| Adventures come in all shapes and sizes. For some of | | | | aircraft under the most adverse conditions. |
| us, sitting down and reading an engaging book is the | | | | With your air safety placed in the hands of a fighter |
| ideal adventure, while for others of us only something | | | | pilot, you can focus on carrying out military or air show |
| such as skydiving or rock climbing will do. If you fall into | | | | style flight maneuvers without being afraid to make |
| the latter category and you find yourself searching in | | | | mistakes. If you choose one of the military style flying |
| vain for the next great thrill, you might consider | | | | adventures, you'll be given the opportunity to |
| pursuing the flying adventures that are offered by the | | | | experience simulated air combat, which consists of |
| aviation adventure industry. | | | | aiming a real gun sight at enemy aircraft while firing |
| By flying adventures, we're talking about piloting a real | | | | simulated bullets, not to mention performing a variety of |
| military fighter plane while performing an array of | | | | tactical air combat maneuvers, such as high speed low |
| aerobatic and tactical maneuvers, and you don't even | | | | altitude flybys. If you choose an aerobatic flight |
| have to possess a pilot's license. When you take an | | | | adventure, you'll experience what it's like to be a pilot in |
| aviation adventure flight, you'll receive abbreviated | | | | an air show. As you're high performance aircraft emits |
| ground training the focuses on flight maneuvers and air | | | | smoke streams, you'll focus on executing such |
| safety, and then you'll take the cockpit of a high | | | | adrenaline inducing maneuvers as accelerated flat |
| performance fighter plane with an experienced fighter | | | | spins, knife-edge spins and tail slides. |
| pilot riding along as your copilot. Your aircraft will have | | | | The flight adventure packages offered by the aviation |
| dual controls that allow the trained pilot to take control | | | | adventure industry can be customized to fulfill your |
| of the aircraft if needed. | | | | ideal flight adventure. The packages typically range |
| To simply say that the pilots in the aviation adventure | | | | from around $500 to roughly $4,000, with the low end |
| industry are "experienced" doesn't tell the whole story. | | | | comprising single day flight adventures and the high |
| In addition to being licensed pilots, they've flown multiple | | | | end comprising multi day flying sessions. Flying |
| real life combat missions, have thousands of hours of | | | | adventures are a great way to give yourself that |
| flight experience and often have experience piloting | | | | ultimate thrill that you've always searched for, but they |
| airliners and other forms of transport aircraft. However, | | | | also make excellent gifts for anyone who's interested |
| the greatest indication of the level of safety that you'll | | | | in aviation or would like to do something incredibly |
| experience during your flight is the fact that the pilots in | | | | exciting and new. Whether you have yourself or |
| the aviation adventure industry also offer advanced | | | | someone else in mind as you explore the aviation |
| training to experienced pilots in such disciplines as | | | | adventure industry, one thing is certain: piloting a high |
| upset recovery, instrument recovery and aerobatic | | | | performance fighter plane is an experience that won't |
| flight, all of which focus on maintaining control of | | | | be forgotten. |