Jet Fighter Flight, 35 Minute Low-Level Coastal Strike - Sydney

location:	Bankstown Airport (Sydney)

item:	JE13713TF

price:	AUD $3,000.00 AUD $2,700.00 SAVE $300.00

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This low-level Jet Fighter Flight will see you completing a mock-bombing raid on the Seacliffe Bridge, before travelling back to base along the NSW coastline at incredible speeds. Simply the most exhilarating experience available in Australia!

Join our ex-military pilots for a flying experience in our Dragonfly A-37b Attack Jet and a military-style adventure flight that you will never forget.

Your adventure flight begins with meeting your pilot and other members of our team in our office at Bankstown Airport, before being introduced to your aircraft...the A-37B Dragonfly attack jet. There we will complete the pre-flight inspection, before one of our specially trained staff will help you aboard the aircraft, assist with the four point harness and flying equipment including your intercom equipped flying helmet (this makes for another excellent photo opportunity).

After take off, you'll be vertical within seconds as the aircraft climbs and banks southwest toward Narellan, before turning one mile out to sea where you'll establish an attack profile for a bombing raid on the spectacular Seacliff Bridge. The adrenalin will be pumping as you come in hard and fast to bomb the target, banking for escape at the last minute! After some more adrenalin-fuelled maneuvres you will perform a low-level track along the NSW sea cliffs before returning to base.

On completion of your sortie, we return to base and there you will be presented with a completion certificate. You will remember your A-37B Dragon flight for the rest of your life!

intensity: 5.0

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Going for a ride in the Dragonfly was a day I'll never forget - most exhilarating experience
K Froud

Thanks to Jeff the Recon 15 flight on the A37B Dragonfly was a dream come true. I never thought looking at Warragamba Dam upside down could be so much fun. I was running around telling all my friends for a week how great the flight and service from all staff was on the day. It was so good to meet people who enjoy providing such a great adventure in such a professional way. The flight was so much fun that I will be saving my money to go back and get another flight one day. When I received your DVD I was rapped to be able to relive the great memories that I will treasure forever. PS: I enjoyed the music on the DVD as well, great selection of tunes
SHAWN MOORE

Fitness and Experience

Light, casual clothes are recommended, joggers are ideal
Sunglasses are optional but recommended as an alternative to the jet helmet visors
Passengers under 16 will need a parent or guardian present on the day
As this is an adrenalin activity we recommend that passengers be of good general health
Minimum height 150cm, maximum height 198cm
Maximum weight 140kg

What to Bring/Wear

Light, casual clothes are recommended, joggers are ideal (dresses and skirts are not suitable)
Footwear must be closed, no sandals or thongs
Camera/video camera - there will be great opportunities to get some amazing shots
Family and friends

What is Supplied

Flight suit
Fighter pilot style helmet
Full safety mission brief
Photo session by the aircraft
35 minute experience, chocks off to chocks on
Flight certificate on completion of your flight
Tea and coffee on arrival

More Information

You may also choose the popular option of a personalised, professionally edited DVD of your experience (additional cost).

The Aircraft:

This particular A-37B is one of only three airworthy in Australia. So make sure you bring the camera!

The A-37B serial number 68-10807 was delivered to the USAAF in 1969, where it briefly flew in the USA. In the early 1970’s the aircraft was shipped to South Vietnam, where it was reassembled and flown by USAF pilots. Shortly before the cessation of hostilities the aircraft was delivered to the South Vietnamese air force and repainted in SVAF colours. When the war in Vietnam ended, the aircraft had flown only 310 hours 35 minutes. It was abandoned at Bien Hoa airport.

On 30th April 1975 the A-37B was taken on charge by the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, at which time new log books (in Vietnamese) commenced carrying forward the TTIS from the original USAF and South Vietnamese records. In July 1977, the A-37B entered factory A42 for ‘servicing’. Returned to service on 20th March 1979 the aircraft was never flown in Vietnam, but appears to have been run (religiously) for 15 minutes every ten days throughout 1979, 1980 and 1981 until the last log book entry on 15.6.81 with TTIS recorded as 314 hours and 7 minutes. Some time in late 1981 the aircraft was disassembled and placed into long-term storage in Vietnam.

In the late 1990’s ‘807’ was imported into Australia as one of a batch of seven A-37B aircraft by the late Colin Pay of Scone, NSW, Australia. ‘807’ was the third aircraft of the batch to be rebuilt by Pay’s Air Service Pty Ltd. The aircraft was stripped, overhauled and re-assembled in accordance with the manufacturer’s maintenance manual USAF T.O. 1A-37B. Ejection seats, yaw damper system, military avionics and armament systems were removed and scrapped.

On 29th July 2002 Australian log books were commenced with TTIS 314.1. Currently based at Bankstown, the twin-engined Dragonfly is one of the few warbirds that can overfly Australia’s capital cities, due its multiple engines.

VH-AZD is currently owned by Gary Criddle, who regularly displays this beautiful example of the A37B Dragonfly at airshows and corporate events throughout Australia. The low-level aerobatic display invariably demonstrates the aircraft’s amazing performance capability which approaches 12,000 fpm rate of climb immediately after take-off (even more amazing is its 5,000fpm on just one engine).