Top Gun

Top Gun

The Top Gun flight includes up to 40 minutes of riding. Experience dynamic low-level flying as well as loops, rolls, stalls and spins and even hammerheads and tumbling.

Locations: Located at the Henderson Executive Airport

Prices From: $509.95

Description

If you watched the hit '80s movie "Top Gun" as a kid and wanted to be a fight pilot just like Tom Cruise, now's your opportunity of a lifetime. 

On this flight to remember, you'll learn from one of the school's professional fighter pilots. After your tutorial, get ready to board a top-of-the-line aerobatic Extra 330 LC or open-top Waco YMF-5C. With your certified flight instructor guiding you, you'll learn the art of aerial combat as well as military maneuvers. You'll even get a chance to score a "hit" on your opponent. 

The Top Gun flight includes up to 40 minutes of flying. During a 30-minute lesson on aerobatics and high G maneuvering, you'll climb aboard and fly with an aerobatic pilot. Experience dynamic low-level flying on a single aircraft as well as basic aerobatics such as loops, rolls, stalls and spins. This tour also includes advanced routines like hammerheads and tumbling. No flight experience is necessary. This tour includes access to the property's aviation museum, shuffleboard and pool table.

Total tour time is approximately three hours (hotel to hotel). This tour includes complimentary van transportation.

In this flight you have the option of two airplanes:

Waco YMF-5C (Open cockpit)

  • Maximum speed: 214 mph 
  • Cruise speed: 105 mph 

Extra 330LC (Closed top cockpit) 

  • Maximum speed: 253 mph
  • Cruise speed: 196 mph

Tour Details

Adult Price: $629.00
Child Price: $629.00
Fees: $7.95
Tour Length: Approximately 3 hours (hotel to hotel)
Air Time: 30 minutes
Locations: Located at the Henderson Executive Airport
Transportation Type: Plane
Meals Included: None
Special Requirements: Participants must weigh between 80 and 240 pounds and be at least 4-feet-tall (and no taller than six feet, three inches) to ride. Socks and shoes are required.