Phillip
Fleet Director

Hours: 924.7

Status: LOA

Date

Flight #

Departure

Time

Arrival

Time

Aircraft

Hours

Comments

Flight colors: blue = approved, green = pending approval, red = rejected

2018-08-10

1914

GCTS

1507

EGPF

2125

B-757-200

4.3

Filed by ACARS3. First flight in over a month. Back in Glasgow to visit Leanne again!

2018-07-07

1912

LIRF

1152

GCTS

1342

B-757-200

4.8

Filed by ACARS3. A first flight out to the Canary Islands! A boring flight over water...

2018-06-02

1492

FIMP

0707

LIRF

1714

A-340-600

11.1

Filed by ACARS3. Back in Europe! Flying to UK for real next Saturday! Cannot wait!

2018-05-27

1520

WSSS

1222

FIMP

1602

A-330-300

6.7

A flight that is mostly across the vast empty Indian Ocean. I can almost feel the desolation that passengers on MH370 must have felt. The final report said they are most likely lost over this part of the ocean. RIP

2018-05-26

1333

EDDF

0816

WSSS

2311

B-777-300

10.9

Filed by ACARS3. One of the longest flight in recent memory. From Düsseldorf back home to Singapore!

2018-05-25

7683

LOWI

1303

EDDF

1434

B-1900DF

1.5

Filed by ACARS3. Another short flight back to Frankfurt. On climbout, the B1900F was struggling to escape the mountains. Take extra time to contact Departure so that you will be at a decent height before you make the turn.

2018-05-22

7682

EDDF

0755

LOWI

0921

B-1900DF

1.4

It was a good flight except for the approach and landing. Firstly it was the very steep descent required (4000ft/min) and then the throttle was an issue (it wouldn't slow down). Aborted landing and carried out a teardrop approach to land the other direction but the plane still wouldn't slow with zero throttle, speed brakes and max flaps. Did another teardrop back to the original runway and this time I figured out the problem and shut the engines on touchdown. Managed to avoid a catastrophe by mere meters over the other set of numbers.

2018-05-20

6585

KJFK

0442

EDDF

1744

B-747-8F

7.0

Filed by ACARS3. Across the pond to Dusseldorf to prepare for my flight to Innsbruck!

2018-05-19

6598

PANC

2309

KJFK

1028

B-747-8F

6.3

Filed by ACARS3. A flight across continental United States, from Alaska to New York. Next flight across the pond!

2018-05-15

6623

RKSI

0650

PANC

2038

MD-11F

6.8

Filed by ACARS3. An uneventful flight over to the United States, namely Alaska. The last time I was in the States in the sim, it was also at PANC but almost 10 yrs ago!

2018-05-13

6301

RKPC

0845

RKSI

0952

DHC-8-Q400

1.1

(ASACARS is still intermittent). A quick return flight back to Seoul... Next week, it's off to America!

2018-05-13

6300

RKSI

2003

RKPC

2115

DHC-8-Q400

1.2

Short trip to Jeju in the night... Let's admire Mt Halla on the flight back! I've just been to Jeju last year! Miss the place!

2018-05-12

2337

VNKT

0741

RKSI

1633

B-737-900ER

5.9

Filed by ACARS3. Nice flight from Nepal to South Korea! Perfect weather for flying!

2018-05-05

1840

OOMS

0029

VNKT

0613

B-757-200

3.7

Filed by ACARS3. My 400th flight!!! A flight back to Kathmandu and the Himalayan mountains!

2018-05-04

1841

VNKT

0610

OOMS

0814

B-757-200

4.1

Filed by ACARS3. This is my first B752 flight in 16 years at the airline... And my first into Oman as well. flings sand from my shoes

2018-05-01

2968

WSSS

2013

VNKT

0003

A-320-200

4.8

Filed by ACARS3. A flight to Nepal where I will be based for a few flights to check out the mountains after installing FreemeshX Global v2.0

2018-04-29

1341

YMML

1539

WSSS

2040

B-777-300

7.7

FSX crashed again. Luckily I had just saved the game before it hung. Well, it meant ASACARS had to be closed, but I managed to continue the flight. It was a nice evening/night flight back to base. Time to eat some nasi lemak and mee rebus which I was craving for!

2018-04-29

7969

YAYE

1408

YMML

1734

A-320-200

2.4

Filed by ACARS3. Flew south to my second favourite Australian city, Melbourne! But I love the Grampian mountains east of Melbourne more, at a small town called Halls Gap.Climbed the highest peak there, Mt William, twice already! And the Great Ocean Road... fantastic!

2018-04-27

7888

YBAS

0937

YAYE

1100

B-1900DF

1.4

ASACARS failed to file this flight. A short cargo flight from Alice Springs to Ayers Rock Airport just to see Uluru! Had a tough time landing because it was an uncontrolled airfield without ILS. However, no boxes were damaged so I consider it a good landing.

2018-04-22

6416

YBBN

1529

YBAS

1644

A-320-200

3.3

Filed by ACARS3. Hope this goes thru ASACARS! Flew from Brisbane to the centre of Australia, Alice Springs!

2018-04-21

6414

YPDN

1038

YBBN

1445

A-320-200

4.1

Again filed through ASACAR without any error messages. However, flight did not appear on the roster. Flew between two cities in Australia that I've worked in real life. Deployed with the Air Force to participate in training in Brisbane (RAAF Amberley to be exact) and Darwin (RAAF Darwin) for Ex. Pitch Black. Lived in both cities, so they are like second homes to me. Miss it!

2018-04-15

6425

WADD

1458

YPDN

1848

B-737-900ER

3.8

Initially filed through ACARS with no error msg but flight did not appear on roster as pending despite multiple refresh. Decided to re-file manually. Lovely evening flight to Darwin. So glad to leave FPS killer Bali Int'l...

2018-04-14

6406

WIII

2000

WADD

2147

A-320-200

1.8

Filed by ACARS3. Night flight to Bali... newly installed freeware Bali scenery is a framerate killer! Getting less than 10fps... plus the airport at night was like the surface of the sun! Too shiny! Uninstalling!

2018-04-13

2945

WMKK

1016

WIII

1317

A-320-200

2.0

Filed by ACARS3. Next stop, Bali!!!

2018-04-12

2886

WSSS

1411

WMKK

1508

A-320-200

1.0

Filed by ACARS3. Short jaunt to KL to get my flying legs back...

2018-04-11

1577

UIII

2115

WSSS

0433

A-330-300

7.3

Filed by ACARS3. One week short of 3 yrs since my last flight! Rusty is an understatement! Took me 40 mins to remember that I had to toggle NAVGPS in order to use Autopilot! And FSX crashed so this was actually the second attempt but on FS9. Luckily I still vaguely remember how to carry out an Autoland!

2015-04-18

1579

RKSI

1824

UIII

2021

A-330-300

3.9

Filed by ACARS3. A long flight from Seoul-Incheon to Irkutsk, Russia, on the awesome A330... Next flight is gonna be a long one back home to Singapore!

2015-04-15

6301

RKPC

0854

RKSI

1003

DHC-8-Q400

1.2

Filed by ACARS3. Return flight from Jeju back to Seoul. Lovely flight in lovely weather... and a centreline landing too.

2015-04-14

6300

RKSI

2003

RKPC

2108

DHC-8-Q400

1.1

Filed by ACARS3. A short flight from the northern part of South Korea, to its most southern airport on Jeju Island.

2015-04-12

6782

RPLC

0635

RKSI

0957

MD-11F

3.4

Filed by ACARS3. Took the beautiful MD11F over to Seoul-Incheon... gorgeous plane!

2015-04-11

7054

ZSAM

0605

RPLC

0846

B-727-200F

1.7

Flew this flight twice cos ASACARS3 report didn't go through. Night flight from Xiamen to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Been to Clark/Pampanga in real life so this was a nice flight to take.

2015-04-07

2871

VHHH

1103

ZSAM

1206

A-320-200

1.0

Filed by ACARS3. A short 1 hour hop to Xiamen in the A320. Getting used to flying again...

2015-04-05

6316

RCTP

1410

VHHH

1511

DHC-8-Q400

2.0

Filed by ACARS3. First flight in 22 months... where did all the time go Forgot most of the commands as usual...

2013-06-02

2908

WSSS

1506

RCTP

2128

A-320-200

4.4

Filed by ACARS3. A late evening flight to Taiwan! I've been there last year and I love it! In Singapore, most of our Chinese ancestors came from TaiwanFujian in China and we speak the same dialect, so the familiarity is there language-wise and food wise. Plus, things are cheap! So I'm living a flight I want to take in real life soon!

2013-05-26

1539

RPLL

0538

WSSS

0648

A-330-300

3.2

Filed by ACARS3. Back home! A rare flight in the SGA A330. Love the beautiful plane!

2013-05-24

7433

RPVM

1508

RPLL

1633

ATR-72-200F

1.4

Filed by ACARS3. Short prop flight in the ATR72F. Lovely day flight over these tropical islands... perfect! Nice approach and landing too.

2013-05-11

7049

VHHH

2208

RPVM

0137

B-727-200F

2.5

Filed by ACARS3. Another night flight. Nothing much to see (and shoot). Uneventful flight except I flew over Clark Int'l Pampanga, where I've been to in real life. Next flight to Manila!

2013-05-09

2987

ZWWW

0107

VHHH

0750

A-320-200

4.7

Filed by ACARS3. Uneventful flight from Urumqi to Hong Kong. The sim hung halfway thru and I closed other programmes including FSScreen. FSX came back soon after but I forgot to turn on FSScreen until I had landed and was taking shots of the AI traffic. No shots of the beautiful mountains around HKG... Sigh.

2013-05-07

2989

UNNT

1152

ZWWW

1400

A-320-200

2.1

Filed by ACARS3. A flight southwards to Urumqi in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Love the imposing Tien Shan and Bogda Shan mountains! And the great freeware ZWWW scenery too! Perfect manual approach and landing!

2013-05-06

6772

ZBAA

1013

UNNT

1248

MD-11F

4.6

Filed by ACARS3. Wow, I thought this was a 1.5 to 2 hr flight. Turns out I had to traverse across much of Central Asia, going through Mongolia and part of Siberia! But I've got to say I looooooove the UNNT scenery! Looks like freeware! And it's a day flight so I took LOTSA PICTURES!!!! WOOHOO!

2013-05-05

1130

WSSS

1922

ZBAA

0213

B-747-400

5.8

Filed by ACARS3. A cool flight from Singapore to Beijing. Unfortunately it was at night and I can't see ANYTHING! I seemed to have my fair share of night flights recently. Not by choice though!

2013-04-28

7079

WMKP

1534

WSSS

1646

B-727-200F

1.2

Filed by ACARS3. WOOOOHOOOO!!! First official ASA flight using FSX. Framerates took a nose dive when I returned to WSSS cos it's payware. But it was ok for freeware WMKP scenery as well as in flight. I may just stick to FSX for official flights now. )

2013-04-24

6779

WSSS

1826

WMKP

1935

MD-11F

1.2

Filed by ACARS3. Oh how I've missed the MD11F... and to find there's a short flight leaving Singapore... well, that's a clincher cos I cannot fly long flights. Woohoo!

2013-04-24

2357

WADD

2011

WSSS

2232

B-737-900ER

3.4

Filed by ACARS3. Awesome flight. Download Denpasar scenery and it made a HUGE difference. Night flight so nothing much in terms of pics.

2013-04-23

6409

WPDL

0438

WADD

0638

A-320-200

3.0

Filed by ACARS3. Took 2 hrs... longer than the scheduled 1.4hrs. Good approach and solid landing in light of recent attempts. Need to start downloading some scenery! Default looks CRAP!

2013-04-22

6411

YPDN

0434

WPDL

0554

A-320-200

1.3

Filed by ACARS3. Third successive flight of the day. Did a nice landing at Dili, East Timor... but the default facilities are a tad too small for a jet, yes, even one as small as our A320.

2013-04-22

3047

YPAD

1535

YPDN

1903

A-320-200

4.5

Filed by ACARS3. Ok, Cat III status renewed for another 60 days with this autoland. Back at Darwin... gonna head for the Mindil Beach Markets on Thursday! I miss it!

2013-04-22

7863

YBHI

1910

YPAD

2008

B-1900DF

1.0

First flight in 9 months and definitely rusty. Did a one wheel landing in the dark and if my office wasn\'t Room 5A, I\'d be headed there right now.

2012-06-18

7832

YSDU

1218

YBHI

1332

B-1900DF

1.7

Filed by ACARS3. Dubbo to Broken H?ill... The fog at Broken Hill was horrible. No ILS landing! Had to go-around first time.

2012-06-15

7826

YSSY

0606

YSDU

0709

B-1900DF

1.1

Filed by ACARS3. Scheduled for 50 mins, took just a bit over the hour. Lotsa buffeting below 10,000ft. Was getting airsick. Foggy at destination but good enough to land unlike my last flight. Interesting name though... Dubbo. Ha!

2012-06-13

6555

WSSS

1121

YSSY

2115

B-747-8F

6.9

Filed by ACARS3. OUCH! Heavy landing at Sydney due to a thick fog at the moment of landing. #2 and #3 engines and tail struck the ground hard. Oops....

2012-06-11

6039

VTSS

2256

WSSS

0128

DHC-8-Q400

1.5

Filed by ACARS3. Quiet uneventful flight back to home base!

2012-05-20

6041

VTSP

1854

VTSS

1943

DHC-8-Q400

0.8

Filed by ACARS3. A 0.4hr scheduled flight to Hat Yai took 50 mins....

2012-05-19

1524

WSSS

0544

VTSP

0629

A-330-300

1.8

Filed by ACARS3. First flight on the new schedules of Big Secret 2.0... Love the flight and the freeware Phuket addon by Thai Flight Simulator group.

2012-05-12

2461

RPLL

1754

WSSS

2057

A-320-200

3.0

Filed by ACARS3. Back home in Singapore. My Changi International is pretty empty... Something is wrong with my AI.

2012-05-11

2456

VHHH

1805

RPLL

1948

A-320-200

1.7

Filed by ACARS3. Short flight to Manila. Manual landing. Enjoyed it!

2012-05-03

2541

ZUUU

0830

VHHH

1028

A-320-200

2.0

Filed by ACARS3. Another short flight on the Airbus... this time to Hong Kong (and the awesome FlyTampa scenery!)

2012-05-02

2532

ZSPD

1339

ZUUU

1627

A-320-200

2.8

Filed by ACARS3. Short trip to the centre of China, Chengdu (??)... mountaineous region. Enjoyed the flight...

2012-05-01

4820

RJAA

2119

ZSPD

2314

B-727-200F

2.9

Filed by ACARS3. Cargo flight from Tokyo to Shanghai. Discovered that the ASA AI is named "ATLANTIC SUN CARGO" and I've only programmed Voicepack for "ATLANTIC SUN" callsign...

2012-04-27

1921

RJCO

0733

RJAA

0926

B-737-900ER

1.5

Filed by ACARS3. Long flight in a while...

2011-05-04

4500

RJSS

0842

RJCO

1009

DHC-8-Q400

1.5

Filed by ACARS3. My very first flight into Sapporo in over a decade of flightsimming...

2011-03-20

4498

RJAA

0750

RJSS

0837

DHC-8-Q400

0.8

Filed by ACARS3. Arrived at Sendai Airport which was the worst hit in the recent tsunami. Sending virtual well wishes and moral support to the people of Japan!

2011-03-11

1022

WSSS

0747

RJAA

1459

A-380-800

6.2

ACARS3 crashed on me at the gate so I had to file a manual report. Flew the A380 for the first time. Headed to Tokyo to send emergency supplies to help in the tsunami. Hope everyone is safe there! Saw the videos and it was scary!

2011-03-04

4661

VHHH

1826

WSSS

2221

MD-11F

3.9

Filed by ACARS3. It's been a while since I flew a Heavy... esp the MD11F... She's a beauty though but ASACARS shows a rusty touchdown at -918.89ftmin... horrid!! Someone get me the Heavy Landing Report form...

2011-02-22

2466

RCTP

1203

VHHH

1336

A-320-200

1.6

Filed by ACARS3. Uneventful flight to Hong Kong. Love the AI at HKIA!

2011-02-19

4476

ROAH

0849

RCTP

0937

DHC-8-Q400

1.8

Filed by ACARS3. Another short flight back to Taipei.

2011-01-01

4477

RCTP

0923

ROAH

1151

DHC-8-Q400

1.5

Filed by ACARS3. Short flight on the new ASACARS v3. Great job, Robert! I love it!

2010-12-31

2004

VVNB

1715

RCTP

2031

B-737-900ER

2.3

A nice flight to Taipei for the new year! Happy New Year 2011!!!!

2010-12-25

2438

VTBD

1708

VVNB

1840

A-320-200

1.5

A nice evening flight from Bangkok to Hanoi on Christmas Day!! Merry Christmas to all who read this!

2010-12-24

4405

VTSP

1117

VTBD

1253

DHC-8-Q400

1.6

Headed to Bangkok from Phuket and it was a pleasant flight. Something is wrong with my AI though... empty airports at major cities...

2010-12-22

4407

WMKP

1107

VTSP

1119

DHC-8-Q400

1.2

Another short flight on the Q400... For a world famous tourist destination, the FS version of Phuket Int\'l was a little disappointing...

2010-12-21

4356

WMKK

0920

WMKP

1025

DHC-8-Q400

1.1

A quick short hop to Penang from KL in the SGA Q400. Have to remember to trim nose DOWN instead of UP as I stalled the plane on climbout. Sheesh....

2010-12-20

4806

WSSS

1149

WMKK

1246

B-727-200F

1.0

A short haul cargo flight to Kuala Lumpur from Changi. It was real CLOOOOOUDY. Autoland was a sweet one.

2010-12-20

1887

YPDN

1050

WSSS

1331

B-737-900ER

4.2

A nice day flight except my PC crashed 1.5 hrs into the flight and I had to re-fly the initial route. Forgot to start FSScreen as a result and ended up with only shots from the approach and landing.

2010-12-16

1974

YBBN

0653

YPDN

1006

B-737-900ER

3.7

I was supposed to head back to the hub on this flight then i realised that there are no flights going from Brisbane back to Singapore (although in real life Qantas and SIA run a codeshare flight twice daily). Uneventful flight with a slight crosswind on landing.

2010-12-12

1968

NFNA

1408

YBBN

1604

B-737-900ER

3.9

A gloomy looking flight in overcast weather. Approach to BNE was foggy until the last bit. Pretty soft landing though :)

2010-11-08

1967

NZAA

1036

NFNA

1330

B-737-900ER

2.9

I don't think I've ever visited Fiji in the sim, so I decided to go there... Trees upon trees upon trees... Looking forward for the next flight back.

2010-10-30

2519

YBBN

2209

NZAA

0418

A-320-200

4.2

Quite a long flight down to Auckland. Downloaded sceneries for Brizzie and Auckland and that made a big difference (although this was a red-eye flight and the screenies weren't as impressive). Still it was an enjoyable flight and good landing.

2010-10-29

1979

YMML

1651

YBBN

1851

B-737-900ER

2.0

Another late afternoon departure and another beautiful sunset. Installed High Definition Environment (clouds only) and that made a difference. WOW! Highly recommended! Nice 2 hr flight from Melbourne to Brisbane, one of the 2 cities I've been in for real... in fact I lived in Brisbane for a few months in 96 and 2000. Lovely place!

2010-10-28

4533

YMHB

1335

YMML

1512

DHC-8-Q400

1.6

A short flight across the water to Melbourne. Lovely place! I'll go visit my (Phillip) Island again and stick a flag to claim it.

2010-10-19

2560

YSSY

1754

YMHB

1942

A-320-200

1.6

A short hop across the Bass Strait to visit Tasmania. A great flight on the A320 though i got a little bit low on approach in the fog. Managed to correct that without a GoAround. Whew.

2010-10-18

4825

YPPH

1229

YSSY

1840

B-727-200F

4.2

Flew across continental Australia in a 4.2 hour flight. Love the golden light on approach. Beautiful!! Was caught in a thick fog west of Sydney but thankfully that cleared and gave me a great view of Sydney Harbour! Great flight!

2010-10-11

1985

WIII

1317

YPPH

1808

B-737-900ER

3.9

What a lovely flight... Love the B739! And now to explore Australia!!

2010-10-10

4372

WIPP

0613

WIII

0722

DHC-8-Q400

1.1

Another short trip to the capital of Indonesia to set up for a longer flight.

2010-10-09

4379

WIBB

1823

WIPP

1941

DHC-8-Q400

1.3

A short flight for S.E.A.Gull. Pretty much got the hang of the Quiet400.

2010-09-27

4380

WSSS

2112

WIBB

2121

DHC-8-Q400

1.2

Another short flight on the Quiet400... Full A/P landing. Smooth touchdown!

2010-09-27

1143

VHHH

1856

WSSS

2221

B-777-300

3.4

Wow... it's almost been 5 yrs since I last flew the B773... the last time I flew it was on 19 Nov 2004... abt four months after my last flight on my Round The World trip and not many in the airline can say they were there cos it was so long ago! Uneventful flight except near the end when an A/P blip almost sent me crashing into the palm plantations in Johore Bahru!!

2010-09-25

4453

ZGHA

2021

VHHH

2152

DHC-8-Q400

1.5

The return flight on the Q400. Nice bird to fly! Uneventful night flight with a refresher APP A/P performed.

2010-09-25

5050

VHHH

1153

ZGHA

1319

ATR-72-200F

1.4

Wow, haven't flown in almost 2 yrs! I feel lost and forgot many commands... *shame*... Nice short flight in the ATR, but low visibility on manual approach meant I got into all sorts of trouble before correcting my course and landing it pretty ok. :)

2008-10-31

8041

RPLL

1155

VHHH

1345

A-320-200

1.8

A cool flight into Hong Kong Int\'l. Clear weather all the way until I descended past 4,000 ft where it was low visibility all the way. Had to execute APP autopilot.

2008-10-27

8040

WBSB

0924

RPLL

1115

A-320-200

1.8

A quick, successive flight to Manila... I\'m getting used to the A320...

