He was not flying, not in the traditional sense. There was no engine roar, no burning of fossil fuels, and no violent tearing through the atmosphere. This was .
Drifters used wide, retractable sails to catch the jet streams. By angling the canvas by mere fractions of a degree, they could slide sideways across the horizon for hundreds of miles. Sky Drift
True drifting was about silence and patience. The goal wasn't to reach a destination quickly, but to surrender to the atmosphere and map the ever-changing rivers of the sky. He was not flying, not in the traditional sense