boleropilot Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 g'day guys my lil WB-582 has settled down nicely at Roadvale (it's a 6nm flight to Boonah) and apart from some minor sorting she is coming along nicely i haven't seen such a thing as a Drifter event so i put it to the members of the Flying Tigers at Boonah today (at the meeting) and they have agreed to host an annual Drifter/Fisher get-together, with moi as the organiser to avoid the hassles associated with a 'fly-in' the event will be run simply as a breakfast for Drifter/Fisher pilots - if you want to make a weekend of it you are welcome to camp overnight, either in the hangar or under the wing inaugral event is set for the first saturday of spring, when all Drifters will be shaking their wings in anticipation of some sweet flying - the date is Saturday 6th September aircraft other than Drifters/Fishers will be awarded temporary Drifter status for the day ;) please spread the word, we want to see as many Drifters and Fishers at Boonah on the day as possible cheers for now cropduster dave alias boleropilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest High Plains Drifter Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 aircraft other than Drifters/Fishers will be awarded temporary Drifter status for the day One of my old Drifters is out Boonah way - does that count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boleropilot Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 oh yeah, no question gonna be a hoot 4 sure cd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boleropilot Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Drifter Get-Together g'day guys little reminder that the inaugral Drifter Breakfast is now only two weeks away, date is Saturday 6th September, at the Flying Tigers clubhouse @ Boonah Airfield, 0800 on all aircraft and Drifter devotees welcome, come along and see the biggest collection of Drifters on the planet (well maybe not this year, but there will be quite a lot - in future years this will be THE Drifter event in Oz) hoping to see youse guys there :big_grin: bp (alias cropduster dave) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimG Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 :sad:Sorry Boleropilot, I was planning to come over for a look in a full bodied Drifter (schools tecnam) but bugger, flying has been cancelled today due wind. Oh well maybe next time. Cheers JimG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boleropilot Posted September 6, 2008 Author Share Posted September 6, 2008 wot a blowout hey JimG no problem m8, even the birds had problems today we watched a magpie trying to make headway at one stage, he stopped flapping for a few seconds and started flying backwards !!!!!!!!! the big wave clouds being generated over the range kept blowing in across the 'field, right up to 1700 hours it was still blowing 20 knots plus and we regularly saw 30+ during the day (i left 455 tied down at the field, couldn't get her home) i actually flew in from Roadvale at 0745 and had a lovely little flight, not long after that it all turned to XXXXe better luck for next year is the plan, in 2009 it will be the last saturday in september look for an article on The Inaugral Drifter Hurricane in the RAA mag soon hope to see ya's all in 2009 !!! bp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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