Drifter Photos please!

[Guest driftergirl]

A big hello to everyone!

 

I have only just discovered this site, registered today and this is my first post!

 

I am anenthusiastplanning to start a website for the Drifter and I'm looking for photos that I can use in the gallery.

 

Please e-mail me at [email protected] if you can help me withphotosof Drifters or photostakenfromDrifters. Basically anygood qualityphoto that encaptures the joy of owning or flying such a wonderful aircraft.

 

Thanks DG. driftergirl

 

 

[Guest Juliette Lima]

Hello Belinda and welcome,

 

There is something special about owning and flying the delightful Drifter, especially in a nice environment.

 

There are some great shots from Drifters throughout the forums on this site, checkout trips,....photo comp.,...Drifter for sale etc.

 

Are you associated with or aware of the proposed Drifter manufacturing project in your home town? If so ,when will they be up and running?

 

There seems to be a big gap in recreational aviation for affordable safe good fun aircraft.

 

Best of luck with your site.

 

JL

 

 

[greggf]

Hi DrifterGirl, I have literally hundreds of photos of, and from Drifters. I own the Drifter 912 featured in the Drifter forum (which is for sale but I'm in no hurry).

 

Happy to squirt you some pics. Keep an eye on your email.

 

Cheers

 

Gregg

 

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Driftergirl, you are more than welcome to use my pics also in the trips section. I am sure I have quite a few on there. Also, you may use the ones off my website.

 

 

[facthunter]

Keep these aircraft alive. The only A/C that has a better view would be a thing called a BREEZEY, (have I spelled it right?) I reckon they are a real classic in the true sense of the word . (The Drifter I mean) N...

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Breezy yes. Here is a pic of one. Looks like alot of fun!

 

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Ha ha ha. I often look like that in the back of the Drifter in turbulence. When you think about it flying in a Jab or another aircraft versus the Drifter there is only a couple of mm of material between you and the earth below. Very famous words by my great Drifter Driver mate Sunny:)

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

This may be the Breezy you are thinking of. Designed by Charles Roloff, Carl Unger and bob Liposky in 1965. Powered by a Continental C90.. PA14/18 or J3/4 wings can be used. Plans are still available.

 

OZ

 

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

"Famous Words" Ron Wheeler once described these types of designs as.. "Going into a fight, leading with your chin" Ron apparently was a pretty good boxer in his 'prime'. so he should know :big_grin:

 

 

[facthunter]

Thanks OZZIE. Thats the one! The only one I ever saw was near you, being built by Lance Fletcher, One of the long-term engineers at RNAC at Rutherford,( west maitland) Maybe you know of it? I would imagine that it would present quite a challenge to fly as there is nothing in front of you to get any idea of the aircraft's attitude. Incidently ,not all C-90's will work as pushers, if you want to build one Nev...

 

 

[Guest Juliette Lima]

Hi facthunter,

 

I wonder if that is the Breezy flying from Lismore Airport...if so, it is based in a hangar oppisite Wayne Fisher's Spectrum Aviation.

 

The guys from Teckair who do the Natfly DVD's for resale recently released a DVD featuring the Breezy doing a full circuit and some upper air work.....nice viewing.

 

Perhaps an aerial mounted at the nose end of the aircraft with a peice of wool attached at the top would take care of both attitude and co-ordination....I find it much more accurate than instruments.Glider pilots do the same.

 

Cheers

 

JL

 

 

[facthunter]

Yes it would. You get slip, angle of attack from such a simple source ,but that would be cheating in this instance, wouldn't it? We do need to keep some challenges in life. It would probably have the sideslipping characteristics of a Wright Flyer,as well. I distinctly remember thinking that you would have a unique feeling of the sky around you & no security. I'm not sure if all pilots would cope with it easily I'd like to hear from someone with first-hand experience of flying it,....Thanks JL, Nev...

 

 

[Guest Juliette Lima]

Hi facthunter

 

Challange for sure....'No security' could that bethe ultimate freedom ????

 

Thanks

 

JL

 

 

[greggf]

It's all a progression, isn't it.

 

Stepping out of the Mack Truck (C-172) into a Texan, then into a Foxbat, then the Drifter, then Breezy. Next stop paragliding.

 

As far as instruments go, 6 inches of wool is enough for me. The wind in my face tells me all I need to know about airspeed. The wool tells me about alpha and slip.

 

Altitude and location I can find by looking down.

 

Who needs more?

 

greggf

 

 

[boleropilot]

g'day all,

 

reading all the above posts i was wondering when someone was going to mention paragliding

 

i had well over 100 flights logged b4 my 'encounter with a mountain' and i have to say i miss being up there with the birds every single day

 

speaking of birds, i have shared a thermal with a huge wedge-tailed eagle, one of my most memorable flights - flying a paraglider is like relaxing in a reclining armchair in the air, at five thousand feet you feel like you're superman (until you look up and see the canopy)

 

plan is to do my training then buy a drifter by the end of '07 - have already had a TIF in one and enjoyed every nanosecond - BIG bonus is my home airfield is Boonah, so the scenery is magnificent, just perfect for a drifter

 

sounds funny, but for me, the drifter is a big step up from what i was flying b4

 

cheers

 

bp

 

 

[drifterdriver]

If you enjoy the wind in your hair its hard not to love the old Drifter. It'd be nice to have another in the area.

 

 

[boleropilot]

fingers crossed, Mr drifterdriver

 

flying training starts first day of spring

 

bp

 

 

[drifterdriver]

Yeah, I don't know if I'm getting old or just feeling the cold but this winter has taken the spring out of my step in the back seat.

 

Nick

 

 

[Guest sypkens]

You are getting old Nick!

 

 

[Guest Sabre]

you should hear the bones creaking when we are flying..lol

 

 

[bilby54]

:hug:Hey Drifter Girl, you still out there?

 

I have a strut braced drifter with a rear pod that is an instructors delight.

 

It was fitted by Ausflight before they closed down and has 2500 hours of training time but looks like new. Drifters are great!

 

B54

 

 

[Guest vanbudo]

Bravo 5 4 would be interested to see picies of your aircraft with the rearpod if you could post it here. cheers

 

 

[bilby54]

Rear Pod Shots

 

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It was raining and could not get the machine out of the hanger.

 

Bilby54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest vanbudo]

What a little Beauty! thanks for the pics. cheers

 

 

[Guest sceadu52jr]

Rear Set Pod

 

Billby54, What does the pod do for rear seat comfort..how much difference compared to open, what other Pluses /and or Negatives are there? I yours the only one with this pod or were others made by Austflight? Does the performance &/or handling differ from a std SB Drifter.

 

Regards,

 

Wayne