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Fly a Spitfire - Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar
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Spitfire restoration business offering Spitfire Flight Experiences and Spitfire Tours. Based at RAF Biggin Hill we have one of the biggest collection of airworthy Spitfires in the world.
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Pauls 60th
Nov 2023 • Family
What an experience, no words can ever explain the day we had. From arriving at the hanger, to my husband going on his flight, the amazing staff, the chaser plane experience for our friends and family added to the experience, anyone questioning if you should do this, you definitely should. What a day. Thank you, thank you thank, thank you, what a day 💗
Written 1 December 2023
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spitfire over the cotswold
Nov 2023 • Family
just had an amazing once in a lifetime experience flying in a spitfire over Cotswold airfield. many thanks to Barry the pilot and all the friendly ground crew who made this a day to remember forever, i even had a go at flying the spitfire and we did a victory roll, watched by my wife and family in the chase plane. a wonderful day, thankyou. Christopher Russell and family.
Written 25 November 2023
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Office T
Thank you for your lovely review Christopher. It is our pleasure to make your day so memorable for you and your family. Kind regards from us all at flyaspitfire!
Written 1 December 2023
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mumbersjohn
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The experience of a lifetime!
Aug 2023 • Family
I can't praise this experience enough. Everyone involved, from the staff handling the initial booking on the phone, through the welcome on arrival, the volunteers who took me and my family on the hanger tour, the wonderful ground crew and, finally, Jez my amazing pilot, were so professional, polite and friendly. The flight was a 60th birthday present from my other half and it exceeded all my expectations. To fly in a Spitfire has been a dream of mine ever since I was a boy, but to be honest, I never expected it to happen. The whole day was an incredible experience from start to finish. I was accompanied by various members of my family, including my elderly parents. My father has mobility problems and I cannot praise the staff and volunteers highly enough for the patience and kindness they showed them throughout the day. Although the hanger was busy on the day of our visit we never felt rushed and I really felt I could enjoy what, after all, is likely to be a once in a lifetime experience. The highlight was, of course, the Spitfire flight itself. I still can't really find words to describe how incredible it was. Everything was handled so professionally. The pure excitement and raw power of the aircraft was truly awe inspiring. I was given two opportunities to take the controls for a fair amount of time on the way to and back from Beachy Head. The absolute highlight was the flight along the Seven Sisters, including a victory roll. My partner had paid extra for the chaser plane to accompany the Spitfire on this part of the flight. I'm not going to lie, it was an emotional experience to live out a real dream, and at the same time, fly so close alongside the chaser plane that I could see the faces of my family grinning back at me.
Finally, on returning to Biggin Hill, I was supplied with three memory cards recording the entire flight, two from cameras in the Spitfire and one looking back from the chaser plane. They make a great memory of a truly amazing day. Its not cheap, but if you can beg, steal or borrow the money to do it, go for it. You won't regret it I promise.
Written 17 November 2023
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Office T
Thank you so much for your lovely review. It is our pleasure to make your time with us so memorable. Yes, the chase plane is the icing on the cake and is a opportunity not to be missed.
Written 21 November 2023
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Michael Brooks
Horley, UK4 contributions
A very important piece of our heritage. Not to be forgotten.
Nov 2023 • Friends
Just felt so privileged to be up close and personal to many famous aircraft. Austin, our guide was very knowledgeable and amazed us all with his stories an facts..
I would thoroughly recommend a visit to see this important piece of our heritage and the work being done to preserve these amazing planes. ( Not just Spitfires)
Written 11 November 2023
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Office T
Thank you for your review. We are delighted you enjoyed your tour with Austin. Perhaps we will welcome you back for a flight one day!
Written 21 November 2023
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steve f
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Give me a squadron of Spitfires !
Nov 2023 • Couples
Absolutely fantastic tour conducted by Austin.It was a great insight to the workings of building and maintaining a Spitfire and other aircraft on site.Austin gave a very informative and knowledgable account of the aircraft,personnel and historical events in which the aircraft were involved in.Top marks Austin for a great tour and for your great sense of humour !
Written 10 November 2023
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Office T
Thank you for your review. Yes, Austin is a treasure! We are so pleased you enjoyed your time with us.
Written 21 November 2023
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Louis L
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A great afternoon spent in an environment most of the group know so well. To be repeated.
Oct 2023 • Friends
Thursday 26 October was the day a small part of the Crowborough u3a Aviation Group visited the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar. Prior to the visit we already got a taster of the service provision of this organisation. Trying to get a group in on a specific date when the website provided dates had run out was one headache, twice adding one more person was another challenge. Getting the group in on our required date was beatifully accomodated, and adding 2 more people to the total was also met with great flexibility. We hadn't yet seen one aircraft and quality had already been served. A very big and warm thank you to Avril and her colleague.

