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Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:11 pm
by StuBie
Hi all.
I was having a look aound at some flights on the net earlier and wondered if anybody could reccomend any good ones, or if anyboday has been up in anything interesting?
I've seen that duxford do some like the Harvard, Tiger Moth and Rapide but I was interested to also see what else was about.
MTIA
Stu
Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:41 pm
by GOOSE
Think Cambridge do Tiger Moth trips too but shhhhhh I think they wear Civvy marks.

Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:31 pm
by StuBie
Cheers for the advice folks
I've done a bit of flying in my youth in Tutors and work has given me a couple of oppertunities to go flying over the years. I got some cash for my Birthday and was looking at having a cruise in something more nostalgic rather than a trial flight in a Cherokee.
Thanks
Stu
Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:33 pm
by GOOSE
Stubie, I can heartily recommend something with an open cockpit!

Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:52 pm
by TonyO
Isn't there a company at Kemble that offers aerobatic flights in Extra 300s, that would get the adrenaline running mate!
Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:58 pm
by headset 57
how about some low level ridge gliding, or a flexwing microlight...
Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:23 pm
by StuBie
TonyO wrote:Isn't there a company at Kemble that offers aerobatic flights in Extra 300s, that would get the adrenaline running mate!
That is true Tony. Just been looking on the site and they do some pretty cool stuff, prices seem to range from £200-£600 (or upto almost £1000 for 2 people on certain ones)
Edit: Here is the site
http://www.ultimatehigh.co.uk/index.html
Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:14 pm
by RichC
Save up a bit more and go fly a Russian Mig!
Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:44 pm
by SteveS
I've always thought about spending some cash doing that, but have always remembered the time we were the last cross channel ferry into Dover before the ports were closed due to rough seas - some poor buggers got caught out there overnight! Always thought that sick feeling would ruin it for me.
Steve
Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:53 am
by Sparts99
I looked into this as a potential birthday present. I found that quite a few companies are agencies and not the actual operators, you can save a bit of cash by going direct. If it's open cockpit you're after there's a Stearman operates out of Manston, Kemble too I think, and if silence appeals, the gliding club at Challock in Kent have some really good deals on experience flights. A bit different is the helicopter flight out of Manston to do air to air photography with a Spitfire V flown by Charlie Brown over Dover and along the coast, but that is a bit pricey in my opinion.
Re: Experience flights: Any advice?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 9:14 am
by carpless
my flying club, now 'peterborough flying club' operate out of sibson, have a pitts arobatic... worth a spin in good weather, open cockpit etc.
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