Mike Patey, the Utah entrepreneur who transformed his Polish-built Wilga 2000 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft into a million-dollar "ultimate bush plane" called DRACO, crashed on takeoff ...

Mike Patey, who crashed the bright red taildragger on departure after the Stihl National Championship Air Races in Reno this fall, has announced that he is working on a major restoration of the ...

YouTuber and internet celebrity Mike Patey was involved in a plane crash involving a highly-modified “Draco” backcountry plane on Monday. The incident took place at the Reno-Stead Airport on ...

When Mike Patey’s father-in-law began making urgent excuses to take him to breakfast for his 31st birthday Saturday morning, Patey knew something was up. “I knew my wife had something going on ...

"It was just the slightest little shake that didn't feel right," said pilot Mike Patey. The shake was Patey’s engine exploding. Flying right next to him, in his own plane, was his twin brother ...

[Mike Patey] had made a name for himself by building high-performance experimental aircraft. In his latest project, he added a transforming wing that can extend its chord by up to 16 inches for ...

Wingsuit pilot Marshall Miller teamed up with pilot Mike Patey and fellow wingsuiter Scott Palmer in order to carry out the epic plane stunt across Utah with the DRACO back country bush plane.

Patey, a world-record-breaking pilot with a sizable YouTube and social media following, was attempting to take off Monday from the Reno-Stead Airport following the STIHL National Championship Air ...

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