Hi all,
I was just wondering what it was that first got all you Ladies and Gentlemen into Aviation??
For myself, I was sat at home bored one evening flicking through the Ceefax teletext pages when I came across page 443, which was Heathrow Terminal 3 Arrivals!.. I saw all the names of these places the planes were coming from and it just fascinated me. A few days later I took myself down to LHR and ended up spending the whole day there, just watching the planes, and from that moment on I was hooked! And then around three months later I flew for the very first time!
What's the story behind your addiction to aviation??
Look forward to your replies...
Geez
Moderators: richierich, ua900, PanAm_DC10, hOMSaR
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
i got interestsed because of my second flight which was IAD-MXP-IAD on a 767-300. I then i just got hooked and started to read books about flying then purchased Flight simulater 2002 . Then in 2003. I took my first flight in a Cessna 172 and i now am in training in a cessna 152.
-
- deltaalpha
- Posts: 153
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
My Father worked 43 years with United Airlines. My Mother worked for United at SFO when they met. So I guess I can say that I was spawned of this industry. When I was a kid he used to take me to work with him and I was fascinated. When I grew up I became an A&P mechanic like my father before me. When my little brother grew up he became a A&P like his father and his brother before him. When my son is born I hope he follows in our footsteps and falls in love with this industry like my family has.
Delta Alpha
Delta Alpha
Common sense is not all that common
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
BBC2 'The Airshow' which used to be on around 5 - 6 years ago. From there to Flightsim, then airband radio and finally real flying lessons.
A.Net Airlines - 2 million miles!
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
I bought a copy of Fly!2K (anyone remember that one?) for my computer (a Mac at the time, so FS wasn't an option) in search of a non-violent game that my parents (very strict about such things) would allow. I'd always liked planes, but at that point was thinking about going into architecture and designing airports. No longer. After I finally figured out how to fly the things, I was hooked. So I owe it all to Richard Harvey (may he rest in peace 
).
[Edited 2004-08-26 16:10:06]
).[Edited 2004-08-26 16:10:06]
7 billion, one nation, imagination...it's a beautiful day
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
TopGun The Movie
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
I grew up in the first subdivision south of YYZ and as far back as I can remember, I had an interest in aviation. I always had a longing to work in the industry, but fate steered me in other directions.
-
- JFKLGAflyer
- Posts: 81
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
I think the first time my interest was really sparked was when I was 8. Flew from OKC to DEN (Stapleton Airport) and back in the early 80's. OKC, of course did not have much in the way of variety in terms of aircraft--almost all of them were 727s back then, but at Denver (which was a huge hub for UA and CO at that time), I saw a HUGE variety of aircraft from jumbos to puddle-jumpers. I remember asking my father what each type was... he didn't know, so I decided to learn. That was the first time I actually started paying attention to what kind of aircraft I was flying and keeping track of how many different kinds I had seen. The rest, as they say, is history...
"Life's a journey, not a destination..." --Aerosmith
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
I was young and facinated at the sight of a 747 taking flight. I learnt all the different variants when I was about 3 or 4.
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
I was probably five or six when I took my first plane trip on a 707 on the PHX-LAX route out of old Terminal 1 (now gone) at Sky Harbor. I became immediately fascinated with aircraft. I used to build airplane models and draw airplanes all through school.
Last year, I started reviving my interest on an active basis. I studied websites of commercial aircraft builders. I read articles online about different aircraft, including the RJ's. This summer, I began reading as many books as possible about the industry.
My oldest son, who is 14, has no interest in aviation, which makes me a bit sad. However, my youngest, who is 9, seems to share some of my interest. Both boys have flown before.
Last year, I started reviving my interest on an active basis. I studied websites of commercial aircraft builders. I read articles online about different aircraft, including the RJ's. This summer, I began reading as many books as possible about the industry.
My oldest son, who is 14, has no interest in aviation, which makes me a bit sad. However, my youngest, who is 9, seems to share some of my interest. Both boys have flown before.
Long live the RJ!
-
- citationjet
- Posts: 2569
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
My father started work for Braniff in 1957. He still works for America West. My wife worked for Frontier and American. My sister worked for Braniff. Her husband worked for United. I have worked for Boeing and currently Cessna.
I non-reved around the world as an airline brat all my life. Like DeltaAlpha, my dad would take me to work also. I just loved being around planes. Since I grew up in Wichita, the Air Capital of the World, with Beech, Boeing, Cessna, and Learjet it was always easy to be around planes.
In high school, private pilot ground school was taught as a science elective. Some boys I knew had their pilot's license at age 16. At age 19 some were delivering new single engine Cessna's to dealers around the country. Some in Wichita live in neighborhoods with a common runway, a fly-in community.
I non-reved around the world as an airline brat all my life. Like DeltaAlpha, my dad would take me to work also. I just loved being around planes. Since I grew up in Wichita, the Air Capital of the World, with Beech, Boeing, Cessna, and Learjet it was always easy to be around planes.
