Plane Touches Down At Akwa Ibom For 1st Time! (video)

whoever is sad needs to go jump into the deepest lagoon- Naija forever.

I could ramble on for hours about the flight sim hobby, The Amaka, but I will restrain myself and just point out that Microsoft Flight Simulator can only be considered a game if the user decides not to invest in one or more of the ultra-realistic addon aircraft from PMDG or Level D.  Those software packages are in fact used for a considerable amount of the type-rating proficiency training undergone by real airline pilots in at least one Israeli airline that I know of.

If you invest in only ONE aircraft addon for Microsoft Flight 2004, then without doubt, that product MUST be the Level D 767-300ER from Level D, in the link below.   Finally, a computer keyboard simply doesn't cut it as a flight control approximation.  You MUST have a flight yoke and rudder pedals as a bare minimum, and if you can afford it, a throttle quadrant.  With those controls, you will train your reflexes to reach for the same point in space to manipulate the aircraft flight controls, as you would if you were seated in the captain's chairt of a real cockpit.


http://www.leveldsim.com/sevensix_home.asp      The crown jewel of home flight simulation aircraft.

and whats the hype on the 767?
that aircraft is alright for me.
im still a big fan of the 777 and the 747 right behind it.

so what is your take on Airbus? MD? DC?
i say "booooo!" to the rest besides Boeing. lol

Microsoft Flight Simulator is dead cheap at $15.   The Level D 767 costs far more, but is worth every penny at $90 or so.

You can make your flights as short as you want, and I typically choose to fly final approaches and landings, restarting the flight right after each smooth touchdown.  That way I can rack up hundreds of landings in all weather conditions, till the entire process becomes instinctive.  My favourite airport for sheer difficulty of the approach is the (now disused) Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport, whose final approach requires an extremely sharp right turn into finals that took me weeks to master without crashing.

You are right that the hobby is addictive, but this is a learning experience that translates into real life and a possible career is one so chooses.  There are also numerous on-line vendors of airport ground scenery that are breathlessly realistic.  My favourite sceneries are Zurich Flughafen by Flight Simulation Dream Team, London Heathrow by UK 2000, and the amazing Kai Tak Airport and Hong Kong Harbor, sold by Fly Tampa.

Regarding the 777, there is currently NO highly detailed and realistic 777 addon for home flight simulators currently available.  The 777's on sale are not accurate renditions of real life by any stretch of the imagination.

Get started and  take to the virtual skies.   You'll be glad you did.  

Many who have made negative comments about the airport miss the point. About 80% of Calabar airport patronage is from Akwa Ibom State. The Uyo airport will give them a fair alternative to going to Calabar on a terrible federal road (yes, federal. It is Abuja's responsibility to fix that road - and it takes three to four hours to travel the 80 odd kilometers to get to Calabar, depending on weather conditions, not counting the threat of armed robbery). I am writing from experience. Building the airport is one of the more forward-thinking things that the past and current administration in the state have done. Moreover, as someone rightly pointed out, it hosts an MRO facility which, hopefully, will help Nigeria(ns) save some money and acquire technical skills.

Are the people right to be happy? Who is to judge? If happiness is seeing an aircraft land and takeoff for the first time and being able to tell the story to one's folk, why not? Perhaps most of those present may never fly, but that does not prevent them from sharing the moment. You need not walk on the moon to be happy it shines!

You guys are fighting over yourself for nothing. It's true it's a little bit late for Akwa Ibom to boast of an airport. The truth is majority of the Akwaibomites are happy over this even though our exethieves have used the project to stuff their pockets with the State's money. Without arik airlines it wouldn't have been a reality because the airport is less than finished. Lets hope it would not be abandoned because of "tied now resources" for second term.

Seun now that these people are insulting my state and Governor you've not reacted. when i post my reply also you will ban me abi??
ok

i don't see why all you guys are condemning them for having an airport. have you ever seen an airport located on a tree. well these guys just got the chance to come down from the trees and see something new. so pls be happy for them. you should be happy they didn't run for their lives when they saw the plane.

Folks, please Have Nigerians ever heard the word LANDSCAPING? The whole environment looks very silly with over grown weeds all over the place. And still have scaffolding materials all over the place.
And typical Nigeria, every single thing had to be a fanfare or a jamboree with traditional dances and uniform match passing. The money spent for the fanfare opening of the airport is likely going to be bigger than the actual project cost.

why not, i have been to london and what we call it is advanced lagos, nothing special, a lot of enemies of progress here, if the akwa ibom people want to build airport, let them, who are u to judge,
also i hope u guys know that Nigeria is larger than U.K, France, Germany, and all western european countries, some of them like belgium and swiss and denmark, Nigeria can swallow them like 4 or 5 times, i am talking of geographic space here, so more airports, not less is good for naija,

good news

This will surely make it easy for people coming to calabar for the international festival that comes up every December in Nigeria. kudos to Nigeria, we will get there.

Akwa Ibom people can be local sometimes!
Is that an airstrip or an airport? D man reporting even claimed the runway is the second(did i hear him say largest or was he supposed to say longest?)largest in africa! Politicians!
God help us

Long live Cross River State  

is anyone else in here an aviation freak like myself?