What was the first aircraft you ever saw or remember seeing?

The first one I remember was in 1946 at Camp Gordon, a US Army "camp" at Augusta, Ga.  I was 4 and we had just joined my Dad, who was in an intelligence unit there and was soon to be discharged.  My brother and I would run out in the yard when we heard one flying over (still doing it! )  The first one I remember was a big silver bird, probably a DC-3 (or C-47).  

Surely I must have seen them before that, because I was born on the coast of Ala, and the flat coastal plane of Ala & the Fla panhandle was dotted with airfields....But this is the first one I remember...and still one of my favorites!

What are your early aircraft memories?

The first ever aircraft I flew on was a 747 (100 proberbly). I was about 3 months old so you could say that it was the first I saw

The wright brothers aircraft was my first

I probably saw a 737 first, cos they're all over the place in Scotland.

Humm this is a hard one but I would hafe to say my grandfathers Piper Cub...

1st remembered is a 707 I rode in from HR to JFK at the age of 3...... still remember it & I got a host of goodies including a metal model of the jet, a hard cover childrens book on the BOAC fleet & a trip to the cabin. I think they've toned down a child's experience now ..... (like nothing + full fair...  )

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how'd you find that out?  ... & you weren't a 'plane spotter' then were you??  - if not how d'ya explain havin' the Reg No. ??

The first one I remember as a kid was an old Air Force jet the town bought and put in the park for us rug rats to climb around on. Unfortunately the hooligans in the town tore it up to the point that it had to be removed.

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It was either an F-86 or an F-84. I don't recall that far back. I remember it had a nose intake, single engine. I don't remember whether the wings were swept or not. I was so small, I could barely climb into the durned thing. It was at a park near Brownsburg, IN. USA. It's probably Mountain Dew cans now.

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I guess it only makes sense that I am 13 years old.

The first plane I saw was a 747 when I was nine months old. The first I remember is a 727. I was driving by the aerodrome and I saw it take off, Ididn't really know how or why bu I fell in love with planes from that day on...

I remember the first plane I saw was actually at the first airshow I went to.  Then I was at the tender age of 4. I remember walking across the airfeild with my grandpa when a pair of F-104 Starfighters flew over doing a low level pass.  I still vividly remember hearing the rumble of jets heading toward me then becoming suddenly louder as they passed overhead (absofreakinlutly exhilerating  ).  I guess that moment is what made me love aviation from that point forward.

Get this. Im 15 years old and Scottish, yet the first plane I saw was a R.C.A.F. F101 Voodoo.

i'm 14, so i'm not that old.
the first plane i saw would have been the 737 i flew to norway in when i was 1. however the first plane i really remember is a tiger moth that flew right over our car while taking off

I envy you guys with early Tiger Moth experiences.  We don't get those around here.  I don't believe de Havilland ever made an aircraft that wasn't loaded with character.

I remember I was on a flight on a 747 when I was 6. Even more suprising it was my uncle flying the plane, so my mom told the stewardess to tell the captain that his sister is onboard. So, when she came back the stewardess took me into the cockpit.

If I become a commercial pilot,  I would take a kid in the cockpit on every flight.

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so the bombers were flying pretty low then
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i wont assume anything inless your welsh.

wales: where men are men, and sheep are frightened

no offence to any welsh who may just be looking at this

The 1st plane I saw was a B-47 at Pease AFB. That was the plane my father was flying when I was little.

The first Plane I remember seeing was when I was about 3.  I was at the Oklahoma City Air Show and I got to see the Blue Angels.  That was the first time I remember seeing airplanes, and that's what started my love for aviation.

Ha Ha, I'm 12  8) 8) 8)

The first aircraft I remember seeing was an Air Lingus Boeing. There is a road at the end of the runway at Dublin Ariport (Ireland) that my dad always brings me to. You can park and watch the planes take off over your head!!!!! I love planes, and I'm going to be a pilot when I grow up. I have FS 2002 and pedals and a yoke and fly all over the world. I even visit my cousins in England, it is that realistic!!!  I always was allowed into the cockpit of jumbo's when I was flying, but after September 11th, I have never been in one since (except on my Simulator). It's not as if I'm going to put a gun to the pilots head, come on  . Ah well, got to go.

The first plane was a constellation. I live next to an airport so I see alot of military and non-military aircraft. I fell in love since then. I used to go to McGuire AFB in NJ to see their airshows. Where I live (close to West Point) we have C-5a's based as well as C-130 refulers. Recent spots include State police Bell 430, commanche, huey's, and Sirkorsky s-76. Last summer a lot of f-16's.

The first airplane I remembered seeing was one in a bunch of Japanese biplanes flying low over the city of Manila, Philippines  when the Japanese first attacked the islands in '41 during the "big war". On the other hand the first US airplane I saw was the B-24 Liberator back in '44 during the initial phases of the liberation of the Philippines. NOTE: Never saw another Japanese plane after that.

