Fly in a Spitfire Air Experience Flights NO licence needed!

I got to fly in a Spitfire!!

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2014-06-22/spitfire-returns-to-fighter-base-at-headcorn/

Good for Neville!!:applause:

I was lucky enough to meet Neville last Sunday & showed him the (online) footage of his flight, which he hadn’t seen 🙂

Re. AeroLegends, I’m happy to confirm that I am the happiest person on the planet, having had the best day of my life yesterday, flying in a Spitfire (& Harvard) from Duxford (Headcorn wasn’t suitable as they’d had their big Combined Ops weekend) so they were operating from HAC this week. I had an indescribably wonderful time & can’t recommend it highly enough. Magic. Beyond magic. Being in a Spitfire, & one that saw active service at that, is the best feeling in the world! We got to do aerobatics & I even got to fly for a little bit (I don’t have a PPL, although I want to learn on a Tiger Moth, it’s definitely the next Big Thing I want to do). The Harvard didn’t fly in the morning as it was a bit too windy, so I was lucky to get both in.

There are ways & means around most obstacles, you can simply offer a paid flight in a Tiger moth or Harvard at say £1.500, & then offer a free or cost share flight in a Spit to the passenger. As far as I know the CAA can’t stop you from charging whatever you want for a flight in any certfied aircraft, £1.500 or whatever may well be very expensive for a flight in a Tiger, but I’m sure that a few people would happily pay it if they might get a chance of a free flight in a Spit ;).

Bob T.

Do they have full time office staff to answer the phone? In which case I might give then a try…

I’m not part of their company so can’t help you with their staffing levels – sorry.

They advertise office hours on their website of 9 to 5 so I would think that would be where to start. Playing devils’s advocate there may be any number of reasons your e-mail hasn’t been answered, spam filters, sheer numbers meaning it has been overlooked, who knows.

Or wait and see what happens, I personally think they have some credibility, they own two more Spitfires than most of us!

Phone number below,

http://aerolegends.co.uk/contact-us.php

This guy seems happy,

http://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/545339-aero-legends-makes-johns-dream-come-true.html

FB, out of interest you say you have e-mailed them, have you telephoned them? They have a number published on their website.

ANGPHO,

Well that’s alright then. I’ll await with interest the regular Spitfire activity at EGKH. 😀

http://aerolegends.co.uk/spitfire-packages.php they say due to 1000+ enquiries –and this looks like it is for the fly alongside a Spitfire not in a Spitfire so i would think that one is even longer.

Ewan and FB,

I guess a little knowledge is a dangerous thing! Aero Legends have carried out some cost share flights.

This according to Aero Legends website,

http://aerolegends.co.uk/articles/first-cost-share-flights-in-spitfire/

So, did any spitfire flying take place then?

No, on one of the best weather days this year (Thursday), no Spitfire operated from Headcorn. I am led to believe the punter turned up but nobody from this company was there to host him. Oops!

For all those who pay up front for this or any aviation activity, “Caveat Emptor”…….

hi Bruce

BFA Spits still doing pilot only courses but this may well change in the near future.

Chrs

I was at Goodwood last Thursday or Friday and the two two-seaters were working pretty hard.

Moggy

From Headcorn (Lashenden) Aerodromes facebook page

Aerolegends will be operating the two seat Spitfire and T6 Harvard at Headcorn tomorrow and Friday.

Good chance that with potential legislation changes( possibly very soon) BFA at Goodwood will be offering flights to non pilots under informed consent ruleset. If you get the chance, take it….there are few things more overwhelming than a first Spitfire flight.

Ah, no Spitfire flights though – does anybody know where they are with this?

FB

Duxford and Headcorn….

According to their website, yes.

http://aerolegends.co.uk/articles/aero-legends-first-public-event/

Full set of pictures of the press launch on the Headcorn Website www.headcornaerodrome.co.uk

However, if you think about your average PPL in a group, he’ll pay the group an hourly sum that does, in a well run group at least, include a contribution to the engine fund. So in his hourly rate which he will share with his passenger(s) at least an element of the engine usage cost is shared.

I have no idea where that takes us, but then the CAA rules have always been a labyrinth, but they do appear to recognise that and are taking constructive steps to sort it out.

In truth, the legality of the arrangement is the operator’s concern. If it is suspect the CAA will not pursue the ‘customer’ so it’s hardly worth worrying about.

Presumably there would be insurance issues, but that only matters if you have dependents.

Moggy

Thats the national press for you!

Aerohistorian

I can understand Agent K’s interpretation. Although the aerolegends website may not be the origin of confusion, there was a misleading comment in “The Times” yesterday. Their reporter Oliver Moody described a flight he had just been given in the two seat Spitfire, then at the end of his article mentioned that: “Aero Legends flights in a Hurricane or Spitfire will start at £390 from July 1”.

Tim

Agent K if you look carefully at the Aero Legends website (www.aerolegends.co.uk) you will see the following:-

Tiger Moth, Harvard, 20 Minutes Spitfire cost share £4,900.00.

For this you will fly in a Tiger Moth either G-PWBE or G-ANMO (& G-ANDE when its restoration is finished), a Harvard IV G-BGPB & then in Sptfire T9 PV202. When the Aero Legends Spitfire NH341 (G-CICK) has finished its restoration & conversion to twin seat you will then fly in this aircraft. Nobody has mentioned anything about flying in a Hurricane.

The Harvard IV & Spitfire T9 will be supplied by ARCO at Duxford & it is presumed that they will supply the pilots to fly their aircraft.

Fantastic video 🙂 what a lovely chap.