USS Iowa’s new Battleship Flight lets you virtually fly a vintage helicopter
If you’ve ever wanted to fly a vintage helicopter, here’s your chance. The USS Battleship Iowa in San Pedro has added a new virtual-reality experience that allows visitors to take command of a Korean War-era chopper.
Battleship Flight: A Naval Aviation Experience gives visitors the feel of what it’s like to take off, fly and land a twin-rotor Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever.
To add to the virtual experience, there’s a fully restored HUP helicopter you can tour on the flight deck of the 1943 battleship and museum, now celebrating its fifth year on the L.A. waterfront.
Battleship Flight is part of the expanding self-guided tour aboard the Iowa. Ticket prices will remain the same, $19.95 for adults, $16.95 for seniors and military, $11.95 for kids who are 6 to 11 years old; children 5 and younger are free. (Online buyers get a discount.)
You can pay an extra $8 for the Motion Flight Theater located on the dock next to the ship. Not a VR experience, the theater seats up to 16 and re-creates the movements seen on the screen in front of riders. There are six videos, so the adventure changes.
Info: USS Battleship Iowa, (877) 446-9261
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