Flying experience with a 5year old
Flying experience with a 5year old
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mudnomad

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4,031 posts

200 months

Tuesday
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My friend's son is obsessed with planes and he would love to take him for a pleasure flight with an instructor in a small plane.
All the experiences we find have "min 14 years old" condition.
Has anyone on here done it somewhere in England or maybe know of an suitable experience?

Thank you!

5150

729 posts

271 months

Tuesday
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I took my God Son flying this year. He's 7. It's only a two-seater aircraft and looking back, I should have brought him a cushion to sit on, as his view forwards wasn't great, so it was more about the view out of the side window and having a little go at flying the plane himself.

There's plenty of flying schools that offer trial lessons in 4-seater aircraft - so might be an idea to go up with him - either with you in the back and him in the front, or vice-versa. I couldn't think of any flight school that wouldn't accommodate that. Plus you can snap away taking lots of pics of the day - rather than him just being up on his own with someone he doesn't know. First time in a light aircraft can be a bit of an assault on the senses, so having someone with him he knows, will make it a much more enjoyable and shared experience!

FlyVintage

196 posts

7 months

Tuesday
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As suggested above, you need to look at flying schools, not flight experiences (which tend to assume one person - hence the age limit). Most schools would accommodate a flight WITH the parent or guardian. However, I can’t think of any school who would contemplate taking a 5 year old up on his own. The safeguarding issues alone would be likely kill that. I certainly wouldn’t take anyone’s child up alone; regardless of how well I knew them.