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Nationwide Helicopter Pleasure Flights
Locations NationwideREF: P15HPF
- Explore your favourite part of the country by heli
- Choose a 18 or 25-mile flight duration
- Take off from helipads around the country
- Feel like a VIP in your executive chopper
What's Included
- An adventure sightseeing flight in a jet powered helicopter
- Flights are taken in either a Bell Jet Ranger (4 seater) or Bell Long Ranger (6 seater)
- Welcome, introduction and safety briefing
- View local landmarks from a birds eye view
- Plenty of opportunity for photographs
- Your will form part of a group of between 4-6 people depending on the location
- Please allow one to one and a half hours on site
Flight Options
- 18 Mile flight (approximately 10 minutes)
- 25 Mile flight (approximately 15 minutes)
What Can I Expect
Great value high-flying nationwide helicopter trips! These exhilarating helicopter trips are offered at helipads, airports and airfields around the UK. Choose a 18 or 25-mile flight and enjoy seeing all the local landmarks from your unique aerial perspective.
It's the thrill of travelling in true jet-set style. It's the excitement of taking to the air in a swanky helicopter. And don't forget, you can hover in a heli and soar at just 1000ft! Add to that the stunning views over the local landscape and you've got a sightseeing experience like no other.
Your experienced pilot will give you a commentary over your headset during your trip, so you get to hear interesting facts about the buildings, geological features and key sights all visible during your ride. Make sure you remember your camera, because there are bound to be plenty of unmissable photo opportunities that you'll want to capture and share.
All nationwide helicopter trips include a pre-flight briefing before you head out to the helipad and climb aboard the chopper. The fleets vary from one venue to another, but most operate trips using executive Bell Jet or Long Ranger helicopters.
And don't forget, your voucher is valid for helicopter centres around the country, so it's up to you where you fly from. It has to be said, there's nothing like heading over your own hometown, the area where you grew up or even treating yourselves to a panoramic view of where you are on holiday!
With so many helicopter centres signed up for these nationwide helicopter trips, there's bound to be a take-off location near you. Thrilling 18 and 25-mile pleasure trips at a price that can't be beaten. What's not to love? Book your seat in the chopper now.
When Is It Available
- Typically flights take place at least one weekend day per month, with occasional weekdays from April to October
- Dates and flight times are subject to availability at your chosen venue and weather conditions
Location
- Current locations (subject to change and updated regularly)
England
- Beverley (Linley Hill) Airfield East Riding Of Yorkshire
- Blackbushe Airport Surrey (25 mile only)
- Blackpool Airport Lancashire
- Bottisham Airfield Museum Cambridgeshire
- Brighton City Airport Shoreham By-Sea
- Charlton Hall Estate Northumberland
- Cotswold Airport Gloucestershire
- Coventry Airport Warwickshire
- Cumbria Kirkbride Airport
- Dunkeswell Aerodrome Devon
- Elvington Airfield North Yorkshire
- Enstone Airfield Oxfordshire
- Fairoaks Airport Surrey
- Gloucestershire Airport Gloucestershire
- Greater Manchester Manchester City Airport
- Greenlands Farm Village Lancashire
- Hedley Tyne and Wear
- Henstridge Airfield Somerset
- Hungry Hill Farm Airstrip Herefordshire (25 mile only)
- Isle Of Wight (Sandown) Airport Isle Of Wight
- Land's End Airport Cornwall
- Liverpool Helipad Merseyside
- Lydd Airport Kent
- Newcastle International Airport Tyne & Wear
- Nottingham Heliport Nottinghamshire
- Moor Grange Farm Derbyshire
- Owler Bar Derbyshire
- Oxford Helipad Oxfordshire
- Penderleath St Ives Cornwall (summer event only)
- Perranporth Airfield Cornwall (summer event only)
- Redcroft Fields Essex (25 mile only)
- Sleap Aerodrome Shropshire
- Stoke Airstrip Kent
- Teesside International Airport
- The Courtyard (Settle) North Yorkshire (25 mile only)
- Thruxton Airport Hampshire
- Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport West Midlands
Wales
- Cardiff Airport Vale of Glamorgan
- The West Usk Lighthouse St, Brides Newport
Scotland
- Bishopton Field Glasgow Renfrewshire
- Conifox Nurseries (Edinburgh) West Lothian
- Cumbernauld Airport Lanarkshire
- Balado Airfield Kinross
- Heatheryknowe Farm Glasgow
- Langholm Farm Ayshire
- Perth Airport Perthshire
- Stirling Helipad Stirlingshire
Ireland
- Ardfert Airfield Kerry (25 mile only)
- Ballinrobe Racecourse Mayo (25 mile only)
- Cork Racecourse Cork (25 mile only)
- Donegal Donegal Airport (25 mile only)
- Naven Racecourse Meath (25 mile only)
Suitable For
- Minimum age six
- Under 12s must be accompanied by a participating adult
- Maximum height 6ft 6ins
- Weight restrictions: maximum 15 stone* please see anything else section
Spectators
- Spectators are welcome and may take photographs
Anything Else
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Flying activities have maximum weights (per seat) to ensure health and safety along with the comfort of fellow passenger
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You must enter passenger/participant weight at the time of booking an experience. If weight varies between the time of initial booking and date of flight experience it remains the responsibility of the customer to update their individual weight via their online account prior to flight
- All passengers will be weighed before flight and if disparity exists between weight disclosed and actual weight (within reason), the passenger may be illegible to fly
* Pleasure Flights (Helicopter)
- Group size of One – Max 15 Stone (95kg)
- Group size of Two – Max 30 Stone (190kg)
- Group size of Three – Max 43 Stone (273kg)
- Group size of Four – Max 56 Stone (355kg)
- Group size of Five – Max 66 Stone (420kg)
- Group size of Six - Max 76 Stone (485kg)
- Please note that the maximum weight limit for the Co Pilot Seat on a helicopter pleasure flight varies depending on aircraft and other operational considerations (subject to availability upgrade payable direct)
- If as a party of one you weigh in excess of 15 stone, you may still be able to fly however you will need to purchase an additional seat. This seat will either have to remain unoccupied or can be occupied by an individual as long as the combined total as listed above is not exceeded
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