What was the very first aircraft you got to fly on?

Wingnut · 10-01-2012, 12:05 PM

The very first aircraft I ever flew on was a Hughes Airwest 727-200.
I was seven years old and back in those days you could sit in the Captains chair of the cockpit and get the full tour, leaving with a pair of plastic wings. Those were the days...

Brussels Airlines · 10-01-2012, 12:49 PM

My first flight was to Copenhagen when I was Less than 1 year old.Offcourse, I d'ont remember the airline and the flight.

Number_13 · 10-01-2012, 12:55 PM

1973, 6 years old, KLM 747 from Amsterdam to Toronto

Magic!

GliderPilot · 10-01-2012, 01:23 PM

According to my father, a Vickers Viscount, although he doesn't remember the airline, followed by a British Eagle Bristol Britannia. The first flight I remember is a BOAC Boeing 707, probably a -436.

Kitty Hawk 1903 · 10-01-2012, 01:44 PM

Air Canada Viscount. Montreal-Saint John,New Brunswick. I am guessing around 1971-72. I was only 3 or 4 years old. First jet would have been 1975,same route,Eastern Provincial B737. I remember a very pretty FA on the EPA flight,that looked very much like Lynda Carter. Not a clue why I recall that at the age of 7?

WestjetterO · 10-01-2012, 05:40 PM

I believe my first flight was on a Canada 3000 A320 roundtrip between Toronto and Vancouver. Late 1990's.

My second was on a WestJet 737-200 between Toronto and Calgary. 2000.

robertjon5 · 10-01-2012, 05:42 PM

i have no idea. was only 14 at the time and it was a flight to venice for a school cruise trip back in 1972!!! flew back from naples!!

mjabbasi · 10-01-2012, 05:46 PM

I think it was a PIA DC-10 back in 1974.

1:200Freak · 10-01-2012, 05:56 PM

PIA Airbus A300!!

KLM4me · 10-01-2012, 06:00 PM

Eastern Air Lines B727-200.

Upkeep · 10-01-2012, 06:59 PM

Very first 'aircraft' I flew on was a Bell helicopter (like those MASH ones) at an airshow in Prince George, BC, about 1959.

But my first commercial aircraft flight was at night on a Nordair 737-200 from Hamilton to Ottawa, in 1979, to visit my brother. That was the Victoria Day weekend and how memorable it all was. I must have done about a hundred more trips to Ottawa, on the same type, by the time 1983 was over. I loved flying in that aircraft and route and Ottawa.

Thanx for asking . . . brought back some lovely memories for me.

gospodin · 10-01-2012, 07:04 PM

Delta L-1011 to Atlanta. It was a graduation present to visit friends in Georgia (I was living in San Diego at the time). On the way home (in another L-1011) the captain announced that Richard Nixon had just resigned, so it was a memorable flight for me.

kingpin300 · 10-01-2012, 07:53 PM

My first flight was in 1966 Air France Caravelle Heathrow-Paris/Orly on a school trip.
Return flight was BEA Trident. We were all invited on a very quick trip to the flight deck, three at a time!

DC8-dude · 10-01-2012, 08:05 PM

This one here out of MIA... but in the mid 60s prior to the SunKing livery....

AnonCollector · 10-01-2012, 08:20 PM

I was less than a year old, so I hope I didn't disturb my fellow passengers too much. It was probably a 747-100.

arctic9048 · 10-01-2012, 08:20 PM

Korean Air 747-200

adam340 · 10-01-2012, 08:29 PM

I really don't know.

airport1-600 · 10-01-2012, 08:50 PM

Delta 727 into Atlanta. I'm glad my dad keeps all of our flying records.

adam340 · 10-01-2012, 09:04 PM

You're lucky airport-1:600!

flaps · 10-01-2012, 09:19 PM

Mine was in 1969, United Airlines B747 ??? Dont know 100 or 200. Going to Hawaii from California.

I was 11, got to sit / sleep upstairs in a loungy area, the Stewardess's loved little boy me :-) So they hooked me up with the good sleep, sit seat.

