater for a separate flight today just for me, which saw a last minute addition of Kim joining in to make up 3 "souls on board" (exactly the words he used when reporting our departure and arrival status to the tower).

Without explaining too much, our intent to fly to Johor and complete a couple of circuits went as follows:-

1) Arrive at the Seletar Airport Departure "hall" to scan our passport, and go through the usual security screening...


2) Find the aircraft Justin rented from his friend/owner and remove the cover...and call for re-fuelling (avgas at about $2.30 per litre)


3) Get into the co-pilot's seat.


4) Assist the pilot with the pre-start checklist.


5) Line up the aircraft on the runway after the ATC gives clearance...and take off!


6) In less than 20minutes, look out for Senai Airport in Johor and seek clearance to perform two "touch and go" in the circuits before coming in to land after the 3rd circuit.


7) Walk out and stretch our legs, breathe in Malaysian air, without having to clear immigration unless we stepped out of the ramp.


8) Finally, take off from Senai and return to Seletar Airport, passing over Yishun Country Club and landing back at Seletar.


If only I had the financial means, I would consider getting a PPL too.