The old Sungai Besi airport is a sight that most of us are used to when driving down the Sg Besi Highway towards KL.

Every once in awhile, I wonder : ‘How is the view like from the other side of the fence?’

That’s when traffic is good.

When it’s not, all I can think of is ‘how much longer am I gonna be stuck here?’  The airport is usually the last thing on my mind!

Last weekend, I was given the chance to check out the other side of the fence. And that happened in the most interesting way, thanks to a special invite from @Meiyingt.

This is Reuben Lim.

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Reuben is a certified pilot, with no less than 300 hours of flight time under his belt. (Sorry lah Reubs, I can’t find any other pic of you..all I can find in your Facebook are planes, planes and more planes lol).

The service offered by Reuben is a fairly unique one. It’s called ‘KL by Air’, and offers the public flights around greater KL area.

It means he’ll load you into one of his Cesna planes: IMG_6135ab IMG_6196ab

…And take you for a 45 minute joy ride around KL area. It’s perfect if you’re bored of burning Ron 95 in your car, and wanna go baller and burn jet fuel instead. Petrolheads, rejoice!

Group shot of @Mynjayz, me, @Missycheerio, @Marc_ky, Reuben, @Haniehidayah and @Esther_N. 7 gila kia that would bring ourselves to wake up at 6 on a Sunday morning. (Man, I don’t even wake up that early on weekdays).

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I personally try out quite a lot of stuff, but this is definitely one of the most memorable ones. Reason : Reuben may look like a nice guy, but in the air, he’s a devil in disguise.

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Here’s why. We had 2 flight choices : One was the idyllic Sunday-morning-glide-through-the-air ride.

The other was the not-so-idyllic one that includes a mix of spins, twists and rolls. I’m good at roller coasters, so I said ‘Of course go for the tricked-out ride lah, normal rides will be like Airasia flight only whut!’

Turns out that I wasn’t THAT good at roller coasters after all. Here’s a video so you know exactly what I’m talking about. (must watch! :) )

Thanks @meiyingt (and Grace.C) for the invite ;)   Check out more pics taken here.

If you’d like more info on how you can be part of this, email Reuben at le.aviateur@gmail.com or drop by KL-by-Air’s FB page :)

Cheers!
EVo