Pleasure Flights Info

• No charge for our attendance at the event, in fact we pay you.

• Commission paid to the event organisers for each fare paying passenger flown and commissions due are paid within 7 days of your invoice.

• 1 Free flight for up to 4 persons donated to the event organisers

• Adds a new dimension to any public event and generates interest.

• High visibility encourages local awareness of the event.

• Executive Bell JetRanger and LongRanger Helicopters

• Aircraft operates effectively from any suitable field or open space

• Aircraft Maintenance and Insurance to full Public Transport Category requirements.

• We operate an Adult & Child fare system with OAP’s flying at the Child rate. Flights are accessible to disabled people.

• Highly experienced, professional Flight and Ground Crew

• All personnel trained in Fire & Rescue and First Aid

• Every helicopter movement supervised by our Ground Crew

• Flight duration 4 to 5 minutes

 
Pleasure Flying

Aircraft Type

Elite Helicopters operate the Bell 206 JetRanger and Bell LongRanger helicopters for pleasure flying. These turbine-engined helicopters carry 4 passengers and 6 passenger respectively on each flight. On pleasure flying tasks the Jet Ranger and LongRanger helicopter will operate up to a height of approximately 1,500 ft and cruise at a speed of about 120 mph, giving its passengers an excellent panoramic view of the show site and the surrounding local area.

Flight Duration

The passengers are on board the helicopter for approximately 5 minutes and during the actual flight of 4 to 5 minutes they will cover between 8 and 10 nautical miles. In addition to the commission rates offered we also provide one free flight for four persons for the show organisers to use as they choose. This flight can be raffled in a prize draw or utilised by the organisers as a reward to helpers at the event or alternatively for obtaining aerial photographs of the event.

SOUVENIRS

All children will receive a Flight Certificate to commemorate their flight. (Adults will not be refused these upon request). We also have commemorative souvenir adhesive badges for sale along with Elite Helicopters souvenir Baseball Caps and Fuji Fun Cameras for those people who have forgotten to bring their own camera along on the day, but want to catch to the special moment when they take their flight on film.

LANDING SITE

We require an area of approximately 275 metres in length and 30 metres in width as an operating area. This area is required for the approach and departure of the helicopter to and from the actual landing site, and needs to be free of any obstructions. It is important to note that we are not permitted to overfly any car parks, buildings or the show site itself on approach or departure to the landing site. Within this area we will rope off a site of 100 metres x 30 metres for use as the landing pad. Unless the site has previously been cleared for helicopter operations, or we can ascertain its suitability from site plans and maps, we will need to make a visit prior to the event to inspect the site's suitability and to gain Civil Aviation Authority approval. If you are able to provide us with a grid reference from a local ordnance survey map and site plan showing the layout of the site and the general surrounding area it would greatly assist us.

Safety and Emergency Equipment

Elite Helicopters will provide full emergency and safety equipment to meet Civil Aviation Authority requirements. We provide our own ground crew who are highly trained, friendly and experienced. They will set up the site, act as safety officers and assist passengers when they are embarking and disembarking the aircraft.

Insurance

Elite Helicopters carry full insurance cover for each of their aircraft, providing cover up to £10,000,000 for any one incident. A copy of this insurance is available on request.

Celebrity - Photographic - Publicity Flights

Very often organisers of events ask if we can arrange to fly a visiting celebrity to the event, or have a photographer take an aerial shot of the show site. Naturally we will endeavour to fulfil any request, but we would have to make a charge for any of these additional services. However, it may be possible to offset these charges against any commission payments that would be due to the organisers, and we would be pleased to discuss your requirements and the financial structure with you.

What We Need

Basically, all we need from the event organisers is a suitable site to operate from and a land owner's permission form and emergency services form to be completed. We will take care of the rest for you.