Nick, I'm so sorry to see your newly built beautiful Quick bundled up in a pile of aluminium. You spent such a lot of time rebuilding it and never had the chance to fly it. So sad!

P.S.

Basic/Quick only for the patch? Nah, single surfaces have flown the Kalahari Bundubash, duel surfaces have flown from CT and back for the same outing, rubber belts an all!!
Say no more!!!
Cheers again :D :D :D

Hi GR8, thanks for welcoming me, I'm just a humble aviator flying a Basic 4000 for the past 17 years! I've been a member of the WCMC for the past 17 years and served on the committee for two years. Hey Morph, don't be so sensitive, and to refresh your memory, I have landed and took off at Morning St...

Morph, I'm not sure that you know what you are talking about! I fly in the Western Cape with a single surface Basic 3-axis and when the trikes take off, I fly with them in the same weather without a problem, which is almost every week-end. I have flown straight over Sir Lowry's Pass with the Basic w...

I want to echo Henni's post. The Basic/Quicksilver is the most stable microlight around. The two aircraft are exactly the same, just the Basic is a SA version. I own both and have been flying them since 1990. They are strong aircraft with an impecable safety record. In 1999 I converted my single sur...