Description
This is not a tour, it’s an adventure that gives you the experience of piloting a helicopter on a 30-minute flight.
This is perfect for people who value new life experiences, as a bucket list item, or as a gift for the person that has everything.
Detailed description
This is an excellent way to experience what it’s like to be a helicopter pilot.
On the ground, you’ll get 30 minutes of ground school. This also includes a review of safety procedures, a pre-flight check, an an SFR 73 sign off.
Flying a Robinson R44 helicopter, you’ll depart Montgomery Field Airport, and fly over Mission Bay and La Jolla Shores.
You’ll get a “hands on” experience when you take over the controls while flying along the coastline from Torrey Pines to Solana Beach. You have an experienced, licensed pilot with you at all times to supervise your experience.
You’ll head inland and return to Montgomery Field for a hover demonstration and make an approach to land at base.
After your flight, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. You’ll have the proof you need to impress friends and family.
Finally, you will tour a commercial helicopter facility and see various types of helicopters.
* Pricing & all flights are subject to specific passenger weight limit restrictions. (Why? Read this FAQ item.)
Overview
- Get “the pilot experience” when you try flying the helicopter!
- Safe and supervised.
- This flight / experience is for 1-person only.
- A terrific value: A 1.5 hour experience including a 30 minutes ground school, a 30 minute flight, and a tour of the facility for only $389!*
- See a map of the flight route.
- Approximately 30 minutes ground school & 30 minutes flight time and 30 minutes for the facility tour.
- FAA weight and balance restrictions apply. Read more about why here.
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This flight is the perfect gift.
Need a gift for someone that is hard to shop for?
Treat them to a thoughtful, unique life experience that they will talk about for the rest of their life.
Perfect for:
- Dads (Father’s Day, birthdays)
- Moms (Mother’s Day, birthdays)
- People who have everything
- Bucket list adventures
A daughter gave her dad this tour as a Christmas gift.
Fathers can often be the hardest people to buy gifts for.
When Julie Parnell found herself in this situation, she thought less about giving her dad a physical item, and more about providing him with a life experience.
A daughter gave her dad this tour as a Christmas gift.
Fathers can often be the hardest people to buy gifts for.
When Julie Parnell found herself in this situation, she thought less about giving her dad a physical item, and more about providing him with a life experience.
Flight Map
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Some of the things you’ll see on this flight:
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People love tours from Corporate Helicopters:
I booked The Unforgettable flight tour as a surprise birthday gift for my boyfriend yesterday, and let me just say it was definitely unforgettable! It was our first time flying in a helicopter and the staff made us feel welcomed and safe from start to finish, especially our pilot Terry Frost. He made our tour…
My fiance surprised me with a helicopter tour as a birthday present, and I had an absolute blast. Our pilot, Terry, was friendly, personable, and funny. He pointed out important landmarks and interesting trivia as we flew over San Diego. I recommend this place if you’re looking for a cool helicopter tour.
16 year wedding anniversary, celebrating it with a helicopter tour. Our tour guide and helicopter pilot Terry was amazing. Not only did he take us through the tour safely, but his knowledge of San Diego was great. We are residents of San Diego and never experienced San Diego by air. We found out stuff about…
By far one of the best helicopter tour company out in San Diego! Terry Frost who was our helicopter pilot/tour guide, was amazing from start to finish! Highly recommend the Romance in the Air tour, if your celebrating your anniversary! Overall it was an amazing experience and Terry made our 2yr anniversary memorable! Definitely will…
We had such a great time on the 30 min tour of San Diego with Terry!! Everything was very professional and safe and our pilot Terry made the ride a blast with lots of interesting (and funny) commentary about San Diego. He even let us reschedule when we showed up for our original time but…
Had an awesome helicopter experience with Mr. Terry. His knowledge on the city of SD was mind blowing and made the tour much more enjoyable. Good time overall. Would recommend flying with Terry 10/10.
Had a great experience with Corporate Helicopters. Terry was very nice and funny and made the flight very enjoyable. I would definitely recommend that this is something to put on your bucket list!
I booked this as a part of our mini honeymoon for my husband and I and it was so perfect. Terry was absolutely great and made us feel comfortable the whole ride. It was a very smooth ride as well! 100% recommend!! Will definitely be booking again.
As I was looking for ideas to surprise my wife for our 1st anniversary and not doing something that she’d expect, the thought of a helicopter tour came to mind. Thank god I went with Corporate Helicopters, to book was a simple easy process and the staff was super friendly from the get go over…
First time on a helicopter and it was such a memorable experience. Terry was our pilot, but so much more than a pilot, a comedian and a real tour guide! I’ll never forget this experience and the beautiful views all over San Diego. Definitely recommend Corporate Helicopters if you are looking for a tour of…
First time riding a helicopter I can’t say how fun and how great experience, super fun, Terry is the best! From check in to the end of the tour! Definitely coming back!
Definitely worth the money. Something you have to do at least once in your life. Took a tour with Terry last month on my birthday with one of my friends. We had such a great time! Terry did a great job of showing us San Diego; it was very informative and humorous at the same…
The experience was amazing! My fiance surprised me with the helicopter tour and chose the Romance In The Air package. We were given champagne and a box of chocolates. Terry, our pilot, was really great! He was accommodating and very fun to have along our experience. The helicopter ride was not bumpy at all and…
Took the Diego Delight tour with my wife and daughter. Our pilot, Terry, was both highly professional and highly entertaining! As a retired airline Captain, I’m not easily impressed, but Terry impressed me! Highly recommended!