2008-10-27

8013

WSSS

0651

WBSB

0812

A-320-200

1.4

My first flight for S.E.A.Gull... A short flight across the South China Sea to Brunei... Next leg in a while, a flight to Manila, Philippines.

2008-10-27

3760

EHAM

1030

WSSS

0644

B-747-400

13.2

Welcome home!!! Finally decided to move back home. I had an excellent time in Europe and worked under a great HM... but it\'s time to go home. What a sweet but LOOOONG flight from Schiphol.

2008-10-18

3964

EETN

1333

EHAM

1450

ERJ-170

2.3

ERJ170 European Adventure #5. A nice return flight from Estonia. Gloomy weather as usual in Amsterdam though.

2008-09-25

3925

EHAM

0820

EETN

1147

ERJ-170

2.5

ERJ170 European Adventure #4. Another short hop, this time to Estonia... Nice quiet flight, smooth climb and descent and a nice touchdown. Getting used to this baby...

2008-09-13

3949

EGCC

0600

EHAM

0809

ERJ-170

1.2

ERJ170 European Adventure #3. Forgot to file via ASACARS... A very short flight back to the hub.... a little drizzle on arrival at Schiphol but nothing to spoil the mood. Great short flight.

2008-09-07

3942

LOWI

1842

EGCC

1933

ERJ-170

1.8

Filed by ACARS2. ERJ170 European Adventure #2. A nice evening flight to Manchester.

2008-08-23

3918

EHAM

1009

LOWI

1134

ERJ-170

1.4

Filed by ACARS2. ERJ170 European Adventure #1 A short flight to Innsbruck... nice descent and a smokeless touchdown! Beautiful!!

2008-08-17

3089

PANC

1907

EHAM

0340

MD-11F

9.6

Finally have time for this long flight... last flight was Apr 22nd. Something weird with FS calculation of time though... I departed Anchorage at 1907 LT (0507GMT)... and after nearly 10 hrs in the air... I touched down at 0240GMT (?!?)... Shouldn't it be 1440GMT? Anyway... it was an uneventful flight on the way back although I had a little excitement on the approach thanks to the murky conditions. Time for short-haul European flights again.

2008-04-22

1145

PADQ

1710

PANC

1830

ATR-72-200F

1.3

The penultimate flight of my Alaskan Cargo Run. It was pretty cloudy all the way back to Anchorage. Next flight... a long 9 hr flight back to Schiphol.

2008-04-19

1131

PANC

1433

PADQ

1551

ATR-72-200F

1.3

Alaskan Cargo Run #7. A flight down south to Kodiak, Kodiak Island. Nice weather, but an approach over the mountains behind Runway 7 meant another WWII dive bomber approach. But nothing a 3 second deployment of spoilers won't fix. :) Touched down safely. And on the threshold too.

2008-04-11

1157

PAVD

1305

PANC

1405

ATR-72-200F

1.0

Flight #6. Flew in good weather. Visibility on approach was great. Performed an ILS approach and autoland despite the good visibility just to keep myself refreshed on the procedures. Anchorage needs to move the localiser for Rwy 6R abt a dozen feet to the right though, as the plane landed on the "left lane".

2008-04-10

1142

PAFA

1046

PAVD

1207

ATR-72-200F

1.4

Got some snow as I departed Fairbank. The return flight took slightly longer. Flew the last stages of the flight surrounded by clouds and relied on instruments. (That explained the horrendous fps drop to 15fps). Dropped out of the clouds too late and had to dive for it. Not too bad but could be better.

2008-04-10

1158

PAVD

0842

PAFA

0951

ATR-72-200F

1.2

The first flight on my new PC... Q6600 2.4GHz Quad Core, ASUS 8800GT 512MB card, 3GB DDR2RAM and a 500GB harddisk, coupled with my 500GB Seagate backup drive... I have 1 TB of storage space. WOW! But I digress... It was a quick familiarisation flight. I'm getting 40-50 fps on this rig... UBER-COOL!. Almost slammed myself into the mountainside but all in all, just part of the job. Enjoyed it!

2008-03-13

1144

PAJN

1328

PAVD

1512

ATR-72-200F

1.7

The 3rd flight of my Alaskan Cargo run. Trying not to feel so rusty and have to keep kicking myself for not remembering to turn off the taxi lights or turning on the beacon lights as required. Pretty smooth landing at Valdez Pioneer... which seems to be served by no one else except us.

2008-03-11

1303

PANC

1352

PAJN

1531

B-727-200F

1.7

Had the time to fly a quick flight this evening. A nice flight followed by a fright trying to dive for that Juneau Rwy 26 threshold after clearing the mountains. Spoilers deployed a little too long... and had to point my nose pretty high up until I reached the runway. What a rush!!

2008-03-09

4035

EHAM

2045

PANC

1331

MD-11F

8.8

Four months since the last FltRep. And even so, this flight needed 3 segments over a few months to complete. Flew the first segment 4 months back and the second abt 2 months back... and the final one today. I need more time to fly!! A nice night flight to Anchorage. I still know how to land... whew!

2007-11-04

4026

EGHI

0634

EHAM

0902

ERJ-135

1.5

A quick jump across the Channel to return to the hub. I dozed off during the flight *whistles* and was already circling the airport at FL290 when I woke. Contacted ATC and was vectored away from the airport while descending. Ended up a good 40nm away before I was turned around. Heck, I was nearer to Belgium than Amsterdam!! So, that's how a 45 min flight turned into 1.5 hrs. I'll check-in to Room 5A myself... Wait a min, that's MY office! D'uh.

2007-11-04

3454

EGCC

0944

EGHI

1054

ATR-72-500

1.2

A nice short flight to Southampton. Been a long time since I flew such a short flight which certainly explains my shock when I was asked to descend practically minutes after I reached cruising level. Small little airport with mainly GA traffic. It was almost a formation flight with my AI counterpart.

2007-10-31

3942

LOWI

1845

EGCC

1948

ERJ-170

2.1

Flew this a few days ago but forgot to file it. Departed Innsbruck in the ERJ170 and headed for Manchester. Speaking of Manchester, United has equaled a record made 100 yrs ago, when they scored four goals in four consecutive games. Go, United! :) Ok, ok, back on topic. It was an uneventful night flight, although climbing out of the Innsbruck valley in darkness was a little nerve-wrecking. I held runway bearing for a bit longer just to make sure I cleared the mountains on both sides before making my turn.

2007-10-24

3473

LSZH

1055

LOWI

1147

ATR-72-500

0.9

A return back to Innsbruck, this time in the slower ATR72. It was a beautifully controlled approach and touch down was smooth. The beautiful mountains in the background are so awe-inspiring. With this flight, I break 600 hrs. Woohoo!!

2007-10-18

3441

LOWI

0807

LSZH

0910

ATR-72-500

1.1

Now that my laptop is having problems with Photoshop, I actually have time to fly since I can't do anything else... So, here's a very short flight to Zurich . ATC directed me into a mountain straight after takeoff. Had to disengage A/P, return to runway bearing and wait until I was high enough before making the turn again. The flight was uneventful after that though I was made to fly a long ways off before turning back and beginning my approach into Rwy 16.

2007-10-18

3154

EHAM

0740

LOWI

0921

A-319-100

1.7

A harrowing approach into Innsbruck. Was directed to Rwy 8, which is the one with the mountain in the way. Disengaged A/P and made a 3,500 fpm descent with spoilers until short finals. Managed to land with no problems.

2007-10-17

3637

LIRF

1024

EHAM

1235

B-727-200F

2.2

Flew the B722F. Been a long time. Seems a little underpowered for a 3 holer. Struggling to climb at 2,000 fpm beyond 25,000ft. Kept bleeding speed. Had to reduce to 800 fpm to maintain airspeed. Max rpm 95%. Other than that it was a nice flight. Arrived 10 mins ahead of schedule. A bit shaky on the approach but nice smooth landing.

2007-10-15

4062

UUDD

0357

LIRF

0659

MD-11F

4.0

A flight in the early hours of the morning. There's an error in the schedule. My last flight takes me to UUEE (Sheremetyevo) but this flight departs from UUDD (Domodedovo). Both airports are in Moscow. I departed from UUEE instead. Arrived at Rome just as the sun rose. Beautiful!

2007-10-12

3683

EHAM

1536

UUEE

1954

B-737-800

3.3

A night flight to Moscow. A great ILS approach... Need to install Russian traffic though. All I saw at Shremetyevo was a Korean Air A330. Next flight's on our MD11F!

2007-10-10

3709

LXGB

0709

EHAM

0952

B-737-800

2.7

Nice dawn flight for the return. Return flight was half an hour shorter due to favourable tail winds. The descent was a little harrowing as ATC went from 19,000 ft to 2,000 ft. Had to disengage A/P, deploy spoilers and dive. Everything was under control though. Re-engaged APPR hold abt 10nm out. Speed was still a little high and ended up exiting the last taxiway. Next flight, Moskva!

2007-10-06

3670

EHAM

1442

LXGB

1753

B-737-800

3.2

After Leanne's threat to dump all the empty pizza boxes in her office into mine if I don't file a flight soon, I decided to fly to Gibraltar. The first time I've been here (in flightsim and real life).

2007-08-14

2991

LKPR

0750

EHAM

0917

ERJ-170

1.5

Returning to my hub after a 5-flight circuit to Southern Europe on the E170. Finally installed all WOAI packages so it was very nice.

2007-08-10

1299

LGAV

0557

LKPR

0817

ERJ-170

2.3

A very nice flight to Prague. On autoland and managed an extremely smooth touchdown... so smooth that it was registering close to zero ft/min descent rate. Absolute kiss of a touchdown. Awesome!

2007-08-10

3035

LIRF

1717

LGAV

1913

ERJ-170

1.9

Nice landing at Athens, Greece.

2007-08-10

1393

EDDT

1304

LIRF

1518

ERJ-170

2.2

A flight down south to Rome Fiumicino Airport. Nice weather.

2007-08-10

1037

EHAM

1103

EDDT

1235

ERJ-170

1.6

A short flight to Berlin Tegel Airport.

2007-07-20

3211

EINN

0545

EHAM

0818

B-737-800

1.6

I had a 25 kts tailwind most of the way so I arrived back at the hub in just a little over an hour and a half. Nice flight, sweet landing. :)

2007-07-17

1217

EHAM

1551

EINN

1652

B-737-800

2.0

Starting from EHAM on my return from the Training Hub. First ASA line flight in one and a half years. Almost 2 years from my last B738 flight. Am rather proud of my landing despite being rusty. Centreline and a soft landing at Shannon, Ireland. Not a lot of scenery to look at because I have to set the visuals at a lower setting with my laptop.

2006-09-20

9911

KPWT

1713

KMWH

1837

C-206

1.5

Stunning flight. Even the default terrain textures is beautiful!

2006-08-22

9910

KORS

1316

KPWT

1408

C-206

0.8

A short flight... clocking up the hours to the Turbo Commander...

2006-08-22

9909

KBFI

0617

KORS

0713

C-206

0.9

A nice dawn flight... encountered some clouds along the way...

