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One Hour Trial Flight - Whangarei

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Fly a real aircraft today and live your dream. Trial flights are an awesome way to introduce a person to the sheer joy of flying. They are an interactive, hands-on experience guaranteed to quicken the pulse and inspire anyone who has wondered what it would be like to fly an aeroplane themselves.

Fly a real aircraft today and live your dream. Trial flights are an awesome way to introduce a person to the sheer joy of flying. They are an interactive, hands-on experience guaranteed to quicken the pulse and inspire anyone who has wondered what it would be like to fly an aeroplane themselves.

Highlights

  • Take control of the aircraft yourself.
  • Learn take off, landing,climbing, turning and straight and level flight.
  • Experienced instructors.
  • This is a flying lesson and not a scenic flight. You take control under the guidance of your instructor.
  • Safe and fun for all ages 11 and up.
  • Weight limit 100Kg

The flight starts with a thorough pre-flight briefing where we explain the aircraft and it’s safety features and systems.

Then its into the cockpit to do our pre-takeoff safety checks. Once these are complete we taxi onto the runway and blast off for a flight that will change your life forever.

These flights are very hands on and you will get to fly the aircraft yourself under the expert guidance of one of our experienced flight instructors.

We will guide you through take off, straight and level flight, climbing and descending, medium turns and steep turns. You will also be able to have a go at the approach and landing and complete some touch and goes.

That’s where we touch down briefly and then take off again.We must stress that these flights are not scenic, charter or joy flights. Trial flights are designed to give the recipient an introduction to aviation and are considered a training flight.

A trial flight is an exciting, hands on experience, suitable for ages 11 and upwards. For safety and operational reasons there is a 100kg weight limit and the maximum height is 6Ft 2 inches.

Participants must be in reasonable health and be mobile.

Per person $135.00

What's included

  • One hour flight time including taxi time in our tecnam Sierra P2002 aircraft- About 50 minutes airborne time.
  • Comprehensive safety briefing.
  • Expert flight instruction from our experienced instructors.

Duration

  • Allow approximately 90 minutes duration for the whole experience

Restrictions

  • Minimum age: 11
  • Maximum weight 100kg. Maximum height is 6ft 2inches.

Child Friendly

  • This experience welcomes families with children.

Notes

  • Please note that all flights are subject to favourable weather conditions.
  • Our flights take off from Handforth St, Whangarei Airport, Whangarei

Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme

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christopherk from New Zealand wrote on 21 May 2018

Wonderful experience

Amazing experience and excellent introduction to flying.

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Tash from New Zealand wrote on 19 January 2018

Awesome

Excellent service, highly recommended

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Michael from New Zealand wrote on 15 January 2018

Fantastic

Shaun was very accommodating due to my tight time frame. Great experience, highly recommended.

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Kororia Boer from New Zealand wrote on 30 December 2017

1hour flight

Thank you sooo much for the experience of a life time. My son enjoyed his 1 hour flight out over Whangarei harbour and piloting the little air craft.

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Quentin Griffiths from New Zealand wrote on 03 November 2017

Excellent flight

Brought this as a present for my dad's birthday. He loved it thanks to the professional and friendly staff who ran the experience. Would highly recommend this to anyone.

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