[Sussex] Boultbee Flight Academy Spitfire Simulator

jakarta said:

Back from Goodwood having had my first Spitfire Mk9 Simulator Flight (belated Birthday present from Mrs Jakarta).

Thoroughly recommended for aspiring Spitfire Pilots of all ages. Managed to deck it on my first loop attempt but subsequent one was much better and did rolls to left and right. You go from Goodwood in whatever direction you want, I flew around the IoW and back to Goodwood in my 30 minutes. I'm booking my next flight for the New Year and will definitely get a few more sessions in before I do the real thing next summer, hopefully do some take-offs and landings next time.

As a bonus my Instructor took us into the Boultbee Hangar to look at the 2 Spits currently there and Mrs Jakarta and I had our photo taken in front of their Mk9 in D-Day trim.

Then went to Fox Goes Free Pub for late lunch, pint of Sussex Gold and a very good Burger, Christmas has come early.

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Pint of Ale and a Burger said:

That sounds fantastic.
Did you get a real sense of speed and handling?

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jakarta said:

Yes it does pitch and roll. Handling is amazingly sensitive, you can fly it with your fingertips in a straight line, obviously roll and loop requires rather more input and the simulator does make the control surfaces more difficult the harder you pull the joystick in whatever direction.

An absolutely joyful experience, got to do it again.

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The Kid Frankie said:

Can you simulate dogfights with Germans?

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