2006-08-15

9908

KALW

1854

KBFI

2053

C-206

2.0

A good solid 2 hours of flying. Nice evening flight... beautiful sunset in good weather.

2006-08-15

9907

KMWH

1638

KALW

1747

C-206

1.2

Encountered a bit of turbulence despite having clear weather...

2006-08-12

9906

KHIO

1243

KMWH

1431

C-206

1.9

The longest flight so far... Beautiful flight in beautiful country.

2006-06-21

9905

KBFI

1355

KHIO

1520

C-206

1.4

Quite a longish flight over boring terrain... Nice little airport though. It was controlled for a change...

2006-06-20

9904

KKLS

1645

KBFI

1749

C-206

1.1

A relatively short hop from peace and quiet back to the hustle and bustle of Seattle...

2006-06-20

9903

WA09

1421

KKLS

1550

C-206

1.5

Another great flight on the Cessna 206 Carenado model. It was a nice flight up to Kelso in Washington. The mountains, the waters, the mist... aaaahhh.....

2006-05-19

9902

KBFI

0528

WA09

0620

C-206

0.9

A beautiful dawn flight...

2006-05-18

9901

KHQM

1647

KBFI

1750

C-206

1.1

The return leg... what a beautiful flight...

2006-05-18

9900

KBFI

1604

KHQM

1704

C-206

1.0

My first Training Flight. It's tough trying to get used to manual flying again... and landing at 55kts.

2006-02-21

3580

LIMC

1907

EDDL

2047

B-727-200F

1.7

A night flight to Dusseldorf. Would've been fun but spent 20 mins going on a heading away from my route before I realised it. Spent another 25 mins getting back on track. Weird ATC!

2006-01-01

3572

LEMD

1333

LIMC

1532

B-727-200F

2.0

A very nice Jan 1st flight in the Dreamfleet 722F. Lovely view of the French Alps along the way... Wonderful!! And a perfect approach and landing... so finely balanced that I hardly touched the joystick at all!! Amazing! Proud to have flown a great landing...

2005-12-16

3964

LPPD

1729

LEMD

2207

A-319-100

3.7

First flight in 3 months! Leanne, if you have more pilots like me, you'll probably have a lot of time off. :) Lovely night flight... nailed the approach speed but mistakenly thought there was an extended threshold to the runway... Let's just say we need to pay the airport for re-vegetation.... I blame it on night blindness. Yep. Night blindness.

2005-09-03

4037

EHAM

1205

LPPD

1626

B-737-800

4.4

Another flight to the middle of nowhere. Ponta Delgrada, also belonging to Spain, has a very nice approach over the clear waters. Definitely a keeper!

2005-08-31

3032

LPMA

1158

EHAM

1905

A-319-100

5.1

Returning to my hub in Amsterdam. Got diverted by ATC away from the airport and eventually got my IFR flightplans cancelled. Spent an extra hour of flight time to get back.

2005-08-18

2687

EHAM

0750

LPMA

1106

A-319-100

4.3

Forgot to file this flight for nearly a week. Sorry, Leanne! :P Maybe waiting an hour and a half to take off did some damage. This was a lovely flight to Madeira, although the tower must be having too much booze. Let's just say the landing was

2005-08-01

3172

RJBB

1053

EHAM

1516

B-747-400

11.5

Final flight of this tour. A long flight from Osaka back to my home base in Amsterdam. I sure miss the cafeteria food! Calamari Rings with Garlic Sauce... here I come!!

2005-08-01

3405

RJAA

1626

RJBB

1741

A-RJ-85

1.3

Short flight in the RJ85 to Osaka. Kansai Int'l is a very interesting airport to land at. It sits by itself in Osaka Bay, almost as if it's floating.

2005-08-01

3402

RCTP

1837

RJAA

2244

B-717-200

4.2

A lovely evening flight back to Tokyo... the last in a while. Gonna miss the Asian airlines out here.

2005-07-31

3406

RJAA

1256

RCTP

1548

B-717-200

3.9

A rare flight in the B712. The last time I flew this bird was back when I first joined. And that was in the crappy FS2000/2 model. It's the first time I've flew this SGA 717 and it feels a little over-responsive. Maybe I just need to get used to the small birds again...

2005-07-13

3667

RKSS

1350

RJAA

1528

B-727-200F

1.6

My second flight in two days reminds me of the time when I flew almost daily on my RTW tour in the CRJ-200ER. I love flying, but I don't have much time for it. It was a nice flight and a beautiful soft touchdown. :)

2005-07-13

3689

RJAA

0700

RKSS

0853

B-727-200F

1.9

A short flight that I managed to squeeze in... nice flight to Seoul from Tokyo.

2005-06-26

3527

VHHH

1010

RJAA

1556

B-727-200F

4.8

Another nice flight up to Tokyo. I had low visibility on approach and ended up really high because there's no GPS on the 722! My next few flights will be based in Tokyo, so I best go ahead and book a hotel for two weeks. See ya 'round! :)

2005-05-31

3394

WSSS

1413

VHHH

1742

B-747-400

3.5

What a lovely flight to Hong Kong. Had the ASA Checklist by Ted Feiertag on my laptop next to me. Followed it all the way through. What an excellent checklist! Felt like a professional all the way to touchdown! Thanks, Ted! :)

2005-05-31

3575

RPLL

1725

WSSS

2056

B-727-200F

3.5

I thought I filed this PIREP, but apparently not. Flight flown on 24 May. For only the 4th time since I started working for the airline, I'm back on home turf. GLAD TO BE HOME!! :)

2005-05-12

2783

EHAM

1905

RPLL

1307

B-747-400

12.0

Well, it seems I cannot stay away from my home region for too long... Here I am, back in South East Asia. I do suspect the timings are wrong though. Only 10 hours from Amsterdam to Manila? Oh well, I still have to follow the times given... Next flight, back home to Singapore!!! EDIT: I must be too tired after the flight... it should be 12 hours. :)

2005-05-12

3494

EKCH

1920

EHAM

2058

B-727-200F

1.6

My first serious flight in the Dreamfleet B727F. I haven't got the time to seriously read the manual, so I was flying manual (pardon the pun) towards Schiphol. Thankfully, the flight was relatively short. I will have to spend time reading the manual soon...

2005-05-01

3324

EFHK

1320

EKCH

1434

A-RJ-85

2.2

Took the last flight in the old colours on the RJ-85. It's the first time that I have a laptop for my charts during my flying. Had a scare on approach in heavy fog and getting a bit close to an Air China B744!

2005-04-25

3398

ESSA

0856

EFHK

1118

ERJ-135

1.4

A nice short flight to icy Helsinki on my 31st birthday in the ERJ-135, an aircraft I hardly fly... :)

2005-04-23

3376

ENGM

1310

ESSA

1438

ATR-72-500

1.5

It's been a while since I last flew a prop... :) I believe this is the first repeated flight of my ASA career... Really nice flight, except an AI was breathing down on my neck during approach and I ended up on the

2005-04-20

3360

EGCC

1432

ENGM

1719

B-737-800

1.8

Another great flight in the PMDG 738. Getting the hang of it, but still learning the ropes.

2005-04-10

3742

LIPZ

1251

EGCC

1423

B-737-800

2.5

My first flight in the PMDG 738... it was a steep learning curve but it was worth it. I was airborne before I managed to program the FMC...

2005-04-09

3385

LFPG

1330

LIPZ

1417

A-319-100

1.3

Guess what? Another great landing in the A319! :) A very nice flight through the Swiss Alps to Venice, Italy.

2005-04-08

3355

LEMD

1410

LFPG

1617

A-319-100

2.1

I must say I love this bird... Another great landing, this time in Paris. :)

2005-04-06

3730

LSGG

1240

LEMD

1441

A-319-100

2.0

Another great flight in the baby Bus! :) A smooth landing at Barajas. Hate the new ATC voice by Just Flight though. He spoke so slow that there's a queue waiting to take off and he's still giving IFR clearances!!

2005-04-06

2688

EHAM

0820

LSGG

0953

A-319-100

1.6

Hey hey hey!! I'm back up in the air after a long period of absence! :) Almost need a refresher course on the gauges... A beautiful short flight to Geneva. Perfect landing! Not too bad at all! :)

2005-02-19

3107

KLAX

1536

EHAM

1035

B-747-400

10.0

Finally, I found time to put in a flight. My last flight was actually in 2004!! I'm getting rusty already, though there's nothing like a good flight. Nice to be back at Schiphol.

2004-12-31

2511

YSSY

0805

KLAX

0232

B-747-400

12.5

One of the longest flight I've had. An uneventful flight across the Pacific. And now for the next flight back to Schiphol...

2004-12-26

9999

NZQN

0836

YSSY

1128

Falcon2000

2.9

Aaaah... the management perks... Took a lovely flight back to Australia to catch a flight back to LA, then EHAM... Really enjoyed the Falcon... :)

2004-12-22

3769

NZCH

1052

NZQN

1200

ATR-72-500

1.1

I head over to Queenstown, NZ... the furthest airport from Schiphol that Atlantic Sun serves. The weather was turbulent, but I was enjoying the new mesh that Vishan recommended... Real cool!!

2004-12-15

3767

NZAA

0749

NZCH

0933

ATR-72-500

1.7

A great flight to Christchurch. A little turbulence along the way but great approach in the ATR. Lots of lovely ANZ AI.

2004-12-13

3679

YSSY

0418

NZAA

0907

B-727-200F

3.8

Nice flight over to Auckland, New Zealand. Great to be back here! Looking towards a nice break and then it's off to the South Island! :)

2004-12-10

3504

YPDN

1422

YSSY

1833

B-727-200F

4.2

Hmmm... let's see if I still remember how to fly a plane... Took a nice flight down to Sydney. Bad visilibity at both airports though. Nearly caused an incident on landing.

2004-11-22

3474

YBBN

1708

YPDN

2102

B-727-200F

4.9

We need a flight from Brisbane to Sydney, two major cities in Australia. I had to fly cargo north to Darwin, before I have another cargo flight down to Sydney. Lovely flight and landing. Took off in low visibility.

2004-11-19

2495

WSSS

1041

YBBN

1941

B-777-300

7.0

From one home to another, to my second home city of Brisbane... Exactly 7 hours from start-up to shut down. I absolutely love Brisbane ever since I was working there while on detachment with my Squadron. A fantastic city and I am determined to live and work there by 2006. :)

2004-11-14

3328

VHHH

0657

WSSS

1041

B-747-400

4.7

HONEY, I'M HOOOOOME!!!!!!! Good to see the Singapore skyline on approach. It's good to be home. Nice autopilot landing on the 744.

2004-11-12

3289

ZBAA

1829

VHHH

2126

A-330-300

2.9

A boring flight in the dark... couldn't see anything from airport to airport...

2004-11-11

2595

EHAM

1650

ZBAA

0736

B-747-400

7.8

Another long haul flight... this time to Beijing. The approach was a little haphazard by the autopilot so I took over. The landing was perfect!! Next flight down to Hong Kong...

