Watch as we try out the new flight simulator at Luton airport

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Our reporter, Olivia Preston, went to Voyager Flight Simulation at Luton airport to have a go at flying a Boeing 737 plane. The state-of-the-art technology works seamlessly and felt like a real plane.

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00:00It's not every day you get to do a barrel roll in a plane over Lake Geneva, but last

00:24week I got to do just that when I tried out a new flight simulator at Luton airport.

00:29A short walk from the terminal, my friend and I met with Howard Atkins, the co-founder

00:33of Voyager Flight Simulator, for an unforgettable experience.

00:38They have a Robinson R22 helicopter simulation and one for a Boeing 737 plane.

00:45We decided to have a go flying the jet and had a great time doing it.

00:50We sat down and decided our flight plans and Howard talked us through the controls.

00:54Before I knew it, I was flying over Lake Geneva, taking in the mountain views.

01:04Magenta colour is a target, so we've got a target of 5,000 feet, our actual altitude

01:19is that.

01:20We've got a target of 250, when we're within 1,000 feet of the target, you get that noise.

01:28While Johnny flew over London and then landed at one of the world's most difficult runways

01:33in Hong Kong.

01:34So we're just going back up to the north, and what we're going to do is we're going

01:47to come back this way and then we'll do a last minute hop.

02:02It was easy to forget that this was all just screens on a computer, as it felt so realistic.

02:08From the beeping and the rumble of the engine, the simulation and 4K screens were seamless.

02:17I'd recommend this experience to anyone who's interested in having a go at flying, but who

02:21wants to do it in a much safer way than actually take into the skies.

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