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1989 I think, probably from Manchester to Palma de Mallorca. I don't think we went abroad before that but I can't remember! And there's no-one either alive or cognitively functional to ask, who would know. |
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By *wesomeLolaCouple 14 weeks ago
Peterborough and Buckinghamshire |
My first flight was from Sturgate airfield to somewhere about 2000 feet above the same airfield. I was 17.
I didn't land in an aircraft until my third flight four years later which was a Monarch charter to Gerona. |
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I was 8 and on my own going to Madrid. The staff didn't really look out for me. I was amongst a rowdy stag do in a middle seat on the plane.
However, on the way back they were great and I absolutely loved it! |
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I swear I read this as first fight not flight. Should have gone to specsavers.
Mine was to America 2002 first time out of the country.
I was the pilot, we should have been going to Germany, my eyesight again.
My first fight was in 1976 outside school in case you're wondering.
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"Freddie Laker Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, I believe.
First holiday abroad. 10-11 I think.
No idea where we went.
Warm, sunny, south of the UK in Europe somewhere.
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If it was Freddie Laker, it'll be a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Would it not have been to New York? Are you sure Laker? Sounds more like Dan-Air?
My first was 1977 BA from KUL (Kuala Lumpur) to LHR (London Heathrow) on the Boeing 747-100. Tried grapefruit for the first time and I thought it was horrible. Then caught a connecting flight to GLW (Glasgow) on the Trident. |
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"1989 Gatwick to Gran Canaria with Brittannia airways
My Grandad always booked Britannia airways flights 
I used to work for Britannia 👍"
When we cleared the house out in 2021, there were sachets of salt and pepper from Britannia in flight meals in the kitchen drawer ❤️ |
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"1989 Gatwick to Gran Canaria with Brittannia airways
My Grandad always booked Britannia airways flights
I used to work for Britannia 👍
When we cleared the house out in 2021, there were sachets of salt and pepper from Britannia in flight meals in the kitchen drawer ❤️"
Brilliant, I still have some salt & pepper shakers we used in longhaul premium |
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By *arkus1812Man 14 weeks ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
1962 Southend to Ostend using Silver City Airways and flying in a Bristol Freighter which had been converted to carry 3 small cars and 12 passengers.
Happy days. |
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"1962 Southend to Ostend using Silver City Airways and flying in a Bristol Freighter which had been converted to carry 3 small cars and 12 passengers.
Happy days."
In the days when plane makers tailor made to airline requirements. These days, factory made planes need to justify projected sales into thousands of aircraft before the prototype would be built.
Even in the days of 747-Combi or 747-SP were quirky and fun! |
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"1962 Southend to Ostend using Silver City Airways and flying in a Bristol Freighter which had been converted to carry 3 small cars and 12 passengers.
Happy days."
We knew someone who would drive down to Lydd airport straight on to the plane. As you say, happy days |
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By (user no longer on site) 14 weeks ago
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Difficult to remember. We travelled a lot when I was a child. But I think it was to the former Yugoslavia when I was 9 or 10...so 1981. Most likely from Gatwick to Pula (now part of Croatia) and we stayed in Rovinj...a gorgeous place 😊 |
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I think it was either 1980 or 1981, I went with my Mum to visit my Dad who was working in Morocco then. As I was still very young (about 3), I don't remember all the details but I think we had to fly to Warsaw first, from an airport near my home town, then flight to Morocco (Marrakesh, I think). |
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"1994 - UK to Darwin. Can’t remember which UK airport ! But I can remember you could smoke by the toilets and drink as much free alcohol as you wanted."
Even I remember smoking on aeroplanes in the section at the back! |
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"Freddie Laker Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, I believe.
First holiday abroad. 10-11 I think.
No idea where we went.
Warm, sunny, south of the UK in Europe somewhere.
If it was Freddie Laker, it'll be a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Would it not have been to New York? Are you sure Laker? Sounds more like Dan-Air?
My first was 1977 BA from KUL (Kuala Lumpur) to LHR (London Heathrow) on the Boeing 747-100. Tried grapefruit for the first time and I thought it was horrible. Then caught a connecting flight to GLW (Glasgow) on the Trident."
Do you know what ? The word Dan-Air does resonate indeed. I think I definitely did get mixed up there, thank you for your correction and knowing your onions too ! Much appreciated ! |
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December 1976, on a British Caledonian 707 flying from Gatwick to New York, I remember the flight seemed to take forever
Now I’ve flown on many different planes and airlines and Qantas was the best, got upgraded to first class on a flight from lax to Auckland |
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First plane
April 1983
Piper Cherokee from Blackpool
A little circuit to North Pier and back
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First airliner
About a month later
A Russian built Tupolev of a Yugoslav airline called Aviogenex
Manchester to Pula (now Croatia) |
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By *avinaTVTV/TS 14 weeks ago
Transsexual Transylvania |
1977.
Durban to Johannesburg in a Boeing 707.
I was 9 - unaccompanied minor - the stewardess took a little group of us on board after everyone else had boarded. My sister met me at Jan Smuts Airport in Joburg.  |
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In about 1956 in a Rapide biplane after the Jersey air display. Myself, sister and cousin along with my dad and my uncle. No other passengers. The pilot flew us over the farm where we lived and my uncle photographed a colombier (medieval manorial dovecote) which bordered on our land, through the plane's window before we returned to the airport. I can't remember much else about the flight except that we got in and out via small wooden steps. |
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My 22 nd birthday 1972 to Benidorm with my boyfriend now husband and my mum . I had to share room with her  he was on another floor in a tiny single . She wouldnt have allowed us to go alone  such were the times back then. Was a lovely two weeks for £38 each all inclusive |
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My first flight was in 1977 Gatwick to Tenerife on Laker airways. The pilot had great pleasure in announcing if you look to your left you can see the wreckage of a Dan air flight that crashed ..... |
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Trial lesson probably around 1970 in a rolason condor wooden and fabric job. Got to fly it for a bit including the landing approach. I was so glad when the instructor finally said, ‘ OK I have control now.’ He completed the landing much to my relief. |
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I flew on the MD DC-10 as a child so many times 😍😍 ✈️ 
