These flying schools offer the perfect solution for those who prefer to have a short, but sweet, taster lesson in a training aircraft from a CAA approved school, with venues available nationwide.
If you've never flown in a private plane before, here's your chance to climb aboard these two seater light aircraft and sit up front, right beside the pilot. It really is a whole different world to scrambling for your seat on the average low-cost airline - you'll feel like a flying VIP!
Your experience will start with a safety briefing and being shown round the plane before you taxi off. Once airborne, you'll have the chance to take the controls for a few minutes and you will be flying.
Your flight will be approximately 20mins long. Once back down on terra firma, you may be presented with a certificate of achievement, but one thing is for sure, you'll be smiling from ear to ear.
If you think you'd like to fly the aircraft for longer, we've got a whole range of other flying lessons with extended flight times at flying schools across the UK.
- Taster flights last around 20 minutes
- Flight times quoted are 'chock to chock', ie. from when the aircraft starts to taxi, to when it switches off at the end of the experience
- You will have a briefing before you fly
- Some flying schools will also include a personalised certificate
- Note: Two seater flights in Oxfordshire take place in a powered glider and if conditions allow, part of the flight will include a demonstration of the gliding characteristics of the aircraft
- Weekdays and weekends throughout the year
- Trial flying lessons are dependent on favourable weather conditions
- Lincolnshire - Wickenby
- Oxfordshire - Chipping Norton
- Yorkshire - Doncaster
- Minimum age is 14 years old
- Minimum height is 4'6", maximum 6'4"
- Maximum weight of 14 stone
- You will need to provide two forms of identity including a photo id, e.g. a passport, prior to their flying school lesson
- Friends and family are welcome to come to watch the aircraft taking off and landing from the school clubhouse or welcome area
- Different levels of facilities are offered, however most schools have a clubhouse providing toilets, viewing areas and refreshments
- All flying schools are Civil Aviation Authority approved