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Balado Airfield | East Gate, Balado, Kinross
£675.00 for 5 sessions | 11 places remaining
Run by British Young Pilots
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✈️ BYP Holiday Club – 5 Days of Real Aviation Adventure
Get ready for a week packed with flying, challenges, teamwork, and hands-on aviation experiences at the beautiful Balado Airfield — a stunning, well-maintained and active airfield environment that gives students an authentic aviation experience from the moment they arrive. This is not a classroom club where students sit and watch — it’s a chance to step into the world of real pilots and aviation professionals.
Based at the award-winning Balado airfield, students will spend the week surrounded by real aircraft, real hangars, and a real control tower, experiencing aviation where it actually happens. With aircraft movements throughout the day and opportunities to fly on-site, every day feels like being part of a working airfield.
Throughout the week, students will take on a different aviation mission each day:
🗺️ Navigation Planning Day – Treasure Hunt Mission
Students become flight planners and navigators, learning how pilots plan routes before taking part in an exciting aviation treasure hunt challenge.
✈️ Boeing 737 Airline Day
Step into the cockpit of one of the world’s most famous airliners and learn how airline pilots operate the Boeing 737. Students will practise take-offs, landings, navigation, and realistic airline procedures in our simulators.
🎮 RC Aircraft Day
Led by an outside RC aviation expert, students will experience the thrill of remote-control flying and learn how RC aircraft are operated safely and precisely.
🎧 Air Traffic Control Day
Learn how pilots and controllers communicate in the real world. Students will use authentic aviation radio phraseology while coordinating aircraft movements and managing airspace challenges.
🔥 Fast Jets & Formation Flying
Take on exciting flying missions, learn fast jet handling skills, and experience the precision of formation flying as students work together like a real display team.
Alongside the themed activities, students will spend time flying simulators, exploring aviation theory in a fun practical way, and — weather permitting — seeing real aircraft operating around the airfield throughout the week.
✈️ Optional Real Flying Experience
Students may also have the opportunity to take to the skies themselves with optional 30-minute flight experiences available during the week (booked separately and subject to weather and aircraft availability).
Balado Airfield | East Gate, Balado, Kinross