I am quite sad to see Cessna 172 laying down stripped in the Royal Brunei Flying Club hanger for several years now. I used to fly her on my flying trips to KK, Miri, Labuan even to Lawas. She was my best business tools in making business trips quick and simple yet very effective and efficient.
When the aircraft still flying, I can make cross border meeting very efficient and effective. Most of the time, I can be more than punctual 
. For instance, if I have to meet the fish supplier in KK, I can simply logged a flight plan a day before the intended flight and fly to KK just after I sent my wife to work. Depart Brunei around 8.30am and arrived KK by 9.30am. Then I can take a taxi ride to the city centre or near the fish landing port and negotiate the fish in question say an hour or two. By 10.45 or 11.00am I will depart for Brunei and landed safely about 12.00 noon, parked he aircraft then drive my way to pick up my wife.
Most of my friends never believe how I did it. Because for them flying for yourself is something most of us can’t do or it will only exclusively available for the VIPs. An airplane is actually a great business tools if you know how to utilise if correctly. Efficient and effective ( I kept saying these, aren’t I?)
Sometime when I need some small equipments or tools in Miri, I just fly the airplane to Miri airport, took a taxi to hardware shops and then be back in time during the day. I do it occasionally after I made a trip to KK. Landed in Brunei and be ready to fly to Miri by 2.00pm. It took only 45 minutes to reach Miri from Brunei with an airplane. I usually arrived just before 3.00pm in Miri and flew back to Brunei by 4.00pm. By about 5.00pm you will be able to spot a small airplane approaching on landing for Runway 03 near Batu Bersurat shopping complex.
But now everything is history. No CFI, insufficient fund to buy the aircraft insurance to make it airworthy. To make it flying again, the club will need not less than $25,000.
hellu bang mukhriz (=
need an IT assistant in the mear future? count me in! i can do automate your bussiness .heheheheheh
hi qamaruzzz. sure sure no problem. i’ll slot a position for IT expertise. afterall, m not so good in ICT.
by the time i graduate . mudah mudahan by that time your business is a success.
since Brunei’s graduates bnyk un-employed. i chose this stream cause alot of businesses needs automation, now brunei balum lagi beupgrade, in college,we were taught using databases,queries, databases and building a website. so i hope those skills can be implemented in the near future. insyallah. 
That’s not the Bravo Foxtrot Charlie! That’s an imposter!! I should’ve taken pictures of BFC when I was still there…
Imposter? hehe. Thousand apologies for the misunderstanding. Previously, the Mrs. yang pandai2 inserted the fake image and so let me show you the real thing. The above photo was taken in 1997. The present Foxtrot Charlie is 172M but the above image was 172N. Hope that clarifies everything
oh oh. i am very very sorry for making such mistakes. its my fault. i have abused the access privileges!! ehehehe. Good day hubby! Lets go eat gold rush at swensens ya?
oh btw, come to think of it, how come you never bring me flying? :p haha never mind. i don’t trust small planes. lol. Perhaps i am slightly an Aviatophobia but for sure i am an Acrophobia.
yep that’s the one
I think when I was flying they were still using the 172N. That was in 2001 if I remember correctly
The Mrs, it’s fine. At least you knew what a Cessna looks like