Who is WOA?
A General Aviation Social Network with interactive tools and utilities that allows pilots and enthusiasts to interact and share resources and experiences regularly in a boundaryless manner regardless of culture or geography. Hence, building a most engaged GA community by engaging fellow aviators to share personal views, stories and advice with each other
Membership is FREE!
publish editorials to inform, connect & inspire interest in GA
promote camaraderie among general aviation enthusiasts (pilots, aircraft owners, flying clubs, and enthusiasts),
spread the passion and promote awareness for general aviation in Asia.
We organize events professionally & objectively in collaboration with ANY clubs and organizations via
a dedicated and synergized team of professionals with aviation, corporate & entrepreneur experience. What is General Aviation? - All civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services and non-scheduled air transport operations for remuneration or hire. This implies all aircrafts from light single engines to private jets, sports & experimental aircrafts, rotocrafts, helicopters and airsports such as para-gliding, ultralights, gliders etc.
We are NOT!
We do NOT provide flight training and we are NOT a flight training organization!
We are NOT a special, closed or formal group of people, just passionate aviators coming together.
We are NOT just pilots, among us are enthusiasts who simply enjoys a private aviation lifestyle.
You can be part of our contributor team and ambassadors anytime!
Our administrative head office is in Singapore, however our activities and footprints can be found all over Asia because we travel and fly frequently to various General Aviation watering holes.
Core Team
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People behind WingsOverAsia.com WingsOverasia.com is run on passion for flying. The people behind WingsOverAsia are private/general aviation pilots and aviation enthusiasts with a passion to share and promote the awareness of general aviation in Asia; and spur more adventures and pursuits. If you think you like to join the team, email Us! |
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Meng (Group Editor & WebMaster) Commercial pilot. Business owner - project/process management consultancy for multi-national companies. (Contact me in English or Chinese. Emails/letters in Thai, Malay, Japanese, Korean or German can be accepted and I'll seek the help of my multi-cultured aviation friends to translate. Language should not be a barrier!) |
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Jules Julasak (Editor - Thailand) A successful Thai entrepreneur (Tropical Beverage Company), Jules' fascination for flying literally flows in his blood. Jules' late grandfather was the Thailand agent in the 50s-60s for Lockheed, McDonell Douglas, Grumman as well as the GSA for Pan-Am in the Far East. His father flew De Havilland Chipmunks while in the Army. His own first ever flying lesson was in 1991 in a Robinson R22, he has since progressed to fixed wing and owned a Mooney and Robinson R44. He fuels his passion as our Thai editor based in Bangkok. |
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Sivakumar S. (Marketing & Events Lead) Sivakumar is a professional airline and air transport pilot with many years of General Aviation experience. Having progressed over the years from light planes to charters to commercial heavy jet; Siva's heart and passion remains with GA and actively participates and supports GA activities including light sports aircrafts. |
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WingsOverAsia Flight Ambassadors Markus Walter - Aerobatic Airshow Pilot Andreas Horntrich (aka Andi) - Aerobatic Airshow Pilot Meng - Support Pilot |
Contributors
We're always on the lookout for freelance editorial writers from various Asia countries (including local language articles). Interested? Drop us an email!
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Bee Chu Diong (WOA Editorial Writer) Diong (as she likes to be call herself) is a logistics professional in real life on the ground in Singapore. The rest of the time, she is on Cloud9, either literally, flying with likeminded friends; or mentally, planning and plotting to make the next trip happen! To her, the hard-earned Private Pilot’s License signified the beginning of many more epic flying adventures to come! |
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Edwin Lim (WOA Editorial Writer) Edwin Lim is a journalist by training but chose to indulge his love for aviation by working in the Singapore aviation industry. Passionate about flying and all things aviation since childhood, he took his first flight in a Piper Tomahawk in Western Australia. Six years and two continents later, Edwin counts his crowning achievement as finally being awarded his Private Pilot's Licence! |
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Adrian Collard (Contributor) Adrian Collard is VP of Regional Marketing for MasterCard Worldwide based in Singapore and a Private Pilot. Half Indonesian and half English, Adrian grew up on the remote island of Tarakan in Kalimantan. While in Tarakan, he picked up Bahasa (fluent) as well as the GA flying bug. Theerafter, he spent 12 years in Singapore before going to the UK and the US. Based back in Asia, Adrian is also a part-time instructor at Flight Experience, Asia's first publically accessible 737 simulator. He's a firm believer that GA in Asia can be just as strong as in the US. |
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Jose Mari C. Roa (Contributor) Capt Jose Mari C. Roa, an experienced pilot and aviation enthusiast from the Philippines. Mr Roa regularly contribute articles on activities in Philippines as well as adventurous personal stories from his own flying ranging from light twins to jets to twin turbine helicopters. Mr Roa owns Air Ads, Inc. (AAI), a company which pioneered aerial advertising to the Philippines and is also an accomplished flight charter and GA services provider in the region. His seasoned aviation experience both as a pilot and a GA services provider dates many years through the ups and downs of the local economy. |
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Rod Leonard (Contributor) Capt Rod learned to fly after leaving high school in April 1967. After obtaining his PPL, he worked on his family sugarcane farm for years before managing a loan to pursue a CPL in 1974. Thereafter he tried to get a full-time flying but was fruitless, so he proceeded to apply for and received his Air Operator’s Certificate on 7th Dec 1974. And off he headed, to set the charter world on fire! Since then, he progressed through several aircrafts type until his present machine, Navajo VH-WHE. Capt Rod has flown charters all over northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and SE Asia; clocked over 13000 hours. |
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Vikram Hora (Forum Moderator) Vikram is a new addition to the regional aviation scene, having recently completed his PPL. He regularly takes to the skies in his Cirrus SR22 G3, exploring the airports of Malaysia and beyond. Working towards his instrument rating and improving his flight proficiency, Vikram is a huge proponent for expanding GA in the region and enjoys meeting aviation enthusiasts and fellow pilots. You can find him operating out of Seletar and if you see him, be sure to stop and say hello. |
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WingsOverAsia.com recognises also the contributions of ad-hoc contributors and their name appears as credits to the individual articles. |
Project Officers
Our regular and notable (and noble of course!) volunteers who leads events and initiatives towards building camaradarie among aviators and generating awareness of general and private aviation in Asia.
Info coming
Info coming
Women's Network
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WingsOverAsia.com Women's Network There are many women in Asia passionate about private aviation as well. However, due to the traditionally male-predominant environment, women who dream of flying seldom talk to other females about it whereas those who does embark on flying seldom engage other females in a conversation about it because they often step into a male-dominated environment when they fly. WingsOverAsia.com's network of the fairer sex aims to change that and inspire more women to embark and fulfilling their aspirations of private aviation as well. If you think you like to join the team, Email Us! |
More info to come....
