Flying Buggy Aerial Sightseeing Tour - Fly Low and Explore

Flying Buggy

Overview

Flying Buggy is an ultralight instructional flight in Reykjavík where you learn the basics of flying with a certified instructor. This is your first real lesson in the air, with the pace tailored to your comfort level and the day’s conditions.

🗺️ What to Expect

Your experience begins with a pre flight briefing where your instructor walks you through what will happen in the air and how the training flight works. Once ready, you will head out for your instructional flight above Reykjavík, taking in a dramatic mix of coastline, lava fields, and mountain views as part of the lesson.

Depending on weather and conditions, the session can stay smooth and scenic, or include more dynamic training elements. If conditions allow, you may also get hands on time on the controls under close supervision, so you can feel what it is like to actually fly an ultralight aircraft.

✨ Highlights

• 🛩️ Take your first real flying lesson with a certified instructor in Reykjavík
• 🌋 Train above Icelandic landscapes including lava fields, mountains, and the coastline
• 🎯 Personalized pacing, from calm flying to more active training depending on comfort level
• 🌀 Optional instructor demonstrated maneuvers like gentle turns, climbs, or a stall, conditions permitting
• 🕹️ Opportunity for hands on flying, weather and conditions allowing
• 🎥 Included GoPro video to capture your first instructional flight

📍 Itinerary

Pre flight briefing, meet your instructor and review the plan for your instructional flight.

Instructional flight, take off for a weather dependent flight that typically lasts 15 to 25 minutes, with training tailored to your comfort level.

Optional training elements, conditions permitting, your instructor may demonstrate basic techniques like gentle turns, climbs, or a stall maneuver.

Hands on flying, weather and conditions allowing, you may take the controls under supervision.

GoPro video, take home footage of your first flying lesson.

✅ What’s Included

• Pre flight briefing
• Instructional flight with a certified instructor
• Optional hands on flying, weather permitting
• GoPro video

❌ Exclusions

• Transportation from Reykjavík, available for an additional fee

ℹ️ Important Information

• Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes total experience time
• Flight time: Weather dependent, typically 15 to 25 minutes
• Difficulty: VERY EASY
• Availability: Flights scheduled daily depending on conditions
• Go or No Go decision: Emailed the day before
• Aircraft: Two seater ultralight designed for training and adventure, with only you and your instructor on board
• Pick up: Transportation from Reykjavík is available for an additional fee
• Weather: This experience is weather dependent and the flight plan and maneuvers depend on conditions

🚀 Ready to Take the Controls in Reykjavík?

If you have ever wondered what it feels like to truly fly, Flying Buggy delivers a genuine introduction to ultralight training over Reykjavík’s iconic scenery. With a certified instructor beside you and conditions permitting hands on control time, it is an unforgettable way to experience an ultralight instructional flight and bring home an included GoPro video. Book now and secure your preferred day, with the final go or no go decision confirmed by email the day before.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions, FAQ

1) Is this a sightseeing ride or an actual lesson?
It is an instructional flight with a certified instructor, designed as your first real flying lesson. The training is personalized based on your comfort level and the day’s conditions.

2) How long is the flight itself?
The flight is weather dependent and typically lasts 15 to 25 minutes. The overall experience duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes.

3) Can I take the controls during Flying Buggy?
Yes, weather and conditions allowing, you may be given the chance to take the controls under your instructor’s supervision. Your instructor remains with you at all times in the two seater ultralight.

4) What maneuvers might be demonstrated?
Conditions permitting, the instructor may demonstrate basic flying techniques such as gentle turns, climbs, or even a stall maneuver for those ready for it. The exact content depends on weather and your comfort level.

5) How is the go or no go decision communicated?
The go or no go decision is emailed the day before your scheduled flight. Flights are scheduled daily depending on conditions.