11. SELETAR, WSSL, (Singapore) -3.07.08 - 521NM - 4:15
"01:25.0N 103:52.2E" Phuket VTSP to Singapore WSSL Relaxing 3 days at the island of Phuket at the airpark
passed all to quickly, the longest break so far, with Note, Lam Yai and
their son Mig,
and the last day with Robert Suchard, the owner and host,
we needed to move on south. This break was very much needed by us two, after all the
long hours of flying! The people at the airpark were perfect hosts and spoiled
us in any way they could during our stay there. Robert Suchard a Thai – German the owner is quite a
character, perfect host. We had a really good time at Phuket. We were taken
around the island, dined out, shown through the airpark and Robert’s
other interests, like his new hotel under construction in the
vicinity of Patong beach. We finally got away on Wednesday the 3rd of July just
before noon. After going through all the paperwork, and had to catch
up on the no paperwork when we arrive, we had to pay extra parking for
an extra day’s
stay
at the Island. Robert and Rolf at the Flight office The weather forecast was rather good for our destination
Singapore. Our plan was for the GA airport Seletar WSSL, just north of
the major International Singapore airport Changi, and just over the
border from Malaysia. Robert's airpark at Phuket as we flew past The flight started out first in perfect weather
conditions, but as the afternoon wore on and closer to Singapore, our storm
scope showed an increasing number of thunderstorms ahead on our route. Approaching Singapore The first class air traffic controllers diverted us
around the large build ups, and radar vectored us perfectly across the
Malaysian border into Seletar airport. We landed safely and contacted the people at Hawker
Pacific for the next
days planned 50 hour service on our Comanche. We had some
fun, thinking that we could just taxi across the field to the eastern
side, but apron control put us right on the spot, as we first had to
clear customs and immigration, before we could undertake anything. After
quite some problems finding the air terminal we finished the arrival
formalities and were met by Antu Finan, a Tongan national and
director of Maintenance
at Hawker Pacific
corporation. Maintenance work at Hawker Pacific After arranging the details of the needed maintenance, we
took a The following day we cached up with our paperwork and
then went shopping. Rolf was interested in computers, while Manfred
went hunting for spare batteries for his new camera. |