Putting knowledge into practice


Captain Payne (third from left) and Walther (right) conduct a pre-flight briefing for (first and second from left) Muhammad Fakhrul, Tan and (second from right) Hasnor Farah, as flight test engineers.

FLYING at 1,500 feet above ground in a single-engine, four-seat aircraft while experiencing potential flight scenarios, was the most nerve wrecking 60 minutes of Tan Yin Yaw’s life.

Tan and two other coursemates from Universiti Putra Malaysia’s (UPM) Aerospace Engineering course, boarded a Cessna 172 flown by experienced pilots.

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