Desk-bound executives have the chance to become a Tom Cruise-style Top Gun for the day thanks to a corporate entertainment company.

Ultimate High, based at Goodwood airfield, near Chichester, is offering companies a package which includes air combat manoeuvres in a plane with shark's teeth painted on the nose.

Team manager Mark Greenfield said: "We are turning the world of corporate entertainment literally upside down."

Experienced ex-military pilots will take clients up in an Extra 300 aerobatic plane and be put through a series of combat exercises.

Mr Greenfield said some of the pilots had flown with the Red Arrows and handled wartime fighter planes, including the Spitfire.

He said: "During the flight, the client will also get the chance to take the controls for a short time and a digital camera in the cockpit catches everything on film.

"The combination of the heritage of Goodwood as a Second World War fighter base and a fantasicallymanoeuvrable plane will make this a fresh and gripping experience in the overcrowded corporate entertainment market."

Mr Greenfield said flyers would be assessed at the start of the day and flights tailored to how comfortable they felt.

He said: "We would look at each individual's enjoyment of things like roller coasters, fast cars or skiing and build the flight around that.

"We are not in the business of frightening people. They will be coming to have a good time and boost their self-confidence."