Romantic Flight From Herlong Airport - Jacksonville

Our experience was beyond amazing. They had a wonderful staff that went the extra mile to help me propose to the love of my life before our flight. The wine and chocolate was really a great touch and we enjoyed talking during our flight with our pilot. We went at sunset (6pm) so everything was beautiful.

Absolutely amazing all around, our pilot was great and we had a wonderful time.

Me and my boyfriend had a 7pm flight, instructions said to arrive 10 minutes early, which we did. But no one was in the office. When we finally Walked around back, some guys came to the front at 7:03. After finishing paperwork, a guy named Kelly with a bleach stained and wrinkled shirt greeted us. On my first glance, I noticed he had a bright pink/red dye from his fingertips to his elbows so I thought he was maintenance from his presentation. He proceeds to tell us he’ll be our pilot. So I didn’t judge, but I was thinking why wouldn’t our pilot look more presentable? Plane finally takes off at 7:22. 22 minutes past time. When we get in the air, the pilots door FLIES open. I was already anxious on doing the flight and this almost made me have a panic attack. He has one hand on the steering wheel, and the other is trying to SLAM THE DOOR in MID AIR while also trying to fly the plane. So he says we have to land so he can close the door. We land, he closes it, it is now 7:33 when we get back in the air. We get to the highest altitude; and the door flies open AGAIN. at this point we are scared for our lives. I had to hold the door shut for 3 minutes while he got the plane steady and put it in autopilot. He slams the door about 6 times in the middle of the air to finally get it shut. So now we’re nervous the whole flight thinking about how we could’ve flown out of this plane, and also over 30 minutes late into the flight. We head towards the beach, view was beautiful but the pilot didn’t talk to us at all the whole flight. He was also texting on his phone while flying the plane the entire time, which also made me super nervous after my gut was already wrenching from him almost killing us twice, from not simply checking to see if the plane door was properly closed. After we left the beach, we got back to the airport at 7:58. If you ask me, I had a terrible experience. My flight ended up only being about 25 minutes when it was supposed to be an hour, and the whole way I had to wonder if I was going to die or live. I was not satisfied. (We also have it on video; when the plane door flew open the second time and I had to sit there and hold it)