Win a BBMF Spitfire cockpit experience
Header image: A BBMF Spitfire cockpit is waiting for the lucky winner of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club ballot prize for March. (Photo: Lisa Harding)
For this month’s ballot prize, one lucky Club member will win a ‘money cannot buy it’ opportunity to experience what it is like to sit in the cockpit of a BBMF Spitfire.
We will randomly select one Club member to win the prize.
About the prize
The winner will be able to climb into the cockpit of one of the BBMF’s airworthy Spitfires and the controls and instrumentation will be explained to them. The prize is available on any weekday, by prior arrangement, from June up to the end of September 2025 at the BBMF’s home at RAF Coningsby. Access to the BBMF hangar will be via the BBMF Visitor Centre. Only the prize winner will be able to sit in the cockpit, but the winner may bring up to three guests to take photographs and to share in the experience of a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the BBMF hangar, with a guide who has flown the Flight’s Spitfires.
Please note that this prize does not include any travel and accommodation costs - and there is no financial or merchandise alternative.
Sitting in the cockpit of a BBMF Spitfire is a once in a lifetime experience, but some restrictions apply. To make sure you are able to take up this prize and to be fully prepared for your day please note these points:
- Spitfire cockpits are small - please see the measurements above for your information.
- You will be required to empty all your pockets of all items to prevent the possibility of anything dropping into the cockpit and becoming a loose article or foreign object debris hazard.
- You must be physically fit enough to climb a small number of steps, lift your legs into the cockpit and support you full body weight with your arms to lower yourself into the cockpit and lift yourself out again.
- Please wear trousers. Skirts and dresses may be undignified or even restrict or prevent access.
- Please wear flat shoes with a good grip on them, the BBMF cannot allow access to the cockpit with inappropriate footwear.
- You are more than welcome to take pictures once inside the cockpit, but note that smartphones must be in flight/airplane mode. You can also be photographed in the cockpit from outside.
How to enter the ballot if you are not a Club member
All current members have been automatically entered into this month’s ballot. If you’re not already a member, please join the club by 31st March 2025. If your Club membership has lapsed you can renew by clicking here.
As well as being entered into this month’s prize draw, you’ll also receive a Club membership pack. Members will also receive our Club magazine, along with monthly e-newsletters with content exclusive to Club members.
