Thought you guy's might like some of this nostalgia documentation that I recovered from P2-BAM in 1984, when it was delivered to Moree from PNG. I bought it from a Fr Jeromy Flynn for $A6,000 and who offered me a second one at the time (P2-BAF) for a bulk deal of $10,000. I said to him "What in the hell would I want with 2 of them !" or something to that effect.
Anyone know Mr Vincent ?
In picture is Dick Rye and Murray Masling (?) from Canberra.
This is what BAM became ... VH-JBM in Cairns 1986.
My wife Kathy, daughters Alison and Jenice (in aircraft), 25 years ago !
The whole purchase, ferry, resto + new avionics fit out and upholstery etc cost approx $33,000 in 1984. I flew some 6,000 hours in her and when sold 6 years later, it fetched approx $100k.
JBM was sold in 1990 to make way for a C310Q VH-NFE due to extensive demands for night flying on company corporate work. JBM went initially to a fisherman on Kangaroo Island and later exported to NZ, where it was registered ZK-JEM and is based at Invercargil, running bush walkers out to Stewart Isl. I saw it a few years ago and the only change to it was large floatation tyres and it had just logged some 10,000 hours TTAF.