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Special Aerobatic Flight

A 20 minute aerobatic flight with an instructor in a 2 seat aircraft.
Flights can be taken 7 days a week (not Bank Holidays) and are subject to weather / aircraft availability.

What can I expect on the day?

Get ready for flying upside down on this Bellanca Decathlon (G-BTXX) aerobatic experience! Take an American Champion Aircraft Industries designed light aircraft capable of aerobatics, add one highly experienced instructor, mix in one enthusiastic aviation fan (that’s you!) and you get a thrilling experience including inverted flight, stall turns and looping the loop, all from this friendly airfield in Staffordshire.

The Bellanca Decathlon (G-BTXX) has a reputation as a fantastic aerobatic training plane and in our experience, they are fairly rare in the skies over here. However, the aviation grapevine tells us a certain Top Gear TV presenter James May has one, which is quite unusual in itself as he is known as Mr Slow and this little trooper of a planr is certainly no slow-coach! It’s also capable of sustaining aerobatic stresses of +6g and -5g, has the fully inverted oil system so it’s ready to roll (literally) and it’s guaranteed fun in the air. Fully adapted for aerial manoeuvres, this Bellanca Decathlon also has semi-symmetric airfoil, fuel injection rather than carburettor and a 1.5 gallon header fuel tank, all in the name of maximising inverted flight.

So where will your Decathlon aerobatics experience take place? You will be in the heart of the Midlands, flying out of Tatenhill Airfield near Needwood. The guys and girls here started off as an approved maintenance facility back in 1987 and has grown to offer full avionics and the friendly flying school. They have a rather fine fleet of very well looked after light aircraft and this Bellanca Decathlon is a very popular member of the line up in the hangar. We think you’ll love it!

You will sit in tandem with the instructor in this two seater strut-braced, high-wing plane with joystick controls and, although it may look like a normal light aircraft, once airborne in the Decathlon, you’ll be blown away by the aerial agility of this plane as you zoom across the skies at top speed of 155mph, pulling some serious aerobatic manoeuvres.

The C152 Aerobat (G-TALO) is also available for this experience. Contact us for further information and to check availability.

Voucher for this experience available now from our shop for just £85.

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  • Tatenhill Airfield
    Newborough Road
    Needwood
    Burton-upon-Trent
    Staffordshire
    DE13 9PD
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  • Tatenhill Flying Club commences 1st of Feb 2019 31st January 2019
  • We are please to announce our maintenance partnership with Leicester Aero Club (LAC) 30th January 2019
  • Maintenance – Welcome to Lee Parker our new B1/B2 dual category engineer 30th January 2019

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Flight Experience Vouchers

This really is the ideal first step for anyone wondering what it feels like to fly an aeroplane – and it counts towards a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL)

It’s a relaxed but hands-on way to find out more before commencing a flying course and our experienced instructors will ensure you enjoy it.

Realise your own ambition or make a superb gift of the experience to a loved one.

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