DRACO - Giving Back to Aviation - Gift Idea for your Pilot Friend

I'm finally ready to announce what I've decided to do with the wrecked Draco. I am turning it into a PlaneTag, to be used as a reminder to stay safe in aviation, to make better choices. Pick one up for yourself, or someone else you wish to inspire to be better, to be safer.

With that, I've begun the DracoX build, and will have videos coming out over the next months. Until then, I'm releasing a series of the Year of Draco. Videos of the fun I had in Draco before the crash. I'm finally in a place where I am excited to share, and remember the amazing airplane Draco. I'm even more excited to be building DracoX, the return of the Dragon, with 10 major upgrades to Draco! Going to be an amazing airplane!

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[colelmore]

I was one of the lucky people to receive a free first flight from Mike and his team back in the fall of 2022. Though life so far has prevented me from continuing my flight training, I fully intend on getting my pilots license as soon as I am able to devote the time and resources. Thank you again to Mike and his team as well as everyone who has bought merchandise or otherwise contributed to help this project!

[grizzchris]

Mike I’m not a pilot but I absolutely love watching your videos. Can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to see you building another Draco. Good luck Sir. You really made my day.

[jamesbaxter]

You my friend are very lucky to be alive my hats off to you wow what a great person you are and a good pilot

[RandomAndrew]

I'm plently happy just to finally have not just a Wilga in a flight sim but THE ONE AND ONLY DRACO!!!! Telling ya it's a dream, it flies like a dream.. could only imagine how amazing it was to own and fly the real deal.. Thank you Mike for creating this masterpiece changing aviation forever!

[jsjs]

I just watched all Draco videos I could find.
I'm guessing 2-3 hours.
And I loved it all.
What a fantastic airplane.
I now remember why I started following Mike on YT.

[HeatMyShorts]

Mike Patey is an absolute Aviation Legend. Seems like such a genuine man. I'd love to meet him someday.
Draco was the sickest airplane I've ever seen footage of. SO stoked for Draco X

[shoptimewithjason]

the good lord was watching you and your family that day I rember watching the draco videos but that same day he also tout you a positive life lesson glad to see draco x finally coming looking forward to see it fly

[AndresGarcia-wjdl]

Seeing Draco's Oshkosh debut years ago got me into GA, and a photo I took of it has been my phone wallpaper ever since. Glad to have ordered a piece of it for an excellent cause

[kaceesavage]

So pumped about Draco X! I’m glad I got to see the OG at Oshkosh a few years back. And then got to meet you with Scrappy a couple years after that. You’re an inspiration to us all!

[Adriano_leal]

I`ve been flying Draco on MSFS 2024 and it is so much fun

[ThisPartIsAndrew]

I flew the Draco in MSFS for the first time today and my fav feature is the elevator trim control on the stick, super intuitive and confident. Having crazy power is great but controlling it is greater.

[Blaircraft.Engines]

Very excited here as well! Just picked up my tag to hang next to the signed poster of Mike and I in front of Draco at OSH!

[RockwellLifeStyle]

I was able to see Draco and meet Mike at the Mojave fly-in in 2019. That was a great experience. Sad that Draco 1.0 was destroyed, but I'm excited for Draco X.

[AmericaCanAlwaysDoBetter]

I’m super excited about Draco X, and updates about Scrappy, and Turbulence! You’ll never know how much hope this channel has given me, and I just wanted to say thank you.

[Shadowmanners]

We love you Mike! Thank goodness you all are safe.

[jsjs]

Rest In Pieces, Draco 🐉
Long live Draco X. 🐲

[jarrodt]

That’s awesome. I still remember the day I first seen Draco on Trent Palmers Oshkosh trip with the flying cowboys.

[bobninemire]

Was fortunate enough to see Draco at Oshkosh in 2019. What a machine. The X will and should be even better

[christopherlenahan]

I'm glad you get to talk about it....That's all I can say....I lost all my words, as a person that commonly comments paragraphs on almost all of my sub's videos..
-And glad to see you rebuilding the STOL-dragon!

[justinsutton]

Mike, I discovered your videos back when you started building Scrappy, and I enjoy all your videos flying, aviation safety, search and rescue, engineering etc. I was happy to buy a piece of Draco mainly to have such a unique piece of history, but also (and more importantly) to be able to help give back to the aviation community. Thank you for giving us all this opportunity! Looking forward to all your current and future projects!