“When those wings flap, we know something is happening in the back. We don’t know exactly what, but we’re pretty sure… they understood the assignment.’
Captain Anthony ‘Tony’ Blake, a pilot with 42 years’ experience, describes to MailOnline Travel what it’s like to fly a twin-engine Cessna 414 aircraft during his ‘mile high experience’.
It’s a flight he’s made 3,000 times over the past four years as co-founder and chief pilot of the Love Cloud Vegas tour.
The experience is a private flight over the desert and the Las Vegas Strip, where up to four clients at a time can enjoy the ‘mile high club’ by having sex on the double bed in the back.
“It’s a very private, romantic night out,” says Tony. ‘We feel it. I feel it. I like to say I have a very sensitive joystick up front.
Captain Anthony ‘Tony’ Blake (above) leads the Love Cloud Vegas tour – a mile-high club experience in a double-bed Cessna 414
“They move their feet and move backwards. I feel it. It is a smaller mid-range aircraft. And we feel everything – unfortunately.’
While Captain Tony says he can feel everything that happens in the back, he claims he can’t see or hear anything his beloved passengers do.
He explains: ‘We have our headphones on and they cancel out all the noise. We fly in very limited airspace. On Friday nights and Sunday nights we are generally the busiest in the country.
“We’re circling in and out, down, under and around the airspace. There are probably 50 pilots taking off and 50 landing at any given time – 24 hours a day.
The Love Cloud aircraft interior (above) features a spacious bed, sheets, a blanket, pillows and seats for take-off and landing
Love Cloud passengers are picked up from their hotel in a limousine (left) and taken to the airport, where a red carpet is rolled out for the occasion (right)
“We hear directional vectors all the time – if we miss two calls, my 42-year license goes out the window. So it’s very busy in my ears.’
The pilot also cannot see into the back of the plane because of a partition between the cockpit – “we can’t call it a cockpit anymore,” he says – and the cabin.
He noted, “We never took the partition down. We have curtains up. Unfortunately, that’s all we can do.
‘They have never accidentally landed during a flight. So we won’t see it.’
The interior of the Love Cloud planes is being “continuously improved,” but so far they include a spacious bed, sheets and a blanket, pillows and seats where passengers can be strapped in for takeoff.
What passengers do during their stay at the Mile High Club Experience is up to them – according to Tony, it’s “fair game” and some go all out by bringing “toy bags”, appearing in “sexy lingerie” or keeping their loved one “blindfolded”.
Tony said, “When those wings flap, we know something’s happening in the back. We don’t know exactly what, but we’re pretty sure… that they understood the assignment.”
While Captain Tony says he can feel everything that happens in the back, he claims he can’t see or hear anything his beloved passengers are doing. Left – the view from the plane at night. Tony adds: ‘We throw the sheets away, we put new sheets on. One time last year we bought all the red satin sheets that Google has. We buy about 500 a month’
Fortunately, Love Cloud is strict in the hygiene process.
While Captain Tony jokes about cleaning the sheets ‘once a year’, he told MailOnline that they usually ‘throw them away’ after every flight.
He says, “We have four planes and they all have 45 minutes to an hour of downtime between flights.
“We have a ground crew, we throw the sheets away, we put new sheets on. Last year we bought all the red satin sheets that Google has. We buy about 500 a month now.
“We have bedliners and the beds themselves are thrown away about every sixty days; these are the cleanest beds in town.”
In addition to the in-air experience, passengers will be picked up from their hotel in a limousine – “with complimentary chocolates, champagne and flowers” – before heading to their flight.
We bought all the red satin sheets that Google has. We buy about 500 a month
Captain Anthony Blake, pilot of Love Cloud Vegas
Captain Tony notes, “They’re wheeled into the airport, no security, no TSA, no one’s going to freak you out or look in your bag, and you drive straight to the plane in the ramp with the red carpet out.”
However, if the passengers get too drunk, they are grounded.
Tony explains: ‘If I open the door of a limo and I see people falling over, they immediately get back in the limo.
“This is not a drunken party or a disrespectful party. These are lovers. If they’re drunk, they don’t have to come here on this flight.”
Other common reasons for cancellation include aircraft maintenance and breakdowns.
Tony says: ‘We are in the aviation industry and have the same standards as any other major airline when it comes to maintenance. The standards are probably a little higher because we are a smaller company.’
Captain Tony, pictured, says: ‘This is the one job in my life that I can’t wait to get out of bed for… I love it. I mean, I like flying planes and I like sex.”
Love Cloud passengers must be over 18 years of age and from all age categories above.
Tony says, “The demographic is 21 to 80. We’ve had people here who are 80 and older. More than you would actually imagine.”
However, they usually fall into one of two demographic categories.
“Most of our clients, 90 percent, are regular blue-collar workers. Most of them have never been in a limo,” Tony says. “The other five percent are – I can’t say porn anymore – they are content creators.”
Adult video makers book out the Love Cloud to film in the air – five AVN (Adult Video News) awards have been presented to the airline’s passengers for their work behind the divider, the captain notes.
When asked if there were any big names on Love Cloud, the pilot episode responds: “We didn’t have any big monster names.”
One of the ‘flight attendants’ of Love Cloud Vegas (left). Love Cloud Vegas also offers wedding flights, where passengers get married on the ground before takeoff.
Tony says: ‘The demographics range from 21 to 80 years old. People over 80 years old come here. More than you would actually think’
While the mile high club may not be for everyone, former commercial pilot Tony has made a splash thanks to his success. He owns small planes that “keep the costs down” so that regular people can afford the experience.
He says: ‘This is the one job in my life that I can’t wait to get out of bed for… I love it. I mean, I like to fly and I like to have sex.
“I said to my wife, ‘We’re going to put those two together and we’re going to make it the most magical thing possible.’”
‘Although we don’t know what goes on behind the scenes, our customers always come in with big smiles and happy faces. And they leave twice as happy.’
“At the end of their flight, passengers get a mile-high certificate and a wallet-sized plastic card that says, hey, they’re a member of our club.”
Love Cloud Vegas also offers wedding flights, where passengers get married on the ground before takeoff, and sunset flights.
The Mile High Club experience is available in three packages: Copper (30 minutes, $995/£785), Silver (45 minutes, $1,195/£943), Gold (60 minutes, $1,395/£1,101) and Platinum (90 minutes, $1,500/£1,184). Visit: lovecloudvegas.com And www.instagram.com/love_cloud_vegas.
