Heli, oh helicopter

10 November 2005 – Had an interesting day today. Took a flight on a helicopter as part of my work. 1st time on a heli, and 1st time for work! The heli is new, just arrived from France about 3 days ago. They flew the heli from France to Malaysia over 14 days with various stopovers. It’s the “Super Puma AS 332L2” which costs about RM70 mil. Financiers to the company were invited to view the latest asset acquisition, and were later given a ride in the heli, and treated to lunch.

Have always thought that the seating capacity was limited on a heli, but surprisingly, this one could seat about 20pax. We went from Subang Terminal 3, flying over PJ to KL area. Circled KLCC, proceeded to Kajang area, and then to Putrajaya, before heading back to Subang. Apparently, air traffic control is quite strict. Two trips were made for the “joy ride”. Luckily, I was on the 1st trip, and we managed to see Putrajaya, but the 2nd trip was not given entry to Putrajaya for some reason or another. Air traffic controlled via KLIA.


The day was sort of hazy, but view was still quite good. It’s different compared to viewing from a plane, as the heli could fly lower, so it was a better view.

The take off was smooth, sort of lifted off the ground a couple of meters, and then moved forward and proceeded to take off like an aeroplane while airborne. Cool! It was hot in the heli and kind of noisy. Landing was smooth too. Almost didn’t feel it at all. Enjoyed the view a lot. Quite an experience.


Attaching some pics as samples, the bluish colour is due to the heli’s window colour I think. Still, quite a view! Will attach more pics later.

Menara Maybank! One of the more prominent landmarks in KL. Took a few other shots of Menara Maybank, and will upload later. Taking quite a while to do on my home PC.

KLCC and the KL Tower. We went much much closer to the twin towers and the KL Tower, and managed to get some more shots. But these are just some teasers. :)