One thing I was sure about, after attending the first class was thatin avembsys, unlike in other classroom classes, I cannot limit myself to book level and have to push my thinking power to a level much higher to practical aspects.
The eagerness and excitement about the second session after a week long wait came to an end. The session started with its theme ‘ALMOST RIGHT IS 100% WRONG’, a must followed statement in aviation. In aviation everything is dealt with extreme perfectness from dot to dot. It was very surprising and good to see two of our college lecturers also joined us for this avembsys program. The class started by distributing Candidate Handbooks reflecting the topics and entire schedule of the avembsys program.We were shown the importance of quality control, system reliability and perfection in avionics and how it plays a major role in aerospace sector. To start with the technical part, first on the list was Embedded System to which we were first asked to define it. Following that we were shown a small video and were told to identify the possible embedded systems involved. Moving further we dealt with the various types of missileswhich for me were the most interesting part of the session. Of all the types, the ones that caught my attention were the LASER missiles and the INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC missiles as these were new to me and mainly I was attracted by their technical mechanism imbibed. We also discussed about CRUISE missile, their various methods involved in tracking the target and how they differ from normal missiles. Another interesting part of this topic were the various counter techniques(ECM, electronic counter message)imbibed by the target to prevent from being hit by missiles.
Following next we had a video session. Starting with we were shown some of the hilarious airplane landings. Wow! That was something to be seen and this made my eyes wide opened for some time. Next we discussed one unusual but a correct airplane landing process, the CROSSWIND (CRAB approach) landing, which I was very well able to guess when asked. Moving to the technical parts of an aero plane, we learnt about Computerized Display Unit (on cockpit) consisting of airspeed, attitude, altitude and HSI. Some more videos followed,showing the heroic and unique ditching, of a bird hit US Airways 1549, on Hudson Riverwhose captain, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was ranked second in TIME Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential Heroes and Icons of 2009.Going deep, we learnt the various mechanisms involved in airline sector that makes air travel safe and sound. These mechanisms include ATC (Air Traffic control) system, TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System), TODA and Air Traffic Control Rules and Protocols. At the mere end of the session, one more video was shown showing the breath taking midair crash of two flights, one with TCAS and other without TCAS and discussed its few causes. Everything we discussed in this session was standing by the very theme in aviation ‘Almost Right is 100% Wrong’. The interesting thing of this session was that everything we dealt with was explained in a more practical way rather than running after theoretical definitions.
Afterthe end of each session I try to balance myself, as of what I had before and what I have after the class and find a vast difference between them and with each class this difference would soon be decreased. A scientist once said it very right, ‘’ If u have an apple and your friend has one and both ofyou exchange the apple then both of u end up with one apple each. But in the same way if both of you exchange their ideas then both of you end up with two ideas each’’. Really this is what we are experiencing in avembsys which has created a small infotainment hub where we all share and exchange our ideas to double our ideas.
