Pleasure Flying.

Some nice picx, particlarly of G-ADGT. Which is one of Delta’s Tiger’s i belive 😮 😀

They’re all buddies together I’m sure – after all Delta ‘borrowed’ G-AXAN for a while last year to help keep up with demand! 😉

Some nice picx, particlarly of G-ADGT. Which is one of Delta’s Tiger’s i belive 😮 😀

G-AXAN

Nice website, but the prices? EeeK! That word ‘Corporate’, as always, is the precursor to a, shall we say, robust tariff.

I ( nearly) remember when Alan Cobham would take you up in his Avro 504 for 4 shillings!

Barnstorming Adventures

I can recommend Barnstorming Adventures in Carlsbad just north of San Diego California.

http://www.barnstorming.com/aeropress/cgi_bin/xfer.cgi?page=prod_warbird.php#toptop

Took their Silver Wings aerobatic flight last year, really nice friendly bunch of people.

Thats me in the rear seat in bottom two pictures of their website… 😀

Tiger Moth Flights

Angels One Five offers trial lessons from Old Warden on Display days using our Tiger. A fabulous day out. See my web www.angelsonefive.com

Delta Aviation do pleasure flights in Tiger Moths and (apparently now a deHavilland Rapide). IIRC they are Sywell based but don’t quote me on that.

Delta Offer “Trial Lessons” in Tiger Moths, big difference to a Pleasure flight! for that you need an AOC. Trial Lessons can be done by a flying school with an Instructor. As hairy plane has pointed out, taking money for a ride without an AOC and all that goes with it isnt allowed by the CAA. The rides in the Rapied are being done by AA under their AOC, Delta are effectively acting as the booking agent.

Aren’t they just? But having flown in one of their Tiger Moths from Oxford last year I have to say that they are doing a good job IMHO

Delta Aviation do pleasure flights in Tiger Moths and (apparently now a deHavilland Rapide). IIRC they are Sywell based but don’t quote me on that.

Delta operate the Tiger Moths from 17 different locations around the UK, and this year too are offering DH Dragon Rapide flights out of Oxford and Aerobatic Experiences in CAP10s from Sywell. Busy chaps!!
http://www.deltaaviation.co.uk

We certainly do. Thank you to all who keep historic aircraft flying whoever you are.

Unfortunately flying has never been cheap, just look at the cost of an hours flying lesson in a Cessna; so I guess we all owe a lot to Hairyplane and co for keeping these wonderful old birds up where they belong, so that we can admire and dream……

Steve

Yep I can see your point on this one. those machines, lovely as they are, do not run on fresh air unfortunately. As you say the public are not aware of just how much it costs to keep them going.

Pleasure flying

As a vintage aircraft owner/ operator I get plenty of requests for a ride – over the fence, Email. PM, letter, phone calls – the lot.

However, whilst cost sharing is legal, advertising the fact that you are prepared to do this is an absolute no no. This is completely understandable because you would effectively be operating for hire and reward and thus breaking every rule in the book.

I am sure there are some who need the money and will happily relieve you of some folding if you were to approach them for a ride.

In my experience however, people have no idea what these things cost to operate.

I can just image somebodys reaction if I were to say to them, ‘I can legally accept half the cost. So half an hour in my Magister will cost you £250. Is that OK?’

I think not somehow!

I’ll stick to family and friends – and maybe the odd lucky person who happens to be in the right place at the right time and gets a freebie.

Hairyplane

Delta Aviation do pleasure flights in Tiger Moths and (apparently now a deHavilland Rapide). IIRC they are Sywell based but don’t quote me on that.

Bourne had a weary Percival Prince, it even performed at an airshow at Biggin in about ’84- I think the aeroplane festered for a while, then lumbered over to North Weald for another prolonged rest with Aces High, before astonishing everyone by flying off once more. Might have been to Carlisle, but someone will know.

Back when I was a PPL (late ’80s) Bourn Flying club in Cambs had a Harvard and a Pembroke available for Dual, what happened to them, are they still flying?

Pioneer Airport, part of the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, offers rides in a Ford Tri-Motor and a changing selection of other vintage aircraft, plus free flights for children aged 8-17 as part of EAA Young Eagles.

www.pioneerairport.org

www.youngeagles.org

EAA also operates a B-17 on a national tour to 50 U.S. cities each year

www.b17.org

It was my big 50 back in January so the wife treated me to a nice birthday present.

A flight in the Harvard with Classic Wings out of Duxford.

I understand that they only do a handfull of flights a year, does anyone know why?

The other place she looked at was Rochester but she thought I would not know the area it was flying over so she opted for DX.
There is quite a price difference too!

Can’t wait.

Thats the one!

Tom.

Update on the Wolverhampton Business Airport (Halfpenny Green) pleasure flying plan, just got back from a ‘recce’ with our Chipmunk (not avalable for pleasure flying yet but watch this space 😀 ). A likely scenic route will be west from the airfield, around Bridgnorth…

Would this be WD379 ?????? Ex Jersey Aero Club ?

In the States you will have the Collins Foundation and Stalion 51.

Herman