Interested to learn to fly?

[anaksarawak]

For just RM6,000 you can become a pilot. You won't be able to fly a Boeing or an Airbus but a microlight aircraft is yours to pilot. The Belia 4B Microlight Park at Kampung Tasek, Sungai Rambai, is offering flying lessons and the state government is offering interest-free loans to youth to cover the cost through the state Education Fund.Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said all a candidate needed to do was clock up 30 flying hours to obtain a licence. "We are encouraging all Malaysians to take up this sport, especially youth. We are hoping to get about 100 young people to take up flying within the next year," he said after opening the Sungai Rambai International Air Carnival 2009 at the microlight park yesterday.Other aeronautic sports available at the park include paramotor gliding, parachuting and flying remote-controlled aircraft.The three-day carnival, organised by the Belia 4B Malaysia Flying Club, Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysian Sport Aviation Federation and Sungai Rambai assemblyman Hasan Abdul Rahman is aimed at promoting sport aviation and the Sungai Rambai airstrip.The carnival is one of the youth-oriented events held in conjunction with the 17th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers next week in Kuala Lumpur.Young people from all over the Commonwealth will enjoy a home-stay programme in Sungai Rambai, where they will experience the rich Malay, Chinese, Indian, Baba and Portuguese cultures.Eighty people from 20 clubs are taking part in the carnival, including two each from Australia, Indonesia and Switzerland.Shall we start a list of members who are keen to take up the flying license.

 

[turbology]

I almost got my flying license when I was in US.
Getting the license is not hard.
But to KEEP it, you need to have minimum 20 hours of flying hours in a year, or else you lose it.
Does Malaysia require that ?

 

[shyful313]

I almost got my flying license when I was in US.
Getting the license is not hard.
But to KEEP it, you need to have minimum 20 hours of flying hours in a year, or else you lose it.
Does Malaysia require that ?

how about the fees to maintain the 20 flying hours meh..

 

[turbology]

how about the fees to maintain the 20 flying hours meh..

exactly! is not cheap to fly
Gas was RM2.7 per litre. I can't imagine how aviation fuel cost...

 

[eterna22]

i believe AVGAS would be cheaper if our petrol is not 'subsidi' by our 'gomen'

 

[anaksarawak]

No much infor on AVGAS.. but read this in the online news, RM549.7 ringgit per barrel (117.347765 liter) or RM4.684 per liter