In high school, private pilot ground school was taught as a science elective. Some boys I knew had their pilot's license at age 16. At age 19 some were delivering new single engine Cessna's to dealers around the country. Some in Wichita live in neighborhoods with a common runway, a fly-in community.
Boeing Flown: 701,702,703;717;720;721,722;731,732,733,734,735,73G,738,739;741,742,743,744,747SP;752,753;762,763;772,773,788.
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
Through my mom who was an F/A for at SAA for 27 years....
She got me endless jumpseats...and when I finally jumpseated a 744 the whole way to CPT I got hooked at around age 3 or 4...
Also the fact that every 10 minutes there is a 737-200 rocketing over my house...
Rgds
SA006
She got me endless jumpseats...and when I finally jumpseated a 744 the whole way to CPT I got hooked at around age 3 or 4...
Also the fact that every 10 minutes there is a 737-200 rocketing over my house...
Rgds
SA006
Proudly South African
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
standing on top of the parking garage at JFK waiting for my grandmother. also, on the beach at the rockaways watching concorde depart. i've got a picture of the latter.
"...cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home."
-
- AmericanAirFan
- Posts: 387
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
When I was 9 I went on a whole bunch of flights in one year going like this AUS-ELP-SAN(one hour layover)-SFO then SJC-LAX(one hour layover)-PHX-AUS and a bit before I went AUS-SJC and SJC-AUS all in one year on my two favorite Airlines American and Southwest 
and Im adicted to Bay are plane spotting even though I live in Texas
-AmericanAirFan
and Im adicted to Bay are plane spotting even though I live in Texas
-AmericanAirFan
"American 1881 Cleared For Takeoff One Seven Left"
-
- AmericanAirFan
- Posts: 387
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
When I was 9 I went on a whole bunch of flights in one year going like this AUS-ELP-SAN(one hour layover)-SFO then SJC-LAX(one hour layover)-PHX-AUS and a bit before I went AUS-SJC and SJC-AUS all in one year on my two favorite Airlines American and Southwest and Im adicted to Bay Area plane spotting even though I live in Texas
-AmericanAirFan
and Im adicted to Bay Area plane spotting even though I live in Texas
-AmericanAirFan
"American 1881 Cleared For Takeoff One Seven Left"
-
- justplanecrazy
- Posts: 528
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
When i was 4 i used to look up to the sky and wonder what the tiny dots that were called planes really looked like?,where they were going? and what the view was like from up there?.Since then ive flown 59 times and will be going to Kenya in nov. Happy landings.
your pilots today on this 747 flight are captain oliver hardy and assisting will be FO stan laurel.Have a safe flight
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
I have been interested in it from a very early age, just the feeling of flight was what hooked me, a sort of passion for flying, being in the air, which I still have and know I'll always have (though very difficult to explain to others!)
Once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned forever skyward
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
My dad took me to the London International Airshow at YXU in '85. The promoted a/c that year was the A-7 SLUF! Remember it?
Since then I've only missed the annual show twice, and I got interested in civil aircraft along the way, too.
Since then I've only missed the annual show twice, and I got interested in civil aircraft along the way, too.
"How's that working out for ya?....Bein' clever?"
-
- scottieprecord
- Posts: 1208
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
When I was little my Dad was an aeronautical engineer. We used to meet him at the airport with dinner and watch planes during his breaks. Plus the fact that a piece of metal can fly (and yes I know the physics of it, but it still amazes me.)
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
I grew up around US Army Aviation my dad being a pilot. Ive grown up around aviation my entire life. No commercial history but my family has a strong background of Military aviation. Its in my blood! Living in Southern Alabama at the Army Aviation Flight School and not too far from Pensacola the Navy flight school theres a huge aviation presence down here!
Cleared for the option...
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
I took my first real plane ride in 1994 It was PHL-SJU AA727 , SJU-PHL USAir 737-400. I wont lie I was afraid we were going to crash the whole time LoL.... But I really started falling into aviation in 98 when I went into a computer store and on a television seen A demo of FS98. Ever since that point I wanted to fly. In 99 I got my first computer and a copy of FS95. A couple of months after I got the computer I got the internet and found Airliners.net!!! Thanks to Airliners.net I now know alot of the stuff I know about planes now.... Aircraft types, Airlines, Airports etc.
Thanks Johan for keeping a wonderful site open!!!!
Thanks Johan for keeping a wonderful site open!!!!
-
- planespotterx
- Posts: 1259
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
For me it was looking out the window one day when I was 12, and thinking where my life was going (kinda "deep" for a 12 year old), but then as I thought this a plane inbound for MAN came overhead, I went to the window and saw it was it flew out of view around the hill, and I wondered what kind of plane I was looking at.
So I got as many books as I could, then It started out visiting MAN whenever Concorde was in, and finally when I was around 14 I decided to visit MAN for myself, I dont remember taking my "first trip" but I do remember feeling "nervous" about it, and to think about it now actually makes me smile.