2004-11-10

2924

TNCA

2112

EHAM

0805

B-747-400

6.9

This has got to be the best sunrise in FS9 EVER!! There was scattered cloud cover and it made the sunrise look so darn REAL! Fantasupertically amazing! (See Forums for details)

2004-11-05

3397

TNCM

1532

TNCA

1748

ATR-72-500

2.3

Short stay at St Maarten but what to do, I've got a job to do... :) Halfway through the flight, I lost electrical power and I switched on the generators. It was another perfect landing on the ATR-72!

2004-11-04

3270

TNCA

0826

TNCM

1041

ATR-72-500

2.2

Love this short island hop from Aruba to St. Maarten. Love the handling of the new ATR72. Possibly my best landing on the line.

2004-10-22

2130

KMCO

1810

TNCA

2116

B-737-800

3.1

Too bad this flight was at night... would've love to see the famed Aruba beaches... and babes of course...

2004-10-18

2085

KEWR

1711

KMCO

1943

A-330-300

2.5

Great flight in the A330 down the East Coast... wondering if the time is wrong cos it felt like 3.5 hrs instead... Trying to get the ribbon for the A330... still a long way to go!

2004-10-04

1611

TXKF

1600

KEWR

1713

B-737-800

2.2

Hmmm... where to next from Bermuda? LOL!!! Back to the good ol' US of A... Stupid PC keeps stuttering and crashing... A 2 hour flight turned into a 4-hour struggle. I need more RAM!!

2004-09-25

2033

KEWR

1017

TXKF

1349

B-737-800

2.5

Is it me or is the Bermuda Triangle not well-known anymore? :D Took the B738 on this shot flight to Bermuda which is in the middle of nowhere. Really lovely beaches! :) Hmmm... where to next? LOL!!

2004-09-11

1595

EGPF

1245

KEWR

1338

A-330-300

6.9

Lovely cross-Atlantic flight. Love the A330! Especially in the new colours! :) Smooth cross-wind touchdown at Newark.

2004-09-08

2691

EHAM

0945

EGPF

1010

CRJ-200ER

1.4

A short but excellent flight in the new CRJ! Proving to be very popular, this little baby! :) Will be staying a short while in Glasgow before making that short cross-Atlantic flight... Want anything from the States, Rick?

2004-08-29

3247

ENVA

0612

EHAM

0810

CRJ-200ER

2.0

Back to Amsterdam and time to plan the next segment. Was a clear day and the approach and landing was spot on. Parked at E Pier with the rest of the gang.

2004-08-27

3400

ESSA

1110

ENVA

1231

MD-83

1.4

Heading up north to Trondheim. Lovely flight. Bit cold though. :)

2004-08-24

3326

EFHK

1327

ESSA

1338

ERJ-135

1.2

Lovely return flight from Helsinki. Real gusty though.

2004-08-20

3398

ESSA

0848

EFHK

0946

ERJ-135

1.0

A nice short flight in the ERJ to Helsinki. Love the Finnair aircraft all over Vantaa. :)

2004-08-14

3376

ENGM

1310

ESSA

1427

ATR-72-500

1.3

A short flight from Oslo to Stockholm. Clear skies all the way. Kinda boring in the scenery department though.

2004-08-12

3310

EKCH

1307

ENGM

1445

ATR-72-500

1.6

Cool flight! The second flight of my Scandanavian Tour. Discovered that the landing lights drains your batteries... fast! :D

2004-08-12

2651

EHAM

0745

EKCH

0918

MD-83

1.6

The first of seven flights touring Scandanavia. This flight puts me in the seat of an MD-83, something I've never flown before. She handles excellently! :D

2004-08-10

3100

EGLL

1227

EHAM

1450

B-737-800

1.4

The last leg of my Singapore-Amsterdam flights. Had tons of trouble during the first approach with my autopilot going down and the gear not coming down. Went on a 20 min missed approach flying manually.

2004-08-05

2234

KMCO

1840

EGLL

0645

B-747-400

7.1

A beautiful over-nighter across the Atlantic. Nice approach into Heathrow. Took off early because I saw the wrong take off time. :P Next flight: the new 738 into Schiphol! :D

2004-08-01

2461

KSFO

0809

KMCO

1655

A-330-300

4.8

A beautiful trip across the whole of the continental US. Clear weather all the way. It's good to be back at my old hub! :D

2004-07-27

2531

RJAA

0553

KSFO

0010

B-777-300

13.3

This is my longest flight to date, not just in ASA, but period. I was going mad in my chair! Took off at dawn and arrived after midnight. I arrived at KSFO at around 1am Singapore time and I was nodding off. Thankfully the landing was awesome! :D

2004-07-24

2496

WSSS

1006

RJAA

1742

B-777-300

7.6

First flight from the schedules in a looooong time. While I'm sad the tour has ended, it's good to finally be able to fly flights from the regular schedules. Love this 7 hour flight to Tokyo! :D

2004-07-23

9999

WIBB

0802

WSSS

0912

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 200. Finally, after 20 months of flying around the world, I'm home! :D Made lots of friends along the way and clocked up 304.9 hrs and 88,982.8 nm. It has been a long, tedious but ultimately satisfying journey. It's good to be home! :D

2004-07-19

9999

WIPP

1347

WIBB

1446

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 199. On this penultimate trip, I head to Pekan Baru, one of Singapore's overseas training bases. PB has hosted our Army and Air Force troops since the 1970s. Just 162 nm to home! :)

2004-07-18

9999

YPXM

1633

WIPP

1801

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 198. Just two more flights to go! :) Flew this flight to Palembang, Indonesia. On Dec 19, 1997, 46 of my countrymen were among the 104 souls lost in the swamps near the city. A SilkAir B737 crashed while enroute to Singapore due to a defect in a rudder component, causing it to nose-dive into the ground. :(

2004-07-14

9999

WIII

1343

YPXM

1456

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 197. Flew a flight to Christmas Island. It used to belong to Singapore and was transferred by the British to Australia just before we were given independence. The compensation given was never received as the minister-in-charge fled with the money.

2004-07-10

9999

WRRR

0736

WIII

0918

CRJ-200ER

1.7

RTW Leg 196. From Bali, I head to the capital of the world's third largest democracy, Jakarta. It was a race to the end with a 737 on approach. Gotta love default ATC and AI...

2004-07-02

9999

WRBB

1534

WRRR

1649

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 195. Flew to Bali, paradise island. I was last here in 2000 with the Republic of Singapore Air Force on a stopover. Loved Hard Rock Café and Hard Rock Hotel.

2004-07-02

9999

WBGG

1800

WRBB

1930

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 194. A lovely evening flight across Borneo to the city of Banjarmasin in Kalimantan.

2004-06-27

9999

WBKK

0806

WBGG

0925

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 193. Had a slight accident on takeoff. Recovery was good. Took off an hour later on this flight to Kuching, Sarawak.

2004-06-25

9999

RPLL

1352

WBKK

1545

CRJ-200ER

1.9

RTW Leg 192. Hurricane Mindulle is approaching the Philippines, so I'd better get out in a hurry. Flew to Kota Kinabalu in East Malaysia.

2004-06-24

9999

RPVM

0531

RPLL

0709

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 191. I'm at Manila visiting my colleague's family (Can't visit him since he's here in Singapore). Had to go around and was vectored more than 20 nm away.

2004-06-16

9999

RPMD

1538

RPVM

1637

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 190. A short hop to Lapu Lapu in Cebu. Just 10 more flights to go!

2004-06-16

9999

PTYA

1007

RPMD

1212

CRJ-200ER

2.1

RTW Leg 189. Flew across the Philippine Sea and reached Davao. Lovely South East Asia meshes.

2004-06-12

9999

WAJJ

1551

PTYA

1744

CRJ-200ER

1.9

RTW Leg 188. Wanted to land at Palau, but it has no airport... The nearest one is at Yap Island of Micronesia. Horrible weather there...

2004-06-12

9999

WAPP

0611

WAJJ

0820

CRJ-200ER

2.2

RTW Leg 187. I leave Ambon in one piece and head to Jayapura, a city on the Indonesia side of New Guinea.

2004-06-08

9999

WPDL

1001

WAPP

1124

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 186. From Dili, I made another short hop to Ambon City, scene of the recent violent Muslim/Christian clashes.

2004-06-08

9999

YPDN

1030

WPDL

1124

CRJ-200ER

0.9

RTW Leg 185. I leave Darwin with sadness and made the short hop across the Timor Sea to visit the capital of the world's youngest nation, East Timor.

2004-05-29

9999

YBAS

1031

YPDN

1253

CRJ-200ER

2.4

RTW Leg 184. A flight to Darwin brings back memories. And I'm now a Cat C pilot!!!

2004-05-28

9999

YPAD

0714

YBAS

0927

CRJ-200ER

2.2

RTW Leg 183. I head for the Red Centre of Australia, Alice Springs.

2004-05-25

9999

YMML

1104

YPAD

1234

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 182. Beautiful Adelaide. The approach was beautiful and the landing superb! :D

2004-05-25

9999

YMHB

1100

YMML

1230

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 181. A visit to Melbourne, South Australia. I may get to work here some day...

2004-05-25

9999

YSSY

1525

YMHB

1738

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 180. A short hop across the Bass Strait to get to Australia's southernmost city, Hobart in Tasmania.

2004-05-10

9999

YAMB

0928

YSSY

1057

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 179. From Brisbane to Sydney. It was an awesome approach and I can't wait to go there for real next year!

2004-05-05

9999

YBRK

1629

YAMB

1731

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 178. Finally reached my second home, Brisbane! Well, technically I'm in Amberley, just outside of Brisbane, but it's good to be home! :)

2004-05-01

9999

YBTL

1300

YBRK

1410

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 177. A short flight to Rockhampton, which hosts Singapore Army and chopper units throughout the year. Next stop, my second home! :D

2004-04-30

9999

AYPY

0921

YBTL

1108

CRJ-200ER

1.8

RTW Leg 176. I'm in Australia! Was in Townsville in 2000 for a 3-hr stop over while my squadron's F-5s/RF-5s refuelled.

2004-04-28

9999

AGGH

1612

AYPY

1822

CRJ-200ER

2.2

RTW Leg 175. A short visit to Papua New Guinea. Gotta watch out for the cannibals! Next stop, Australia!!!

2004-04-26

9999

NVVV

0436

AGGH

0650

CRJ-200ER

2.2

RTW Leg 174. Headed for the Solomon Islands. Beautiful mountain range...

2004-04-10

9999

NWWW

06:06

NVVV

07:18

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 173. Did a short hop to Vanuatu. Beautiful approach!

2004-04-04

9999

NZAA

12:28

NWWW

15:23

CRJ-200ER

2.9

RTW Leg 172. Left New Zealand and heading for New Caledonia.

2004-04-01

9999

NZWN

11:26

NZAA

12:48

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 171. Finally, I've reached Auckland to visit a friend here. Beautiful country and I WILL go there for real.

2004-03-31

9999

NZHK

17:27

NZWN

18:24

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 170. A nice evening flight, with some stargazing along the way... Crossed over to the North Island.

2004-03-31

9999

NZNV

15:17

NZHK

16:21

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 169. Flew over the beautiful Southern Alps. Lovely country! Pure paradise!

