My parents have said that I have around £200 for my 21st birthday present and I am to spend it on a flying lesson/experience!
My problem is, I have no idea what to get! I liked the idea of a flight in a Harvard, but the cheapest flight I can see in one of them is £400!! (Was considerably cheaper when I looked a while ago nearer my birthday!)
So my question is…..what would you suggest? A more conventional training type flight in a cessna or similar, a tiger moth flight, or put some of my savings to a Harvard flight?!?
Many thanks
ajw
By: ajw - 10th January 2012 at 21:47
hi danjama,
Sorry for the very late reply!
It was brilliant! Great fun, and I would love to go again!
If you are fairly local to White Waltham, I highly recommend dropping propstrike a PM to see if he can take you up!
By: danjama - 24th September 2011 at 00:40
I’d love to fly in a cub, how was it?
By: dangerousdave - 23rd September 2011 at 22:53
I’ve done an autogyro flight, MEGA fun, also microlights, gliding, parachuting, single and win engines, aerobatics in a glider, helicopters etc. Autogyro flying is under 200 and proper flying, shaky, wind in the hair, draughty, noisy and windy. I can’t wait to go again!
By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd September 2011 at 21:13
Excellent. 🙂
By: ajw - 3rd September 2011 at 21:10
Hi all,
Thanks for all the advice and suggestions!
I finally got my behind into gear and booked a flight with our very own Propstrike in his Cub. Had an hour from White Waltham at a very good price!
Now to try and skimp on student loan and diesel to get another go!!
By: nJayM - 5th August 2011 at 16:26
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By: Moggy C - 5th August 2011 at 09:28
I did a flight with a friend in his JP from N Weald.
It was planned as a 20 minute hop, and ended up as a 70 minute flight whilst they moved a spam-can with a puncture off the runway.
Result.
Moggy
By: mike currill - 4th August 2011 at 16:00
That is a good point. Sometimes you can be lucky and get a pilot who gives you longer than you booked if you show an interest in what is going on rather than just treating it as a joyride. I think they get some pleasure from passing on a fraction of their knowledge to someone who is interested enough to listen.
By: AlanR - 4th August 2011 at 07:19
You need to strike a balance between the type of aircraft you would like
to fly in, and the length of the flight. A 30 minute flight in an historic aircraft,
or a two hour flight in a Cessna 152.
I recently had a flight at Stapleford in a Cessna. It was supposed to be a 30
minute flight, but turned out more like 45 minutes from take off to landing.
By: paul178 - 4th August 2011 at 00:09
You could also go for a tandem parachute jump for about £150 so you get your flight and an experience you will never forget! An added bonus could be doing it for charity. People seem to think hurling yourself out of perfectly servicable aircraft is dangerous. Well I am still here!
Who’s that at the back that said “More’s the pity!”
By: David Burke - 3rd August 2011 at 19:56
Go for the cub flight you will feel much more part of the experience and get a better chance to fly for longer!
By: kev35 - 2nd August 2011 at 23:00
And the award for the most obscure spam posting goes to….
Regards,
kev35
By: mike currill - 9th July 2011 at 16:25
Be warned though flying is a disease and there is no known cure. All you can do is treat the symptoms which means flying as often as possible (not that that is a bad thing in any way)
By: BlueRobin - 9th July 2011 at 15:10
Just make a decision on something and stick to it. You can do a lot as if you like your first go, you’ll end up coming back 😉
By: mike currill - 9th July 2011 at 13:04
Any tail dragger or glider will teach you one thing most trikes won’t. Your feet are not just for walking on.
By: ajw - 9th July 2011 at 11:46
Hmmmmm. Plenty of options, which to go for :confused:
I’ve also had an offer of a piper cub flight for sub £100 which sound evry tempting too!!
By: mike currill - 9th July 2011 at 10:47
I’d say go for the Chipmunk but then I would as I am just a little biased. I enjoyed some wonderful moments in them as a cadet including one flight of aeros. Yep without a doubt that’s the one that would have me reaching for my wallet as would an Auster AOP-9.
By: Willip26 - 3rd July 2011 at 21:51
Forgot to add my location! I’m in Berkshire, but studying in Norwich. Ideally somewhere in the south. On the coast, somewhere near here, up towards oxford, over to swindon. But I will travel for the right thing!
In the south and on the coast? If not too far you could always try Shoreham. Dragon Rapide flying weekend still scheduled for 6th/7th August.
We have 2 organisations offering experience flights on interesting types – the Real Flying Co. Ltd. with Stampe and Chipmunk and Harvard available too, and PerryAir Ltd. with Tiger Moth, Stampe and according to their website Pitts and Chipmunk as well.
Harvard is obviously very noisy but much more like a warbird, but if you don’t fancy an open cockpit flight in a lovely old biplane, then at half the cost I would go for the Chipmunk over the Harvard every time. IMHO far nicer aeroplane.
Wicked Willip :diablo:
By: BlueRobin - 3rd July 2011 at 12:18
Halton or Wycombe then for the Chippie. I flew one for only the second time soon after starting my instructor ticket. The thing is completely text book perfect 🙂
By: scotavia - 3rd July 2011 at 11:19
I vote for a Chipmunk, nearer to a warbird flight without being too much to take in and far cheaper. I have about 30 hours In Chipmunks and over 400 in Cessnas so I do have experience to quote from.
Most are based in South of the Uk and this one is in your budget..
http://www.sky-dreams.co.uk/experiences/aeroplane-flights/vintage-warbird-flight-experiences/chipmunk-flight-experiences/30-minute-chipmunk-trial-flight/index.html
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