By: Jothiganesh Subramaniam (Flight Operations)
“Airborne, right turn heading 1-3-0, climb 1000ft, cleared for take-off runway 10”, I read back the clearance as a drop of sweat dripped from my eyebrow to my cheek. The combination of 34 degree Celsius outside temp, my anxiety and nervousness made me sweat like I had a gun pointed to my head!
Power is set, aircraft begins to roll, speed’s building up fast, my heart beat was racing to the sound of the aircraft engine revving up and my palms begin to sweat. There were so many instruments to monitor, so many expectations and reviewing actions to be done. Runaway centreline was disappearing fast beneath the aircraft, as I’m ge... |