Aerobatic Birthday Flight
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Aerobatic Birthday Flight
I've been asked where to send a (non-flying) adrenaline- junkie friend for a long-dreamed of aerobatic flight for his birthday and as a commercial pilot I'm expected to know these things - but I'm not up to date on availability of club aircraft these days.
He won't want or need an Extra/Sukhoi or anything extreme - just a competent 20 - 30 min aerobatic experience. ie not a C150...
His home is Windsor - anywhere within an hour or so from there would be fine.
Ideas please?
He won't want or need an Extra/Sukhoi or anything extreme - just a competent 20 - 30 min aerobatic experience. ie not a C150...
His home is Windsor - anywhere within an hour or so from there would be fine.
Ideas please?
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Try this, based at Panshangar I believe. They also do videos.
Aerobatic Experience Flights and Trial Lessons | Adastral Flying
Aerobatic Experience Flights and Trial Lessons | Adastral Flying
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Without a doubt, get in touch with West London Aero Club at White Waltham (google). The aerobatic side is run by Alan Cassidy who trains the national team and operates their Pitts S-2. 
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You can choose the Bulldog or Extra, and if he really enjoys Adrenalin then try a Top Gun trip!
You can choose the Bulldog or Extra, and if he really enjoys Adrenalin then try a Top Gun trip!
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Stapleford Flight Centre Private Flying Lessons, Gift Experiences, Private Pilot Courses, PPL, Stapleford Flight Centre, London, UK have a T67 Firefly that they use for aerobatic experience flights. Nice restaurant there as well for lunch afterwards.
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Try this, based at Panshangar I believe. They also do videos.
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Aerobatic Experience Flights and Trial Lessons | Adastral Flying
Agreed - Adrian is very accommodating - well worth it!
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I know this is heresy, and this is completely a matter of personal taste, but I would say that in 15 years of flying aeros (at a 'just for my own fun' level from Fireflys through Zlins and Caps to Extra 300s) the only flight I really didn't like was the front seat of a Pitts S2. Maybe it's my build but I felt like I was stuffed into a coffin, horrid visibility / difficult to orientate, very twitchy, stench of hydrocarbon. Might be the mutt's nuts from the rear seat, and I know it's great value relative to other options but my first experience deterred me from finding out....
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And as a Pitts owner for a decade and a half - I would entirely agree with FF and ZA!
The front seat of an Eagle or a B are much nicer than the A. Notwithstanding that, I can't imagine that even a mega lottery win would cause me to trade mine!!
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The front seat of an Eagle or a B are much nicer than the A. Notwithstanding that, I can't imagine that even a mega lottery win would cause me to trade mine!!
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stench of hydrocarbon
I'd like to try an Extra 300 but £410 ph is a lot! The 200 looks like the better priced option at £260.
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If he lives in Windsor and wants to see somewhere a little local with good atmosphere then White Waltham. Pitts S2 flights are a good option. See here - Aerobatic Flights with Alan Cassidy, Pitts Flights, Extra 300 Flights
Another option, if you want to go radical in an S Bach at White Waltham - Xtreme Aerobatics - Booking
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Another option, if you want to go radical in an S Bach at White Waltham
- Xtreme Aerobatics - BookingV1
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Nothing too extreme, I believe, was the original request! There's a nice chap with a CAP10 here:
The Tiger Club Trial Flights
OK it may be 90mins from Windsor, but my similarly 'gung ho' son was suitably stirred but not shaken after his first ride last year. Nice and easy does it!
The Tiger Club Trial Flights
OK it may be 90mins from Windsor, but my similarly 'gung ho' son was suitably stirred but not shaken after his first ride last year. Nice and easy does it!
