First Experience
"Ready to Start!"
Booking an "Introductory Lesson" is the best way to to find out if Cambridge Flying Group and its Tiger Moths are for you.
The flight is conducted by a qualified instructor and will give you 30 minutes in the air during which you will have the opportunity to handle the aircraft.
What To Expect...
Arrive a good 60 minutes before your booked time to allow for a briefing and completing the necessary paperwork. It's a good idea to phone ahead before leaving home as rain, low cloud, strong winds or aircraft serviceability issues might make us to postpone the trip.
You should bring comfortable warm clothes for the time of year. In winter wear a sweater, outdoor jacket and gloves. We will provide you with a helmet.
Friends and family are welcome as guests. Young children be supervised by another adult while you are flying. They can take photographs of you in the aircraft and relax with group members in our club house while you are flying.
First we will show you the cockpit and controls. As a student pilot you sit in the rear seat behind the instructor. The ground crew will strap you in and start the engine. The instructor will talk to air traffic control, taxy the aircraft out to the runway, take off and fly you around the local area. If you live in or near Cambridge we may be able to over fly your house for you to take photographs. The instructor will show you the basics of flying and let you do as much as you want. As the sortie ends the instructor will bring the aircraft back to the airfield to circle and land and then taxi back to the club house for a debrief and a celebratory cup of coffee.
Finally we give you a signed certificate as a souvenir. If you decide you enjoyed it so much you want to join the group we count the flight as your first lesson and give you a discount on the introductory flight.