Wednesday, December 10, 2008

DVOR Commissioning Alor Setar






DVOR commissioning at Alor Setar 2-4 December 2008 was successfully. Thank you to all calibrator crews, TM crews, IAL and Mr. Jessy. We will comming back again to stability check after 1 month from the date of commissioning.

by MAI

Sunday, December 7, 2008

December 2008..

December 2008,… Another approximately 3 weeks to go, then we call off the end of 2008and the beginning of 2009. Merely, many memories of 2008 are fresh in mind. Well, that is 2008. Let bygone be bygone. Make every Yesterday a moment of happiness and best lessons and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

December 2008… known as month of wet. It is a challenging for the calibrator’s crews facing the Mother Nature. Work is a work. Jobs need to be carried out as per scheduled. Here comes the big challenge. The ground crew ought to look after the Navigation system. Neither rain nor sunny days… neither nights nor days. Neither weekdays nor weekend. The National Interest is always being priority. Though precautions being taken, neither thee knows how stable the system is until it is calibrated and safe to be used as per ICAO standard. One may say his system is stable all the time… but electronically and mathematically, how stable it is. Hence, it needs to be checked and calibrated if required as per schedule.

Both military and civilian aircraft require safe landing during instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), such as low ceilings or reduced visibility due to fog or rain. No doubt, the calibrators or the Flight Calibration Unit is in deed important. As a unit and a team, it is our responsible to ensure the ILS(s) in the country are per ICAO standard.

Ciao... until next time…

-WAC-


NOTES: Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a ground-based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high-intensity lighting arrays to enable a