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Arthur Rei P. Barrera
Ms. Lani Fe F. Advincula
English for Academic and Professional Purposes
9 March 2020
Field Report
A CASE STUDY ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF STUDENT-PILOTS IN FLYING IN AND
OUT OF SUBIC BAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
In order for the student-pilots to properly fly a plane, they had to do different
different set-ups in a
specific plane. According to them, as long as they are seated properly, they have good visibility
of their surroundings, they can easily reach the controls, and their seats are not so stiff then they
can fly the aircraft smoothly.
Lots of obstacles affect the flight of pilot like the environmental
e nvironmental factors, traffic, and others.
Weather is one of the major causes and explicit factor of aviation accidents and incidents. In
unsuitable weather conditions, such as heavy rain and thunderstorms, it is very difficult for a
pilot to fly an aircraft.
The participants mentioned the difficulty of flying over mountains due to the number of
weather phenomena they experience. They have stated that the unevenness of the surfaces results
to winds called mountain breezes. The turbulence experienced by pilots from these ccirculations
irculations is
not significant to themselves, but they can become
b ecome hazardous in combination to other factors like
mountains, valleys, and low visibility.
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Another environmental factor stated is
is tthe
he uneven heating of land beneath the ai
airr the
the pilot is
flying. Uneven heating of surfaces will result to air turbulences that may affect the balance of the
plane. Mountainous terrains or other terrains that have uneven or different altitudes
altitudes will also
result to differences of temperature of surfaces.
In terms of the airport, it already had undergone a lot of changes and improvements. Back
then when the Americans had occupied the Subic Bay as a military base, It definitely supports
planes, but as time pass by longer and larger modern aircraft were introduced. This limits
limits the
capabilities of the airport to operate. Aside from this It is also looks like an aircraft carrier from
above.
To deal with all the diff
difficulties
iculties that
that the participant are
are going to face is har
hard.
d. Being able to
overcome those and still manage to properly
p roperly perform their task is an indication that they are
dedicated and they keep
kee p in mind all the lessons that they learned from their past experiences.
For the student-pilots who are experiencing difficulties would seem to be hard to put into
mind that it is tolerable if they do something incorrectly because
b ecause it implies that it could be both a
lesson and an experience to remember for the student-pilots to properly execute their job. As
stated by one of the Participant
P articipant that even after the flying school, there is still much more to learn,
and they should not stop learning because they still have a lot to experience.
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