Barnstormer's Briegleb BG-12 For Sale (also advertised on WandW)

Around 1975, Jerry Nedower flew his 3rd diamond in a BG-12/16. I
believe his flight was; Minden, Independance, Hawthorne. I tried the
same flight in my Duster, but landed at the north end of the Whites at
Nicholes ranch. As I waited for my crew, I came up with the 'big plan'
to use the Whites as much as possible. The next week I declared a road
intersection on the east side of Owens lake that allowad me to fly the
Whites twice. It worked and I got my diamond distance with a landing
at Janies Ranch (a house of ill repute) just off highway 6 on the
north end of the Owens Valley. I used the same strategy when planning
my 1000K flight out of Minden, except this time I used the Whites 4
times! Minden to Seragordo Mine to Schuez to USAF Radar with a planned
landing at Bishop. I worked and the LS-7 did itself proud.
JJ

cursingcomputers wrote:

The "guy" who got all his diamonds in the Duster is, if I remember
correctly, the over modest JJ Sinclair


To Matt in Ames: I have to admit, I laughed mighty hard when I read
that! And here's me naively saying 'you know there was this guy who
did 2 Diamonds in a BG-12.' They probably flew over the same ground
and knew each other personally as well. I've read several JJSinclair
posts in various forums, and have made a guess that he's got a barn
full of enough parts to build several planes, but I didn't know the
name in connection to the Soaring article. I haven't had the pleasure
of reading that particular one. I have read about the "Cherokee Kid"
though. He has stories of flying his plane I think on his flying
club's website......Just found the link in my Bookmarks. Is that your
club as well?



As to the BG-12 group, I somehow missed its existence for quite a long
time and had just joined the day of or the day before the original
post in this thread. I'll try to email you.

Well more in the "buyer beware" learning experience; I got word from
some other people. Looks like the plane I "bought" really didn't
belong to either of the people selling it. Lukasz Barowicz by all
accounts has never owned any aircraft and he doesn't seem to know what
the N-number was on the plane he was allegedly selling. It certainly
wasn't built by him, and there is only one BG-12BD in FAA records in
NY. (Also not built by its present owner.)