The Experience
Your flying experience begins with a briefing from a CAA-qualified instructor. They'll introduce you to the aircraft and explain how the main controls work before you head out for your flight.
Once you're in the aircraft, your instructor will handle the necessary procedures before giving you the opportunity to take the controls. You'll be able to experience what it's like to fly an aeroplane while your instructor remains alongside you throughout the flight.
You'll spend approximately 30 minutes in the air. During the flight, you'll see the landscape from a completely different perspective while getting a genuine introduction to flying from the pilot's seat.
The complete experience lasts approximately 60 minutes, including your briefing and flying time. At most locations, you'll also receive a signed flight certificate to mark the occasion.
The lesson is available at flying locations across the UK. Spectators are welcome, so friends or family can come along to watch and take photographs. At some flying schools, it may also be possible for an additional passenger to sit in the rear of the aircraft. This is arranged at the instructor's discretion and is subject to the individual location's requirements.
Your trial lesson can count towards a Private Pilot's Licence, making this an authentic introduction to flying as well as a memorable experience in its own right.
What’s Included
- Approximately 30 minutes of flying time
- One-to-one tuition with a CAA-qualified instructor
- Pre-flight briefing
- Signed flight certificate at most locations
- Lesson can count towards a Private Pilot's Licence
Choose your location and get ready to take the controls.
Important Information
Facilities and planes will vary between locations and the images used here are a guide only. You may be required to become a club member free of charge on the day to be covered by the flying school's insurance. Minimum age is 12. If you are over 16 stone or 6ft 4 inches tall you will need to state this to the receptionist prior to booking and you may need to pay a surcharge on the day to be upgraded to a larger aircraft.
The Weather
The lessons are subject to weather conditions. Please call the instructor the morning of the day the experience takes place.
Session Length
The introductory flying lesson is a 30 minute experience.
Numbers
The voucher is valid for one person. It may be possible for a friend or family member, who is also interested in flying classes, to sit in the back of the plane and listen in on headphones (min age 14)
Spectators
Family and friends are welcome to come along and use the clubhouse for food and drinks.
What to Wear
Dress comfortably. No special dress code recommended.
Locations
Bedfordshire (Cranfield)
Cornwall (Bodmin)
Cornwall (Perranporth)
East Riding of Yorkshire (Leven)
Essex (North Weald)
Gloucestershire (Cheltenham)
Kent (Lydd)
Norfolk (Norwich)
North Yorkshire (Near Thirsk)
Oxfordshire (Kidlington)
Powys (Welshpool)
Surrey (Camberley)
