by Ian Youngs BBC News Online entertainment staff

The children will get an aerial view of the festival

Mark Edgley, a neighbour of festival organiser Michael Eavis in Pilton, Somerset, has decided that traffic gets so bad that his son and his friends need a lift by helicopter.

"My kids go to school around here, and there's a pile of other parents whose kids go to the same school, and the traffic, as you can imagine, is a bit of a nightmare," he told BBC News Online.

So far, 16 children who go to Millfield school in the town of Glastonbury, about seven miles from the festival ground, have signed up.

"I'm just looking after all the local kids. My son's particularly looking forward to it."

Michael Eavis has done "a fantastic job" for locals, Mr Edgley said

Mr Edgley already runs a helicopter service for bands and record company executives who land in his fields, 500m from the festival site.

He is also planning 10-minute pleasure flights for festival-goers, costing �55.

He said Mr Eavis had done "a fantastic job" at trying to improve facilities and security for locals, some of whom had complained that the event made their lives a "nightmare".

"[Organisers] have spent a fortune on lighting and security cameras in the village - I've never seen anything else like it," Mr Edgley said.

"What I'm doing is just making everybody happy at school, and it's fun for the kids."