Fighter jet experience for civilians

[Safriz]

www.flyfighterjet.com/jet-flight-price-comparison-overview/

apperantly you can sit and fly in a mig 29 for 11000 euro fir 45 minutes.
Anybody else knows about a military expetience offered to civilians....where and at what cost?

 

[untitled]

You can get similar experience at thunder city South Africa

and L-39 Jet in Australia at Jetride

 

[Chogy]

Very expensive, but these would be great for adventure-seekers and people who love jet fighters. I'd suggest anyone who isn't completely armored against motion sickness and/or claustrophobia avoid them, or you'd be barfing on the take-off roll.

The "barf rate" for incentive rides in fighters tended to hover at around 65%.

One of the best incentive rides ever - We had a dink in an AWACS ( a scope dope) who thought he was billy bad-***. He thought HIS job was hard, and he did all the tough stuff. "I tell you where to go. You go there and push a button. What's the big deal?"

At a Red Flag, we arranged for him to get a ride. The mission was fight, tank, fight, tank, fight, return to base - a LONG and difficult mission. So who do we pair him with? A guy named MONGO, a G-animal and one of the best and most aggressive pilots we had.

At the end of the mission, Mongo's jet is taxiing in with the canopy open. We can see the AWACs guy's head resting on the rail. There's strings of puke dripping down the fuselage. The guy was green, couldn't move, and just kept saying "I had no idea... I had no idea..."

They had to peel him out and carry him away, and steam-clean the cockpit.

 

[BATMAN]

If it is expensive ride....... than where is cheap ride?

 

[Skull and Bones]

If it is expensive ride....... than where is cheap ride?

 

[gambit]

The "barf rate" for incentive rides in fighters tended to hover at around 65%.

A 'hard TF' flight in an F-111 is very much conducive to the inexperienced to 'blow chunks'. Over the hills of England and Scotland, I did not 'blew chunks' but was definitely felt more than just queasy.

The radar scope for the F-111E is round instead of the F's square version. Same as Upper Heyford, I got friends in Lakenheath who reported there were people who could not open their 'barf bag' fast enough and 'blew chunks' into the scope hood. Crewchiefs are the ones who must clean up these messes. The radar scope is not an easy thing to change out. The thing is about 2ft long and weighs about 40 lbs so the avionics techs do not like these events either.

 

[Safriz]

Very expensive, but these would be great for adventure-seekers and people who love jet fighters. I'd suggest anyone who isn't completely armored against motion sickness and/or claustrophobia avoid them, or you'd be barfing on the take-off roll.

The "barf rate" for incentive rides in fighters tended to hover at around 65%.

One of the best incentive rides ever - We had a dink in an AWACS ( a scope dope) who thought he was billy bad-***. He thought HIS job was hard, and he did all the tough stuff. "I tell you where to go. You go there and push a button. What's the big deal?"

At a Red Flag, we arranged for him to get a ride. The mission was fight, tank, fight, tank, fight, return to base - a LONG and difficult mission. So who do we pair him with? A guy named MONGO, a G-animal and one of the best and most aggressive pilots we had.

At the end of the mission, Mongo's jet is taxiing in with the canopy open. We can see the AWACs guy's head resting on the rail. There's strings of puke dripping down the fuselage. The guy was green, couldn't move, and just kept saying "I had no idea... I had no idea..."

They had to peel him out and carry him away, and steam-clean the cockpit.

Chogy you bully
I feel sorry for the poor guy...
I never pulled G forces ..
But we the (ex) Navy people have a different experience on Motion nausea...When our vessels roll 35 degrees on each side for days on end.
We drink less water,and avoid eating anything slimy..such as a banana.
A glass of water+A banana = Barfing your guts out in stormy weather.

 

[Safriz]

If it is expensive ride....... than where is cheap ride?

i think its relatively cheap....compared to $ 200,000 for a flight on Virgin Gallactic.

a cheaper option may be a helium balloon...
but no breaking sound barrier...no pulling Gees...No acrobatics.

 

[canadian icehole]

Not exactly a true fighter experience jet but air combat experience within reach of most civilians.


Air Combat USA ? Fighter Pilot for a Day: The Leader in Air to Air Combat Flying Adventures

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Chogy you bully
I feel sorry for the poor guy...
I never pulled G forces ..
But we the (ex) Navy people have a different experience on Motion nausea...When our vessels roll 35 degrees on each side for days on end.
We drink less water,and avoid eating anything slimy..such as a banana.
A glass of water+A banana = Barfing your guts out in stormy weather.

Your an ex sea man?....Pak navy?british navy or merchants navy?

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Never flied a jet or a sailed a ship.... but have driven a damn T-80UD and M109A5 SPG!

Fired an RPG,Arty gun,UD... do these count as cool stuff?

 

[Safriz]

@Pakistaninationalist
you driven a tank?
i wouldnt sit in a car with you...as tank drivers usually drive cars like a tank

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

@Pakistaninationalist
you driven a tank?
i wouldnt sit in a car with you...as tank drivers usually drive cars like a tank

No wonder i have fractured by bones several times n have gotten eye surgery n other stuff..

You still didnt answer me bro?

 

[Chogy]

i think its relatively cheap....compared to $ 200,000 for a flight on Virgin Gallactic.

a cheaper option may be a helium balloon...
but no breaking sound barrier...no pulling Gees...No acrobatics.

I think those sub-orbital space hops are the biggest rip-off in the history of man. Want to be weightless? Want to see the blackness of space? Want to see the curvature of the earth? You can get all of that on a Russian MiG-25 ride. He can make you weightless multiple times for lengthy stretches. And any flight above 50,000', you can see earth's curve and the sky blackens.

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Not exactly a true fighter experience jet but air combat experience within reach of most civilians.


Air Combat USA ? Fighter Pilot for a Day: The Leader in Air to Air Combat Flying Adventures

One of my best friends was an IP for that outfit! Even though they are not jets, you get to pull all the G you want, and importantly, you get to learn and then do real BFM.

 

[Safriz]

You can get similar experience at thunder city South Africa

and L-39 Jet in Australia at Jetride

L-39 is subsonic..
But that Thundercity link looks feasible..Its 8000 USD on L-39 and they are giving a dogfight experience.
But i am surprised to see that they are flying a mach 2 English electric Lightning..I thought all of them are dead now.
I been to south Africa about seven or eight times but didnt know about this place or i had visited...

 

[Chogy]

Going supersonic is nothing special other than to say "I went supersonic." You can't feel anything, nothing looks different. Heck, BFM is done subsonic anyhow. The best aviation adventure values are those Russian fighter plane rides, IMO. I'd do the MiG-29, better visibility, more acro, than the others. And an L-39 ride would be almost as good.