Thursday, November 13, 2008,
5:25 AM
Alright, it was Day 2 of SBAB Attachment. It wasn't really much, to be honest, day one was more fun =D We visited the various mechanical stations of the air base, such as how they maintain their helicopters (detecting cracks under UV rays), more details on the Chinook (CH47), and got to see the Apache Longbow (in all it's awesome weaponry :D) and saw the ammunition and weaponry used by the Apache as well. Very technical, but still highly interesting =)
Then I got very, very irritated. Males in no.3 sitting on the floor. Males in no.3 lying on the floor. SSGs talking non-stop while falling in and giving the IC a hard time. Really kinda pity MSG Amanda, having to try and do C&C with people laughing during drills. Must be really hard for them to train their own parts if they keep laughing like that during training =X
Later was the flight simulations. The Super Puma simulation was older, but was good nonetheless, it shaked and moved, and the graphics were quite suitable to the movement, nice :) what was even better was the Chinook's (CH47) simulation: you can control the course! I got to be the pilot, and crashed the helicopter =X Then I got the hang of it and we "flew" to Sentosa :D They did the Merlion graphics quite well! Too bad there was no shaking of the helicopter. Then a group photo of everyone who attended SBAB attachment, then home-bound =) Fara kept laughing at how tired I was, and Huiyang tried once more to prove his "Benedict-looks-old" point.
Now, there are two overseas courses offered to us NCC cadets, any NCO interested, please infrom me by the specified deadline from HQ NCC: 21st Nov. Now, the two overseas courses are...
1) a training visit to Pearce Air Base located in Australia. Dates are 8 - 13th Dec. The cost is $150.
VISIT PROGRAMME
The proposed programme (refers to Annex A) will include the following:
a. Courtesy-call. The NCC Delegation will make a courtesy call to Base Commander. After a briefing, the NCC Delegation leader will present a memento to the Base Commander.
b. Visit to SAF Training Activities. To experience SAF Overseas training, the NCCRSAF pilot trainee training.
c. Educational Visit Training. Participants will undergo a 1 day educational programme in Perth where they may experience the Australian’s culture.
Annnddd for 2): A Glider course conducted in India. It's from the 1st to 24th Dec (woah.) The cost is $100. Basically you get to do Aeromodelling, Glider Flight training, Parasailing, etc. I'm sure there's a badge for this.
I don't know why I'm saying all these, just disseminating information from Mr Goh. Though I highly, highly, doubt so, but if any NCO is interested in any of the courses, feel free to ask me for the AI and learn more about the courses. Remember, the deadine is on the 21st Nov.
Tomorrow's the last day of SBAB Attachment. Looks like I'd be missing St. Nick's investiture =( Hopefully, things would go much more smoother tomorrow.
I like my new specs XD
Balthus
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