Be A Fighter Pilot for a Day

For the Purists, nothing less than the most realistic fighter pilot experience will do. In these aerial combat programs you actually participate in an abbreviated training program before being taken up in one plane while your partner is taken up in another. Many of the Dogfighting campaigns that people fly have realistic tracking and 'kill' software that allows you to determine who 'won' each dogfight.

After landing, there is also a debriefing process where your performance is reviewed by expert fighter pilots.

These 'real-deal' fighter pilot experiences can come at a bit of a price but surprisingly less than you may think. Many air combat simulation programs range from one to two thousand dollars, which is often well worth it for the once in a lifetime experience.

The second option for those looking to experience the life of a fighter pilot is through a simulator. Don't get me wrong, a flight simulator is no video game. Going through a simulated dogfight in a military grade flight simulator is almost the same as being right there in a real dogfight. Complete with flight suits, realistic controls, and dogfights, flight simulation can certainly get your heart pumping.

Perhaps the most thrilling part of simulating an aerial dogfight instead of going up in an actual plane is the price. Instead of a few thousand dollars, some simulation flights run less than $100 a piece which is certainly within the budgets of many people.