VR-BDL as PK-HBM shown on drilling ship Discoverer between Borneo and Sulavesi. Also at Masalembo 1970. Bill Farnell flew it to Singapore from Kuala Trengganu when the 61's arrived with me as crew. We removed the floats, installed wheels, obtained an Indonsian CofA with new reg. Went down the east coast of Sumatra to Palembang and on to Djakarta, wheels off, floats on, and across Java to Surabaja. From there to a small island called Masalembo about halfway to Bandjarmaisan in Borneo where we operated for nine months flying about 1000 hours. After that we went to Duri for a few months before it was shipped to Dubai as VR-BDL. It was an ex-Brunei aircraft purchased when we lost an aircraft off KT.
