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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 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 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 circulations is

not significant to themselves, but they can become hazardous in combination to other factors like

mountains, valleys, and low visibility.

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Another environmental factor stated is the uneven heating of land beneath the air 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 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 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 difficulties that the participant are going to face is hard. Being able to

overcome those and still manage to properly perform their task is an indication that they are

dedicated and they keep 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 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 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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