Your First Flight?

[airbee]

My first flight was as a child, travelling on a BOAC Stratocruiser, to America.
Can even remember the LHR Departures Nissen Hut - northside? - complete with little white painted stones outside!
Came back, eventually, on a Whispering Giant.

[Paul K]

September 1965, British Eagle Britannia from Heathrow to Singapore, via Bahrain and Gan. Then a BOAC 707 to Darwin and Sydney, and finally an Ansett ANA Lockheed Electra from Sydney to Melbourne and our final destinatio, Adelaide.

I still wonder if Duxford's G-AOVT is that very same Britannia.

[Viscount Cornbank]

First flight: June 1966, BEA Viscount, only 18 months old so cant remember it :-(

First one I remember: June 1972 BEA Vanguard, Turnhouse runway 31 to Heathrow. Vividly remember it as I'd never seen Turnhouse so busy with five or six aircraft on the apron :o . It was a flying jack Vanguard and there was another in still wearing red square, plus a Viscount and Caledonian 1-11 I remember. Never forgot the sight of the Forth Bridges through the huge windows on the opposite side of the aeroplane, it was amazing.

First jet: Oct 1973 Dan-Air Comet 4B Glasgow-Palma, I was scared stiff of anything with no props

First GA: Aug 1981 Reims Rocket CS-AHC on the Algarve.

First at the Controls: Jan 1984 C150 G-AXUF.

cheers

Fraser

[Hot_Charlie]

DH Dragon Rapide, sometime around 1984/5, from Duxford or Sywell (can't remember which!)

[Tomliner]

About 1959 ATC AEF flight in a Chippie from RAF Newton.
1963--First Glider flight ATC gliding course RAF Kirton in Lindsey(Kirby Cadet?)
1967---First Commercial East Mids to Shanklin IOW via Bham.BMA DC3 G-ANTD
1978 --First Jet,B720 Monarch,Luton to Malaga
2008---Last Flight DC3 G-AMPY around Edinburgh.
Ah Tempus Fugit. :flying: EricT

[steelsporran]

As a boy entrant at Cosford 1957, Anson.

[bhorse]

Mid 1955 in a DH82 out of YSBK. Another apprentice Ron Hayler was at the controls.
Then a week or so later went up with another apprentice, Ken Gould in an Auster.
Brian.H

[511Flyer]

In 1957. A short hop from Lyneham to Colerne in a Hastings of 511 Sqdn. Thereafter followed many boring hours going down the route in the same aircraft. Don't ever believe that flying to all the corners of the earth with Transport Command was glamorous.

First commercial flight was by Viscount from Heathrow to Ronaldsway I.O.M for honeymoon in June 1960. I forgot to mention to my bride, that it was TT week. John Hartle won the junior, and John Surtees won the senior race, both on MV Agustas. If I listen very hard, I can still hear the loud screaming noise of those engines. On 11th June, we celebrate our 49th anniversary, but my wife no longer screams.

Dennis.

[DaveB]

I forgot to mention to my bride, that it was TT week.

Excellent Dennis.. love it

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[decapod]

First flight - Hot Air Ballon (Schroeder Life, G-LIFE late 70's)
Does that count? Otherwise it was a 727 to Athens in 1980
Only flown a Hang Glider Solo