Sunday, September 28, 2014

Ferry Flight to Juanda Airport of Surabaya

Today has become a great history for The Jupiter since we had an extraordinary formation flight that consist of 34 ships. The purpose of this ferry flight is to bring all the serviceable aircrafts to Juanda airport of Surabaya for commemorating the 69th Indonesian Military anniversary. The formation was devided into several flights such as Woong Bee, Jupiter, Charlie, Mentor, Delta as well as Bravo and Condor Flight. These set up based on safety requirement for navigation flying. Due to safety reason, it is easier to handle emergency situation whether an actual emergency related to the technical problem or bad weather. Today we had a small problem,Jupiter 3 piloted by Made "Yogi" Raider had an oil pressure problem, the oil pressure fluctuated from red bar to yellow bar. He decided to land right after realizing the problem. Jupiter 6, Major Romas "condor" as KT-1 test pilot assisted Jupiter 3 to land at Adisutjipto AFB. It took about an hour to fix the problem. At 10.30 the problem was recovered and those two aircrafts continue flying to Surabaya.

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