So i finally got to fly on the 14th September 2012. Weather was quite good- Winds were calm and there were no rain. But it was quite hazy and cloudy.
So, i went to Singapore Youth Flying Club slightly earlier to prepare. My callsign was skylark 99 and I was cleared to go out and carry out the aircraft external checks which i did and waited for my flight instructor, MR Toh BH to arrive.
The plane had only 16/17 gallons of fuel left from the previous day. Maintenance also did not clean the plane properly and i had to run there and get someone to finish their job. Starting up was ok. Although i didnt set mixture to rich long enough and thus have to redo the starting checks. Checks were quickly done by me:) R/T with ops and seletar ground was good. Although i did not really catch what strength the radio was due to some static, i still managed to say the correct taxy sequence. I was given clearance to taxy to W3 holding point at yankee. Almost screw up when i readback lineup runway 21 when it was backtrack runway 21. Fortunately i managed to correct my error. So at 0855, i was given takeoff clearance n was soon airborne.
Te surface winds were small and there were not a lot of clouds below 7000 feet. But still, there was a lot of haze n i can only make out marina bay sands from area alpha. At area alpha, we did the sortie exercise. Afterwards, i ask for clearance to enter area bravo and charlie. Up there, we moved to the boundaries to familiarize with the airspace boundaries.
Did some steep turns, and one stall too. I had control to travel around within the boundaries. Due to the haze, i cant really see any other planes even though there were around 4 in the area alpha bravo charlie.. Then i asked for clearance to recover back to seletar via area alpha. Was put on a circuit over pierce reservoir while waiting for clearance. It was just another routine rejoining procedure.
II had trouble locating other planes due to low visibility. Also, skylark 92 was always on my tail. In the end, I figured out the locations of the other planes in the circuit. Skylark 89 was in front of me. On downwind, i noticed that we were quite close to the plane in front. On final, with the approach stabilised, i had to go around at around 100 feet because the plane before me had not vacated the runway.. So i entered the circuit pattern again and landed on the next circuit. But i could not vacate the runway at the whiskey 2 exit as there was a plane in front blocking me. I think the plane behind me had to go around.
After exiting the runway, I contacted seletar ground.. Accidentally 'ks-ing' another guy. I apologized and waited until that guy was done. Was taxying on W3 when i was suddenly told to hold at whiskey 3 intermediate holding point due to another plane that had vacated runway via W3.
While taxying, i was looking out at the left wing to make sure the wing would not hit the fence and my instructor said Eh where got girl in hokkien. In the end, i taxyed to the shed and shut down the engine..
Conclusion: The sortie was quite excellent and was rewarded with a good score. But i think my checks could have been done faster and situation awareness could be even sharper. R/T was good, despite my 'style' :)
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