London Helicopter Tours

[TCoys28]

I am looking to purchase a gift voucher for a helicopter tour over London for my husband for his 40th.

Has anyone got any recommendations on where the best place to purchase this would be please?

Thanks in advance

[jno]

http://www.redletterdays.co.uk/Experience/Ref/XLONT/A-Helicopter-Tour-Of-London-For-Two?method=PeeriusSectionHomeSelected&clickRef=54914282323

I think they start in Essex... I read somewhere that you can now fly from within London itself

[jno]

oh yes, here

http://www.thelondonhelicopter.com/

[Fitzer]

www.heliservices.co.uk ,I will state that this is my (soon to be) son-in-law who's a really good guy called Paul and flies 2,4 & 6 seat choppers out of Elstree, Herts or Cranfield, Beds or even out of your back garden if it's big enough and not in a town :-) He's even let me try flying the blessed things and I have enough trouble driving !

[Fitzer]

or even http://www.heliservices.co.uk/ , d'oh!

[TCoys28]

Thanks for the links. I will be looking into these in more details.
Has anyone done a London helicopter tour before?

Fitzer, I had a quick look at your son in law's website. Dies he do London tours?

Thanks

[jno]

I did one of the Red Letter Days ones (at a sale price; it was well worth it on a beautiful sunny day, if you can remember what they are). Came from somewhere in Essex, down to Olympic Park/ Canary Wharf, flew up river as far as Parliament, then back the way it came. I think they can basically only fly along the river in central London, not over land. You might save Essex time if you actually took off from London, but that wasn't available then.

[jno]

scrub that, it was actually a Virgin one

http://www.virginexperiencedays.co.uk/flying

I've also done one of their balloon flights, also over Essex, also very enjoyable

[Fitzer]

Tcoys, yes he does, the website is the old one as the new one has supposedly been designed and paid for but isn't up yet :-( He did a 70th birthday flight across London and along the Thames only the other week, there are, obviously, many restrictions about flights over London but he would certainly be able to advise what is and isn't possible and there's no obligation in asking for info.