Where were you going on your first airplane ride?
Sep 3, 2021 11:39:01 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
From Naval Air Station Millington, Tennessee To Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada in a DC3 in 1969.
Sep 3, 2021 11:41:40 #
Sep 3, 2021 11:42:52 #
TriX wrote:
I was 4 years old (1950) and flew by myself (with two stewardesses and my Teddy Bear) from SF to DC on a TWA Constellation.
Mine was to DC in a DC3. That Lockheed Connie is one of the greatest planes ever. A little trivia. The 3 rudder tail was necessary because every hangar wasn;t tall enough to handle a single rudder that would have been to tall
Sep 3, 2021 11:45:09 #
FreddB
Loc: PA - Delaware County
1st - Boston to Philly, Allegheny AirLines prop, in a blizzard. Just a tad nervous (aka scared shitless). Lady seatmate gave me her drink; then just plain scared 🙏🏻.
Most memorable - NAS Cubi Point to USS Kitty Hawk somewhere in the Tonkin Gulf. Carrier landing is one helluva experience. Never had the thrill of being shot off.
Most memorable - NAS Cubi Point to USS Kitty Hawk somewhere in the Tonkin Gulf. Carrier landing is one helluva experience. Never had the thrill of being shot off.
Sep 3, 2021 11:58:09 #
Sep 3, 2021 12:00:00 #
Sep 3, 2021 12:30:28 #
boberic wrote:
Mine was to DC in a DC3. That Lockheed Connie is one of the greatest planes ever. A little trivia. The 3 rudder tail was necessary because every hangar wasn;t tall enough to handle a single rudder that would have been to tall
Thanks - didn’t know that.
Sep 3, 2021 12:48:50 #
tramsey wrote:
I was going to State Highway Patrol School.
It was 1967. I flew from Greensboro, NC, to Boston, MA, with my parents. We were going to my sister's graduation from Smith College in Northampton.
Sep 3, 2021 12:53:02 #
From Basic Training to AIT, 1972. Flew Northwest (Boeing 707) from San Francisco to DC, then a drab green bus to Newport News, VA.
Sep 3, 2021 12:54:15 #
Sep 3, 2021 13:07:19 #
tramsey wrote:
I was going to State Highway Patrol School.
Myfirst, boot camp 1967, my last, Kadena AFB, Okinawa, half a century ago.
Sep 3, 2021 13:10:15 #
Sep 3, 2021 13:35:14 #
Amielee
Loc: Eastern Washington State
Age 16, first flying lesson in a Cessna 120, that was 70 years ago.
Sep 3, 2021 13:48:14 #
SnoShuSam
Loc: Texas, (ex Virginian)
Lear jet which belonged to USCG headquarters. I was in Groton Conn. for radio school and my mother had a USCG Captain in her office who knew that the Commandant was going up to the New London CG Academy for the weekend. He arranged for me to fly back on Friday afternoon after they delivered the Commandant. When the Commandant got off he called me by my name and told me not to drink too much but the bar was stocked. We both laughed and when I got on I was asked what kind of drink I wanted and told him Scotch and Soda. The Sunday flight wasn't as good, I could only have a Coke.
Sep 3, 2021 13:55:41 #
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