Best I can remember I loved it :-)

Flaps

Concorde F-BVFA · 10-01-2012, 09:50 PM

EVA Airlines 747 when I was less than a year old. From West Virginia to Seattle and then to Taipei.

jetbluefan · 10-01-2012, 10:53 PM

In 2000, on a Delta MD-88 out of LGA down to Florida. Since I was young and it was before 9/11, I got a trip to the cockpit during the flight! Good times...

N. Eberhard · 10-01-2012, 11:09 PM

The Hindenburg. For obvious reasons, I don't like to talk about it much.

yapple · 10-01-2012, 11:20 PM

Qantas B747SP from Singapore to Brisbane in 1993. Only 2 years old so obviously I didn't know anything back then. (Had to rely on old timetables to check the a/c).

hilman · 10-02-2012, 01:48 AM

indonesian navy douglas dc-3

it was 1982 and i was still 5 years old at that time

doug seeley · 10-02-2012, 08:19 AM

United Airlines DC-6B - San Francisco to Washington D.C., 1953. I was 14 - family move. Plane was noisy, but big windows, lots of personal space, and great meals. That was then... Later, Doug

24r · 10-02-2012, 08:35 AM

First flight from Manchester to Toronto BOAC B-707.

Mark

A Tupolev · 10-02-2012, 09:01 AM

Most likly a DC-7 from LAX to BOS around 1956. I don't remember the flight as I was a baby, but I have picture of me in a stroller in Boston around that time. My parents told me we flew from LAX and I was a lap baby.

Speedbird 001 · 10-02-2012, 10:33 AM

Hamburg -London/Heathrow, 27Mar1988, G-BKYM "River Cam" / British Airways 737....still in the great Landor colours

r3500vdp · 10-02-2012, 10:39 AM

Transavia Boeing 737-200 Amsterdam Schiphol to London Gatwick.

jav2059 · 10-02-2012, 10:40 AM

I was seven years old, Newark to Orlando; October, 1975; Eastern 727-200 "Whisperjet" white, hockey stick livery.

I still remember being bummed that we weren't taking the L-1011 "Whisperliner" parked at the next gate over . . .

Adrian · 10-02-2012, 11:00 AM

An Auster from RAF Wroughton in pouring rain when I was 10 years old...and I was scared to death!

ChangiSpotter · 10-02-2012, 11:13 AM

My first flight was on a Singapore Airlines B747-400s when I was lets say... ten? It was one of the first B744 SIA flights. Previously, They were operating B743s. Sad to see those SIA B744s go.. Their now replaced by the A380.

stevec · 10-02-2012, 11:17 AM

Mine was in the early to mid sixty's, INVICTA AIRWAYS from Manston in kent,
to Brussels, it was a 610 VICKING 3B G-AOCH, and I am also lucky, to have the model of this particular aircraft. witch also started my collecting.

boeing747crazy · 10-02-2012, 01:22 PM

Easy jet 737-700 4 years ago,.(I'm 12)

GliderPilot · 10-02-2012, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by stevec

Mine was in the early to mid sixty's, INVICTA AIRWAYS from Manston in kent,
to Brussels, it was a 610 VICKING 3B G-AOCH, and I am also lucky, to have the model of this particular aircraft. witch also started my collecting.

Well cool!

GliderPilot · 10-02-2012, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by boeing747crazy

Easy jet 737-700 4 years ago,.(I'm 12)

Excellent, 737's are cool!

GliderPilot · 10-02-2012, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kingpin300

My first flight was in 1966 Air France Caravelle Heathrow-Paris/Orly on a school trip.
Return flight was BEA Trident. We were all invited on a very quick trip to the flight deck, three at a time!

Two types I never got to fly on, would really like the Caravelle in my log book.

WSobchak · 10-02-2012, 02:35 PM

My first ever ride was on a TWA 727-100 series in FEB 1979 as a 9 year old kid. Flight 379 - ORD to TUS. I wish I realized how valuable recording N-numbers was back then.

The inbound flight from LGA was delayed due to the weather and I can remember seeing that rocket ship of an aircraft finally pull into the gate. G-2 like in the pic or more likely G-4 next to it. We sat on the left side directly across from the mid galley. Food, silverware, the whole bit even in coach.

