Timbgy Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Not sure if I,m in the right thread but will try. Sold my C-182 BJL in May 1995 to a sky diving crew from some where in NSW. Its a long shot but just wondering if anyone may have seen the old girl or even jumped out of it. Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 According to the CASA register, it was sold to its present owner in 2010 and should be in Qld. rgmwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbgy Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 Thanks rgmwa, forgot about the register, thats a start, see where we end up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingVizsla Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Here's a photo of it in Redcliffe Qld in 2009 http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BJL.html Sue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbgy Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Had a look at the photo, she's had a paint job and new prop. Bit rough calling it a hack. Thanks Sue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderlay Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 G'day mate, I haven't seen it for years, but I flew it at Cessnock in I think 1997-1999. I spent probably 400 hours or so in her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbgy Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Thanks for the info vanderlay. If my memory is correct BJL only had about 4500 TT when we sold her, not much for a 1969 model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderlay Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 You're welcome. I can't remember the TT when i was flying her, but it was kept fairly busy. It was nothing to do 10-12 meat bombing flights on a Saturday or Sunday. The paint then was the same as in the photo (how about when you had her?) but did look pretty fresh then. It was also fitted with speed brakes, which were magic, it was hardly a challenge to beat the tandems to the ground. It also had an enormously long exhaust which exited somewhere around the trailing edge level (but underneath the fuselage of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damkia Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Kind of like chasing a gnome on its travels across the globe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Timbgy, do you have a pic of what it looked like when you had her? Be cool to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbgy Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Found some of the old girl. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarf007 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 BJL is 'meat bombing' in Hervey Bay this weekend. Wonder where DBP is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunyips Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Hahaha... This plane was in Tully for while as a back up... The nickname (as we have one for each callsign) was Blow Job Lovely. lol ... Was a right dog!! 2003-4 I think. Clients would pay to go to 14k ft but if it made it to 11-12k before you got Hypoxic you were doing well... Oh the memories! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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