Drifter Heaven

[shafs64]

that sucks

 

 

[c722352]

 

At last our Ausflight Drifter A582 with its Rotax 80 hp 912 is fully registered. This has been a huge undertaking for the novices we are, or were. the amount of people who encouraged us and assisted us, your help was appreciated many thanks. Also to RAAus in the help they provided. a big thank you. so here it is a factory built modified 912. In the skies near you as long as you live near SE Queensland

 

 

[boleropilot]

hey thanks for the kind words guys, not gonna work for this ex aviator, I've slipped my last surly bonds (as PIC anyway)

 

got home from the hospital, settled in, grabbed a nice bottle of red I had saved by using the air extraction method - poured myself a small glass - took one sip, ah hell, it's gone off - didn't pump it properly?

 

poured myself a glass from a new bottle just as my Hunny started crushing some garlic, and I thought my head had been dunked in a bucket of the stuff - incredibly intense smell of garlic in the kitchen...

 

took a nice big sip of the red wine, yuk, tasted almost exactly the same as the other one - I know my reds, and an old cab sav don't taste like a young shiraz - how could they taste the same? - and then the penny dropped...

 

somewhere in my past I have heard of nerve damage causing major malfunctions of the olfactory senses, particularly taste and smell - throw in some double vision and varying degrees of vertigo on an ongoing basis since the accident and you can see quite clearly where I am situated with this little slip off the deck at this point in time...

 

not all that keen on discussing the matter in all that much detail at the moment - things may improve, but if they do it will be a long time coming - at age 66 I can see the writing on the wall here

 

time to spend some serious hours renovating my retirement present, a beautiful little Renault 16TS, and working on my collection of RC aircraft

 

cheers guys, fly safe

 

BP

 

 

[farri]

G`Day BP, Hope it all improves for you and you can get back in the air as PIC.......All the best.......Frank.

 

 

[Dave Tonks]

hey thanks Frank (and to the other guys who have responded) - much appreciated, I'm feelin' a little fragile here...every positive word helps, believe me

 

smell and taste sensations have improved slightly and most of what I have read tells me to expect that

 

double vision is much the same and is yet to be investigated more thoroughly, vertigo depends on how quick I move around but that alone does not bode well for Drifter flying

 

hell, it don't bode well for RC flying...I know, let's try that first!!! got some real good people lookin' after me and boy do they hate Doctor Google - I just use him for basics and get back to the team for treatment - that should work...

 

as the lead in my favourite movie says - "life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get"

 

 

[kevb]

Hey BP, I wish you all the best and hope that you have a speedy and full recovery, I hate to see anybody have to make changes to their life due to injury, take it steady,recover and you never know what may happen in the future. Drifters are a pretty hard habit to break. The best of luck mate, Kev.

 

 

[Dave Tonks]

well ya know I might change me mind about going on with 0455 - been doing some 'flying' on the sim and it's making me think twice - what sort of world would it be without a Drifter key in me pocket.....

 

all depends on how the nerve 'alterations' pan out - gotta say that it appears to be improving at an exponential rate

 

hey if I can use a word that big I can't be washed out yet!

 

will get down to the batcave this afternoon and play with the new 582 for a bit, that should get the juices flowing

 

might even take a cheeky little glass of Pinot Noir with me to sweeten the moments...

 

cheers for now

 

BP

 

 

[farri]

vertigo depends on how quick I move around

Watch it carefully! Our son, 48 years of age, strong as as an Oxe,had Vestibular Neuritis and the Vertigo was so bad, he was disabled for three months! Could do nothing but wait for it to pass! He was originally told by a specialist, it could take months to heal or never and the damage is permanent.

 

Some info for you.

 

Vestibular neuritis and labyrinthitis - Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

 

Frank.

 

 

[farri]

[ATTACH=full]49832[/ATTACH]At last our Ausflight Drifter A582 with its Rotax 80 hp 912 is fully registered. This has been a huge undertaking for the novices we are, or were. the amount of people who encouraged us and assisted us, your help was appreciated many thanks. Also to RAAus in the help they provided. a big thank you. so here it is a factory built modified 912. In the skies near you as long as you live near SE Queensland

That`s great, well done! ....Is it a one of or will the factory produce them for sale, if so, what is the purchase price expected to be?

 

Frank.

 

 

[c722352]

That`s great, well done! ....Is it a one of or will the factory produce them for sale, if so, what is the purchase price expected to be?Frank.

Its a one of, but it can be done with a bit of knowledge and a lot of patience oh and of course a heap of cash.