SPITFIRE PILOT TRAINING Courses

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SPITFIRE CONVERSION COURSE - FULL

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GOODWOOD AERODROME

This course can be built around your schedule or can be completed as a full time course. Dependent on your previous experience you will learn about the Spitfire from the ground up. You will have full and detailed briefs on all the technical aspects of the aircraft before progressing to the flying training. You will have two flights from the back seat from where you will get used to the aircraft speeds, and operation of controls and go through the standard upper airwork. You'll then progress to the front seat for circuit training, aerobatics training and emergency procedure training. We will train you to solo standard.

COST: £71,000 (PLUS VAT)

SPITFIRE CONVERSION COURSE - ABRIDGED

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GOODWOOD AERODROME

This course is designed for pilots with previous warbird experience and can be built around your schedule or can be completed as a full time course. You will learn about the Spitfire from the ground up with full and detailed briefs on all the technical aspects of the aircraft before progressing to the flying training. You will have one flight from the back seat from where you will get used to the aircraft speeds, and operation of controls and go through the standard upper airwork. You'll then progress to the front seat for circuit training, aerobatics training and emergency procedure training. We will train you to solo standard.

COST: £36,000 (PLUS VAT)

SINGLE SEAT SPITFIRE CONVERSION

GOODWOOD AERODROME

This course is designed to take you from the two seat Spitfire into a single seat Spitfire, highlighting the subtle differences between the two aircraft and ultimately giving the student the opportunity to fly a real wartime Mk9 Spitfire. Significant time will be spent in the simulator familiarising the student to the different cockpit layout from that in the front of the two seat Spitfire, plus there will be a focus on the practicing of emergencies and forced landings. This opportunity will only be offered to the select few who meet all the requirements of the Academy, the CAA and the insurance companies.

COST: £6,500ph (PLUS VAT)

SPITFIRE SIMULATOR TRAINING

GOODWOOD AERODROME

This is an as required course for pilots or non-pilots alike. It can be used as an introduction to the Spitfire for pilots who are keen to fly the aircraft, can be used for refresher training for Spitfire pilots who haven't flown the aircraft, or can be used for annually for organisations determined to equip their pilots with the very best pre season training available.

The rate quoted includes an approved instructor pilot.

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COST: £650 ph (PLUS VAT)

Sptfires.com is approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to give training in vintage warbirds. Below you'll find a list of all the training flights on offer at Goodwood Aerodrome in the Spitfire. For each of the items listed below you will receive briefings about the facility, the aircraft, the flying equipment you'll be wearing such as helmets, flight suits and parachutes, and you'll receive briefings on flying techniques, the aircraft's systems and the aircraft's history. Then you'll meet your pilot and discuss with him what you'd like to do on your flight be it a sightseeing tour or some aerobatics, or a bit of both. To book any of the below flights you MUST hold or have held a fixed wing pilot licence.