2004-03-28

9999

NZIR

11:30

NZNV

16:01

CRJ-200ER

4.5

RTW Leg 168. Finally! I am back in civilisation. Reached Invercargill, the southernmost airfield in New Zealand.

2004-03-26

9999

SAWB

09:41

NZIR

14:41

CRJ-200ER

5.0

RTW Leg 167. The most nail-biting part of the entire trip. The distance to be covered is just a little over the published range of the CRJ-200LR. I made it from Base Marambio to McMurdo Station! :D

2004-03-26

9999

EGYP

14:19

SAWB

16:31

CRJ-200ER

2.2

RTW Leg 166. Surprise! Very few (maybe none) expected me to go via Antartica... but it's a continent too and I want to cover the entire earth!

2004-03-26

9999

SAWD

17:34

EGYP

18:45

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 165. Arrived at the Falkland Islands... my last destination at South America...

2004-03-19

9999

SCJO

13:19

SAWD

15:02

CRJ-200ER

1.7

RTW Leg 164. I am crossing back into Argentina to prepare for my flight to the Falkland Islands.

2004-03-19

9999

SCEL

13:29

SCJO

15:10

CRJ-200ER

1.7

RTW Leg 163. I have left Santiago, the last major city left on my South American section.

2004-03-13

9999

SACO

06:17

SCEL

07:47

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 162. I arrived in Santiago, Chile, the last major city I am visiting in South America. The approach was horrid as ATC left me to contact tower at 17 miles out and at FL190! Had to circle. Did not see our B777 though. (Flt 2062/2063)

2004-03-09

9999

SAEZ

11:04

SACO

12:20

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 161. Flew across Argentina to reach the small city of Cordoba. Next stop, Santiago, Chile!

2004-03-09

9999

SBRG

15:48

SAEZ

17:26

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 160. I head for Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a beautiful city and I saw quite a few Aerolineas Argentinas aircraft.

2004-03-09

9999

SBGR

17:20

SBRG

19:14

CRJ-200ER

1.9

RTW Leg 159. Leaving Sao Paulo and headed for Rio Grande.

2004-03-03

9999

SBGL

15:02

SBGR

16:02

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 158. Despite the short distance of 182 nm, the flight took an hour because ATC brought me on a merry go round before setting me up for the approach to Sao Paulo.

2004-03-01

9999

SBBR

15:28

SBGL

17:08

CRJ-200ER

1.7

RTW Leg 157. And I reach Rio de Janeiro to visit Peco. A wonderful approach and beautiful beaches...

2004-03-01

9999

SBCY

07:46

SBBR

09:17

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 156. I head for Brasilia, the old capital of Brazil. A beautiful place!

2004-03-01

9999

SLLP

12:45

SBCY

14:39

CRJ-200ER

1.9

RTW Leg 155. Finally, I am here at Brazil! Cuiaba is a small town on the western side of Brazil.

2004-02-20

9999

SPLP

07:13

SLLP

08:54

CRJ-200ER

1.7

RTW Leg 154. A beautiful flight across the Andes to La Paz, Bolivia. One of the best sceneries I have seen.

2004-02-20

9999

SPHI

12:35

SPLP

13:42

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 153. I head for Lima, Peru. Landed at Las Palmas Airport, which has no apron.

2004-02-15

9999

SEGS

16:11

SPHI

18:17

CRJ-200ER

2.1

RTW Leg 152. After the turtle watching, I head back to the South American mainland... this time to see Inca country!

2004-02-15

9999

SEQU

15:57

SEGS

18:04

CRJ-200ER

2.1

RTW Leg 151. I grew up watching documentaries of Galapagos and since I am so near, I have decided to go see some turtles!

2004-02-12

9999

SKBO

07:15

SEQU

08:44

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 150. A beautiful flight from one capital to another. Had an autolanding for the first time ever... pretty good, but touched down a little too hard. I think I will fly manual next time.

2004-02-08

9999

SVPM

11:33

SKBO

12:35

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 149. I head to Bogota, capital of Colombia. Was a nice flight except I forgot to increase the speed at 10,000ft. Cruised all the way at 250 kts...

2004-02-07

9999

SVFM

18:04

SVPM

19:21

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 148. After the nice beach party organised by my friend Carlos, I leave Caracas with sadness. Oh well, on to the rest of South America...

2004-02-02

9999

TTPP

13:14

SVFM

14:21

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 147. I finally arrived at Caracas, touching down for the first time in South America. Another continent! I'm here to visit one of my friends, Carlos Flores.

2004-01-30

9999

TLPC

09:19

TTPP

10:24

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 146. Getting nearer to South America. I land at Trinidad and Tobago, just off the mainland.

2004-01-30

9999

TFFR

16:11

TLPC

17:11

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 145. Another beautiful Caribbean flight. Flew to St Lucia... but boy! Was the landing exciting!

2004-01-25

9999

TKPK

07:44

TFFR

08:17

CRJ-200ER

0.6

RTW Leg 144. Another short hop to Guadeloupe. Beautiful islands! By the way, St Martin, the French half of St Maarten, is officially the territory of Guadeloupe.

2004-01-25

9999

TNCM

12:37

TKPK

13:09

CRJ-200ER

0.5

RTW Leg 143. It was a very short hop of 51.2 nm to St Kitts. On orders of the wife. She had wanted me to come to the Caribbeans since I started on this tour. It seems she wants to buy St Kitts.

2004-01-22

9999

MDST

07:05

TNCM

08:32

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 142. On Chinese New Year, I made this special flight to St Maarten. A popular vacationing spot, it is also great for spotters. Just check out the high number of shots at Airliners.net...

2004-01-20

9999

MBGT

12:26

MDST

13:18

CRJ-200ER

0.9

RTW Leg 141. It was a lovely flight into Santiago. Atlantic Sun flies there and I would encourage all to visit. It is beautiful!!

2004-01-18

9999

MYEG

16:41

MBGT

18:02

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 140. From one tropical island to another. I leave the Exuma Islands and head for the Turks and Caicos Islands... Enjoy!

2004-01-18

9999

MYNN

06:57

MYEG

07:52

CRJ-200ER

0.9

RTW Leg 139. Ahhhh... the sun, sand and the sea... Mmmm.... I took a short flight to the Exuma Islands, which was the location of my very first screenshot here.

2004-01-11

9999

KMCO

15:04

MYNN

16:15

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 138. I finally left the United States and I head for the Bahamas! Cool, clear water. Mmmmm....

2004-01-09

9999

MMMD

14:29

KMCO

17:44

CRJ-200ER

2.3

RTW Leg 137. Finally! I am back in Orlando... YAY! Now to take a well deserved rest in my office.... Aaaaaaaahhhh....

2004-01-06

9999

MMMX

07:13

MMMD

08:49

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 136. A lovely flight to Merida, capital of the Yucatan province. A beautiful approach!

2004-01-06

9999

MMDO

12:54

MMMX

14:27

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 135. A nice uneventful flight to the capital, Mexico City...

2004-01-01

9999

MMCU

11:50

MMDO

13:01

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 134. From Chihuahua it was an uneventful flight to Durango. And a bad landing due to strong tail winds.

2003-12-26

9999

KPHX

16:28

MMCU

18:21

CRJ-200ER

1.9

RTW Leg 133. It has been a long time since I last touched down on an airport other than a US one. Enjoyed this night flight to Chihuahua, Mexico.

2003-12-26

9999

KLAS

11:53

KPHX

13:05

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 132. It was a nice, short flight to Phoenix, Arizona...

2003-12-20

9999

KLAX

06:22

KLAS

07:20

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 131. An interesting early morning flight to Las Vegas. Did an illegal flyby of the Strip!

2003-12-20

9999

KSFO

07:35

KLAX

08:55

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 130. A nice short flight to Los Angeles. My first shots on the new PC!

2003-12-16

9999

KSLC

17:13

KSFO

19:06

CRJ-200ER

1.9

RTW Leg 129. I am now off to San Francisco, home of Swensens, the ice cream brand in Singapore that I was working for before my current job.

2003-12-16

9999

KDEN

13:05

KSLC

14:44

CRJ-200ER

1.7

RTW Leg 128. A flight across the Rockies to my spiritual home in Salt Lake City.

2003-12-04

9999

KDFW

09:10

KDEN

11:35

CRJ-200ER

2.4

RTW Leg 127. Exactly one year on the road, I arrive at Denver, the home of Atlantic Sun Airways. A bit of a coincidence? Maybe. Maybe not.

2003-12-04

9999

KIAH

06:45

KDFW

07:55

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 126. A short flight from Houston to Dallas-Fort Worth to see Lewin, my brother-in-law. He is there with the Republic of Singapore Air Force flying the Chinook.

2003-11-28

9999

KNEW

12:36

KIAH

14:05

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 125. Headed to Houston, Texas.

2003-11-26

9999

KATL

11:10

KNEW

13:08

CRJ-200ER

2.0

RTW Leg 124. I head south towards New Orleans. Nice little airport by the waters.

2003-11-26

9999

KCLT

19:22

KATL

20:28

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 123. Very beautiful dusk approach to Atlanta Intl. I love the screenshots!

2003-11-26

9999

KDCA

11:10

KCLT

12:28

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 122. Frpm Washington to Charlotte to visit Brett Mayes...

2003-11-16

9999

KEWR

18:11

KDCA

19:21

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 121. A HUGE thanks to Rick and his Newark pilots for hosting me. It is awesome being back at my first hub. It was a relatively short flight to the capital.

2003-11-04

9999

KIAG

08:33

KEWR

09:36

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 120. After the lovely Niagara Falls, I arrive at beautiful Newark, my very first hub...

2003-11-04

9999

KCMH

07:10

KIAG

08:28

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 119. Leaving Columbus and heading for the Niagara Falls...

2003-10-31

9999

KGRR

12:35

KCMH

13:38

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 118. Whoa, it's pretty crowded in this part of the country! Steven Spell is the fourth straight colleague I have visited.

2003-10-31

9999

KMSP

18:31

KGRR

19:50

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 117. I leave Camden and fly over to Michigan to meet yet another colleague, Marcus! :)

2003-10-31

9999

KGFK

17:49

KMSP

19:06

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 116. After a few fun-filled days with Aaron, I head to meet another colleague, Camden...

2003-10-10

9999

KCOD

13:34

KGFK

15:46

CRJ-200ER

2.2

RTW Leg 115. I am here, Aaron!!! Wow! Lovely place you got here, man! Love the countryside.

2003-10-08

9999

KBOI

11:46

KCOD

13:10

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 114. A visit to two National Parks... Grand Teton and Yellowstone. Pretty cool.

2003-10-02

9999

KPDX

16:47

KBOI

18:15

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 113. Boise, Idaho... the land of potatoes!

2003-09-29

9999

CYVR

18:04

KPDX

19:20

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 112. A nice short flight to Portland, Oregon. Flew past Mt Rainier and Mt Saint Helens... Beautiful!

2003-09-26

9999

PASI

17:01

CYVR

19:16

CRJ-200ER

2.3

RTW Leg 111. It was a nice dusk flight. Left beautiful Sitka and headed for Vancouver...

