drifter_driver

hello greg, I am keen to know the actual performace specs(rate of climb,handling compared to 503 drifters,any noticable backswing due to heavier engineetc)of your 912 drifter. cheers sunny

Some photos of my Drifter doing low passes at The Oaks airfield. In photos one and two, anxious Wally is seen clutching his hands tightly on to the airframe holding on to his dear life. High res available.(Original photosaround 1.24 to 1.71 Mb jpeg files)

Thanks David, I am usually on the field on saturdays and if you do happen to come one of the weekends please do say hello. Drifter is hangered in 2nd hanger as you drive towards club/flying school.

http://www.recreationalflying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=567

hello folks just introducing myself, I am Sunny and I fly from The Oaks airfield (Sydney) usually every weekend and been flying for 8 yrs now. I normally fly my Drifter christened "BIRD" (Wire braced with Rotax 503) but occasionally also fly Jabiru`s, Lightwing, Quicksilver and Bantom for a bit of variety. Though I am new to the forum I believe my mate Darren Masters (who also flies from the oaks) has already posted some material of us flying around the oaks area in Drifter. My passion for flying started 9 yrs ago when I happened to see a guy doing hanggliding in sydney`s northern beaches area. As I watched this guy riding the coastal lift going back and forth and then land on the beach I felt something inside me come alive which I have never felt before. I learned to fly the hang gliders from Lee Scott of High adventure airpark. Hang gliding was great fun but very weather dependent (not to mention 1.5 hrs drive to stanwell) so went to fly GA aircraft for short period which was too expensive and full of officialdom and then went to AUF (now RAAus) and have never looked back ever since. though I dont do much hanggliding these days but still has Moyes Delta XT165 glider with sails still crisp and great colour scheme.(any buyers, wannabe hangies out there??). I learnt to fly in jabiru aircraft in Daves flying school (then called ultralight aviators flight training and run by Noel(CFI), Dave was flight instructor at that time) and then went on to fly different aircraft, Mark George`s Drifter being one of those and I immediately fell in love with Drifter flying. I bought my Drifter about 3 yrs ago and have loved every moment ever since. These days most of my flying happens around the local sydney area and illawarra coast and rest of the day on the airfield are filled with listning to shear exaggerations and outright damn lies of aviation bravado by my fellow aviators and in general bullsh*ting about aviation.