IPilot flight simulator lands in Westfield
London, home of great attractions including the London Eye, Madame Tussauds and The Tower of London, now also boasts its first flight simulator.
Available from 15th December at Westfield for tourists and Londoners alike to enjoy, iPilot is a dream for budding pilots, allowing you to take control of a major passenger jet, with guidance from qualified pilot instructors, in a flight simulator similar to those used to train future pilots.
The simulator gives you a choice to fly from and to 500 different airports – allowing you to try to land into some of the trickiest airports and taking in panoramic views of some of the most beautiful cities in the world! Visitors to London might also want to recreate their own flight with themselves at the controls.
Of the launch, Wolfram Schleuter, founder of iPilot, comments: “We are delighted to be bringing Londoners and visitors to the capital the iPilot flight experience.
“We’ve been experiencing great success with our first location at Bluewater, with a surge in bookings on ipilot.me so we are expecting the same great reception in London with our second iPilot experience.”
Ideal as a present or just to satisfy your own flying dreams, iPilot offers a range of flight packages to suit any budget, including:
20 Minute Flight Experience (RRP £69) – Package includes one take-off, a short flight and one landing at an airport of your choice; giving first time fliers the excitement of pushing the throttles, feeling the aircraft speed along the runway before lift-off and getting to grips with landing a jet plane.
30 Minute Flight Experience (RRP £99) – This experience will give you a true sense of all major manoeuvres of a commercial flight. As the pilot, you will line up at the runway, push forward the throttles, speed along the runway to take-off and enjoy a flight before you line up for an approach back to the original runway and land. Some of the most popular flights experienced include taking off at Heathrow to get a birds-eye view of London’s main landmarks before landing back at one of the world’s busiest airports. Another is London to Paris, which offers panoramic views of the city’s most renowned landmarks before landing at Charles de Gaulle.
45 Minute Flight Experience (RRP £149) – This experience allows additional airtime after take-off to experience the scenery of your chosen location before attempting a perfect landing. Most popular options include flying over some of Britain’s favourite Spanish holiday destinations or experiencing taking off and landing at three of the world’s greatest airports – Heathrow, the popular Hong Kong Tai Kak airport and St Maarten in the Caribbean.
60 Minute Flight Experience (RRP £199) – iPilot’s most popular flight experience, which can be enjoyed with a friend, includes two take offs, two circuits and two landings – offering great value for money! A popular 60 minute experience is London to New York, where budding pilots can climb out towards the Atlantic and fly towards the US.
90 Minute Fear of Flying Programme (RRP £279) – The ideal experience to help you combat a fear or dread of flying, this package includes one of iPilot’s experienced pilots taking you through every phase of the flight to increase your confidence and help you understand what is going on when a plane takes off, flies and lands.
90 Minute Champagne Flight Experience (RRP £399) – The ultimate flying experience where you will perform a perfect take off from a London airport of your choice followed by a flight and a landing at the chosen airport. A popular flight could be London to Paris with a panoramic approach over the city of Paris where you will see the skyline of the French capital. After arrival in Paris your experience will end with a glass of French champagne and some French treats for you to enjoy. You will receive a DVD or your flight as well as a present for you to take away. This experience can be shared with up to three friends.
To book one of the above packages or for further information go to ipilot.me.
There are no age restrictions to experience iPilot and all customers get a signed certificate from the instructor after completing the flight. To avoid disappointments, please make sure you book in advance.