Climb aboard the Pitts Special S2A - Sydney's only open cockpit biplane - with Red Baron, the city's original aerial adventure operator with over 40 years of experience safely thrilling passengers above Sydney Harbour. From the moment you lift off from Bankstown Airport, you will feel the difference. The wind is in your hair, the engine roars, and beneath you, the world's most iconic harbour unfolds in every direction.
Your 50-minute flight sweeps over Sydney's most breathtaking landmarks: the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, Rose Bay, Sydney Heads, Manly Beach, and the stunning Northern Beaches coastline all the way up to Palm Beach. Every single one of them seen from an open cockpit, exactly as the pioneering aviators of a century ago experienced them.
Feeling bold? Opt in for mild aerobatics over Long Reef and take on loops, barrel rolls, wingovers, hammerheads, and slow rolls - with G-forces ranging from +4G to -2G. Your expert pilot will guide you through every manoeuvre, explaining each move as it happens and connecting your experience to the legendary history of WWI aerial aces. For the truly brave, inverted flight is on the table too – upside down in an open cockpit, with nothing between you and the water below but a very secure set of straps.
Your adventure begins in the Red Baron flight lounge at Bankstown Airport. You will be suited up in an Australian Air Force-spec pilot's flight suit, receive a personalised one-on-one pre-flight briefing, and be fitted with an active noise-cancelling headset. Friends and family are welcome to watch your takeoff, cheer you home on landing, and gather around the big screen to watch your flight video together.
And yes - every booking includes a FREE HD video package worth $200. Two camera angles (face camera and wing camera) plus full audio capture every moment of your flight, so you can relive it - and share it - forever.
This is not a sightseeing tour. This is the feeling of flight, in its purest, most exhilarating form.
