First Officer LeeCH - 'Rock and Roll'

[T Azahan 1]

As promised, I rushed to KLIA from downtown KUL at 1530. Darn! As along the highway, I could see far ahead thick grey clouds covering above my destination. I needed the force of the dark side badly. If not my images would go 'kaput'. Right after 1600, somewhere near F1 Circuit, I received a call from my intended victim......"Raining cats and dogs in KLIA that we even had to do autoland just now"...Then I said "Yup, but it looks clear above Obs Hill........" Darn again! The moment I reached the peak....BISSSSSHHHHHHHH. Rain liked no tomorrow that the whole airport turned into a single color...GREY! Sat quietly in my car adjusting my Delta 70 to cater for wet weather. ISO: 250, White Balance: Cloudy at -2, Compensation Brightness :+0.3.......then the Camera Mode....s#1t what aaaaa??? Jonathan not around to guide me. Tried Aperture Priority at 7.1 and focussed to Satelite. Blur!! At 6.1. Also Blur! then tried Shutter Priority at 1/100, 1/30 then 1/50. Blur!!! And the rain getting heavier. Then I saw his plane came out. And the rain getting heavier. s#1t no time to play play and what the heck... I adjusted my Delta 70 to Program Mode! And my Delta 70 auto chose Aperture at 5.6 and Shutter at 1/80. But dont get me wrong, I am not complaining. I told myself...."Wanna test your skills? Try to shoot in the rain"

 

Presenting our MWings member LEECH (manning SQ113 -Triple with Rego "Sierra Romeo Bravo") in heavy downpour on Rwy 32R.

 

 

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Look at our friend. He was so 'consumed' manning the take off roll.

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Bye bye LEECH. See you same spot on the 6th. Hope better luck the next time!

[Delwin A 0]

Nice shots of the SQ 772 Azahan

[T Azahan 1]

Hope tomorrow, I won't catch cold. Soaking wet while shooting. But it was fun! No MAB during raining. haha

[Ignatius 4]

Azahan, Can bring me spot with u on the 7th? I'll be around

[Peter Smith 1]

Awesome stuff Azahan! (and LeeCH!)

[Rozhan 0]

Thanks for posting pics of such extreme weather conditions Azahan. It is very tricky to photograph in that kind of light indeed.

[Min Chun 0]

Good series there! Thx Azahan...

[Azuddin 1]

awesome

 

I like the look of the water spraying at the back of the T7. Jetblast effect

Speaking of jetblas, anyone ever seen this link

 

jetblast test video.

 

Azuddin

[T Azahan 1]

rozhan,

 

it was tough to shoot in the rain. your lense gets wet. but it was fun!!!

 

ignatius,

 

maybe 7th cant make it. outstation. come on the 6th laaa....we can see LEECH takesoff again.

[Imran K. 0]

Nice photos boss! Eh..if water masuk camera..doesnt damage sensor ah?!

[Azuddin 1]

it was tough to shoot in the rain. your lense gets wet. but it was fun!!!

 

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Oh yeah, remember when go spotting at New Orleans, bad weather, not digital camera, all pictures taken were blured and greyish and some white spots on it. the water on the lens like prisming the flash.

 

Azuddin

[Pieter C. 5]

Excellent shots, Azahan, despite the extremely bad weather conditions: VERY well done

 

Lot's worse there than here in AMS right now: blue skies and sunny, but -4 degrees (having some influx of Siberian weather right now: did you guys read about it ???)

 

Leech,

 

You look extremely concentrated on that take-off roll, even using the wipers, huh ?

[T Azahan 1]

cheers pieter,

 

yup, that wipers looks so cute with independent movements. siberian weather...yeah saw in CNN weather everyday. but moscow is worse!

 

imran,

 

no. it wont spoil the lense. but make sure u check from time to time and wipe with clean cloth to clear water spots.

[Benjamin Ho 0]

Not easy being a spotter nowadays.. rain or shine, when duty call, someone has to get the job done.

 

BRAVO Azahan!!!

 

Ben-G

[Tze Shan 0]

the flight was just backed frm Maldives?

[Edwin Yii 0]

awesome shots azahan...god..the t/o roll..

[Min Chun 0]

the flight was just backed frm Maldives?

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hmm..Leech said that its a SIN-KUL-SIN flight..if not mistaken..correct me if wrong

[T Azahan 1]

guys thanx for viewing...by the way, LEECH told me his second flight of the day into KUL (the last SQ flight ) was in star alliance Romeo Echo. Wish he had driven that aircraft on his first sortie.

anyway managed to get these shots as well....

 

 

she floated far too long....

 

 

 

heard over the scanner the excited pilot saying "tower, we're ready" 3 times.

[Azman MN 1]

whoa, those are really good shots in the rain. Especially when you see the lights!

 

 

[LeeCH 0]

Gentleman and boys,

 

First and formost many billion of thanks to Azahan for taking the trouble to come to KLIA to take this wet photos. I believe this are the first set of wet photos on Malaysia Wings. Azahan, I owe you kopi and makan when I back to KUL in Feb.

