S V Choong

There are some idiots....like myself who accidentally had my mobile switched on during flights and didn't realise it until the plane landed and when I attempt to switch on my mobile.... dang, better be extra careful next time. When I was flying at Sabah from Tawau to KK, a lot of "Orang Utan" (uncivilised ones) were told to switch off the mobile, but just didn't do it. They continued to have their phones on. When the Fokker F-50 I flew nearly landed at BKI airport, a few of them made a call to the cellphone..... The F/A didn't do anything...

I have sent a private message to the photograph's owner, Mr. Stefan Martin, lets hope he knows the story about this a/c. The last owner of the 707 seems to be AeroAmerica.... very odd By the way Azmal, I think the 707 was intended to be a restaurant as highlighted above. Thank you for the 707 movie, how and where did you download it? Seems very strange.... like from some age old Malay movies on RTM TV2 Finally, the link should be http://www.aerotransport.org Just do a search on N705PA, after the page is shown, there is a link down the bottom which says "profile and history of B707...msn...", click on it and check mate......

Denny, I guess you noticed too huh? "t" sounds like "d"? It looks to me the actual variation in pronouncing is not much of difference, for example, "tua" and "dua", "teman" and "degan". It sounds very similar when pronounced in Bahasa Baku. Hence I think it actually have an impact on Malaysian style English, although I have never spoken much of English when I was in Malaysia, but I have a workmate in NZ to testify this...... He could not pronounce words with "th", hence he will pronounce it as "dausen" (thousand)". "dink" (think), "drow" (throw) and etc. Actual English pronouncation of "t" and "d" words are quite different and it is very appearant. Hence, decend down to two four zero zero, when spoken in Malaysian or Singaporean style English can be "disen down do doo for ziro ziro" can be very hard for foreigners to make out! I was told that I am a great Bahasa Baku speaker when I was in KL...... At least it had an impact upon somebody like me despite it was a not-so-successful movement

Azmal, The Boeing 707 rego N705PA originally belongs to Pan American Airways. Then somewhere along the line it was transferred to PIA and then to Royal Fiji..... I found the history of this aircraft.... HERE Just do a search on N705PA, after the page is shown, there is a link down the bottom which says "profile and history of B707...msn...", click on it and check mate...... It was scrapped at "Scrapped Kelaua Jaya Park,Subang,Kuala Lumpur (restaurant)" I suppose they mean Kelana Jaya which is nearby Subang Airport. But no date was given.

Doubt it. That was many centuries ago. It would have a great impact if and only if the Portuguese did conduct something like forcing the Malays to abandon their language and everyone learnt Portuguese. More over, the Portuguese who stationed in Melaka did not leave in Malaysia that much of an impact compared to the English. The English was the last colonialist. It is more like how "t" is actually pronounced in the Malay language, which sounded like a "d". 9M-MKB was scrapped after the PEK-KUL flight. It was believed that the cargo it held was some lethal chemical to aluminium alloy which leaked during flight and hence weakened the structure of the a/c. A/C was written off and scrapped. It was parked outside the MAS maintenance area at KLIA for a while. Azmal, that looks like the 707 which was stranded at SZB. I shall conduct more research into it.

Malaysians tended to pronounce "t" as "d". Many can't actually correctly pronounce "th" as in "thousand". May wanna work on that

No, I haven't been in a while. Last time I went was to see the 777-300ER...... it was sometime in May or June I think it was. Was supposed to go spotting with S. Chang, a member here, but he has been busy with work and hasn't showed up yet

Thats not how the world politics work. Historically Singapore is part of Malaysia and yet we share similar cultures and historical links, even until today. If it works the benefit of both sides, then surely it can rejoin the federation. Thats really up to the politicians and they are good at putting up good shows. As Azmal pointed out, Singapore was expelled by Malaysia, that is a hard fact. Nowdays, young Malaysian and Singaporean alike has the tendency of thinking it was Singapore who parted from Malaysia. No doubt Singapore is doing much better than us, considering the fact that they don't have our land mass and our 7 fold population (compared to Singapore).

Now that you mentioned it, Gavin, I do remember the umbrellas!!!! With MAS logo on it!!! Would be a collector's item! Azmal, just a rough guess..... All the 707s..... were they taken at HKG Kai Tak? All the 737s, were they taking at Subang before renovation to include aerobridges? Where are the DC-10s taken? One of the should be in Aussie with that Qantas Kangaroo tail. Very nice photos and thank you!!! Some fond memories here......

