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Old 19th May 2013, 09:40
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Sultan Ismail
 
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Bukit Besi

With reference to post #5, Bukit Besi is a hill (bukit) 3NMs to the South East of the original Kuala Lumpur Airport at Sungai Besi.

It is the reporting point for all routes arriving from the South and East.

I flew past it today and reported to Simpang Tower "North of Bukit Besi, One Thousand Five Hundred Feet", with return "call Downwind 22 for Visual Approach"

The airport and the airport has changed a little bit from your Malaya days, danger now comes from the Petronas Twin Towers and a billboard less than half a wingspan from the runway edge of the 22 threshold. The billboard is about 60 feet high.

For someone into the eighth decade it certainly keeps me awake in the circuit.
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