User:Jabley

A citizen of the Commonwealth, Joe has variously lived in New Zealand and the UK and currently finds himself inexplicably in [small-town Canada], a strange outcome that he hopes one day to remedy. Joe owns and flies AG-5B C-FBLY out of [CYXU]. The flying in that part of the world is at least very good.

C-FBLY is a 1992 Grumman Tiger that was originally imported to Canada from the US by Roger Nickel in Kamloops, BC. The distinctive paint job is all his, as is the meticulous attention to detail in the aircraft's documentation and general state of health. Joe bought C-FBLY from Roger in January 2017 and flew it back across the country to Ontario in two days of mysteriously compliant weather with Andrew Barr, who at that time was a flight instructor at the [St Thomas Flight Centre] at [CYQS]. Andrew has since disappeared off to Manitoba to fly for a northern airline.

C-FBLY spent the end of 2017 having her panel completely replaced using exciting modern components that are constructed apparently completely out of money. At the time of writing (January 2018) that financial adventure is coming to an end, and flight testing is expected to start any week now. Once the haemorrhage of money has stopped, she should be thoroughly modernised with [twin Garmin G5s], a [JPI EDM900 primary engine instrument], [Avidyne IFD550/440 stack] with matching [AMX240 audio panel] and [AXP322 remote transponder], [Guardian Avionics smartLink 650 Flight Data Recorder], [Spidertracks Spider 6], and no doubt other things that I would remember if I dared look at the invoices.

For my next trick I shall complete my Instrument Rating and Commercial Pilots Licence, which together will make the amount of money I just spent on the panel look very slightly less ridiculous.

C-FBLY is lovingly maintained by the experts at [Purple Hill Air] and [Tailwind Aviation].