Gyrocopter (20 min)

The gyrocopter is a small rotary-wing aircraft, halfway between a microlight and a helicopter. The passenger sits up front under a bubble canopy that opens up the view very widely, with the instructor pilot at the controls behind them.

Twenty minutes over the desert, from a base on the edge of the city. At low and medium altitude, you clearly make out the dune crests, the sparse vegetation and the camel pens. No acrobatic figures: the thrill comes from the open cockpit position and the closeness to the ground compared to a conventional flight. A communication headset lets you talk with the pilot throughout the flight.