Ultimate Lancaster Bomber Flight Simulator - Brighton
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About the experience
Product ID: 11620
Take to the (virtual) skies with this Ultimate Lancaster Bomber Flying Experience based at Shoreham Airport near Brighton. With no age or weight restrictions this experience is suitable for aviation lovers young and old! During your experience you will receive two 30 min sessions flying. With 1:1 tuition from an experienced simulator instructor, you will test your flying skills, performing manoeuvres like low flying over the Severn Bridge. In the second session you will change countries flying over the same German Dams as the famous Dambuster Pilots. You will have a genuine Lancaster headset in allowing you to speak with your instructor throughout the flight. With the realistic sounds and visuals the experience is immersive and you’ll feel like you are actually in the air.
- Valid for 12 months
- 1 Location in the UK
- Flexibe Booking
- Gift Pack Options
- Free Exchanges
- Instant Delivery
Absolutely amazing experience would love to do again. The instructor was Brilliant and very patient. Thank you.
Reviewed by: Graham Archer
Fantastic experience and the person who took the session was so knowledgeable it made the experience. I thoroughly recommend this experience to anybody who is interested in flying old historic airplanes or interested in flying WW2 planes. I want to go again to enhance the first experience.
Reviewed by: Jon Woodhead
Overview
- Fly an Avro Lancaster bomber simulator
- Based at a flying club at Brighton City Airport
- Get a feel for what it was like as WWII bomber pilot
- Two 30 minute sessions
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- Flight simulator experience in a replica Lancaster Bomber cockpit
- Welcome, introduction and briefing
- Learn about the history of the Lancaster Bomber
- 1:1 tuition from you experienced simulator instructor
- Introduction to the cockpit layout and controls
- Genuine Lancaster headset enabling communication with your instructor
- Realistic sounds and visuals
- Two 30 minute sessions in the simulator with short break for refreshments in-between
- Take off and fly the Lancaster under the guidance of the simulator instructor
- Test your skills by flying under the severn bridge and return back to try your hand at landing
- You will receive a mission briefing before testing your newly acquired skills
- Fly low level over the same damson Germany as the heroic Dambusters Pilots
- Allow approximately 2 hours on site for this experience
- This is a fixed base simulator and does not move
- The simulator is located within an active hanger. All persons must be escorted when airside or in the hanger to comply with security and health and safety requirements
- One spectator may accompany you to observe your session
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- No age or weight restrictions
- Under 16's must be accompanied onsite by an adult
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- Simulator session take place on Wednesday and Saturdays throughout the year, subject to availability
- Morning and afternoon sessions are generally available
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1 Location in the UK
- West Sussex
Customer Reviews for the Ultimate Lancaster Bomber Flight Simulator - Brighton
Absolutely amazing experience would love to do again. The instructor was Brilliant and very patient. Thank you.
Reviewed by: Graham Archer
Fantastic experience and the person who took the session was so knowledgeable it made the experience. I thoroughly recommend this experience to anybody who is interested in flying old historic airplanes or interested in flying WW2 planes. I want to go again to enhance the first experience.
Reviewed by: Jon Woodhead
I have been a huge fan of the Lancaster bomber so this was a fantastic gift from my son. It did not disappoint and to have the opportunity to use this simulator is just great. The graphics are really good with the opportunity to see how you did with tasks in a replay mode E.g. flying under the Severn Bridge and watching your bombing run on the dams. Sadly I was hit by anti aircraft fire and didnt make it home having to crash land in a field
Reviewed by: Jon Emery
I had a fantastic experience, my instructor Peter kirkwood was excellent I would 100 recommend this experience.Thank you.
Reviewed by: Paul With
Fantastic experience lovely people
Reviewed by: Mr Robin Izzard
Amazing realistic experience. How they did that in 1944 just shows how brave they were
Reviewed by: Howard Pollard
Thoroughly enjoyed the Lancaster experience, got to do the dambuster raid which was very difficult to master but for the experience of the trainer who helped out considerably making the whole thing a lot easier. Highlights just how difficult it was for our brave veterans who actually carried out the original raid on the dams. Loved every minute of it, recommend it to anyone
Reviewed by: Dave Johnson
Very friendly people. A knowledgeable and skilled instructor who went the extra mile to make the experience fascinating and highly enjoyable.
Reviewed by: David
Fabulous experience
Reviewed by: Kim Edwardes
The experience was really great, very engrossing. Having been in a Lancaster cockpit I can say it was very realistic. The staff were very welcoming and very professional. They evening made my wife and I a coffee. Great day out.
Reviewed by: Timothy John Bowden
A most enjoyable experience with great tuition.I had the extended package and would thoroughlyrecommend this aswell. Lots of fun.
Reviewed by: Malcolm
Very friendly instructor, with a well setup simulator.