2003-09-17

9999

PANC

14:38

PASI

16:40

CRJ-200ER

2.0

RTW Leg 110. It was a very lovely approach into Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport. Simply beautiful!

2003-09-15

9999

CYXY

18:28

PANC

20:09

CRJ-200ER

1.7

RTW Leg 109. I head for beautiful Anchorage. Could not see much as it was a night arrival. Finally, the US of A!

2003-09-15

9999

CYZF

16:11

CYXY

18:44

CRJ-200ER

2.6

RTW Leg 108. From Yellowknife to Whitehorse. It was quite a long but interesting flight.

2003-09-10

9999

CYEG

12:32

CYZF

14:31

CRJ-200ER

2.0

RTW Leg 107. I head to Yellowknife which, according to Ian Wright of the Lonely Planet series, is the only city in the Northwest Territories.

2003-09-10

9999

CYWG

12:35

CYEG

14:53

CRJ-200ER

2.3

RTW Leg 106. Nice flight to Edmonton. Flat terrain all the way...

2003-09-10

9999

CYQT

19:05

CYWG

20:41

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 105. Interesting flight over a lot of water... Lakes upon lakes...

2003-09-04

9999

CYAM

19:01

CYQT

20:15

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 104. After the interesting visit to both Sault Ste Marie, I head to Thunder Bay, selected more for its name than location.

2003-09-03

9999

CYKF

14:26

CYAM

15:35

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 103. I head for an unusual city... a city divided into two countries. Sault Ste Marie sits on both banks of the St Mary River, divided by an invisible line, the border between Canada and the States. Weird.

2003-09-01

9999

CYUL

05:48

CYKF

07:07

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 102. From Montreal, I head to Kitchener to visit Matthew Garraway...

2003-08-30

9999

CYHZ

15:20

CYUL

17:27

CRJ-200ER

2.1

RTW Leg 101. From quiet Halifax to bustling Montreal...

2003-08-29

9999

CYYT

19:56

CYHZ

22:04

CRJ-200ER

2.1

RTW Leg 100. Finally! The big 100! It's been a long way but I'm here! Nice dusk takeoff...

2003-08-29

9999

CYYR

11:38

CYYT

13:16

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 99. A nice visit to St Johns, near the end of Newfoundland.

2003-08-29

9999

CYFB

03:39

CYYR

06:09

CRJ-200ER

2.5

RTW Leg 98. It was a pretty long flight from Iqaluit to Goose Bay... Nice scenery though.

2003-08-29

9999

BGSF

09:40

CYFB

11:33

CRJ-200ER

1.9

RTW Leg 97. I made the short hop over to Iqaluit. Finally, Canada!

2003-08-29

9999

BGTL

08:38

BGSF

12:10

CRJ-200ER

2.5

RTW Leg 96. From desolate Thule Air Base, I was having trouble finding the next place to head to. I had to settle for Kangerlussuaq Airport further down south along the coast.

2003-08-16

9999

BGKK

10:36

BGTL

13:26

CRJ-200ER

2.8

RTW Leg 95. Thule Air Base is probably the northernmost air base in the world. It was built by the US as a refuelling base for long range bombers during the Cold War.

2003-08-14

9999

BIRK

12:36

BGKK

14:03

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 94. From Iceland to Greenland... very desolate but beautiful...

2003-08-10

9999

EKVG

08:17

BIRK

09:51

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 93. Heading over to Iceland... soon I will be in North America.

2003-08-05

9999

EGPH

19:19

EKVG

21:12

CRJ-200ER

1.9

RTW Leg 92. Out of mainland Europe, I head for Vagar Airfield, the only one on the Faroe Islands.

2003-08-05

9999

EGCC

13:35

EGPH

14:38

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 91. It is starting to get cold. Visiting Edinburgh on behalf of the missus.

2003-07-31

9999

EGLL

12:38

EGCC

13:40

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 90. Visited Manchester to see my favourite football team, Manchester United. But as is the usual weather in Manchester, I could not see the ground because the cloud base was at 500 ft!

2003-07-29

9999

EHAM

21:33

EGLL

22:40

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 89. Finally, I arrived in England... I'm here to see my brother, who has been working in London for some time now...

2003-07-29

9999

EDKB

06:00

EHAM

07:03

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 88. Departed Bonn-Hangelar Airport to visit my FS friends in Amsterdam, who has been waiting for a long time...

2003-07-22

9999

EKCH

13:16

EDKB

14:44

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 87. I have finally reached my first ASA colleague, very aptly, my fellow management and good friend, Andreas Jatridis. Took 87 legs to reach him...

2003-07-16

9999

ESSA

12:36

EKCH

13:48

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 86. A short hop from Stockholm to Copenhagen. Next stop... Solingen, Germany.

2003-07-16

9999

ENVA

00:22

ESSA

01:33

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 85. Another night flight cos I wanna catch some Northern Lights. My wish was granted...

2003-07-08

9999

ENTC

03:13

ENVA

04:39

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 84. Saw my first Aurora Borealis on this flight to Trondheim...

2003-07-06

9999

ENSB

21:22

ENTC

23:23

CRJ-200ER

2.0

RTW Leg 83. Head back south to Tromso. Beautiful place but still within the Arctic Circle...

2003-07-06

9999

EFKM

12:00

ENSB

14:55

CRJ-200ER

2.9

RTW Leg 82. Visited possibly the northernmost airport in the world, Longyear Airport in Svalbard, Norway.

2003-07-06

9999

EFHK

03:12

EFKM

04:30

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 81. Took a short hop across Finland, only to find an isolated runway at Kemijarvi...

2003-06-23

9999

UUWW

11:44

EFHK

13:22

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 80. After a short visit of the Red Square, I head to Helsinki, Finland.

2003-06-23

9999

EYVI

10:49

UUWW

12:19

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 79. I head for Moscow and the Red Square.

2003-06-23

9999

EPWA

20:55

EYVI

22:04

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 78. From Warsaw to Vilnius, Lithuania. Never heard of it? Neither did I... Flight Simulator is great, eh?

2003-06-15

9999

LOWW

16:43

EWPA

18:04

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 77. A short flight from Vienna to Warsaw. First flight using the new POSKY CRJ.

2003-06-15

9999

LOWI

07:32

LOWW

08:30

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 76. A beautiful takeoff out of Innsbruck. Managed to fly over the steep mountain at the end of Rwy 26.

2003-06-05

9999

LQSA

11:01

LOWI

12:17

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 75. Wow! Wow! WOW! Beautiful area! Fantastic!

2003-06-05

9999

LBSF

10:55

LQSA

11:51

CRJ-200ER

0.9

RTW Leg 74. To Sarajevo... slowing rebuilding itself.

2003-06-05

9999

LGAT

18:53

LBSF

19:59

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 73. From the ancient ruins of Greece to the European architecture of Bulgaria...

2003-06-05

9999

LGKR

05:35

LGAT

06:24

CRJ-200ER

0.8

RTW Leg 72. From Kerkira to Athens... Beautiful ruins...

2003-05-23

9999

LIRA

15:36

LGKR

16:39

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 71. Headed to Kerkira, Greece, also known as Corfu...

2003-05-23

9999

LIMC

18:40

LIRA

20:01

CRJ-200ER

0.9

RTW Leg 70. I head for Rome, the ancient capital of the Roman Empire.

2003-05-18

9999

LFPG

21:30

LIMC

22:35

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 69. From one fashion capital to another. Paris to Milan. Sorry, orders of the wife.

2003-05-18

9999

LFBD

06:16

LFPG

07:29

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 68. An evening morning flight to Charles De Gaulle Intl.

2003-05-15

9999

LEBL

16:52

LFBD

18:00

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 67. Heading for the vineyards of Bordeaux.

2003-05-07

9999

LEIB

15:36

LEBL

16:32

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 66. A short hop from Ibiza to Barcelona.

2003-05-04

9999

LEMD

08:50

LEIB

10:10

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 65. It was a truly fun flight. My first VATSIM fly in. Bodi, Andy and I flew the whole way. Strangely, Andy was placed very far from us. It was a lovely short flight to Ibiza... Sean and Aaron were there to watch us land.

2003-05-01

9999

GABS

16:25

GOOY

18:10

CRJ-200ER

1.8

RTW Leg 61. Forgot to file this one due to the server downtime. A flight to the venue of the Dakar Rally in Senegal.

2003-05-01

9999

LPPT

06:35

LEMD

07:53

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 64. From Portugal to Spain, to the famous Barajas Airport of Madrid.

2003-04-29

9999

GCXO

12:57

LPPT

14:46

CRJ-200ER

1.8

RTW Leg 63. From the cosy paradisical Canary Islands, to Lisbon, Portugal, on mainland Europe. Another continent.

2003-04-25

9999

GOOY

08:24

GCXO

10:32

CRJ-200ER

2.1

RTW Leg 62. Heading for the Canary Islands, which belongs to Spain, so technically I am out of Africa. First flight on VATSIM and on my birthday too!

2003-04-17

9999

DFFD

07:36

GABS

08:48

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 60. On the fringes of the Sahara Desert, at the capital of Mali -- Bamako.

2003-04-14

9999

DNMM

15:48

DFFD

17:13

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 59. I visited Burkina Faso and its capital, the tongue-twisting Ouagadougou.

2003-04-11

9999

PKKD

10:41

DNMM

12:06

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 58. Onwards to Lagos, Nigeria... Flew pass Cameroon Mountain and the great Niger Delta.

2003-04-10

9999

FPST

08:31

FKKD

09:38

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 57. After my promotion party and a bad hangover, I reluctantly left Sao Tomé & Principé and head for Cameroon and its capital, Douala.

2003-04-07

9999

FNLU

13:19

FPST

15:16

CRJ-200ER

2.0

RTW Leg 56. A nice flight to the paradise islands of Sao Tomé and Principé. With this flight, I am promoted to Captain and held a small party at the hotel to celebrate this milestone.

2003-04-04

9999

FNHU

16:38

FNLU

16:32

CRJ-200ER

0.9

RTW Leg 55. I head for Luanda, capital of Angola for a little shopping and R&R...

2003-04-01

9999

FYLZ

06:56

FNHU

09:14

CRJ-200ER

2.3

RTW Leg 54. From one small airfield to another. Nice long flight.

2003-03-31

9999

FACT

16:28

FYLZ

1757

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 53. From Cape Town to a small airport, Luderitz, in Namibia. Very short runway of around 6,000 ft.

2003-03-29

9999

FAJS

11:24

FACT

13:26

CRJ-200ER

2.0

RTW Leg 52. Crossing South Africa from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Passed the Cape of Good Hope, which is the southern most point of the African continent.

2003-03-29

9999

HHAS

16:36

HDAM

17:45

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 42. Visited the small African country of Djibouti. Was known as The French Territories of the Afars and the Issas before 1977.

2003-03-28

9999

FQBR

06:40

FAJS

08:16

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 51. Heading for Johannesburg Intl, my first major airport since Cairo Intl.

2003-03-28

9999

FMMI

09:55

FQBR

12:02

CRJ-200ER

2.1

RTW Leg 50. My 50th flight! Heading back to the mainland and Mozambique.