Oh raj, I think I remember you.... you are the Indian guy who stay in Mt Roskill as well, isn't that correct? I think I might have added you into my MSN a while ago, but sorry to say, you are currently in my ignore list Sorry I had to do that as I think one day you were asking me question and my boss was standing right beside of me asking, hey what is that? I think it is a sign to say "Don't ever use that again!" But anyway, you can see me again. hahaha Gavin, that photo actually made it to the A.net pic of the day!

Oh I see

Don't count on your personal opinion, please read some history books. SM Lee Kuan Yew burst into tears during the separation. SM Lee was the one who wanted to hold on to the Federation and felt that there should be a solution for mutual benefit, read one of the posts above. Singapore needs the federation's land mass and the labour work force to fuel her economy, while the federation needs Singapore's established port. I guess the reason why I establish the separation is just for people to know that don't blame everything on Singapore. Just judging facts in an impartial way. There's more than that, includes racial tension as well. At the time of formation, the ethnic Chinese population was slightly a little bit more than the Malay population. Back then, many did not felt comfortable about this fact, given that the federation was just established not too long ago.

Raj, are u from NZ?

"Sick" Air may go to BKI anytime soon, Isaac, keep an eye out for us

Oh well, you gotta take into account that SQ was forced to pay more money at the end of the breakup. It seems like whatever Singapore does back then, was more towards the benefit of the city state itself rather than the Federation as a whole. Just FYI, Singapore was expelled out of the Federation, rather than leaving the federation herself.

Oops!!!! Sorry....... Sim, I am arriving at HKG on 19 Oct 2005 for the Guangzhou Trade Fair, I will be staying at a hotel near Dongguan from around the 25-30 Oct instead of Guangzhou fearing that the hotel prices will be skyrocketed. Will you around Dongguan by then? By the way, is it safe to go to Meixian? Thought I'd like to find out my ancestral link...... but think may not be a good idea.....

MSA DeHavilland Comet 4 at Singapore Paya Lebar Airport MSA Boeing 707-312B with revised livery MSA Boeing 737-112 with revised livery Malaysia and Singapore Airlines (MSA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia-Singapore_Airlines Malaysia Airlines (MAS) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines Singapore Airlines (SIA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines Timetable of Malayan Airways http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ml6004i.htm

From Wikipaedia: Has anyone seen this happening? SilkAir A320s in KCH and BKI?

Indeed the photos of Air Ceylon comet you mentioned does not look like Subang at all. By the way..... MSA only came into existence after the separation of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia. So may be the Comet did not ever arrive at Simpang with MSA livery. Very much doubt that the short runway of Simpang could accomodate the Comet comfortably. From Wikipaedia:

Perhaps some of our virtual pilots here could have done better than this. Couldn't the 'pilot' who touched the aircraft make a radio contact with the ground? I have always read that this aircraft was exploded half way in the air like a bomb or something. But it turned out something else.

This one is dedicated to you S. Chang... Don't think you went spotting yesterday as you were probably busy working! First visit of Hibiscuit livery at NZAA was yesterday, while I was busy with something else argghhhhhh.......... The aircraft was 9M-MPB Shah Alam. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/889391/L/

Thanks Bing Chu, must have been my own ignorance.... I have always hop on to the widebodies, as my family tended to use the night flights a lot, as it is a lot cheaper back then. I remember the BKI-KCH-KUL and BKI-SIN-KUL flights on A300s pretty well. Do you guys remember the daily A300 which runs as MH60 (or MH61 on the way back). MH60 routes from KUL-KCH-BKI-HKG-TPE-NRT, then NRT-TPE-HKG-BKI-KCH-KUL as MH61 (if I am correct...). Now..... MH60/61 is a codeshare flight with Dragonair as MHKA60/61 or MH9060/9061 only between BKI-HKG.... Things have changed so much. Oh is that right? Thanks for that Sing Yew. They may have served sandwiches/kari puff on the Borneo flights, but I just haven't come across it. Perhaps they don't do it on BKI-SDK, SDK-TWU, TWU-BKI, BKI-BSB flights. All of these flights are within 30 mins - 1 hour reach. I guess it will take 1.5 hour to travel from KCH - MYY? It is quite possible that my memory had failed me.... Curry Puff...Yummy..... I am hungry now! Rozhan, perhaps start by writing a formal letter to MAS to get access into their archive? I tried ebay for many times, but the old time tables are pretty rare though.... lets keep an eye on it.

Rozhan this is for you, MAS 707 rego G-APFJ in London Heathrow. Wonder how many stops it made before it gets to LHR from KUL I believe this might be a ex-BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) equipment and clearly a B707-400, as 400 series only have Rolls Royce engines.

