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Experience good old fashioned luxury on a DC3 Scenic flight over Tauranga & Mt Maunganui!

Experience good old fashioned luxury on a DC3 Scenic flight over Tauranga & Mt Maunganui!

Highlights

  • Scenic Flight in a Douglas DC3 Skyliner
  • Classic Flyers Aviation Museum Entry

The legendary Douglas DC3 Skyliner is a dream to fly on, with large windows and comfortable seating, providing a feeling of glamour, nostalgia and romance.

This unique scenic flight will take you on a journey over one of the following flight paths:

 

Flight Path 1:

  • Cruise the North West coastline over Matakana Island towards Athenree and the Waihi area

  • Return to Tauranga flying over the patchwork quilt of kiwi fruit orchards and farms

  • Circle over Tauranga City and Mt Maunganui before landing

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    Flight Path 2:

  • Fly out to Motiti and then circle down to Maketu on the South Eastern coast of the Bay

  • Circle back over the kiwifruit orchards of Paengaroa and Te Puke

  • Cross over the Papamoa Hills to Eastern Tauranga

  • Circle over Tauranga City and Mt Maunganui before landing

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    Be transported back to the 1950’s as you are looked after by our flight attendants who are dressed in 'era' uniforms and enjoy classic tunes played over the PA system.

    All passengers will also get to enjoy entry to the Classic Flyers Aviation Museum, a mecca for aviation enthusiasts with over 5,000 items of memorabilia, 3 hangars, café and much much more!

     

    An experience that’s simply not to be missed!

    Per Person $114.00

    Child Friendly

    • This experience welcomes families with children.

    Bad Weather Refunds

    • If your experience is cancelled by the operator (because of the bad weather, safety concerns, unscheduled maintenance etc) you will be entitled to a full refund.

    Notes

    • Flight Dates:

      October 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th November 11th, 12th, 13th, 25th, 26th December 2nd, 3rd, 16th, 17th January 6th, 7th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 27th, 28th, 29th February 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 19th

      There will be up to 3 flight each day starting at 10.30am, when that flight is full the next will be available at 11.45am then the final one at 1.00pm. Note that passengers may be moved onto earlier flights to ensure minimum numbers are met for departure

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    Richard Hubbard from New Zealand wrote on 26 November 2017

    DC3 Flight

    Awesome flight in the DC3 with great service by all the crew, highly recommend it. ???

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    Hi Richard Thanks for the 5 Star Rating. She is a beauty and flying on her is AWESOME!!!.

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