Enter the world of virtual rotary aviation with a session on this helicopter simulator! This impressive Lynx simulator is certainly one of a kind in the UK and offers you the chance to take off hover and cruise in a military helicopter – without ever leaving ground. Based just beyond the perimeter of RAF Mildenhall between Ely and Bury St Edmunds this military helicopter simulator feels very much at home here. The site is owned and run by ex SAAF airman Kenneth Mockford who has dedicated many thousands of hours recreating aircraft to operate as simulators. And this heli sim is an actual ex military Westland Lynx chopper as used by the Army Air Corps. In fact if you google XZ195 Lynx (its registration number) you’ll see lots of pictures of this helicopter in service. Built in 1978 as an AH1 series Lynx (that’s AH for Army Helicopter) she served with the Army Air Corp until transferring to 655 squadron in Northern Ireland having been converted to an AH7. By July 2009 she was wi…
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