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Activity Code: GADV100
Overview
Sit back, relax and enjoy the thrill as you take off in these amazing powered gliders. Be enthralled at the awesome views over the Byron Coast. When the engine is cut, you fly like a bird enjoying the freedom of the limitless sky.
These self-launching motor gliders embody the advantages of powered aircraft combined with the inherent safety of sailplanes, and regularly soar the rugged ridges of Mt Warning and the cliffs below the historic Byron Bay Lighthouse.
Your pilot will give you a pre-flight briefing before you climb aboard and get comfortably strapped into your safety harness ready for take off. You will sit beside your pilot and have a great view all round.
Take off from Tyagarah and arrive at Cape Byron flying low around the lighthouse, keeping an eye out for dolphins or whales at Watego Beach. From there you will go to Broken Head where "the rainforest meets the sea" and you will see our pristine, uninhabited beaches.
Turning inland you will climb to 4500ft for an overall view up and down the coast before the engine is turned off and the propellor feathered for soaring. You will have magnificent views of the Great Dividing Range, Mount Warning and the Gold Coast as you glide back to the airstrip on silent wings.
Location
Byron Bay (Far Nth Coast / Byron - New South Wales)
This activity departs and returns to Tyagarah Airfield, Byron Bay.
Exact meeting point and supplier's details are provided immediately after booking.
Numbers
This is one on one with your pilot.
Session Time
Actual flight time is approx 40 minutes. Please allow 15 minutes for briefing and preparation.
Guidelines & Restrictions
You should wear comfortable clothes and sensible shoes, and a jumper in winter. You must be over 12 years of age and under 110kg. If you are under 18 you will require written parental consent. Weather conditions may require your flight to be re-scheduled. Check us on the day if in doubt.
This gliding club is one of the very few clubs holding a Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Air Operators Certificate for your added security and safety.
Extra Info
Booking Insurance
It is recommended that you consider GoDo Cancellation Cover. This is insurance cover for losses incurred if the activity is cancelled (under certain circumstances) by you or the activity supplier. Click here for further details.
Please note: GoDo and/or the activity supplier cannot provide a REFUND for cancellations, no matter the reasons. However, should you obtain Cancellation Cover, you maybe be able to make a claim directly to Mondial Assistance, our Cancellation Cover provider.
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