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How to become a Pilot UK

Becoming a pilot in the UK is the ultimate dream for many aviation buffs, and thousands of people each year get their first taste of flying lessons with IntoTheBlue flying experiences. With this in mind we thought we would put together a handy guide outlining just what it takes to get your wings and become a pilot.

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The Origins of the Two Seat Spitfire

 Spitfire flights would not be available to the public today if it wasn't for the creation of the Two Seat Spitfire. With that in mind, here at IntoTheBlue we began wondering why the conversion was made in the first place, who were they modified by, and what happened to them when the single seat Spitfire was decommissioned? To answer all this and more, we've once again enlisted the help of aviation historian and author Robin J. Brooks.      Learning to fly three different types of aircraft during wartime was the RAFs standard requirement, before a pilot could join a squadron...

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The 2016 IntoTheBlue National Experience Week winners announced!

National Experience Week 2016 may have left the building, but the fun has only just begun for the lucky winner of our IntotheBlue Wish List competition and the two winners from our social wall that ran for the duration of National Experience Week. You could describe National Experience Week as inspirational, aspirational...motivating even, but let’s be honest, it’s about winning a £100 activity gift token or even better, the main prize valued at well over a £1000. National Experience Week 2016 winners win big! So, drum roll please for Rachel Barnard who has won over a £1000-worth of IntotheBlue activity...

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National Experience Week is back for 2016! Win loads of stuff!

After the resounding success of the first edition of National Experience Week in 2015, IntotheBlue is going head-first into National Experience Week 2016 with even more prizes and more fun to be had! The 11-17th April 2016 has been designated National Experience Week for 2016. During this week we can officially throw caution to the wind as this whole week is dedicated to getting you out and about trying something new. It’s time to pluck up the courage to step or even tiptoe out of your comfort zone and seeing out those new thrills, spills and experiences. Celebrate National Experience...

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You’re making those #impossibleexperiences possible!

There are only a few days to go before the end of our #impossibleexperiences competition and with so many brilliantly creative ideas flooding in on our social wall, we thought we’d share some of them with you to get you inspired to enter (if you aren’t one of the hundreds who already have) before the deadline on 29th February at midnight. It seems time travel is still one of your major preoccupations, with loads of people wanting to head to the moon, be it on a weekend break (@nickiJackson16), or as an outdoor adventure trip weaving around those craters on...

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