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  • Escape into the wide blue yonder with our ultimate high flying experiences. Become Maverick or Iceman for the day and dogfight your way across the skies - have you got what it takes to become the fighter pilot Top Gun?
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Top Gun UK Experience (Weekdays)
Gloucestershire (Midlands)
Old Price £386
New Price £295 more info
Top Gun UK
Gloucestershire (Midlands)
Old Price £450
New Price £370 more info
Ultimate Top Gun (Weekdays)
Gloucestershire (Midlands)
Old Price £499
New Price £420 more info
Ultimate Top Gun
Gloucestershire (Midlands)
Old Price £599
New Price £495 more info
Top Gun UK Experience for Two (Weekdays)
Gloucestershire (Midlands)
Old Price £565
New Price £502 more info
Top Gun UK for Two (Saturdays)
Gloucestershire (Midlands)
Old Price £710
New Price £652 more info
Ultimate Top Gun For Two (Weekdays)
Gloucestershire (Midlands)
Old Price £999
New Price £714 more info
Helicopter Trial Lesson Away Day
Buckinghamshire (South East), Leicestershire (Midlands)
£729 more info
50 Minute Warbird Flight
Kent (South East) or Northamptonshire (Midlands)
£760 more info
Ultimate Top Gun for Two (Saturdays)
Gloucestershire (Midlands)
Old Price £1,198
New Price £864 more info
Air Combat USA WS
Los Angeles, California (USA)
£1,875 more info


About Ultimate High Flying Experiences

Ever since Top Gun shot down all the box office opposition in 1986, fighter pilots have epitomised the very essence of cool; aviator sunglasses, those awesome flight jackets, incredibly fast planes, the oft-mentioned need for speed, and that sugary sweet soundtrack. And let’s not forget the ultimate high of remedying those tiresome hostile actions before hitting err… cruise control… and getting the girl.

The only problem with wanting to emulate the adventures of Maverick, Iceman and Goose (poor, tragic Goose) is that you'd have to join the air force and spend years learning to fly the fighter planes. While of course there's nothing wrong with following that particular course of action, for those of us who are a bit less patient it seemed a lost cause. Until now.

Designed to get you airborne in a jiffy, these magnificent ultimate high flying experiences let you play fighter pilot, performing a whole range of miraculous flying manoeuvres and perfectly pirouettes with a helpful instructor by your side. And the really good part? You'll get to tail-chase in a pretend dog-fight!

Yes, flying experiences don't come much with many more ultimate highs than these - it's just you, the plane and the eminently qualified flying instructor who'll encourage you to push your limits. Oh, and the biggest adrenaline rush you'll ever experience of course!

Ultimate High and Top Gun Flying facts

  • With "eyes that could see forever", US air force pilot Chuck Yeager racked up 12 dogfighter victories in one month during the 2nd world war and had the honour of being the first pilot to fly America's first operational jet fighter, the Shooting Star. Not satisfied with his amazing achievements, Yeager successfully exceeded the speed of sound in a rocket-powered Bell X-1, reaching a top speed of Mach 1.06 (700 mph). Now that's an ultimate high.
  • Following the release of Top Gun in 1986 Bomber jacket sales increased and Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses jumped 40%, owing to their use by characters in the film. The film also bolstered Air Force and Navy recruitment, best illustrated perhaps by the navy operating recruitment booths in some theatres to lure enlistees. Popcorn and the press gang? We wonder what they’ll think of next.
  • ‘Take My Breath Away’ by Berlin, that wonderful Top Gun ditty won the Academy Award for Best Original Song as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1987.

Ultimate High Flying Experiences

Ultimate High Top Gun Flying Experiences

To be a good fighter pilot, there is one prime requisite — think fast, and act faster.

Major John T. Godfrey, USAAF.


Ultimate top gun (weekdays)

Take to the skies in an exhilarating Extra 300 for the ultimate high! Chase tails and perform other spectacular aerobatic manoeuvres on this uplifting Ultimate High Experience from Buyagift. With a 300bhp Lycoming engine at your fingertips you’ll be controling an agile display aircraft, swooping and darting with the best of them. Rest assured, you won’t find *ahem* cruise control here…

Top Gun for Two (Saturdays)

Soar and pirouette in tandem over England’s pastures green in ex-Swedish military planes, accompanied of course by a hawk-eyed instructor. Fly in formation, perform astounding aerial feats, looping the loop and defy gravity on this incredible Ultimate High Experience sure to give you an adrenaline rush to remember.

Top Gun Experience (weekdays)

Cut loose from corporate control with a weekday Top Gun Flying experience guaranteed to exorcise any mid week mediocrity. The Swedes have provided some tiptop ex-military planes, so take to the skies for an ultimate high flying experience, and you'll soon be chasing the tails of friend and foe as a dogfighter for the day. Perform some truly splendid aerial maneouvres.


Customer Reviews of Ultimate High Flying Experiences

Now I know why you called this flying experience an ultimate high! This really was one of the best days of my life. Flying gives you one of the most amazing rushes ever. The best bit though is when you get to tail-chase another plane which is just incredible, although a little nerve-wracking at first!

Guy Bolton, Birmingham

The most incredible thing I have ever done! the rush I got from taking control of the plane was unlike anything I have ever experienced, an ultimate high I guess! My parents got me this flying experience as a gift for graduating as I've always loved Top Gun. It was a suitably memorable way to mark the occassion!

Jamie Foden, Ludlow

I had the best time on my Top Gun UK experience, learned some manoeuvres in an incredibly fast plane. The instructor was great - very professional and friendly. I'd do this again in a heartbeat, best day I've ever had! Thanks Buyagift for organising my Ultimate High flying experience, which lived up to its name.

Cassie Mearkle, Bedfordshire

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