TRAINEES from Basic Aviation Youth Training Course 10 and Advanced Aviation Youth Training Course 9, after completing competitions at their respective training camps, carried out flight exercises today aboard aircraft and helicopters from the Air Force pilot training school at the local air base in Nay Pyi Taw.
Firstly, trainees, administrative instructors, and teachers arrived at the local air base in Nay Pyi Taw this morning, where they were welcomed by officials. Before boarding and flying, they underwent general health checks and received prior instruction on safety procedures and rules to be followed during flight.
Following this, a total of 24 trainees took part in practical flight exercises. These included six trainees who achieved first, second and third places from the two Advanced Aviation Youth Training Camps in Northern Myanmar and Southern Myanmar, as well as 18 first-place trainees from 18 Basic Aviation Youth Training Camps, including Yangon, Mawlamyine, Myitkyina, Namsan, Taunggyi, Toungoo, Loikaw, Myeik, Magway, Monywa, Homalin, Pathein, Meiktila, Nay Pyi Taw, Kengtung, Pyay, Mandalay and Coco Island. These trainees carried out practical flights in training aircraft, while 18 second-place trainees from the Basic Aviation Youth Training Camps undertook practical flights in training helicopters.
During the training flights, aviation youth trainees, together with their instructors, carried out walk-around checks, engine starting, hovering, taxiing, take-off, climbing and turning, cruising, descending and turning, and approach and landing procedures.
In addition, to gain practical flying experience, trainees and teachers also participated in flights aboard Tatmadaw (Air) transport aircraft. — MNA/ MKKS
