Christeljs From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 533 posts, RR: 5 Posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2321 times:
My first ever flight! This day mean so much to me as this day 10 years ago, was the day that turned my whole life in a whole new direction. I knew there and then that I belonged home in aviation. I was only 12, and I knew for sure that I wanted to fly or work with these big machines. I don't know why, but I feel so "at home" at airports and around aircrafts. I had never even been out of Scandinavia, and our flights this day was FBU-LHR-LAX-HNL! What a day! I was soooo excited I hardly slept that night and I slept about 4 hours all together from Norway to Hawaii.
Here are the aircrafts that I was on. Some of you might think it's silly of me posting this, but it means a lot to me, so why not
FBU-LHR = G-BIKR
LHR-LAX = G-VFAB
LAX-HNL = N716DA
And then whilst being in Hawaii, I learnt about TWA800 and I was terrified flying home on a DC-10 and a B747-200.
PropilotJW From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 585 posts, RR: 7 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2300 times:
CONGRATS! great story... so what's in store for the next 10? Are you flight training?
ContinentalAUS From United States of America, joined May 2006, 55 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2239 times:
You had a sweet first trip- a 757, 747, and L1011. My first trip was 45 minutes on a 732 and I don't even remember it.
AIRCANL1011 From Canada, joined Aug 2005, 262 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2191 times:
I think that most of us aviation freaks remember and cherish our first flight. Non aviation people would think you were silly for posting this, but I think that we A.Nutters should understand.
Yirmiyahu From Israel, joined Feb 2006, 49 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 2022 times:
Quoting Christeljs (Thread starter): Some of you might think it's silly of me posting this, but it means a lot to me, so why not
It's absolutely not silly. I actually share your sentiments, as of this past June 18th, it has been my 10 year anniversary. My first flight was DTW to AMS on a Boeing 747 with NW.
707lvr From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 537 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 2019 times:
I'm with the other guys, though my first flight was quite a ways back. Don't put off getting inside for too long. Good post.
AlanCHS From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1934 times:
Last December 18 was the 40th anninversary of my first flight. I was only
eight weeks old so I have no memories. December 18, 1965 the family left Columbia, SC and went to Tainan, Taiwan thanks to the USAF.
We took a bus to Travis AFB, CA and then departed on a MAC Charter flight stopping in Honolulu, Andersen AB, Guam; Clark AB, Philippines; and finally landed at Taipei. It was my mother's first flight as well, not bad for having to
drag an infant and my 2 siblings.
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