Absolutely amazing experience would love to do again. The instructor was Brilliant and very patient. Thank you.
Fantastic experience and the person who took the session was so knowledgeable it made the experience. I thoroughly recommend this experience to anybody who is interested in flying old historic airplanes or interested in flying WW2 planes. I want to go again to enhance the first experience.
I have been a huge fan of the Lancaster bomber so this was a fantastic gift from my son. It did not disappoint and to have the opportunity to use this simulator is just great. The graphics are really good with the opportunity to see how you did with tasks in a replay mode E.g. flying under the Severn Bridge and watching your bombing run on the dams. Sadly I was hit by anti aircraft fire and didn’t make it ‘home’ having to crash land in a field!
I had a fantastic experience, my instructor
( Peter kirkwood) was excellent I would 100% recommend this experience.
Thank you.
Fantastic experience - lovely people
Amazing realistic experience. How they did that in 1944 just shows how brave they were
Thoroughly enjoyed the Lancaster experience, got to do the dambuster raid which was very difficult to master but for the experience of the trainer who helped out considerably making the whole thing a lot easier. Highlights just how difficult it was for our brave veterans who actually carried out the original raid on the dams. Loved every minute of it, recommend it to anyone
Very friendly people. A knowledgeable and skilled instructor who went the extra mile to make the experience fascinating and highly enjoyable.
The experience was really great, very engrossing. Having been in a Lancaster cockpit I can say it was very realistic. The staff were very welcoming and very professional. They evening made my wife and I a coffee. Great day out.
A most enjoyable experience with great tuition.
I had the extended package and would thoroughly
recommend this aswell. Lots of fun.
Very friendly instructor, with a well set-up simulator.
Superb experience, wonderful instructor and an hour and a half of high intensity physical and mental strain. Trying to bomb the dams of the Ruhr was something else. How they did it for real, I shall never know. Anyone with an interest in Lancasters and WWII would absolutely love this. One point, getting to Shoreham airport was easy, but a sign or placard advertising the building and the simulator would save driving around for 10 minutes.(otherwise review would have been 5 stars)
Very good. Excellent staff. Simulator very good (I realise for the whole thing to move about would be asking a lot!).
We had a great time. We are both Lancaster enthusiasts, our fathers both having been associated with the aircraft. We have been lucky enough to have taxied and even flown in an actual Lancaster, but of course they don't let you touch the controls ! So this was a great opportunity to find out what it is really like to fly the Lanc.
The simulator is an excellent full scale mockup of the cockpit of a Lancaster, with all the controls, dials and switches, most of which are functional. The view out front and to both sides is excellent, and the scenery very realistic. We were pretty familiar with the layout of the cockpit already, but our instructor (Fozzy) explained everything, including stuff we didn't know ! Then we took turns to fly the two simulation experiences - under and over the Severn bridges and then at low level over two of the dams attacked in the Dambusters raid (where we came under fire !) with Fozzy acting as flight engineer and navigator.
It's not a full motion simulator, but the experience is very realistic and immersive, enhanced considerably by the very loud engine sounds, which shake the whole cockpit (as they should). Above all, you are left with an accurate impression of how much work is involved in controlling this iconic aircraft. We only "flew" for about 1 1/2 hours each, but the mental concentration and physical activity involved certainly took its toll. You can only imagine how tiring it would be to fly for 5-6 hours at night while being shot at for real. Respect.
A word of special thanks for our instructor Fozzy. He was friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable, and made the whole experience great fun, We both have some flying experience, so we knew the basics, but I am sure that with his guidance even absolute flying novices will have a great experience too.
Highly recommended. One tip though - the simulator is in a hangar without heating, so the cockpit can be quite cold (also quite realistic). So dress up warm !
Julie Hahner
19 March 2024
A fantastic experience for my husbands special birthday.
Phil Tomlinson
29 April 2024
Really enjoyable experience. Very tuned in and knowledgeable instructor who made the experience that more special. An emotional experience for me given my Father's role in air crew in ww2 and this was fully taken into consideration in making my day even more memorable. Thx
Fantastic experience, definitely recommend it , very informative and helpful
Outstanding experience.
I’d rather sneeringly prejudged what I thought it would be - thinking it might be a minor upgrade to Microsoft Simulator. Instead it was a fully immersive experience with a co-pilot, doing a training run then the Dambusters’ raid. You fully feel all the complexities of flying the Lancaster with excellent assistance from your co-pilot. I’d wholly recommend it.
Trevor Slater
06 August 2024
Great experience. My instructor was very informative.
Paul Smith
06 September 2024
Excellent experience in every way
Fantastic fun experience. The simulator is immersive and it really made me think I was flying my favourite aircraft. Blay, the instructor, was very knowledgeable and guided me expertly through the missions. Brilliant!
Stuart Thompson
07 November 2024
A great fun experience led by a very passionate and informative Fozzie. Let your imagination run and it feels like you are actually flying the mighty Lancaster, re-enacting the Dambusters famous raid over the dams at 50 feet! The simulator gave me a true sense of how the original bombers, along with their payload, would actually have handled and how amazing the pilots and crew were at such a young age.
Great fun for two hours.
What a great experience. Very realistic and exciting.
Very nice staff and I highly recommend.
If your into Lancasters it's excellent
A Trusted Customer
02 December 2024
Awesome !
John Pohlman
10 January 2025
Truly was a fantastic experience. Best part for me was coming away with a deeper understanding and appreciation of what our brave Bomber crews went through for us. It was also just a great experience. Nice and friendly staff added to the day. Would recommend to anyone with an interest in this fantastic Bomber or the history it made.