Walking into the TWA terminal at ORD (now resigned to American Eagle regional jets) through the classy old rotunda (now a restaurant) and taking off on 27L on a cold snowy night sitting at the window just above the Krueger flap and watching the snow flakes fly by faster and faster in the landing light beam and then like magic ending up in short sleeves looking at palm trees 3.5 hours later. I can remember to this day how different the air even smelled when the door was opened on the ramp in TUS. Warm and sweet instead of cold and dry. How can one not get hooked on that?

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Brussels Airlines · 10-02-2012, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Brussels Airlines

My first flight was to Copenhagen when I was Less than 1 year old.Offcourse, I d'ont remember the airline and the flight.

It was a 737-200 of Sabena

Mystère · 10-02-2012, 03:16 PM

My first flight ever was on a Robin (I think, I only knew military a/c at that time) at the age of 15. Walked away with one of the worst headache of my life !
First commercial flight, six years later, was on an Air France 747 from Paris to Fort-de-France (second, about one hour later, was on an AF 737 from Fort-de-France to Cayenne). At that time you could talk for a while with the captain. I was quite surprised by the cramped flight deck of the then biggest passenger aircraft in the world !

Prop-Jet Electra · 10-02-2012, 05:28 PM

1961 American Airlines 707-120 or -120B TUL-LAX - all I remember is looking out the window.

Earliest within memory 1968 Braniff International flight 101 IAD-TUL 727-100 ochre

DLSAN · 10-02-2012, 06:40 PM

My very first flight was at ...6 months old when I flew an Air France Douglas DC3 in a suspended cradle between CAS ( were I born) and TLS, where my father was transferred;
Unfortunately i dont remember nothing, but I greatly apreciated the journey and didnt cry at all, according my father.

AlphaBravo · 10-02-2012, 10:08 PM

Air Catalina Grumman Goose from San Pedro, California to Catalina Island in 1974. Water take-off and landing.

MSR777 · 10-03-2012, 06:45 AM

Well, according to my father, my first flight was in 1963, from Lydd to Ostend and return. We had our family car (a Citroen I think) on board also. One way was on a Bristol Freighter, the other on a Carvair.

GliderPilot · 10-03-2012, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WSobchak

My first ever ride was on a TWA 727-100 series in FEB 1979 as a 9 year old kid. Flight 379 - ORD to TUS. I wish I realized how valuable recording N-numbers was back then.

The inbound flight from LGA was delayed due to the weather and I can remember seeing that rocket ship of an aircraft finally pull into the gate. G-2 like in the pic or more likely G-4 next to it. We sat on the left side directly across from the mid galley. Food, silverware, the whole bit even in coach.

Walking into the TWA terminal at ORD (now resigned to American Eagle regional jets) through the classy old rotunda (now a restaurant) and taking off on 27L on a cold snowy night sitting at the window just above the Krueger flap and watching the snow flakes fly by faster and faster in the landing light beam and then like magic ending up in short sleeves looking at palm trees 3.5 hours later. I can remember to this day how different the air even smelled when the door was opened on the ramp in TUS. Warm and sweet instead of cold and dry. How can one not get hooked on that?

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N787BA · 10-03-2012, 05:09 PM

Very, very first. Some kind of Helicopter...Not a 206, but similar.

ELY707 · 10-03-2012, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flaps

Mine was in 1969, United Airlines B747 ??? Dont know 100 or 200. Going to Hawaii from California.

I was 11, got to sit / sleep upstairs in a loungy area, the Stewardess's loved little boy me :-) So they hooked me up with the good sleep, sit seat.

Best I can remember I loved it :-)

Flaps

United got their 747's in 1970, so you went to Hawaii in 1970. If you went in 1969 then you flew on a DC-8.

My first flight was on a KLM DC-8 TLV-AMS and connected to another KLM DC-8 AMS-YUL.

Drivermann · 10-03-2012, 08:40 PM

In 1966 I flew from Adelaide (South Australia) to Whyalla for a school excersion. The whole class flew in an Ansett Airlines DC-3. It was noisy and slow but still a great experience.
I remember the pilot pointing things out to us and then we we all rushed to one side of the aircraft we were told that this made the plane unstable. The pilot was unable to maintain level flight with 30 boys all on one side of the aircraft.
Those were the days

dboyd001 · 10-04-2012, 09:01 AM

Mohawk DC-3