Hello Frank,
After recently watching some YouTube vlogs of people’s adventures with their ultralights, its rekindled my fascination for the sport and especially the venerable Drifter. I was fortunate to go for a fly with you probably now a couple of decades ago.
My then wife was keen for a flight but unfortunately she was too light for the front seat and after an abbreviated circuit, was back on the ground saying she felt naked sitting on a pole up that high! It was fortunate for me because I went up and used her remaining time and had a fascinating flight. We were even lucky enough to get a good look at some migrating humpbacks out from Russell Heads! My youngest son also went flying with you and later went on to make a career in aviation.
After thoughts that kept randomly popping into my head of maybe getting my hands on my own Drifter, I searched the Internet for any instructors that were still doing training on the type. Unfortunately it seems that the flying schools that are operating in FNQ use mainly Jabiru’s and Gazelle’s which was not really what I had in mind.
After stumbling onto this website, I was pleased to find that you were still a very active flyer up this way. As I live about 20 minutes drive north of you, I’m hoping that I can catch up with you for a chat about all things Drifter when you have some spare time and maybe get to look at your machine once again in the flesh after all these years....
Best Regards....Kev
