Gary Mckirdy is the guy who is the Quickie expert at Enstone. He did have a Defiant, one built in Cyprus, where it has returned. The one built in the UK still lives down at Shoreham I believe.
Never been in a Quickie, the performance figures look great, but the accident statistics certainly dont. I belive every Quickie that has flown in the UK has had some kind of accident, mostly take-off/landing....