Your first ever flight
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My parents didn't take us on any foreign holidays aside from a couple of day trips to France.
First time in a plane was for a holiday to Corfu (Kavos
) with a mate. Think it was 1992. Couldn't tell you what plane it was other than it being a passenger jet. Really screwed my ears for a few days as I didn't know to equalise the pressure in them and I must be particularly sensitive to it or something. Flown a fair bit since,
First time in a plane was for a holiday to Corfu (Kavos
) with a mate. Think it was 1992. Couldn't tell you what plane it was other than it being a passenger jet. Really screwed my ears for a few days as I didn't know to equalise the pressure in them and I must be particularly sensitive to it or something. Flown a fair bit since,First was memorable because it was the first
1980 - 747 SP non-stop from Heathrow to Jan Smuts (Joburg) in 1980. Remember clearly looking sideways from an almost centre seat out of the window directly at the ground as he turned just after takeoff. The return flight three months later had a stop in Abijan as the altitude at Johannesburg meant they couldn't carry enough fuel to make it al the way to Heathrow.
Second flight while in South Africa was far more memorable:
Again 1980 but plane was older than me, a charter from Johannesburg to Welkom in a 1942 vintage Douglas DC3 - that felt like real flying! It didn't stop vibrating when the wheels left the runway!
1980 - 747 SP non-stop from Heathrow to Jan Smuts (Joburg) in 1980. Remember clearly looking sideways from an almost centre seat out of the window directly at the ground as he turned just after takeoff. The return flight three months later had a stop in Abijan as the altitude at Johannesburg meant they couldn't carry enough fuel to make it al the way to Heathrow.
Second flight while in South Africa was far more memorable:
Again 1980 but plane was older than me, a charter from Johannesburg to Welkom in a 1942 vintage Douglas DC3 - that felt like real flying! It didn't stop vibrating when the wheels left the runway!
1989, Vienna to Klagenfurt in a Fokker 50. I was 12. It was a jump seat flight from pre-flight checks through to chocks back on. I have loads of photos of it as it was publicity for Austrian and the City of Klagenfurt, and so was in the local newspaper. About 10 1/2 years later I flew my first fare-paying passenger flight, also a Fokker 50.
PIA747 from London Heathrow to Islamabad on 29 July 1981.
I can remember driving through the outskirts of London in the back of a Ford Transit quite clearly. There were flags flying, bunting on the roads, and Cliff Richard's "Congratulations" playing non-stop (seemingly) on the radio. i was quite young at the time and assumed this was the normal public reaction when Pakistanis flew back to Pakistan.
It was only much later that i realised that it was Charles' and Diana's wedding day.
I can remember driving through the outskirts of London in the back of a Ford Transit quite clearly. There were flags flying, bunting on the roads, and Cliff Richard's "Congratulations" playing non-stop (seemingly) on the radio. i was quite young at the time and assumed this was the normal public reaction when Pakistanis flew back to Pakistan.
It was only much later that i realised that it was Charles' and Diana's wedding day.
First flight was in a Sikorsky S61 from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly. Would have been in 1981 I think.
First flight in a plane (rather than helicopter) was as an unaccompanied minor on a Swissair Airbus A310 from LHR to GVA- I was supposed to go from Manchester on a BA BAC111, but there was a strike on- eventually left 2 days later with an upgrade to Business Class for my troubles
First flight in a plane (rather than helicopter) was as an unaccompanied minor on a Swissair Airbus A310 from LHR to GVA- I was supposed to go from Manchester on a BA BAC111, but there was a strike on- eventually left 2 days later with an upgrade to Business Class for my troubles
Aged 10 or 11, on holiday in South Devon. We visited Cornwall for the day, specifically Lands End and went to Lands End Airport. They were doing 10 minute pleasure flights over Lands End in a Cessna 172 or 182 for about £10. I spent all of my holiday money on my 10 minute flight with my dad!
Next time was my 18th birthday, we flew from Liverpool to Luton on EasyJet for a day in London!
Next time was my 18th birthday, we flew from Liverpool to Luton on EasyJet for a day in London!
Halmyre said:
Cessna 206. I took off in it but didn't land in it. Twice.
Can't remember my first 'proper' flight - might have been a BAe 146, Edinburgh to Birmingham.
First long-haul was Schiphol to Vancouver in a Lockheed MD-11.
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (the MD stands for McDonnell Douglas).Can't remember my first 'proper' flight - might have been a BAe 146, Edinburgh to Birmingham.
First long-haul was Schiphol to Vancouver in a Lockheed MD-11.
Cessna 152, take of an landed from Skegness was a pleasure flight up and down the coast. I was about 5. Loved it made we want to be a pilot.
Sadly I couldn’t join the raf as a pilot due to hayfever.
Tried doing my ppl(H). With a view to a CPL(H). Far to expensive so had to give it up.
Still love flying, do it for a living but just in a different role.
Sadly I couldn’t join the raf as a pilot due to hayfever.
Tried doing my ppl(H). With a view to a CPL(H). Far to expensive so had to give it up.
Still love flying, do it for a living but just in a different role.
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