But at £2750 it isn't cheap. Better start saving
http://www.classic-wings.co.uk/fly-in-a-spitfire/
https://www.facebook.com/ClassicWing...6002240146963/
But at £2750 it isn't cheap. Better start saving
http://www.classic-wings.co.uk/fly-in-a-spitfire/
https://www.facebook.com/ClassicWing...6002240146963/
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Thanks for posting lase interesting for sure.
30 mins Flight for nearly £3000 would certainly empty my 'piggy bank'. Oh well one can dream.
~S~
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If i had the money for something "frivolous", i think this would be a huge thrill, and for me, very moving.
Just to actually be in the air in a Spitfire (or any of the warbirds actually) and to feel/imagine even the tiniest bit of what it must have been like for the young men who lived and died in them during the war, and to let the history seep in during the flight, would be quite an experience.
I'd certainly rather do a half hour of that than lie on a hot beach for a week somewhere.
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Ten years ago at a local air show I signed up for a 20 minute ride in a Harvard. Not quite a Spitfire but...it was a thrill nonetheless. Once aloft the pilot let me do a couple of very uncoordinated turns, plus when he took back control he did a wingover as we briefly attacked a barn down below. Very cool and it cost a bit less, about $120 CDN on my Visa card IIRC.
Lewis documented a Tiger Moth flight here, once, as well.
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Much as I love Spits the £90 for this 13 minute adventure was by far more worth it...in an older aircraft too...
Also my house is one of the 6 in a row that just start to get obscured by the wheel at 5.45...
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Something my family all chipped in to get me this for a Christmas present as i am a pain to buy for so they thought hes got to love this, i am booked up for the summer .
http://goactionstations.co.uk/produc...th-a-spitfire/
I get to sit in the Spitty cockpit after also and have a chat with the pilot
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That looks awesome Lew
Classic wings also offer a Tiger moth experience from £129, and you get to take the controls too, http://www.classic-wings.co.uk/tiger-moth-flights/
The best flight that I have ever done was a 30 min helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon in 2011 which was fantastic, and such an adrenaline rush, but a flight in a Spitfire has to be the ultimate, although way out of my price range right now.
Who knows, if work picks up and I can get some overtime in between now and July, I could always incorporate a Tiger Moth flight into my trip to Duxford for Legends in July
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I can do you £75 an hour if you want to be co-pilot, or if you want to take controls it's £150 an hour plus a deposit of £5,000 (full returnable)
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or we can go by jet
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Yeah I know... she looks just like me !
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with 2.200 Euros the P 51 is a bit cheaper.
http://vintage.flights/
as far as I know, no prices are known yet for the BF 109 G 12
http://hangar10.de/news/358-bf109g12
There is a lot to do gentlemen
OK OK...
I can do £65 but I can't go any lower than that.
ok... £50... but that my final offer. take it or leave it.
OK
£45
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Actually I would really like a ride in that Spit.
Lets just talk about the price:
What about 500 ml of best German craftsmanship
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With 8% of alcohol this is the equivalent of 100 octane fuel!
Oh well, I would even offer an imperial pint, because its you.
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In Biggin Hill those guys are a little cheaper
https://flyaspitfire.com/?gclid=CjwK...afUBoCVUvw_wcB
If you wonder if they have dual control they do, they also have a mini museum in the hangar with Hurricane, Jeeps, other MK Spit and they building a 109.
Nice guys and very pro
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In my opinion, if you want to experience flying an aircraft which has the 'feel' of a WWII fighter, the best bet is the T-6 Texan/Harvard.
This was the advanced trainer for both the US and RAF throughout most of WWII. It was an aircraft which had most of the controls of a WWII front line fighter, but with a top speed of approx. 200 mph. It had very similar maneuver parameters and stall behaviour... it was designed to allow training pilots to transition.
There are many companys which offer flights in these aircraft... usually for under $1000 U.S.
The instructor takes the 'hero for a day' through aerobatic training.
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I tend to run it on this when in Germany
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It's low octane... but if you mix it with Korn.... or better still killepitsch...
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[QUOTE=ATAG_Lewis;255875]Much as I love Spits the £90 for this 13 minute adventure was by far more worth it...in an older aircraft too...
Also my house is one of the 6 in a row that just start to get obscured by the wheel at 5.45...
...Ha ha! I spotted Lew's House! It was the one being bombed by the JU 88....................!!!!!! LOL! Just remember, Lew'...it's all about the fun!
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You were awarded an immediate DFC after getting the 'chop' on the first sortie.
Then you decided to spawn at Gravesend whilst everyone else spawned in at Eastchurch.........went some convoluted route across southern England........failed to catch up with your Flight........and then decided to get shot down!
Immediate DFC recinded.
~S~
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WHAT ?!
OUTRAGEOUS slander !!!
I heroically navigated all on my todd from (admittedly my accidental spawn airfield, oopise !) from where you said you were at that moment to where I figured you should have been when I got there... and there you were... Intercepted quite spectacularly even if I do say so myself (which incidentally... I do !!).
That's my Navigation 2nd class badge in the bag sonny-me-lad-o... As well you know !!
Dear everyone else:
I've noticed that Vamps is a bit of a rotter actually.
I'm keeping a log though.
Entry #43 13 Feb 2017 - 22:48 - PO Vamps slightly standoffish, will let it pass on this ocasion, Note to self, keep and eye out for that sort of thing
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that sort of thing...
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You will be sending me to the naughty step along with a certain young person who will remain nameless here but Marlow knows him very well!!
~S~
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I did exactly the same from Goodwood a few years ago on a clear, cold October morning - could see for miles. Also had the pleasure of a good chinwag with an ex-special forces chap cleaning his Chipmunk (got to sit in that). He flew special ops troops into tricky areas in an Islander.
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We pulled a loop over Hayling Island and was surprised how tight it was. I was bricking it before going up - made the mistake of googling tiger moth videos and ended watching a load of crashes...
Having said that climbing out of Goodwood was fantastic and the negative worries slipped away
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A friend from the ARC took me for a flight in the Stearman in July 2016. A great experience both in flying and it being from the hallowed Duxford grass.
I got a bit of hands/feet on controls plus got to steer us back along the perimeter track after landing.
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Payment was a wipe down. Of the aircraft, just to be clear.
A very happy
Daz
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