We have to count on Azahan to get some insider pics for us

Sourced from kiat.net http://www.kiat.net/ HISTORY OF KLIA - A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS 1933 An Imperial Airways' Armstrong Whitley Atlanta aircraft 'Aurora', which landed at Sungai Besi Airfield, Kuala Lumpur, was probably the first commercial aircraft of an international service to use the aerodrome. The Sungai Besi Airfield (originally an old tin tailing mine covered by grass) was one of the two airstrips located in Selangor, the other being at Port Sweetenham (now Port Klang). 1936 Improvement of the Sungai Besi Airfield which was commissioned as an all-purpose landing ground, ".... a conditioned area 600 yards by 800 yards oriented approximately North East-South West " and was licensed for light and medium aircraft "up to a gross weight of 5,500 lbs." 1 Aug 1948 Expansion of the Kuala Lumpur Airport at Sungai Besi. (The Terminal building was for many years an atap shed. Communications equipment were unreliable and often aircraft landed without traffic control! Biggest aircraft used then was DC-3). Kuala Lumpur International Airport (1948) at Sungai Besi Late 1959 Proposal to construct the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at Subang mooted. 30 Aug 1965 Official opening of the RM52 million Kuala Lumpur International Airport at Subang by Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Dipertuan Agong, Tuanku Syed Putra Ibni al Marhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail. Kuala Lumpur International Airport (1965) at Subang 1976 Introduction of Primary Radar for air traffic control in Kuala Lumpur. 3 Apr 1982 Launching ceremony for the first MAS B747 at Terminal 2, Subang-Kuala Lumpur by the Prime Minister. 16 Apr 1982 Terminal 1 Subang-Kuala Lumpur closed for renovation. 1 Jun 1983 Terminal 1 Subang-Kuala Lumpur opened for operations. 1985 Interim development of Subang-Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1 to accommodate larger aircraft. 1Dec 1989 Reopening of Terminal 2, Subang-Kuala Lumpur International Airport for domestic services. Jul 1991 Announcement of the proposal plan to construct the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at Sepang. 29 May 1993 Establishment of Kuala Lumpur International Airport Berhad (KLIA Bhd), a corporate body wholly-owned by the Government to oversee and manage the construction of the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport at Sepang, Selangor. 16 Dec 1993 Opening of Terminal 3, Subang-Kuala Lumpur International Airport and closing of Terminal 2 for refurbishment (expected to be ready by the end of 1994). (On completion of the Subang-Kuala Lumpur Interim Development, Terminal 1 will be designated for international traffic; Terminal 2, Singapore shuttle; and Terminal 3, domestic). 1 Jan 1994 Formation of Malaysia Airports (Niaga) Sdn. Bhd. (MAN), a subsidiary of MAB, to participate in duty free retail operations at Subang-Kuala Lumpur International Airport. 15 Jan 1995 Reopening of Terminal 2 for Kuala Lumpur / Singapore shuttle flights by MAS and SIA. 27 Jun 1998 - KLIA at Sepang opens KL International Airport, Sepang was lauched by the King, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Ja'afar. It was a moment of reckoning as the new airport, sparkling like a fairyland and visible from as far as 15kms away, beckoned the 1500 spectators who came to witness its opening. 16 Sept 1998 The Bunga Raya Complex, named after Malaysia's national flower, was opened by the Yang DiPertuan Agong, Tuanku Ja'afar. Built at a cost of RM80 million, the complex boasts a reception hall, private VVIP suites, a multi-function room and a media briefing room. 19 Sept 1998 Transport Minister Dato' Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik, officially launched the second runway at the KL International Airport. With this RM 136 million runway in full operation, KLIA now offers simultaneous landings and take-offs, thus speeding up the growth for tourism and commerce in this country. Before the Advent of the second runway, KLIA could only accommodate 40 to 45 aircraft per hour. Now it can handle 65 to 67 planes on a segregated mode, in which one runway is used solely for arrivals, the other for departures and approximately 90 to 100 planes in mixed mode every hour. This runway is 4000m long and 60 m wide and allows for all types of aircraft without payload restriction. As it is fitted with state-or-the-art aeronautical ground lighting, aircraft can land in all weather conditions. As with all KLIA endeavours, it is envisioned that the latest service will establish the airport as a regional leader in air transportation. 20 Sept 1998 Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip arrived via the modern KL International Airport for the Kuala Lumpur 98 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. She was one of the first guests of the new Bunga Raya VVIP Complex. The story continues.....