Join the Air Force elite with this Top Gun flight simulator experience! You will discover the thrills & intensity of being a fighter pilot in this very lifelike simulator that will see you flying a powerful jet fighter plane
- in the middle of Cheshire!
On arrival at the venue you might think you&0ve come to the wrong place. Nothing on the outside gives you a clue that there&0s a hulking great front of a fighter jet plane inside & nothing can prepare you for what you are about to undertake. This flight simulator is proper Top Gun style with the actual front end of a real ex-Romanian Air Force&0s Delfin 29 that flew under the codename RED 47. Rugged, sturdy & definitely designed for function rather than comfort, these impressive jets saw active service until the late 1980s.
Before you even clamber into the tight squeeze of a cockpit, you will put on your genuine RAF flight suit. Once strapped into the ejector seat (which, we might add has been deactivated!) it&0s time to pull on your full face fighter helmet & oxygen mask complete with integrated intercom that you&0ll use for communicating with your co-pilot instructor who&0s in the rear seat during your simulator session. Top Gun fans will know that any decent American fighter pilot has their own call sign (think Maverick or Viper!), so why not pick your own? With all the gear & the Top Gun name you&0re ready for the off…
It&0s all about total immersion for this exhilarating simulated fighter pilot experience, so you will carry out all the pilot duties, starting with turning the engine on, switching on all the lights & adjusting the flaps ready for taxing to your live runway. As to where you go, you can choose your real time flight path. Many wannabe fighter pilots choose RAF Valley & head over Wales or the North West of the country for a cracking mix of low level swoops down over the valleys & some high speed sightseeing over the towns & cities.
If you&0re wondering how realistic it all feels in the simulator, by the time you&0ve got your full fighter pilot kit on & the cockpit canopy is shut, all you can see from the front is the large screen showing picture-real images. So yes, it is remarkably convincing, right down to the noise of the engines firing up, the thunderous rumble as you accelerate on the runway & the clunking as you lower the landing gear
- even all the dials, switches & gauges all work.
It&0s also worth mentioning that you don&0t need any previous flight training to be able to pilot this Top Gun simulator & each budding fighter pilot will be supported & assisted by your flight simulator instructor pilot, so you won&0t be stuck struggling with take off or constantly crashing before you get to fly at full throttle!
<b> What&0s Included in your Experience:</b><br>• A 30-minute fighter pilot flight simulation session<br>• Pre-flight briefing & a complementary coffee<br> • The simulator is a real fighter jet cockpit from a Delfin L29<br> • Expert guidance from your instructor to take-off, fly & land at a virtual airport of your choice<br> • A real RAF flight suit will be provided for you to wear for authenticity<br> • All flights are flown in &0real time&0<br> • Sessions will be tailor made to suit your flying experience<br> • Sessions are run on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, all year round