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FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Gordon's Guide - Adventure & Active Travel Worldwide announced today that GordonsGuide.com (http://www.gordonsguide.com/), the world's largest online marketplace for adventure and active travel, is now offering Air Combat Schools as a category featuring Fighter Combat International (FCI), a 10-year veteran in providing air combat instruction.
Fighter Combat International offers flights of a lifetime through exciting adventures in air combat and aerobatics for individuals, teams and groups alike. Thrill seekers now have the opportunity to choose from a variety of packages, starting at $445, to fulfill their dreams of being a "Top Gun Fighter Pilot" or an "Air Show Pilot" in a day of fun and excitement. At FCI, adventurers learn to fly real, world-class competition aircraft with actual military fighter pilots or they can opt to be passengers. These are not simulations.
"Gordon's Guide recognizes that there are many ideas of what constitutes adventure," said Timothy Gordon, founder and CEO of Gordon's Guide. "As the leading provider of adventure and active travel, we strive to fulfill travelers' needs for unique and exciting experiences. With nearly 70 categories and 10,000 trips in 126 countries, we are succeeding in bringing a world of truly incredible adventure travel opportunities to the public."
Air Combat Schools becomes the 67th travel category at GordonsGuide.com, offering ecotourism, culinary vacations, safaris, dude ranch vacations, heli-skiing, ATV vacations, houseboating, surfing camps, whitewater rafting and special interest travel categories such as family camps and women's travel, to name a few.
About Fighter Combat International
Fighter Combat International (FCI) operates in full compliance with the FAA standards for the Air Combat Schools of America. By Fighter Combat International's standards, these FAA guidelines are considered to be a minimum. As the only air combat school to exclusively employ real military fighter pilots all having extensive operational experience in high-performance technologically-advanced fourth generation fighter jet aircraft, FCI insists upon teaching modern air combat tactics, standards, training rules and techniques used by active NATO fighter forces around the world today. These incredible adventures are delivered in the East Valley of Phoenix at the Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona.
About Gordon's Guide
10,000 Trips, 3,000 Destinations, 126 Countries - 1 Web Site
Founded in 1997, Gordon's Guide - Adventure & Active Travel Worldwide is a leading publishing company. Based in Fresno, California, the company publishes highly regarded magazine-style travel guides and an award-winning website, GordonsGuide.com, the premier information resource for active travelers, offering the finest adventure and active vacations from around the world. Gordon's Guide has partnered with premier vacation providers and resorts such as O.A.R.S., GAP Adventures, Dean Cummings H2O Heli Guides, Intrepid Travel, Backroads, Fairmont, Vail Resorts, Hilton Caribbean, Forever Resorts, Intrawest, ARAMARK Parks and Resorts and Delaware North. Forbes Magazine has awarded GordonsGuide.com "Best of the Web" for seven straight years.