My next ride in the sky, looks kinda cool. At least I no longer have to suffer the torque and mannerisms of a single prop aircraft anymore, I hope. Yes, the SIAI Marchetti S211, a jet aircraft built for "anti-insurgency operations" and more importantly, as a trainer jet for people learning the ropes of flying (aka me). It's an aging beauty, soon to be retired and replaced by another trainer aircraft, but hey, I'm thankful for small graces, being the last few batches to fly a jet for basic wing course.
Met up wif Lingli and John and all her pals for her birthday cum farewell party, seems I'm not gonna be the only one doing all the flying. To my co-OGL, best of luck in London, and here's hoping you can navigate safely with my gift. I'll be there to send ya off, even if it means I gotta make the long trip there and back at 3am in the morning...
It's just one day after the 4th anniversary of 9/11, feels like a long time already since I got glued to the TV set that night, seeing all the death and destruction. I went to bed that night, thinking what I could do in such a situation. And I felt helpless, even when I was half a world away from where it happened, there was nothing I could think of doing. Guess that is when it hit me, that the only way to respond to such a terror attack, is to prevent it, and maybe that was my impetus for wanting to join the armed forces. Put those terrorists where they belong, not in a commercial jet airliner, but in a hole deep enough they can hear the devil call their name.
The RSAF new line in their TV ads, a force like nothing on Earth, I truly hope we can live up to that motto. It's the only way we can stop those who threaten me and those I love, by an unprecedented action that they will never expect, giving them back the nasty surprise they first threw on us. By giving them 1 X GOOD ONE, like nothing on Earth.