BH

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I think you forgot the people from Aberdeen!

Doug C-3:

My family and I stuck it out in the city of Manila throughout the Japanese occupation. We lived about two block from the University of Sto. Tomas where all US citizens were interned by the Japanese for the duration of the war. The reason I saw few Japanese planes after my initial sighting was perhaps because the city was declared an "open city" but above all the Japanese must've needed their aircraft somewhere else. Remember that six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese were already on the defensive. No I never got out of the Philippines until I joined the US Navy in '55. Been here ever since. This is my country now.

BH

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Also Aberdeen, Mississippi, US.

Small world....                     

The first plane I ever saw was an F-4 Phantom.

Why do you all see those interesting stuff flying around?? LOL

The first I've seen and remember is probably a Cessna Skyhawk... What a boring plane....

The first airshow I ever went to, was at CFB Shearwater, and I remember riding on an APC (M113 probably) and yelling to my dad over all the noise "Daddy, I want to go home NOW!!". This was when I still didn't have much love for the tremendous noise the F-15C doing solo created I felt releived when I saw the F-15C climb up, and the noise go away, but a few secs later, it comes straight down, and with even more noise I just love the F-15C

The most recent airshow was over at NAS Lemoore 2 years ago!? That's quite a ways back. LOL. I saw the SuperBug fly, quite impressive I might add, but I was even more impressed by the F-16 flyby done on the 2nd day

I hope to go to NAF Atsugi on the 28th this month and go see some Navy again...

The first plane that I remember would Have to be The F-4 Phantom. However, since my Dad and I love Airplanes I guess that I Have seen quite a few. I even remember seeing an SR-71 taking off from Nellis when I was about 10. 

Hey, Bonzonie,

I am stationed at NAS Lemoore right now and in 1996 I was stationed at Atzugi. I miss that place. I miss the Georgia Coffee's and the food there. 

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What is it that you do in todays Navy.  Are you an officer or enlisted personal?

MIKE (KingairB200)

My dream is to visit the annual La Burget air show in Paris one day, even Phernborough (or however you spell it) will do  8)

Alonik

I have no clear memory about the first plane I ever saw, but I guess it would have been an older type of air liner flying from East Midlands airport. I do remember a small company flying DC-3's from there that I used to see a lot when I was a kid, so I guess that could well have been my first one.

Believe it or not, I don't really remember the type, but I was taken as a very young Geordie, to see some gliders landing on a field, near to where I lived in South Sheilds. I think they were Cadets of a sort, but that is not the one I really do remember seeing.....It was the Fairey Delta 2 which I saw fly high overhead ......World speed record holder around that time too.....next one I do remember, is when I left England on a Bristol Britannia, and as we taxied out, I can remember, very vividly seeing the glasshouse front of a Stratocruiser in BOAC colours.....which incidentally, is the airline I was being flown out by. After being in Canada for a few months, my parents bought a house in the flight path of Malton airport and we had the good fortune to move in next door to a person working on the biggest project of the time and see the Avro Arrow on many occaisons.....

The first plane I ever saw was a TBM 3-E Avenger.  The first plane I ever flew in was a 1947 Luscombe 8B.  The first plane I ever piloted was a Cessna 170, and the first plane I ever owned was a USAF Harvard Mk.IIA.  I now own a TBM, RCAF Harvard Mk.IV, an SNJ-5 "Fly-By Knight," and a Fairchild PT-26A "Shug."

first one i remember hearing were french Mirages somewhere in southern france.

First flight of my whole life was on a 747-400, and a DC-9 clone in the same vacation.

The thing i will remember is one of the rare tupolev visits to schiphol.

Whe i rode my bike from school to my home i saw the unusual (it's mostly 737, 757, and fokker F-27/50) shape of a Tu-154, with its big brown smoke cloud trailing behind it.
Normal ATC route is (depending on wind conditions): departures (01R) to the north over the village where i live, arrivals (19R) near the eastern edge of Alkmaar (where my school is)


My father rode a Tupolev (or ilyushin) in 1976 for a trip to Baku, and with a company day-off held the controls of a cessna for a few minutes

First civilian plane I believe was a DC-9. My mothers best friends father worked at the local airport so I got the whole inside outside tour of a DC-9. That would have been early 70's. First military was a F-4 fly over while I was camping with my grandparents

The first one I remember is an Aer Lingus Airbus A320
The most famous plane I have be on is the prototype Concorde REG G-AXDN
Pics of the Concorde

well that answers a question i asked a few weeks back what it was like to fly on the  saab340:) mesaba memphis to tupelo, in a few months, i have flow that route a million times in flight sim and now i get to do it for real. cool

The first plane I was on was a Canadian Airlines aircraft. Probably a 757.