The events of this perilous time have been well documented, but now you can step back in time and experience what it was like as a raw recruit, training to be a pilot in the Royal Air Force to defend your country.

Plane Heritage is offering you the unique opportunity to follow the same path that those young RAF pilots training to fly Spitfires & Hurricanes would have taken with a flight in both the Tiger Moth and Harvard, complete with full briefings, all for just £340.

Your Experience will begin when you report to Goodwood Aerodrome, formally RAF Westhampnett and a relief landing ground for RAF Tangmere. A home to legendary RAF pilot Douglas Bader during WWII, Goodwood is the perfect setting from which to begin your experience.

After a short briefing on the basic flying principles, your instructor will show you to the waiting de Havilland Tiger Moth, the first step towards the Spitfire for young RAF recruits during WWII.

Once strapped into the simple open cockpit, the functions of the few instruments will be explained before the engine is hand swung into life and you taxi out for a 15 minute 'training' sortie during which time you will have chance to fly the aircraft yourself whilst experiencing the joy of open cockpit flying. After a gentle flight and landing, it is time to move onto the Harvard.

Powered by a 600hp Pratt & Whitney radial engine, the Harvard is the closest you can get to flying in a WWII fighter and your pilot can show you what it was like to be locked in a dog fight with the enemy.

So if you have ever wondered what it was like to be a pilot during the Battle of Britain, then now you can experience the sights, smells and sounds from this turning point in history.

FIGHTER EXPERIENCE GALLERY

OTHER FLYING EXPERIENCES AVAILABLE

TIGER MOTH FLIGHTS

TAKE THE CONTROLS OF A VINTAGE DE HAVILLAND TIGER MOTH BI-PLANE

THE HARVARD

THE CLOSEST YOU CAN GET TO FLYING A WWII FIGHTER

GOODWOOD REVIVAL

PLEASURE FLIGHTS AT THE GOODWOOD REVIVAL FESTIVAL