VOICE AVIATION 1 aviationvoiceblog.blogspot.com www.aviationvoice.lk www.facebook.com/AviationVoice Explore the skies with a World Class Qualification in Aviation Aliated to Kingston University - London Private Pilot Licence - PPL Commercial Pilot Licence - CPL Airline Transport Pilot Licence - ATPL Colombo Airport, Ratmalana. Information Centre, N0.14, Trelawney Place, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka. Tel. +94 11 451 0303/4, Fax: +94 11 451 0303 Email: [email protected] Contents Aircraft 5 Marshalling EDITORIAL BOARD Managing Editor Chathura Ranaweera Consultancy Sky Fiesta 2015 12 H. L. G. Saminda Saluka (English) Deputy Editors Aviation alphabet N. Nusha Gaffoor Gayanga Wijesena Vindya Niyangama 14 Janisha Gunarathne Lankesh Hesudeera Contributors Suhara De Fonseka It’s all hot air Anjalee Edirisinghe 19 Weemansa Dias Sathya Wijewardena Learning to Benuri Wickramarathne Kalani Wickramasinghe fly 21 Marketing & Advetising Tharaka Jayathilake Photography The flight back home Chandika Lakmal from Lahore 22 Lahiru Gurusinghe Kasun Prabath Sri Lankan Women Design in Aviation Banuka Sachintha 30 Print Neo Graphics Flight of The Publisher Aviation Voice 27 Double Sunrise No: 263B, Stanley Tillekeratne Mawatha, Nugegoda. T/P : 0711 277 769/ 0766 769 111 46 Email : [email protected] Web : www.aviationvoice.lk FB : www.facebook.com/AviationVoice Blog : aviationvoiceblog.blogspot.com VOICE SriLankan g+ : plus.google.com/+AviVoice AVIATION Aviation College twitter : twitter.com/Aviation_Voice 5 aviationvoiceblog.blogspot.com www.aviationvoice.lk www.facebook.com/AviationVoice Aviation Voice was fortunate to have Mr. H M C Nimalsiri, Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka grace the occasion as the Chief Guest. Aviation Voice is a voluntary group A large number of invitees related who are working so hard in aviation to aviation industry, students from to prepare our next generation in Sri various schools and a general crowd Lanka to lead the aviation industry. nearly 2,000 were participated at this Our purpose is to form various types occasion. of aviation events and to motivate SriLankan Aviation College of kids in aviation with assistance and SriLankan Airlines Ltd., Hobitec co-operation of all the voluntary Lanka (pvt) Ltd., Cinnamon Air, Asian organizations. Aviation Center, Skyline Aviation, Aviation Voice in collaboration with Aspire Aviation Institute, OpenSkies the Royal College Aviation Society has Flying School, Millennium Flight organized 'Sky Fiesta 2015' a gathering Academy, Fairways Aviation, UAV Team, of aviation lovers which was held on University of Moratuwa Sky Club, 28 February 2015 at Royal College Flying Arena, Foamy Flyers, Aerial Grounds from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. View Photographers, Let Me Know Media team and RotorPixels Aerial Aviation Voice was fortunate to have Cinematography have presented their Mr. H M C Nimalsiri, Director General stalls. of Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka grace the occasion as the Chief Guest. Sri Lankan Aviation College was the Mr. Primal De Silva, General Manager, main sponsor and Hobby Tech Lanka SriLankan Aviation College, Mr. took the Co-sponsorship for this event. Buddhika Hewawasam, Deputy General The evening was filled with prestige, Manager, Marketing and Promotions, glamour and glory and indeed promised SriLankan Aviation College, Mr. Upali a bright future for the Aviation Industry Gunasekara, Principal of Royal College, VOICE in Sri Lanka. 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It the flight characteristics of the Yak-130 maintaining mutually can be handled by entry-level pilots in order to emulate various aircraft beneficial cooperation with and ensures high flight safety. The types. Fthe Asian-Pacific countries. It is also plane is most suited for operations in The Yak-130 is suitable for handling a long-standing exhibitor at the LIMA difficult climatic conditions and can be both flight personnel training and shows, which became since 1991 an used from small unprepared airfields, combat missions. According to many authoritative exhibition of the global up to take-off and landing on unpaved experts, as a combat aircraft, the Yak- level. runways. 130 has a high potential when used in Among the best models of Russian Equipping the Yak-130 with two low-intensity conflicts as a light ground- aircraft exhibited at LIMA 2015, the engines and multiple redundant attack plane. Yak-130 combat trainer deserves very major aircraft systems ensures high To accomplish combat missions, special attention. flight safety. This is particularly the aircraft can carry up to 3000 significant when training young pilots As is known, the Yak-130 was selected kg of various weapons placed on 9 and building their confidence in the as the main aircraft for basic and hardpoints. The Yak-130 can also carry reliability of hardware, its ability to advanced training of Russian Air Force extra fuel tanks and ECM containers. successfully accomplish the flight in the pilots. Russia’s partners in military- most complex emergency situations. To hone combat use skills, the technical cooperation, too, have long plane simulates all stages of weapon been interested in it. The Yak-130 uses a “glass cockpit”, employment that enables a realistic which provides the trainee with The reason is simple – the Yak-130 combat mission accomplishment the information necessary for flight is one of the best training/combat without using real-world weapons. preparation, flying, checking aircraft training aircraft in the world, which systems, handling equipment failures, The excellent performance makes this has embodied the recent insights and and choosing a route and flight profile. aircraft the best training aircraft ever for achievements of Russian aviation basic and advanced training. It is for science and cutting-edge technology. An integrated digital fly-by-wire control this reason that the Yak-130 enjoys high VOICE system installed on the aircraft performs It was developed for the Russian Air demand globally. Not every country in the functions of automatic flight control AVIATION Force to implement the state-of-the-art the world can offer such a superb and and flight safety support systems. The training methods for fourth- and fifth- versatile aircraft as the Yak-130 but 12 reprogramming mode provided for by generation aircraft pilots. Russia can. aviationvoiceblog.blogspot.com www.aviationvoice.lk www.facebook.com/AviationVoice VOICE AVIATION 13 aviationvoiceblog.blogspot.com www.aviationvoice.lk www.facebook.com/AviationVoice Aircraft Marshalling By: Banuka Sachintha ircraft marshalling referst to the visual communication between ground personnel and pilots in order to lead an aircraftA to the correct parking position at an airport or aerodrome. Marshalling is important because many pilots have limited vision both of the aircraft and of ground obstacles from the cockpit. Hold position/stand by Normal stop The marshaller, thus, guides the pilot to Fully extend arms and wands downwards Fully extend arms and wands at a the parking position in a safe manner. at a 45- degree angle to sides. Hold position 90-degree angle to sides and slowly move Marshalling is also used for preparing until aircraft is clear for next manoeuvre. to above head until wands cross. the aircraft for departure as well. Aircraft marshalling is mainly done using visual communication through body signals.