Training

As the premier vintage aviation specialist in Northern England, Tiger Flights provides bespoke flight training in our de Havilland Tiger Moths and Chipmunk. Our courses for PPL holders are:

Tailwheel Differences
Tiger Moth Conversion
Formation Flying

Training sessions are tailored to suit your experience and requirements. All training is conducted at Eshott Airfield (NE65 9QJ), embracing the heritage of elementary flight training to enhance your piloting skills.

Once you've progressed through our courses you'll have the opportunity to join the Tiger Flight and self-fly hire our Tiger Moths.

A man is at the controls in the front seat of a vintage de Havilland Chipmunk, flying over green fields with the coast in the distance through the aircraft's canopy.

Tailwheel Differences

Our instructors have a wealth of experience flying and teaching in tailwheel aircraft. This course will be tailored to you depending on your previous flying experience.

A vibrant red vintage de Havilland Tiger Moth G-ANEZ sits on a grass field facing to the right, with a backdrop of blue sky and distant trees.

Tiger Moth Conversion

If you’d like to handle and fly a classic biplane, take off and land on grass runways, dealing with crosswinds, then this course is for you. It will improve your technique, skillset and abilities.

Two vintage de Havilland Tiger Moths G-ANEZ and G-EMSY are seen from directly above, parked on green grass as two people walk away from the planes.

Formation Flying

A brilliant way to learn the ultimate in teamwork, formation flying will stretch you as a pilot. You’ll feel a great sense of achievement leading or taking part in a formation.

The cockpit of a vintage de Havilland Tiger Moth looking forward from the tail, showing the struts, fuel tank above, propellor and green hedging in the background.

The Tiger Flight

Once you’ve progressed through our courses, you’ll have the opportunity to join The Tiger Flight, giving you unique access to self-fly hire our Tiger Moths, joining and supporting a special community of fellow aviators.

Contact us

01670 787 881

sales@tigerflights.co.uk