AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (3)

Preparation before plane is authorised to fly

This evening (11-Nov3ember-2008) I had another MAS flight from KLIA to Kota Bharu Airport, Kelantan for an assignment on the 12th. November, 2008. The 3.10 p.m flight via Boeing 737 plane ride was quite smooth but the landing was quite rough (sorry Mr. Pilot, it is true...). The weather was a bit cloudy.

KLIA Mosque (Top Left) and other views just after airborne

So today I managed to have another session of aero and aerial-photography. I could not recognise most of the photos taken as the route is from KL to Kota Bharu which was my first trip.

Sultan Mahmud Airport, Kota Bahru

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (2)

Last Saturday, I took a flight from Senai International Airport (JHB) to LCCT, KLIA. I was a morning flight.
As the weather was fine, I managed to snap some photographs from the window of my Airbus 320 Air Asia plane which was flying at about 30,000 feet.
In contrasrt with my flight from LCCT to JHB last Thursday, this flight-path is just along the coast of the peninsular Malaysia. The plane passed a few towns but I could not recognise which they are (not like a few years back whereby the he pilot always told you which town that the plane was at, but today the pilot just keep the view and knowledge to him/herself.
However, I think I could make up one or two areas we flew by (like Blue Lagoon in PD).. I could not recognise the one with a bridge across a river ...
When the plane touched down at KLIA, I could recognised the Apron Control Tower (ACT). The Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) at this ACT control the movement of airplanes after they have landed and directed them to the designated bridge or apron.
The ATC at the Main Control Tower (MTC) control the in-bound and out-bound planes, directing them when to land at the designated runaway to avoid any untowards accidents.

The plane landed smoothly and Alhamdulillah, I had another lesson of Aerial Photography (Part II) ...

KLIA Anniversary 1998-2008

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is celebrating its tenth (10th) birthday this year. The time has flown by very fast. I could still remember the time when the first plane, a Malaysian Airline System Boeng 747-400 plane touched down at KLIA piloted by a Malaysian ten years ago.

The airport has grown since to become an air transportation hub in the region. The air travellers had increased so much that an LCCT has to be built to cater for this need.
Let us hope the role played by KLIA and LCCT will bring positive returns to Malaysians in general.

A bustling Entrance to LCCT, KLIA

Passengers are in a hurry to catch a plane at LCCT, KLIA