Thursday, September 12, 2019

First plane ride and Malaysian Singapore Airlines (MSA)

My dad's job requires him to move all over the state of Sarawak. There was this one assignment that needed us to actually fly with an aeroplane to get to the town of Limbang from Kuching. We had to prepare early in the morning , luggage was all packed up ready to go and my mom and brother  was ready too.
Kuching airport ( 1970s) ; was just a 'small airport ' compared to the ones we have now, even the Bukit Berendam Malacca Airport was much bigger by comparison (2019). The airport was being shared by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) and Malaysian Singapore Airlines (MSA).  We took a taxi from where we were staying to the airport. It was super crowded but dad managed to get everything settle before boarding the plane.
I noticed two groups of people there...one going on and the other leaving the airport. A heave of activities going on then.
I was at awe to see planes flying in and out of the airport ( not that busy but still managed to catch a glimpse of at least three planes ( two departing and one landing)
When it was time for us to board ...we were  'ushered; into a waiting area to prepare the boarding activity ( did not understand much about the going ons and procedures then compared to now)
We were allowed and guided onto the tarmac before climbing a flight of stairs up towards the aircraft.
Next thing i remembered i was seated in the plane and was seatbelted to a seat next to the round window ( window seat for me...hahahahaha lucky me) The taking off made my insides pressed really hard downwards , not really discomforting for an excited kid on his very first flight.....
The free meal was great with lots of sweets given to me by the flight attendant. Was not a very long flight perhaps less than two hours when the plane started its decent towards Miri airport.
In Miri, we had to wait again to board a slightly smaller plane ( twin otter aircraft) to Limbang. We were weighed in together with the luggage to make sure we done weight down the plane.
The flight time was not long and no meals was serve just a lunch box given to each passenger before flight.
Limbang airport was small, almost like nobody around but we had my dad's colleague with transport to pick us up and drive us to our quarters 40 km away from the airport.
That was my recollections of my first ( two flights actually in one day)  in an aeroplane . Fun ?  Yes very much so.... 

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