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Mount Kinabalu Climb via Ferrata 9-10th May 2011

We organised a trip to Sabah recently to climb up Mount Kinabalu and down via the highest ferrata route in the world. The objective was to inject some fun amongst the members and to proudly fly our association’s flag at the highest peak in South East Asia. The expedition was successful and we had a great time doing it together with several other climbers from Kuching, KL and also from other countries such as New […]

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Aerospace Adventure Workshops & Bernam River Fly-in

I recently gave a talk to the pupils of SJKC Sungai Buloh, Selangor to promote our aerospace adventure workshops catered for schoolchildren. The first workshop was successfully conducted last Friday on the 11th of June 2010 followed by our involvement with the Bernam River Fly-in which was held at the Bernam River Airfield the following day on the 12th of June 2010. It was a great double event for us and do look out for

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Bernam River Fly-in (Saturday 12th June 2010)

Aerobatic Display’s, Hot Air Balloon, Air Race, Flying Competitions, Paramotors, Radio Controlled Models, Clasic Cars, Rally Demo, Astonomy, Swimming, Fishing, Dune Buggies, Pleasure Flights, F&B.. what more could you ask for? Don’t foget This Saturday Gates Open 9am! Check out the website and register at www.bernamriver.com 08:30 – 17:30 Airfield open for Arrivals09:30 – 19:00 Dune Buggy Rides09:30 – 09:45 Aerobatic Display09:30 – 11:30 Pleasure Flights11:00 – 11:30 Pilot Briefing for Air Race11:30 – 11:45

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And just like that…It blasted off into space!!!

This morning the sky was clear and temperature perfectly nice and warm. Let’s just say something felt right about today when a huge Kennedy Space Center (KSC) bus arrived in our hotel. The journey took a while before entering KSC in Cape Canaveral and we proceeded towards our final destination the OSB II Building just opposite the Vehicle Assembly Building painted with a huge NASA logo and an American flag. Inside OSB II Dr. Sheikh

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Space shuttle Atlantis gears up for final launch

The space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Friday on the last mission of its 25-year career, taking astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) one last time before becoming a museum piece. The 32nd and final voyage for Atlantis, which first launched in 1985, will take six astronauts to the orbiting space research facility, delivering an integrated cargo carrier and a Russian-built mini research module. Lift-off is scheduled for 2:20pm (Malaysia 2:20am) from Kennedy Space Center

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Finally in Florida

We finally arrived in Orlando, Florida this evening and made our way down to the town of Melbourne (very near Kennedy Space Center) before retiring in for the night. We’re looking forward to an eventful day tomorrow, which will look something like this: 11:15amArrive OSB II (KSC) 12:00 noonAdministrator’s Briefing Master of Ceremonies Miguel Rodriguez, Deputy Director, Engineering DirectorateNational Anthem Suzy Cunningham, Advanced Planning OfficeWelcome Robert Cabana, Director Kennedy Space CenterRemarksAnatoly Perminov, Chief Russian Federal

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