Spitfire TRIX From NZ to UK

Anyone with aviation in their blood will look longingly at a Spitfire and say what if…? Many people dream of the chance to fly in one, many people decide to do so and fulfill a lifetimes ambition. I know just such a person who recently came into a reasonable inheritance. He has booked a full hour, the day could not come soon enough.

With over 1500 hours P1 in light aircraft, I  intend to do the same I hope in 2025. My eldest son like me is mad keen on WW2 fighters, his generous wife has bought him a flight for his 30th. I have two brothers also keen for the experience, about to talk to the operators to see if a four ship flight can be arranged.  Watch this space

With Spitfire joy flights starting at nearly £3000 and UK capacity increasing, presumably to satisfy demand, evidently there isn’t a ‘cost of living’ crisis for some!

Blimey another Spitfire joyrider in the UK. The practice certainly seems to be lucrative.

A couple of years ago having thought about it long and hard I was all set to fulfill an ambition and book a flight in Sea Fury T.20 ‘Invincible’ – until it forced landed in a field when the engine conked!

I think it is fantastic, along with P-51, Buchon and of course the Hurricane.

I wonder how many two seat rides will have been taken in 2024?

The continuing growth of the Spitfire rides business carries on defying gravity ! With 4 at Biggin, 2 at Dx, 2 at Goodwood, 2 with Aero Legends, and the Grace Spitfire at Sywell,  that is nearly a dozen, yet they all seem busy.

I would have guessed that three would have satisfied demand, just shows how wrong you can be! 

It has been a real boost to warbird flying, though, and there must be numerous new pilots now checked out on Spits, as a result of this boom. Its all good news.