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Taster flights & experience days
Fly a helicopter — no licence required. Four ways to get your hands on the controls, from a scenic first flight to a full day in the cockpit, with one of our instructors at X-AERO Training’s own base.
Choose your experience
Price on enquiry
Introductory flight
A local scenic flight to discover the world of helicopters
Feel the rush as you realise the wheels have left the ground and you watch the scenery take shape around you.
- Duration
- Allow 60 minutes in total; flights from 8 to 30 minutes
- Restrictions
- Maximum weight 110 kg (R44), 90 kg (R22)
- Participants
- One or two participants
- Spectators
- Welcome in the airport’s public area
Price on enquiry
Flight initiation – real aircraft
Take the controls of a real helicopter
Treat yourself to a helicopter piloting lesson with dual controls. With your own instructor, take control safely and enjoy the first sensations of flying.
- Duration
- Flights from 18 minutes to 1 hour, plus about 1 hour for briefing and a hangar tour
- Restrictions
- Maximum weight 110 kg (R44), 90 kg (R22); tall enough to reach the controls (from age 12)
- Participants
- One participant; one guest can join on R44 flights
- Spectators
- Welcome in the airport’s public area
How it works
- Arrival at the airfield facilities
- Meet your instructor and visit the facilities
- 30-minute pilot and safety briefing
- Helicopter piloting lesson
- Debriefing and souvenir photos
From €150
Flight initiation – simulator
Take the controls in one of our full-flight simulators
Treat yourself to a piloting lesson on our helicopter simulators and face the everyday missions of real crews, with your own instructor beside you.
- Duration
- Flights from 15 to 30 minutes, plus about 1 hour for briefing and a training-centre tour
- Restrictions
- Tall enough to reach the controls (from age 12)
- Participants
- One participant; two guests can sit in the back seats
How it works
- Arrival at the training centre
- Meet your instructor and visit the training centre
- 30-minute pilot and safety briefing
- Flight simulator piloting lesson
- Debriefing and memories
Price on enquiry
A day as a pilot
Step into a helicopter pilot’s shoes for a day
Discover how to fly a helicopter and experience the full operational range of SAF Aerogroup.
- Duration
- A full day with an instructor
- Included
- One simulator flight in command, one real-aircraft flight in command, and a visit of the SAF Aerogroup facilities
- Restrictions
- Maximum weight 110 kg (R44), 90 kg (R22); tall enough to reach the controls (from age 12)
- Participants
- One participant
Good to know
- Scheduling depends on the weather — we may adapt the plan to local conditions.
- Vouchers are valid for one year from the date of purchase.
- Gift cards are available on request.
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