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In the Air
Whether you fancy an aerial tour in a light aircraft or helicoptor, a hot air balloon ride or really want to get active and try skydiving, hang-gliding or a microlight flight while you are visiting the Heart of England, there's bound to be something to get your juices flowing here!
Airbourne Experiences for The Active Tourist
Combine the thrill of a helicopter ride, with an aerial tour of Warwick and Kenilworth Castles or take a trial lesson and enjoy the experience of taking control for yourself.
Get The Bodyflying Experience at the home of indoor skydiving - If you're new to the sport of bodyflying, our beginner packages are designed to give you a fun and exhilarating introduction into the amazing world of human flight.
In less than one day you can be making a tandem skydive from up to 14,500 feet you then free fall at speeds of 120 mph down to 5,000 feet where the tandem instructor opens the parachute.
You leave the aircraft from around 3,200 feet and the ram-air canopy is activated automatically by a static line. Now test your judgment by guiding the wing to the correct landing area before landing like an expert.
Tandem Skydive, RAPS static line jumps or Accelerated Freefall, whatever you decide you'll be in expert hands at BPS Langor. Members of the British Parachute Association.
Want to JUMP? Whatever you need we offer! Skydiving, Parachuting, Charity jumps, AFF and Tandem Jumps at Hinton Skydiving Centre. Hinton Skydiving Centre is the most friendly and social skydiving club in the UK.
Feel the need to fly ? Why not come and join us. Experience the freedom and excitement of flying a fixed wing light aircraft, a helicopter, or try both with our Combination Flight.
A trial lesson is an ideal and affordable way of sampling flight in a light aircraft of your choice with one of our highly experienced instructors.
The only way to find out if flying is for you is to have a go yourself. Wellesbourne Aviation offers a range of trial lessons to give you a taste of the thrills of flying.
Combine the thrill of a helicopter ride, with an aerial tour of Warwick and Kenilworth Castles or take a trial lesson and enjoy the experience of taking control for yourself.
Experience the thrill of silent flight for yourself with our Glider Trial Flights. A great introduction to flying with the birds at the hands of a fully qualified BGA Instructor.
Here's your chance to fly with the birds in a specially designed tandem hang glider at 3000ft, towed behind a CAA approved tug microlight, in the company of our experienced BHPA qualified tandem hang gliding instructor.
Your introduction to the world of free-flight with a taster trial on a microlight, paraglider or hang-glider, all undertaken in tandem with an experienced instructor on board.
Experience the delights of balloon flight over the beautiful Heart of England countryside. Every balloon flight is a unique event, never to be experienced by another person in the same way.
We offer sky diving courses from up to 15,000ft at our dropzone in Lincolnshire including Tandem parachuting, Accelerated Freefall (AFF) and Static Line jumps
Stratford Gliding Club offer courses and trial flights of this most exhilarating of flying experiences over beautiful Shakespeare Country.