For customer convenience and crew efficiency both new flight times will be 60 minutes in length. Scientific testing concluded that 60 minutes was the optimal time for customers to be in the F-16 military flight simulators. The factor that will determine which of the two newly designed flights customers will be able to fly will be if the customer has flown at Flightdeck Air Combat Center before.
The “Fox 1” flight has been especially designed for first time pilots and includes an airport take off, practice time for aerial maneuvers (to enhance competitiveness in the air-to-air phase of their mission), dogfighting with other pilots in their flight, followed by two attempts at an airport landing as well as two attempts at making an aircraft carrier trap. The former 60 minute mission had but one attempt at the carrier landing. Two attempts will double one’s chances of staying dry (hence the improvement)!

Get in touch with your inner Top Gun at Flightdeck Air Combat Center!

The “Fox 2” Mission is specifically designed for returning pilots and, with one major exception, strongly resembles the Fox 1 mission. While the first-time pilots (aka “Newbies”) are practicing their aerial maneuvers, the Fox 2 pilots will be doing an daring air-to-ground strike mission using their 2.75 FFAR (folded-fin aircraft rocket) ordinance against a variety of vital and exposed ground targets (yet another significant improvement)! Returning pilots also may choose from a variety of jets for flights #3 through their entry into a squadron program (should they choose).

The new flight time schedule can be found on Flightdeck’s web page. The initial flight Wednesday through Friday will be 1:00 pm with the final flight at 7:00 pm and flights every 90 minutes in between. Saturday’s schedule adds an 11:30 am flight as well as an 8:30 pm flight with Sunday adding only the 11:30 am flight to the standard mid-week schedule. Flightdeck will be closed to the public on Mondays and only open on Tuesdays to corporate and other group events.
Flightdeck Air Combat Center…always the place to come for all your Top Gun fun needs!

More and more companies are looking to renew their commitment to team building events as the economy makes a slow comeback. When it comes to fun things to do in Orange County and unique team building experiences, Flightdeck Air Combat Center is a cut above the normal go kart, paintball, bike building, ropes course events. Beckman’s Flightdeck experience began in the morning with a visit from Flightdeck crew members Rich “Rockeye” Rebenstorff and Sheath “Magnet” Guevarra who brought the group’s dog tags, personalized with their assigned call signs. The Beckman team, which had no idea where they were going or what awaited them were briefed on their day’s mission. After being split into three equal groups, each squadron flew together, engaging each other is some spirited air-to-air combat, with the top two out of each sortie vying for the coveted “Top Gun” award. Other more personalized awards were given, among them the “Over Analytic” award for the least number of missiles shot (too cautious), and the “Radio Hog” award (self explanatory), which was won by event organizer Cindy Lin. “This was by far the best team building event we have had so far!” she added.

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Brusin' Bruin ROTC cadets pose at Flightdeck Air Combat Center

Take 21 ROTC cadets from UCLA and put them into a room with seven F-16 fighter jet flight simulators and what do you get? A lot of ruined Bruins! Sunday, March 7th, Capt. Lawrence Smith brought his group of highly disciplined and borderline violent future pilots in to Flightdeck Air Combat Center for their initial foray into the wonderful world of air-to-air combat with AIM9 missiles and 20 MM Vulcan cannons…not exactly your typical team building event! So entertaining and educational that he is bringing an additional 21 cadets in at the end of the month (this in spite of winning the “Most Favorite Target” award). Flightdeck would like to thank and congratulate Capt. Smith and his “gritty little Bruins”  for their time and support. Our crew members thoroughly enjoyed turning you all into lean, mean, dogfighting machines! Now it’s time for the USC cadets to come and get their “Fight ON”.

LandSafe pilots appraise their flights

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Team leader AJ Jackson wrote “We absolutely were entertained and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly at Flight Deck.  We were greeted with kindness, professionalism and instant camaraderie which carried through until the end.  I thought it was kind of funny that everyone mocked me when I presented the idea.  Attendance was optional, but we had full participation with people driving in from Los Angles, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego and two who flew in from Vegas and Kansas City.  Everyone is still gloating and throwing around stories and bragging comments even if they are slightly exaggerated.  I didn’t have time to think of company related awards but that was of no consequence as your boys covered it perfectly and that was a great way to wrap it up.

A few of those who attended are throwing around the idea of taking their family for a visit which is a testimonial to their content.  The only thing I heard as a suggestion for enhancement would be to have the planes somehow move with screen and stick (i.e., if the plane tipped when you turned it like Disney rides), but that was it (that’s unvarnished).  All other comments were positive and I’m sure we’ll be talking about this for some time.” So do yourself and your company a favor by recommending Flightdeck Air Combat Center as the venue for your next team building event!

via http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-010410-20tips.html.