2003-03-27

9999

FMNN

17:08

FMMI

18:12

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 49. I head to Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar. It was a dangerous approach because of a cliff that was hardly visible at dusk off the end of Runway 11.

2003-03-26

9999

FMCH

15:18

FMNN

16:23

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 48. From one beautiful island to another... Nosy-Be of Madagascar. Very beautiful bay to fly into...

2003-03-26

9999

HTKJ

10:43

FMCH

12:33

CRJ-200ER

1.8

RTW Leg 47. I´m headed for Comoros, a country I´ve never heard of. Consists of 3 major islands -- Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli. Gained independence from France in 1975.

2003-03-25

9999

HRYR

06:07

HTKJ

07:29

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 46. After a flyby of the world´s tallest mountain, a flyby of Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa´s tallest peak, would be the perfect companion.

2003-03-24

9999

HKJK

09:55

HRJR

11:07

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 45. Rwanda, also known as the Rwandese Republic, had suffered for years from the Hutus and Tutsis tribal wars...

2003-03-22

9999

HCMM

12:06

HKJK

13:33

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 44. After departing Mogadishu, Somalia, I cross the savannah plains to reach Nairobi, Kenya.

2003-03-21

9999

HDAM

15:17

HCMM

17:12

CRJ-200ER

1.9

RTW Leg 43. Heading to Mogadishu, Somalia, scene of Black Hawk Down and the Battle of Mogadishu in which 18 US soldiers were killed.

2003-03-15

9999

HSSS

10:41

HHAS

11:48

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 41. Heading to Eritrea, who gained independence on 24 May 1993.

2003-03-14

9999

HECA

13:16

HSSS

15:48

CRJ-200ER

2.5

RTW Leg 40. After flying past the Pyramids, I head for Sudan.

2003-03-13

9999

LLJR

04:58

HECA

05:49

CRJ-200ER

0.9

RTW Leg 39. Flew out of Jerusalem and into Cairo, Africa. This is first continent-crossing flight. From Asia to Africa.

2003-03-12

9999

OSAP

09:53

LLJR

11:20

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 38. Could not fly direct to Israel from Syria, so I flew to Larnaca, Cyprus, did a touch and go and headed towards Jerusalem.

2003-03-09

9999

ORBS

16:27

OSAP

17:48

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 37. Since I cannot fly direct from Baghdad to Jerusalem, I head to Aleppo, Syria.

2003-03-08

9999

OERY

14:58

ORBS

16:33

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 36. My most dangerous trip yet... into Saddam Intl, Baghdad. Thankfully, I have some fighter escort...

2003-03-07

9999

OMDB

15:44

OERY

17:19

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 35. King Khaled Intl was full and I was diverted to nearby Riyadh Air Base.

2003-03-06

9999

OAKB

05:45

OMDB

07:59

CRJ-200ER

2.2

RTW Leg 34. Planning to head to Iran, but permission to land not granted. Diverted to Dubai, United Arab Emirates instead.

2003-03-05

9999

OAKN

12:03

OAKB

12:52

CRJ-200ER

0.9

RTW Leg 33. A short flight over to Kabul to take some photographs of a new Afghanistan.

2003-03-04

9999

OPKD

08:08

OAKN

09:25

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 32. Headed to Kandahar, scene of fiercest ground fighting during Operation Enduring Freedom.

2003-03-03

9999

VABB

16:52

OPKD

18:09

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 31. Heading to Hyderabad... no, no, not the one in my 26th RTW flight, but the one in Pakistan. It is one of 3 Hyderabads in the Indian sub-continent.

2003-03-02

9999

VOBG

10:32

VABB

11:49

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 30. After a long stopover at Bangalore, I head for ancient Mumbai (Bombay).

2003-02-26

9999

VCBI

06:00

VOBG

07:25

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 29. Back north to Bangalore, India.

2003-02-25

9999

VOMM

16:43

VCBI

18:01

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 28. Crossing the Palk Straits to Sri Lanka and its capital, Colombo. Gotta watch out for those surface-to-air missiles from the Tamil Tigers...

2003-02-24

9999

VOHY

13:28

VOMM

14:28

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 27. Visiting the coastal town of Chennai, not too long ago named Madras...

2003-02-23

9999

VNKT

11:44

VOHY

13:51

CRJ-200ER

2.1

RTW Leg 26. Going to Hyderabad... the one in India, not the one in Pakistan.

2003-02-19

9999

VGZR

18:43

VNKT

19:56

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 25. Made an illegal detour to see Mount Everest. Cool!

2003-02-19

9999

VYMD

16:29

VGZR

17:35

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 24. First flight as First Officer. A proud moment since joining ASA nearly 3 months ago. Short stop at Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2003-02-17

9999

ZPPP

10:53

VYMD

12:14

CRJ-200ER

1.4

RTW Leg 23. Back to South East Asia, to Mandalay of Myanmar. Unfortunately, I will not be heading home. Next stop... Bangladesh.

2003-02-14

9999

ZUUU

15:55

ZPPP

17:01

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 22. From Chengdu to Kunming in Yunnan, the southernmost province of China, right on the border with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.

2003-02-07

9999

ZLXY

14:51

ZUUU

16:21

CRJ-200ER

1.5

RTW Leg 21. Short hop across the Daba Mountains to the capital of Szechuan Province, Chengdu. Encountered the easternmost edge of the massive Kunlun mountain range of Tibet.

2003-02-05

9999

ZMUB

11:28

ZLXY

13:38

CRJ-200ER

2.2

RTW Leg 20. Crossing south back in China, to Xi An.

2003-02-04

9999

ZYHB

09:20

ZMUB

11:35

CRJ-200ER

2.3

RTW Leg 19. After the 1½ hour stopover at Harbin, its off to the deserts of Mongolia, where I visit the capital, Ulaanbaatar.

2003-02-04

9999

UHWW

06:44

ZYHB

07:47

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 18. A short stopover at Harbin, Manchuria, China.

2003-02-03

9999

RJCC

07:04

UHWW

08:19

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 17. Crossing the Sea of Japan to isolated Vladivostok, home port of the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet.

2003-02-01

9999

RJAA

16:40

RJCC

17:59

CRJ-200ER

1.3

RTW Leg 16. Tokyo to Sapporo. Both New Chitose and Chitose runway alignment almost the same and very near to each other.

2003-01-30

9999

RJOO

14:16

RJAA

15:22

CRJ-200ER

1.1

RTW Leg 15. From Osaka to Tokyo Narita for a short stop-over before heading off to Sapporo.

2003-01-29

9999

RKSS

11:56

RJOO

13:23

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 14. From Seoul to Osaka.

2003-01-25

9999

ZBAA

16:02

RKSS

17:37

CRJ-200ER

1.6

RTW Leg 13. Altimeter failure at 1715 hrs. Manual approach and landing carried out.

2003-01-16

9999

ZSPD

14:31

ZBAA

16:10

CRJ-200ER

1.7

RTW Leg 12. Visit to the capital of China, Beijing.

2003-01-12

9999

ZSFZ

06:43

ZSPD

07:56

CRJ-200ER

1.2

RTW Leg 11. A visit to effluent Shanghai.

2003-01-11

9999

RCTP

06:45

ZSFZ

07:32

CRJ-200ER

0.8

RTW10. Short hop to my ancestral town of Fuzhou City.

2003-01-08

9999

RCKH

14:11

RCTP

15:12

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 9. Exploring the island of Taiwan.

2003-01-07

9999

VHHK

16:06

RCKH

17:51

CRJ-200ER

1.8

RTW Leg 8. Hong Kong to Kaoshiung, Taiwan

2003-01-06

9999

ZGHK

06:15

VHHK

07:17

CRJ-200ER

1.0

RTW Leg 7. A short hop over to Hong Kong. Strong, turbulent winds at FL030 over HKG.

2003-01-03

9999

VVNB

06:35

ZGHK

07:30

CRJ-200ER

0.9

RTW Leg 6. East or West. Elected to head towards Hainan Island and the Far East.

2003-01-01

9999

VVTS

11:29

VVNB

1306

CRJ-200ER

1.6

Leg 5 of RTW trip. From South to North Vietnam. To Hanoi, the capital.

2003-01-01

9999

Z28Q

10:49

VVTS

12:02

CRJ-200ER

1.2

Round the World trip Leg 4. A visit to beautiful Ho Chin Minh City.

2002-12-30

1001

KALB

08:07

KEWR

08:55

B-737-300

0.8

High turbulence.

2002-12-24

1700

KEWR

15:07

KGSO

16:18

CRJ-200ER

1.2

Strong crosswinds while departing KEWR

2002-12-17

1725

KEWR

09:47

KPIT

10:49

B-737-300

1.0

Low cloud base of 3,500 ft at Pittsburgh. Upon landing, steering failure occurred. Aircraft lost starboard steering control.

2002-12-12

1732

KEWR

06:12

KSYR

07:04

CRJ-200ER

0.9

2002-12-08

9999

KEWR

10:51

CYUL

13:04

CRJ-200ER

1.2

Landed in heavy snowfall and crosswinds.

2002-12-08

9999

MYGF

11:45

MYEG

12:50

CRJ-200ER

1.1

Climb rate was unsatisfactory resulting in a power-on stall. Stall recovery procedures activated. After positive climb rate was established, starboard engine was noted to be off and was started in flight.

2002-12-08

9999

VTBD

10:32

Z28Q

11:07

CRJ-200ER

0.6

Round the World trip Leg 3. Re-visited Korat AFB in Thailand. Was there on a detachment in 1999.

2002-12-04

1679

KEWR

06:23

KBTV

07:35

CRJ-200ER

1.2

Winter is here! Snow everywhere.

2002-12-04

9999

WMKL

05:22

VTBD

06:36

CRJ-200ER

1.2

Second flight on my round the world trip from my country Singapore.

2002-12-03

9999

WSSS

10:55

WMKL

12:01

CRJ-200ER

1.1

Lovely flight. Passed KLIA and Penang before reaching beautiful Langkawi.

2002-12-02

1699

KEWR

06:18

KELM

06:55

CRJ-200ER

0.6

2002-11-30

1728

KEWR

11:18

KROC

12:06

CRJ-200ER

0.8

Aileron failure during takeoff roll. Starboard wing up without pilot input. Aborted takeoff. Proceeded with manual takeoff. Problem did not recur.

2002-11-30

1978

KSYR

17:33

KEWR

18:19

B-717-200

0.8

2002-11-30

1732

KEWR

16:18

KSYR

17:00

B-717-200

0.7

Engine failure along taxiway just outside dispersal area

2002-11-26

1614

KLAX

16:05

KSFO

16:58

A-320-200

0.9

2002-11-26

1001

KALB

08:05

KEWR

08:35

B-737-300

0.5

Generator failure 7 mins into flight. Aircraft dropped to 2,500ft before recovery.

2002-11-26

1681

KEWR

11:52

KORD

12:43

B-737-900ER

1.8

2002-11-25

1716

KEWR

18:04

KMCO

20:19

B-767-300

2.3

2002-11-25

1675

KEWR

07:00

KBOS

07:45

B-737-900ER

0.8

2002-11-23

1673

KEWR

06:49

KALB

07:14

B-737-300

0.6

 

 

 

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