A farm boy from a small town in Austria, Dimitri is known as the fastest aviator in his country. One day, upon finding an old aircraft in his grandfather’s garage, Dimitri cleaned up the machine using information he read. He was about 11 years of age, but very smart with hands on machinery. Ever since that fateful day, he took care of this airplane and learned how to pilot it with the help of his grandfather. Thanks to all the hard work, Dimitri became known as the ‘Tiny Falcon of Austria’ because of his young age and fast racing ability at age 12.

When he turned 14, Dimitri was sent to Japan to get a better education. Here, he felt a little nervous as a foreigner, but found friendly fellow pilots rather quickly. There were sort of youth races in country cities within Japan, where folks would race the countryside for prizes. With these exciting races, Dimitri quickly placed first 3 years in a row, marking him as one of the youngest pilots of his own country as well as Japan’s.