Now to me MAN is like a second home, I know the layout of the airport, all the "short-cuts" and where the best viewing areas are.
After 9/11 I dont visit MAN as often now, but I try to whenever I can, Ive always wanted to work there, but after 3 years of trying it looks to be in Vain.
Netherless my love of aviation keeps-on, from going to the Paris airshow last year, and seeing Concorde retire to seeing the 777 being born and now the A380.
Ive been to a lot of places whilst plane-spotting, most of the UK airports Iceland, Spain, Italy, France, Austria...theres loads more places Id love to see and lots more aircraft to "tick-off".
Im also now into the art of aircraft photography, mostly experimenting using different angles and light (quite often I can go through 24 pics, and only be "happy" with 1 pic.)
Anyway Ive met a lot of great people over the years, never actually known them to get their names or number, but still I love the whol spotting community.
So I got as many books as I could, then It started out visiting MAN whenever Concorde was in, and finally when I was around 14 I decided to visit MAN for myself, I dont remember taking my "first trip" but I do remember feeling "nervous" about it, and to think about it now actually makes me smile.
Now to me MAN is like a second home, I know the layout of the airport, all the "short-cuts" and where the best viewing areas are.
After 9/11 I dont visit MAN as often now, but I try to whenever I can, Ive always wanted to work there, but after 3 years of trying it looks to be in Vain.
Netherless my love of aviation keeps-on, from going to the Paris airshow last year, and seeing Concorde retire to seeing the 777 being born and now the A380.
Ive been to a lot of places whilst plane-spotting, most of the UK airports Iceland, Spain, Italy, France, Austria...theres loads more places Id love to see and lots more aircraft to "tick-off".
Im also now into the art of aircraft photography, mostly experimenting using different angles and light (quite often I can go through 24 pics, and only be "happy" with 1 pic.)
Anyway Ive met a lot of great people over the years, never actually known them to get their names or number, but still I love the whol spotting community.
Its not the fall that kills u, its the sudden stop at the end..
-
- DeltaWings
- Posts: 1267
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
We lived right next door to ZRH airport. From our livingroom window you could see the runway. Planes took off right next to us. Funny enough I wasnt to exited about airplanes when I was living there. I stared getting interested in planes as soon as we mooved away. Away from the airport. Oh well, you cant have it all.
DeltaWings
DeltaWings
Homer: Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.
-
- BAViscount
- Posts: 1977
- Joined:
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
Growing up in Battersea, south London, I was used to seeing aircraft lining up with the Thames for final approach into LHR, but it's probably safe to say that for some reason I took more interest in them than most! Then one day when I was about 8 or 9 years old I went to LHR with a school friend when her Dad was going on a business trip to Doha. Seeing the aircraft up close and personal made me realise that planes were more than just a passing interest, and from that moment on I was hooked. I still have the JAL pin that my friend's Mum bought me that day in WHSmiths in Terminal 3.
I can still remember rushing out into the playground with my schoolmates when the Concord started flying over in 1976, although strangely enough I was always the last back into the classroom, having stayed out to watch it long after all the others had lost interest!
I can still remember rushing out into the playground with my schoolmates when the Concord started flying over in 1976, although strangely enough I was always the last back into the classroom, having stayed out to watch it long after all the others had lost interest!
Ladies & gentlemen this is Captain Tobias Wilcock welcoming you aboard Coconut Airways flight 372 to Bridgetown Barbados
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
My first flight was as a 1-year old, Istanbul-Adana on Turkish Airlines. Because of my dad´s work we travelled a lot. I lived in 7 different countries till now. I guess I was just raised in airplanes. I´ve flown on 25 different airlines to and from 60 airports, and as a spotter visited some 60 airports more to take pictures. The only continent I´ve never been to yet is Australia. Besides I´m hooked on FlightSim, and logged about ten hours on a Cessna 172 and Tiger.
I has a few jobs in aviation: handling agent at Maastricht Aachen airport, training coordinator with KLM exel and OPS officer at Denim Air. Due to circumstances I left aviation, but that´s where my heart always will be.
Levent
I has a few jobs in aviation: handling agent at Maastricht Aachen airport, training coordinator with KLM exel and OPS officer at Denim Air. Due to circumstances I left aviation, but that´s where my heart always will be.
Levent
RE: What Was It That Got You Interested In Aviation?
All my life I've lived under the takeoff and approach path of Tallinn (TLL/EETN). Back in 1980's every day started with waking up after a Moscow-bound Tu-134A stormed over my house at a mere 2000ft. It seemed kind of logical to me´.
I also remember the views out of the nice big round window of the Tu-134 on various flights me and my family took in the late 1980's. I guess it just grew on me over time.
I also remember the views out of the nice big round window of the Tu-134 on various flights me and my family took in the late 1980's. I guess it just grew on me over time.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 14 guests