Then onto the tour, where we first met James our tourguide. We could not have wished for a better person to guide us round the hangars than James. His knowledge proved encyclopedic. Providing new facts and figures to people who by nature of their interest and background have already a fairly extended knowledge of the subject is an achievement. We spent an excellent few hours in his company, and in an environment where all these illustrious aircraft we know so well, are worked on at touching distance. Be it the entirely newbuilding of Spitfire wings, or the overhaul of other components, it was absolutely fabulous to see. Also the presence of young chaps who, likely as apprentices, will learn a trade from scratch and later become highly sought after craftspeople was good to see.

Writing about all this is one, trying to transfer a vibrant environment in sounds and eye candy is not really possible. If one wants to experience that, a visit tot he hangars is highly recommend, even if one is not an aircraft buff. The group had a great time and some of us will very likely return if not only for a flight. Many thanks to all at the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar who have made our visit an absolute succes.
Written 7 November 2023
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Office T
Thank you so much for taking the trouble to leave us such a comprehensive review. We are so pleased you enjoyed your time with us and we look forward to welcoming you for a flight one day! With kind regards from the Heritage Hangar
Written 21 November 2023
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Greg W
Westerham, UK77 contributions
No Fokker comes close
Nov 2023 • Family
Went on the Heritage Hangar tour. They have some amazing, historic equipment there. Our guide was very well-informed, both historically and technically, and had many amusing stories - a couple edgier than I had expected. For £50 a ticket we got nearly two hours of moving, unforgettable, riveting (😂) and totally enjoyable entertainment. Great value, and we had a small group of just seven. I now understand why the flights cost so much.
Written 3 November 2023
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Office T
We are pleased you enjoyed our time with us. Perhaps we will welcome you for a flight one day!
Written 7 November 2023
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Cloonytoons
Sunderland, UK4 contributions
What an experience
Oct 2023 • Family
What an experience! It was everything I expected and more. The staff were brilliant throughout and went above and beyond to ensure my day was as memorable as possible. I can’t fault any aspect of this booking and the overall experience. I would like to express a huge thank you to Laurie, our tour guide of the Heritage hanger was unbelievable thanks to his great knowledge and Anna for looking after us. Also, a massive thank you to my pilot Daniel for the best Spitfire experience, especially the Victory roll and trusting me to take control of the Spitfire and fly myself. Another big thanks to all the ground staff too. If you want to fly a Spitfire, you must do it from Biggin Hill and fly over the Kent countryside where the battles took place, it really is an amazing experience!
Written 31 October 2023
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Office T
We are so glad you enjoyed your day with us and that it was so memorable. We love reading reviews like yours that make all our efforts so worthwhile. Thank you.
Written 7 November 2023
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Denise H
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Perfect Day in a Spitfire
Oct 2023 • Family
I cannot explain how much I enjoyed this day. From the minute I walked in everyone was so attentive and made sure I enjoyed the experience. Barry my pilot let me take controls with very clear instructions and we did the Victory Roll. The Tour was just a pleasurable and & we learnt so much about the Spitfire & it's history along with building etc. I am so lucky to have a husband who bought this for my birthday. The whole experience from the booking through to end was perfect. Denise
Written 29 October 2023
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Office T
Thank you for your review Denise. What a lovely husband you have! We are so happy to have made your day so memorable.
Written 31 October 2023
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h20mpp
Plymouth, UK80 contributions
Amazing birthday surprise.
Oct 2023 • Family
I doubt words will do this experience justice but here goes... The family (19 of us) arrived at the venue for my birthday treat just in time to see a Spitfire take off and climb away. We were greeted by the staff and taken to the viewing area where I met more staff and completed the required paperwork. I had a short safety brief to complement the emailed video I had received earlier. Jez the Spitfire pilot introduced himself and ran through the flight plan. I made a spot decision to include the grandchildren in the experience and paid for two chase planes; I don't think you could ever put a price on memories like this?
Whilst waiting for the Spitfire to be refueled several of us had an included guided tour of the hangars where we saw complete vintage aircraft and also those under restoration with great photo opportunities. Lots of interesting facts from our guide, many thanks👍
Once the Tour was over it was time to get into flying overalls and into the plane for the flight. Safety actions were covered again and we set off in company with the chase planes. The flight was amazing with up close tracking of the chase planes on each side giving the grandchildren superb views of "Gramps" flying alongside them. Once we broke away we carried out two victory rolls before Jez passed control of the Spitfire to me. A few directed manoeuvres of this amazing plane in my hands, a stunnning aircraft and a childhood dream come true.
The weather conditions were perfect and allowed for great views over the Kent countryside.
After returning to Biggin Hill we had photo opportunities in front of the Spitfire before collecting the video sim cards and gift pack before leaving.
I don't think I stopped smiling during the whole experience.
Many thanks to Jez the Spitfire pilot, the chase plane pilots and all the staff for an amazing experience.
Written 23 October 2023
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Darren D
We're so pleased to hear that the whole family enjoyed their visit . It's always a pleasure to welcome new visitors of all ages.
Written 26 October 2023
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