While grinding for my first drake i've noticed this (haven't posted coz i wasn't a member yet), and it seems they haven't fixed it since, i decided to share.
When you're doing your NW quests you turn into an orc on NW ledge and you get a drake. Turns out that if you fly correctly, it turn you back into whatever you are, but lets you keep the drake until you dismount. Checked it today, and it's serverside.
Some screenies, so you won't say i'm not putting effort into it :P
First, a proof:
Second, the lines that usually work:
And third, a shot of me in the middle of SMV with a borrowed drake: