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YouFly Trial Flight - Fly a helicopter Garden City Helicopters, Christchurch
4.9
16 Ratings
Christchurch
Take control of your very own helicopter on a 30-minute trial flight with a qualified instructor. Discover if you have what it takes to fly helicopters and enjoy a unique flight experience in Christchurch.
Take control of your very own helicopter on a 30-minute trial flight with a qualified instructor. Discover if you have what it takes to fly helicopters and enjoy a unique flight experience in Christchurch.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Garden City Helicopters - Arrive at Garden City Helicopters and check in. You will be greeted by your pilot who will go through the various safety requirements for learning to fly the helicopter
- Christchurch - After a walk round of the helicopter and introduction to various features. You will hop into the pilots seat, buckle in and away you…
- Garden City Helicopters - Arrive at Garden City Helicopters and check in. You will be greeted by your pilot who will go through the various safety requirements for learning to fly the helicopter
- Christchurch - After a walk round of the helicopter and introduction to various features. You will hop into the pilots seat, buckle in and away you fly!
- Christchurch - Experience the thrill on the controls of the helicopter. You pilot will allow time for you to take a few photos on your experience.
- Christchurch - On landing you and your pilot will reflect of your flying skills and more information can be obtained if you are interested to learn to fly for a hobby or for a new career.
What's Included
- Headset to hear the pilot
- Full safety briefing and explanation of the controls of the helicopter
- Live commentary on board
- Professional licenced CAA NZ instructor
- Headset to hear the pilot
- Full safety briefing and explanation of the controls of the helicopter
- Live commentary on board
- Professional licenced CAA NZ instructor
Additional Information
Get a taste of piloting a helicopter with a 30-minute sample helicopter ride presented by Garden City Helicopters, Christchurch. Under the guidance of a professional instructor, you will experience operating a helicopter on your own. This promises to be a valuable ‘Life Experience’ present. Discover if you possess the skills to pilot helicopters,…
Get a taste of piloting a helicopter with a 30-minute sample helicopter ride presented by Garden City Helicopters, Christchurch. Under the guidance of a professional instructor, you will experience operating a helicopter on your own. This promises to be a valuable ‘Life Experience’ present. Discover if you possess the skills to pilot helicopters, whether you’re considering it as a career path or simply seeking a unique flying experience.
• Duration: 1 Hours (approx.)
- Minimum height of 155cm applies
- Weight limitation of 120kg applies, you will be weighed on check in and must be under the limit to fly
- Dress code is smart casual, must wear covered shoes
- No additional passengers can be carried on this flight
- Flight will be carried out in an air zone over Canterbury that is the certified aircraft training area.
- Helicopter used is at our discretion
- There will be opportunity for you to take pictures and video. Please share your experience #gchaviation
- Weather dependent
- You must reconfirm you booking 24 hours prior to departure to check weather conditions
Location
73 Grays Road
Grays Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(16 Ratings)
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Jane_w
Oct 24, 2023
Bucket list! - A bucket list item tucked off for this 60-something woman. Instructor Juliet was wonderful with her not-so-talented student and it was a thrilling experience. Superb customer service from Robyn also.
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Lawerence_s
May 26, 2023
Great Experience - I would recommend this to anyone. The office staff were great and offered other suggestions for someone with an interest in aviation to go visit while in Christchurch. My instructor was awesome and I had fun learning about how helicopters fly and getting to try it.
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Sulamith_g
Dec 16, 2022
Super! - Great experience! I could really fly by myself. The pilot was very nice. He explained everything and did some great flying.
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Kevinsm2460xc
Dec 2, 2022
Great Experience - The first time trying to fly yourself and how it feels.
I recommend giving it a try to anyone.
I would definitely do it again.
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Sti7679
Sep 11, 2022
Exceptional Service - We booked a trial flight for 26 Aug 2022 morning. Unfortunately on that day, the weather was not good (cloudy with rain) so we had to reschedule to 5 Sep afternoon.
On 5 Sep afternoon, after our briefing, the weather suddenly turned bad and once again, we had to push back the flight, this time to 7 Sep morning.
On 7 Sep morning, we were finally able to fly and the experience is phenomenal. Immediately after that, we quickly made our way to the airport to catch our flight back home.
We are greatly appreciative of Juliet, our pilot, who went out of her way to accommodate our schedule, even having to reschedule her own commitments in the process. She also gave us a brief tour of the place and we got to know many of the friendly staff there. Looking at the immaculate state of the helicopters, we know staff takes pride in their work.
We like to thank the other pilot, Jon, as well, for his humour and for making the flight interesting.
We also like to thank Geoff, who was really helpful in liaising with us and had given us great tips on travelling in the South Island.
Friendly, professional and dependable staff.
Ken and Irene
Singapore
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Harmonym539
Aug 27, 2022
The Best birthday ever - The guys in the reception are super nice and very welcoming, Although my partner is scared of heights, he picked up his big boy pants and went for it. He had the best time of his life. Honestly he couldn't stop talking about how he flew a helicopter best fun he's ever had.
Thank you GCH yous definitely know how to leave smiles on your customers faces. 👍
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Cpmacs
Jul 13, 2021
1st lesson - Have had this on my bucket list and it was even more than I could possibly imagine! The experience was something else and highly recommend it to anyone thinking of doing this.
Thanks to Jonno, awesome instructor, look forward to do this again.
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Amanda
Aug 13, 2020
Dreams really do happen - my father was visting and in a previous life he had been a British helicopter pilot. At 84 it had been many years ago but he still talked about it with a passion. As a surprise i rang the team (4-5 times) to say i want it to be the ultimate experience. Although older he still knew what it was about and I didnt want it to be spent all about showing him what he already knew but just outdated. The team were UNBELIEVABLE ! The office to the pilot Jono continued to assure me it would be the ultimate experience for him and then some. I cried when I saw him take off and then hovering above me, flying himself. They took off to the hills where he did multi landings and re-experienced his past. Thank you ALL so much. you made one family very very happy. Pre Covid so didnt need all the sanitizing that is now required.
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Mackneag
May 30, 2020
A fantastic experience, it made me seriously consider taking proper lessons to get my license. - The lesson starts with a quick overview of the principles of flying the machine plus the major controls. Then it's straight into the air and the instructor hands control over to you in stages until you are flying it! As it has dual controls it's totally safe.
My instructor was brilliant, really good at communicating what was happening so if you're considering booking this experience, go for it. You won't regret it!
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John
Oct 1, 2023
A potential bucket list item blown away by the wind - We were frustrated by the weather. Due to cloud and high winds the helicopter lesson did not take place. The guys at Garden City Helicopters did everything they could to fit me in on the 28th, 29th and the 30th but the weather was against us. However full marks for the efforts they made
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