For those who have performed their ‘First Time’ Wingwalking Experience with us, you qualify for our advanced ‘Second Time’ Loop-the-Loop Wingwalking Experience.
This mind blowing full aerobatic wingwalk provides the adrenaline rush our Professional Team thrive on during their performances.
Try a barrel roll, stall turn, Cuban eight and loop.
This is one of THE most extreme things you will ever do in your life.
Our pilots will all perform thrilling, high energy, manoeuvres such as high speed dips, dives, steep climbs and 90 degree banked turns, your body will experience both positive and negative G-force AND the full force of the wind, up to 150mph. You will be totally weightless during some parts of the flight, at other times you will weigh 3 times your body weight! Everyone should experience this at some point in their lives.
Ok, time for some straight talking, be under no illusion, this is not for the faint hearted!! Aerobatic flight on the wing of our high powered Super Boeing Stearmans is only for the most extreme individuals on the planet!
After your safety briefing with the Professional Wingwalkers you will have a detailed brief with your pilot to discuss the manoeuvres that you would like to do, the sequence you would like to do them in and what to do if you want to stop. Each flight can be tailored to exactly what you want – one loop, or a loop and a stall turn, or the full aerobatic display of a Cuban eight, into a loop, into two stall turns, into a roll, into a hesitation roll – it can all get ‘a bit busy’ as you can see!
Let’s discuss the manoeuvres
The Loop
The Loop
For the loop we climb to a height of over 2500 feet. The pilot will dive the aircraft to 150mph he will pitch the aircraft up, with a force of around 4G. The aircraft goes vertical, the speed drops off, you’re upside down at the top of the loop, yet you still have positive G!
The world is upside down and you’re the right way up. Look up (down), the whole world is a vista laid out below you.
Moments later the plane eases over top and you’re into a dive, your face full of patchwork countryside, the plane accelerates from 60 to 150 in seconds.
Cuban Eight
The Cuban Eight
The Cuban Eight starts just like a loop, lots of speed, pulling up and over the top. At the top the pilot 'checks' the stick forwards, upside down, he then applies full left aileron to roll the aircraft back upright. This results in the aircraft heading in the opposite direction to what you started with, you are building speed quickly, enough speed to pull the nose up into another loop. You float over the top once again and the process is repeated.
It's called a Cuban Eight because when viewed from the side the aircraft is describing a figure 8 lying on its side
Stall Turn
The Stall Turn
Stall Turn starts with a fast dive, the pilot eases the nose up, once the nose is going vertical, the pilot will 'check' the stick forwards. Once in the vertical the aircraft is slowing down. At the right moment he applies full rudder, the nose of the aircraft swings off to the left, the aircraft is stationary, zero airspeed and zero G.
The nose drops to vertical down, you have a face full of beautiful Cotswold countryside. The dive earthwards lasts for a few seconds, then the pilot eases the nose back up to level flight or the next manoeuvre.
The Roll
The Roll
To complete a roll, the pilot will raise the nose to an angle of about 45 degrees above the horizon, a bit like a steep climb, he will 'check' the stick forward to stop the climb, he will briskly move the stick fully left to initiate a rolling motion. From your viewpoint on the wing, you will feel the aircraft rotating left, initially similar to the entry to a steep left turn, however, the roll continues and soon you will find yourself completely upside down.
Your senses are telling you that the World is rotating clockwise, whilst you remain stationary, but you know that you are moving. The roll continues and within a few seconds you are upright again.
Hesitation Roll
Hesitation Roll
The Hesitation Roll is similar to the normal roll. The entry is the same, the pilot raises the nose, 'checks' forward on the stick and applies roll in the required direction, once he sees the aircraft attitude at 90 degrees in relation to the horizon, he will momentarily stop the roll, then he will reapply full stick to roll inverted, he will then centralise the stick, at the same time he will push the stick forward to keep the nose of the aircraft from dropping towards the ground, the plane will pause upside down.
The pilot reapplies roll to the 270 degree position and hesitates once more, just momentarily, before he rolls the aircraft once more to the upright position.