Reviewed by: Callum Roberts
Superb experience, wonderful instructor and an hour and a half of high intensity physical and mental strain. Trying to bomb the dams of the Ruhr was something else. How they did it for real, I shall never know. Anyone with an interest in Lancasters and WWII would absolutely love this. One point, getting to Shoreham airport was easy, but a sign or placard advertising the building and the simulator would save driving around for 10 minutes.otherwise review would have been 5 stars
Reviewed by: David Leavesley
Very good. Excellent staff. Simulator very good I realise for the whole thing to move about would be asking a lot.
Reviewed by: Guy Dickinson
We had a great time. We are both Lancaster enthusiasts, our fathers both having been associated with the aircraft. We have been lucky enough to have taxied and even flown in an actual Lancaster, but of course they dont let you touch the controls So this was a great opportunity to find out what it is really like to fly the Lanc. The simulator is an excellent full scale mockup of the cockpit of a Lancaster, with all the controls, dials and switches, most of which are functional. The view out front and to both sides is excellent, and the scenery very realistic. We were pretty familiar with the layout of the cockpit already, but our instructor Fozzy explained everything, including stuff we didnt know Then we took turns to fly the two simulation experiences under and over the Severn bridges and then at low level over two of the dams attacked in the Dambusters raid where we came under fire with Fozzy acting as flight engineer and navigator.Its not a full motion simulator, but the experience is very realistic and immersive, enhanced considerably by the very loud engine sounds, which shake the whole cockpit as they should. Above all, you are left with an accurate impression of how much work is involved in controlling this iconic aircraft. We only flew for about 1 12 hours each, but the mental concentration and physical activity involved certainly took its toll. You can only imagine how tiring it would be to fly for 56 hours at night while being shot at for real. Respect.A word of special thanks for our instructor Fozzy. He was friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable, and made the whole experience great fun, We both have some flying experience, so we knew the basics, but I am sure that with his guidance even absolute flying novices will have a great experience too.Highly recommended. One tip though the simulator is in a hangar without heating, so the cockpit can be quite cold also quite realistic. So dress up warm
Reviewed by: Dick B
A fantastic experience for my husbands special birthday.
Reviewed by: Julie Hahner
Really enjoyable experience. Very tuned in and knowledgeable instructor who made the experience that more special. An emotional experience for me given my Fathers role in air crew in ww2 and this was fully taken into consideration in making my day even more memorable. Thx
Reviewed by: Phil Tomlinson 29 April 2024
Fantastic experience, definitely recommend it , very informative and helpful
Reviewed by: Mike Cross 13 May 2024
Outstanding experience.Id rather sneeringly prejudged what I thought it would be thinking it might be a minor upgrade to Microsoft Simulator. Instead it was a fully immersive experience with a copilot, doing a training run then the Dambusters raid. You fully feel all the complexities of flying the Lancaster with excellent assistance from your copilot. Id wholly recommend it.
Reviewed by: Giles 12 June 2024
Great experience. My instructor was very informative.
Reviewed by: Trevor Slater 06 August 2024
Excellent experience in every way
Reviewed by: Paul Smith 06 September 2024
Fantastic fun experience. The simulator is immersive and it really made me think I was flying my favourite aircraft. Blay, the instructor, was very knowledgeable and guided me expertly through the missions. Brilliant
Reviewed by: Nick 07 November 2024
A great fun experience led by a very passionate and informative Fozzie. Let your imagination run and it feels like you are actually flying the mighty Lancaster, reenacting the Dambusters famous raid over the dams at 50 feet The simulator gave me a true sense of how the original bombers, along with their payload, would actually have handled and how amazing the pilots and crew were at such a young age. Great fun for two hours.
Reviewed by: Stuart Thompson 07 November 2024
What a great experience. Very realistic and exciting.Very nice staff and I highly recommend.If your into Lancasters its excellent
Reviewed by: Mark D 28 November 2024
Awesome
Reviewed by: A Trusted Customer 02 December 2024
Truly was a fantastic experience. Best part for me was coming away with a deeper understanding and appreciation of what our brave Bomber crews went through for us. It was also just a great experience. Nice and friendly staff added to the day. Would recommend to anyone with an interest in this fantastic Bomber or the history it made.
Reviewed by: John Pohlman 10 January 2025
Absolute brilliant experience. I flew the Lancaster at 30 ft under the severn bridge. My claim to fame. A total rush to experience what our very brave boys did when they flew over the dams. I will never forget the experience. Thank you xx
Reviewed by: Kim 13 March 2025
This was a memorable experience. The Lancaster simulator cockpit was accurate and with CGI , the visual screens ,and simulated instruments and sound gave a thrilling immersive experience. Flying the Lancaster felt so real it even swung to the left and I had the impression of a heavy aircraft and its inertia.My instructor was a great mentor , flight engineer and navigator . I will long remember and savour my two flights . Flying the Dans raid in daylight was the stuff of dreams Totally recommended
Reviewed by: Ken Lavey 20 March 2025
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