 

Actually we were initially asked to hold short to facilitate one arrival on 32R but tower changed their mind and asked us to do immediate takeoff. I was hoping I can see Azahan hiding somewhere but I think I saw a car in the hills. Or at least I can take some pictures while at holding position.

 

You know the reason why the MH734 floated? Because there was a darn tailwind of about 8 knots on 32R during the takeoff roll. Which explains the concentrated body language on the cockpit. And the tail wind is not directly on my ass, its from a 45 degree angle. Plus a soak and slippery runway (although I must say the runway lights at that time was excellent). Better be safe than sorry.

 

Azahan, I dedicate this set of pictures I had taken myself to you. I really feel bad you had to take pictures in the rain. Yes, I was actually hoping that it was a Star Alliance instead on the first trip but I only got it on the second trip.

 

On my way to work in the taxi. First picture of the day nothing to do with aviation at all. Just a friendly reminder to all potential Asian Aerospace 2006 visitors from MW that Singapore is a 'fine' city it is. It is S$120 'fine' if you do not buckle up in the back seat. Taxi or 777, I always buckle up. Anyone want to pay my cab fare? Can see how much? RM multiply 2.3 OK?

 

 

Some road signs near the airport. Notice we have a new building call Budget Terminal. Next time I take picture of it when taxi past (on a plane, not normal road taxi) on taxiway EP for departure on Runway 02C. its almost 90% complete and last heard no airlines signing up yet to use it. No aerobridges. And Singapore always rains. If you happen to be here on budget, I advise you to bring your umbrella. Talking about umbrella, saw some people selling Tiger Airways umbrella outside our SQ dispatch centre. Crossing line huh?

 

 

Ah, the ever famous icon of Singapore. No prizes for guessing what and where is this. Why is there a brown golf ball on top of it? I have been there on a visiting trip when I was a cadet in 2003. Great fun to see all the heavies landing and taking off (more awesome seeing them retracting gears). It wasnt too long ago that I wish I was the one who call 'Positive Rate, Gear up'. Now I am doing it every other day.

 

 

My parking gate today for first round pattern to KUL. F34 with LAT and LONG positions. Notice the faint green, amber and red lights. Just like traffic lights on the street. Not the Malaysian version of amber go faster, red go extremely fast. Red means STOP. Amber means slow down.

 

 

The mighty claws of a mighty iron bird. And when she is angry and growling, you will see her belly button flashing in red. Better run away otherwise she will tear you into mince human meat with her almighty 84,000 pounds Rolls Royce blender.

 

 

Even if you can run away, you will be blown away by this mighty hair dryer. Guaranteed you will never ever have balding problems since its a permanent dryer. No hair replacement therapy will ever get you back your hair. Zillion watts of shear heat power. Or you fancy yourself being a human kite? Try....

 

 

A small bird ready to leave its nest to bring food (Singapore Dollars) home for its owner (Temasek?). Small bird fly short distances. Even the fin has a white bird to proof it is a bird.

 

 

And big bird fly long (ultra long sometimes) distances. Carry even more food home for its owners. And what the owner do? Share it with the pilots? You think so? Want to see my account? The bird brings a lot of worms to spend their money in Uncle Singapore land. Wait till the Casino opens in 2010. Even more birds and worms. Maybe my bank account will be better then,hopefully yah....

 

 

The Star among all birds, big or small. Just completed my walkaround when I saw this just landed on 02C turing off at E5 for parking. I am later going to fly this Iron Bird to KLIA. And later when I saw the technical logbook, it has just come back from the land of the rising sun. Operating as SQ994 from FUK. Azahan I was really hoping for this, anyway the wearther spoilt everything. Its OK in the end.

 

 

Another small bird called Airbus A320 back from a regional flight. We wasted a couple of minutes to give way to our small 'brother' before we can start to taxi to runway 02C. Time wasted but not precious moments to take photographs like this for the benefit of MW members here.

 

 

See la see la. Why must things go wrong when it is such an important occassion? Why must all the cats and dogs comes calling when I come landing? Why? Taken before I went to activate my phone and call Azahan. Merpati B737-200 tail fin can be spotted in the picture. Some ground equipment and gate C4 next to it. For the benefit of those who do not know, SQ always parked at C2. Can see KLIA charts and KLAS logo on the ground equipment?

 

 

 

This shot was taken after phone call with Azahan. The tow truck was just coming in. See how heavy the rain is? Even the man in driving the truck is scrambling away from the 'cats and dogs' (Yes Attan I know why know). Needless to say I was wet and wet all over after the walk. Raining no pictures cuz mine not DSLR ho.....

 

 

 

That's all for the day shots folks. Azahan thanks again and I owe you makan and minum ok? Look forward to meet all MW members wherever I go on my big iron bird.

 

Night postings will resume on my Story of a pilot thread........stay tuned. Meantime I hope you enjoyed Azahan's hard work. LeeCH...

 

 

[Rozhan 0]

Thanks for the pics LeeCH. I like the dramatic angle of the SQ tail.... some airlines use such pictures for postcards.

 

Azahan, your wet weather pics with the panning technique are extraordinary.