I have put together a number of tours to my favourite destinations which I hope you will enjoy. Some are orientated towards civil aviation, some towards military and some with a combination of the two. I can even arrange afternoon tea at the RAF Club in Piccadilly, London!
However if you wish to mix and match these tour suggestions, or choose from our extensive list of museums, monuments, flights, and flight simulators please email me your choices and I will be delighted to put together a custom made trip just for you.
Below is guide a price for these tours – for exact prices please use the contact form to email me the size of your group and your preferred method of travel and I will email you back the total cost. Tours are usually from Central London in a luxury chauffeured vehicle (unless by rail where stated), includes talks by local expert guides, and a tour manager will accompany you throughout the day. We also are able to photograph and video record your tour and experience in high definition, and present or mail on to you a fully edited DVD.
Sample day tours:
Tour 001 Heroes of World War I
- Visit RAF Halton where the first infantry troops of Lord Kitchener’s new volunteer army were trained, and also became in 1913 home of the main base for the Royal Flying Corps for training its air mechanics. You can walk through re enacted WWI trenches.
- Trenchard Museum – All about Lord Trenchard – Father of the RAF – and the engineering apprentices of the RAF. You can try out the Chipmunk flight simulator here.
- Halton House – Built in 1879 by Alfred de Rothschild, has featured in Downton Abbey.
- Shuttleworth Collection – huge array of the earliest aeroplanes showing how flight soon became a weapon of war during WWI.
Guide price: For 6 people in a luxury chauffeured mini-van from £150.00 per person.
Tour 002 Heroes of World War II
- Bomber Command Memorial & RAF Club
- Battle of Britain Bunker RAF Uxbridge – view the Control Room
- Spitfire Flight Simulator and Air Transport Auxilary Exhibition – fly the Spitfire flight simulator.
- Air Forces Memorial Runnymede
- RAF Biggin Hill – WWII fighter base
- Battle of Britain Memorial
Guide price: For 6 people in a luxury chauffeured mini-van from £145.00 per person.
Tour 003 Concorde Experience
- British Airways Speedbird Centre – history of British Airways and British commercial aviation
- Concorde Experience at Brooklands – take a virtual flight inside Concorde
- Concorde Flight Simulator – under the guidance of a Concorde captain you will spend 1 hour in the genuine simulator on which all Concorde pilots trained, with 15 minutes hands on at the controls
- 100 Years of British Aviation at Brooklands – many civil and military aircraft to view and board
Guide price: for 2 people in a luxury chauffeured saloon from £595.00 per person. For 6 people in a luxury chauffeured mini-van from £350.00 per person.
Tour 004 British Airways Experience
- British Airways Speedbird Centre – history of British Airways and British commercial aviation
- British Airways Flight Safety Awareness Course – led by British Airways crew trainers you will board a full motion 737 cabin simulator and go through onboard practice drills – fun and informative!
- British Airways Flight Training – after a 30 minute pre-flight briefing you will enter the £10m full-motion simulator for your 1 hour flight at the controls.
- Wind-down refreshments at the nearby Renaissance Club Lounge overlooking runway 27R at Heathrow
Guide price for 2 people in a luxury chauffeured saloon from £750.00 per person.
Tour 005 Lancaster Experience
- Our first stop is the Newark Air Museum to view historic military aircraft. We then visit the home of the historic and world famous Battle of Britain Memorial Flight where you will view the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane, and tour the hanger led by an expert guide.
- Then onto the Aviation Heritage Centre to get up close and personal with a Lancaster and it’s crew, then board for a fantastic taxy run. Experience the vibrations, smells, sounds and atmosphere of a genuine Lancaster Bomber on a real Bomber Command airfield.
- Afternoon tea will be taken at the Petwood Hotel, famous as the Officer’s Mess for 617 Dam Busters squadron. There is plenty of memorabilia to see from this period.
Guide price: for 4 people by train from London from £650.00 per person
Tour 006 Spitfire Experience
- Tour the Solent Sky Museum depicting the development and history of the Spitfire. This area of the UK was a very important place for aircraft manufacturing and at one point there were 26 different companies here. So in addition to the Spitfire story there are many other aircraft to see including a Short Sandringham flying boat that you can board and visit the flightdeck.
- Included in this tour either one hour at the controls of a B737 800 NG or A320 flight simulator, or an aerobatic flight experience!
Guide price: for 2 people in a luxury chauffeured saloon from £650.00 per person, from Southampton by car or by train from London.
Tour 007 Aerobatics with the Blades and a Flight Simulator
- About 90 minutes north of Central London by road or 50 minutes by train, you will spend the day with the world famous Blades aerobatic display team. Made up of ex RAF pilots you will plan a sortie and sit in the front seat of their Extra EA-300 as they carryout gravity defying manoeuvres! You also get the chance to fly in and hover a Robinson R22 Helicopter, and try out the F1 racing simulator. Lunch, refreshments, and an end of day glass of champagne with the pilots is included.
- If that is not enough you will also spend 30 mins nearby at the controls of a Boeing 737-800 NG Flight Simulator!
Groups can be arranged from 1 – 16 people, and transport by road or rail from London. £POA
