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Mike Patey has a reputation within the aviation community for being a high-energy pilot who builds awe-inspiring experimental aircraft. Those who have contributed to the millions of views on his ...

Last year, Mike Patey was flying his Wilga 2000 low over ... a relatively large four-seat Polish bush plane designed in the 1960s for STOL aviation uses. Powered by a 260hp Russian-designed ...

[Mike Patey] had made a name for himself by building ... but innovation by people like [Mike] drives aviation forward. [Mike]’s previous project plane, Draco, was a large turboprop bush plane ...

When Mike Patey’s father-in-law began making urgent ... the help of her parents and her flight instructors at Advantage Aviation. “I decided I might as well keep it a secret for his birthday ...

Mike Patey, the Utah entrepreneur who transformed ... It became an instant phenomenon, known not only to aviators and aviation enthusiasts but to a large chunk of the general public as well.

Mike Patey—a bush pilot, aviation engineer, and YouTube personality who also owns a Carbon Cub—joined the technical crew in making modifications. “It was a pretty simple formula,” he said.

[Mike Patey] is living that dream and with a passion for engineering and aviation that is absolutely infectious, he built Draco, the world’s most badass bush plane. Draco started life as a PZL ...

WATCH: What to know about racing plane in West Jordan crash Mike Patey had known ... break your leg,” explained Patey. “Experimental is more how do we advance aviation? How do we get faster?