The Loop
The Loop
For the loop we climb to a height of over 2500 feet. The pilot will dive the aircraft to 150mph he will pitch the aircraft up, with a force of around 4G. The aircraft goes vertical, the speed drops off, you’re upside down at the top of the loop, yet you still have positive G!
The world is upside down and you’re the right way up. Look up (down), the whole world is a vista laid out below you.
Moments later the plane eases over top and you’re into a dive, your face full of patchwork countryside, the plane accelerates from 60 to 150 in seconds.
Cuban Eight
The Cuban Eight
The Cuban Eight starts just like a loop, lots of speed, pulling up and over the top. At the top the pilot 'checks' the stick forwards, upside down, he then applies full left aileron to roll the aircraft back upright. This results in the aircraft heading in the opposite direction to what you started with, you are building speed quickly, enough speed to pull the nose up into another loop. You float over the top once again and the process is repeated.
It's called a Cuban Eight because when viewed from the side the aircraft is describing a figure 8 lying on its side
Stall Turn
The Stall Turn
Stall Turn starts with a fast dive, the pilot eases the nose up, once the nose is going vertical, the pilot will 'check' the stick forwards. Once in the vertical the aircraft is slowing down. At the right moment he applies full rudder, the nose of the aircraft swings off to the left, the aircraft is stationary, zero airspeed and zero G.
The nose drops to vertical down, you have a face full of beautiful Cotswold countryside. The dive earthwards lasts for a few seconds, then the pilot eases the nose back up to level flight or the next manoeuvre.
The Roll
The Roll
To complete a roll, the pilot will raise the nose to an angle of about 45 degrees above the horizon, a bit like a steep climb, he will 'check' the stick forward to stop the climb, he will briskly move the stick fully left to initiate a rolling motion. From your viewpoint on the wing, you will feel the aircraft rotating left, initially similar to the entry to a steep left turn, however, the roll continues and soon you will find yourself completely upside down.
Your senses are telling you that the World is rotating clockwise, whilst you remain stationary, but you know that you are moving. The roll continues and within a few seconds you are upright again.
Hesitation Roll
Hesitation Roll
The Hesitation Roll is similar to the normal roll. The entry is the same, the pilot raises the nose, 'checks' forward on the stick and applies roll in the required direction, once he sees the aircraft attitude at 90 degrees in relation to the horizon, he will momentarily stop the roll, then he will reapply full stick to roll inverted, he will then centralise the stick, at the same time he will push the stick forward to keep the nose of the aircraft from dropping towards the ground, the plane will pause upside down.
The pilot reapplies roll to the 270 degree position and hesitates once more, just momentarily, before he rolls the aircraft once more to the upright position.
How to qualify for this experience
If you have wingwalked with us before then you are qualified for this experience. However, if you have not flown with us before, and you are keen to perform a full aerobatic Loop-the-Loop experience, we can make this happen. Health & Safety Regulations do not allow us to offer aerobatics to those who have not wingwalked with us before, but you can fly both your ‘First Time’ experience, followed by your ‘Loop-the-Loop’ experience on the same day…
Once they have landed, people often want to go straight back up again, they are buzzing and full of adrenaline, what better way than to climb back on to the wing and strap in for the most extreme ride of your life.
There is a £40.00 discount for booking both flights in advance. ‘First’ experience at £399.00 and the ‘Second’ loop experience at a discounted £359.00.
We are unable to perform our Loop-the-Loop experience on a Saturday, however, we are free to go looping during weekdays.
Loop-the-Loop Testimonials
Slide 1
“Skydiving, abseiling, white-water rafting, bungee jumping loved them all, but WOW, looping on the top of an aeroplane is without doubt, the best thing I have ever done. It’s blown my mind. ”
Claire Fisher
Slide 2
“Such a brilliant team, expert in what they do. I think it would be hard to find another experience that comes close to this. These have been experiences I will never forget!”
Dominique
Slide 3
I am totally hooked, and will be back again – to anyone thinking about a wing walking experience – stop thinking and do it, you cannot be in safer hands.”
