- I'm in the Philippines.
I'm in the Alpha Aviation, It's a fine school.
So today, as you see,
I have my pilot uniform,
and I'm gonna go on my first lesson, on a Cessna 172.
So this is Captain Joseph David.
He's gonna take me on a flight today.
- And welcome to Alpha Aviation Group, Philippines.
Today, I will be flying with you, Sam.
And, this is your orientation flight.
And I will show you the surroundings
regarding our flight training route.
One-five miles West of the airdrome
we are going to see a volcano,
and then we will fly over the crater,
it's one of the deadliest volcanoes here in Philippines.
- [Sam] Oh wow, volcano!
- After we passing the volcano, another,
roughly less than a 40 minutes flight heading north.
- [Sam] Uh huh.
- We are going to One Hundred Islands.
We can descend as low as possible for you to enjoy the view.
And after that, flying overhead,
we are going back to the airdrome.
(upbeat music)
So, Sam, just a quick orientation for your aircraft.
Cessna 172, Garmin 1000.
This is your airspeed indicator,
attitude indicator, altimeter, VSI
and then our mini-map.
So this is your flight control.
If you want to roll to the left,
steer to the left.
If you want to go to the right,
steer to the right.
Fly the plane, pitch up, pitch down.
This is your throttle, this is your mixture.
(engine turning over)
(propeller whirring)
(air traffic control talking)
(upbeat electronic music)
(air traffic control speaking foreign language)
(propeller whirring)
(air traffic control speaking foreign language)
- [Sam] Although this was not my first time
flying in a Cessna 172 but I'm still very excited.
Apart from learning the basics,
I also tried to take as many pictures
and video as possible.
This is my first time in the Philippines.
The scenery is so amazing below our Cessna flight.
Captain Joseph explained all the instrument panel,
and let me take control of the flight at cruising level
so I have a good feel of it.
Only 20 minutes after our departure,
we flew over the crater of the deadliest volcano,
Mt Pinatubo, which is an active stratovolcano.
It erupted badly in 1991 and killed over 800 people.
After eruption a lake was formed
at the crater of the volcano.
You can see the massive volcanic ash left underneath.
We continue northbound passing the beautiful shoreline.
Weather was clear.
Perfect flying and sightseeing conditions.
(upbeat electronic music)
In less than 40 minutes we reached
Hundred Island National Park.
We were able to descend just 500 feet above
and flew numerous circuit for me to enjoy
the magnificent scenery below it.
I was really blown away by the beauty of nature.
It was this beautiful from the bird's eye view.
(upbeat chill electronic music)
(propeller whirring)
(air traffic control speaking)
(upbeat chill electronic music)
Hi I'm Sam.
- I'm Karen.
Nice to meet you.
- Karen, nice to meet you.
Oh, there's Captain here.
Hey, hello Captain!
He's very hot.
You want to take his uniform off.
There you go!
Look at him, what's his name?
- Pumba.
Pumba, Pumba, Pumba.
I just personally want to know,
what makes you to become a pilot.
What motivates you?
- Well it was my childhood dream,
and aside from that it's not a typical job for women,
so obviously it's a male-dominated industry,
so I was thinking if men can fly, why can't I?
Also it feeds my adrenaline hunger.
The thrill of flying a plane is just unimaginable.
So you don't get to see the same view twice.
The different horizon and the destinations
that you've been going.
- Do you have any advice to people like me
who's actually thinkina about chasing the pilot's dream?
Do you have anything for aspiring pilots?
- My advice that I can give is
never let anyone hinder to chase your dreams.
It's never too late.
Age doesn't matter, cause I'm not young anymore.
It took me nine years to pursue this career.
I'm a female.
My parents wanted me to become a doctor.
But then again, I don't see myself,
I'm not happy working in a hospital.
So I said, I guess this is time for me
to pursue my aviation dream.
So, here I am now.
I'm almost done with my Cessna training
and then in a few months I'll be an Airbus 320 pilot.
- Welcome to Alpha Aviation Group, Philippines.
This is the IPT Trainer,
Integrated Procedure Trainer.
It is where the students come for the first instance
when they go on training transition to the three.
Uh, twenty.
This one will teach the student how to do the procedures,
minus the motion and minus the visual.
The visual will come in when we go to the next trainer.
- I'm in the Fixed Base A320 Simulator.
So this is the second stage where the student
finish the instrument procedure panel,
they will come here for the fixed motion simulator here.
And with me is Captain Benjamin Gutierrez.
He's actually my instructor today
to learn how to fly the A320,
before we move on to the full motion simulator.
(loud engine roaring)
- [Captain] Use your rudders.
- [Sam] I should use the brakes then.
- [Captain] No, no, not yet.
Use your rudders.
(throttle clicks)
- Alright, we are ready to take off.
(engine roaring)
- [Captain] Don't forget the rudders.
Small adjustment of the rudders.
- Small adjustment.
- [Captain] Yes, smart.
That's good!
Small adjustment!
Don't make big correction.
A little bit to the left.
- [Sam] Little bit to the left.
- [Captain] Just left, okay?
Okay, that's it.
- Okay.
- [Captain] Come on, come on, there.
Let's go the final tour.
(instrument dings)
- [Sam] Okay, autopilot.
- Yeah, in the centre.
- [Captain] Push it down a little bit.
- Push it down a little bit.
(simulator speaking commands)
- [Captain] Now, there.
You understand that?
Not yet.
Maintain, maintain there.
That's it.
Maintain that.
(simulator counting down)
First.
Very good.
The rudder.
Push on the rudder.
- [Sam] Yeah, correcting.
- I think you're going to do okay.
- [Sam] Yeah, thanks for your help.
- You got it.
You got it, huh?
- [Sam] I kind of got it because
I kind of feel a little bit.
Because my action was too big at the beginning.
In closing, Alpha Aviation offers an incredible
18 months pilot training programme from
ground school to Cessna 172 then to A320.
I don't think there's a better training than this.
To be trained in a full flight simulator A320
to become a qualified pilot.
(upbeat electronic music)