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Question: what was the first airline you flew?

American    
  3 (25.0%)
British Airways    
  1 (8.3%)
Delta    
  3 (25.0%)
Eastern    
  0 (0.0%)
Pan Am    
  2 (16.7%)
Prinair    
  0 (0.0%)
United    
  3 (25.0%)
Viasa    
  0 (0.0%)




Total votes: 12
« Created by: Wildantonio68 on: Aug 12th, 2003 at 9:03pm »

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First airline you flew (Read 1108 times)
Aug 12th, 2003 at 9:03pm

Wildantonio68   Offline
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bring back those childhood memories!
 
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Reply #1 - Aug 12th, 2003 at 9:23pm

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July 1958        BOAC          London/Montreal      10 1/2 hrs         Bristol Britannia

Same day 1958         TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines)       Montreal/Toronto                 time ?           Vickers Viscount
 

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Reply #2 - Aug 12th, 2003 at 9:42pm
X   Ex Member

 
Ozark Airlines, DC-3 1957
Fayetteville Ark,- Kansas, Mo,
Fare was $12.00
 
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Reply #3 - Aug 12th, 2003 at 9:48pm

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My first flight ever was onboard a United Airlines Boeing 737, the flight was from Eugene, Oregon to San Fransico, California.  I was on my way to Washington DC.  This was in May of 1998.
 
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Reply #4 - Aug 12th, 2003 at 10:29pm
Steve-O   Ex Member

 
Westjet 737-200, December 21st 2002
 
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Reply #5 - Aug 12th, 2003 at 10:43pm

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Canadian Airlines, Toronto to Hilton Head Island SC. I think I was 3 or 4 so that would be 1987 or 1988. After that, I've traveled on Canadian Airlines, Skyservice, Air Transat, and US Airways. I've never been on Air Canada because they're very expensive. Air Canada is going under. They layed off too many employees and neglected to bring on more for the Sunday and Monday boom. There were large line ups and some people had to wait for over 2 hours and many missed their flights, even though they came three hours in advance.

X's fair was really cheap. I was planning a trip from Toronto to Kingston to visit my Aunt who had just moved there. The trip is about 300km (187mi) on a bad streatch of highway 401. The car costs $40 for a tank of gas. Train (which is really nice) for three people is about $200. Air Canada Jazz Dash 8, $700.
 

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Reply #6 - Aug 12th, 2003 at 11:14pm

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Republic Airlines, but it doesn't appear on your list!

It was a DC-9, NOT an MD-11. And that was one of their newest airplanes!

 
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Reply #7 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 3:36am

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1986, london heathrow to calgary, british airways 747
 
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Reply #8 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 6:17am

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South Australian Airlines in a Convair 220(?)on a school excursion Adelaide to Kangaroo Island.  When they ran the engines up for take-off I thought the thing was going to fall apart,fell in love immediately Grin
 

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Reply #9 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 7:32am

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Egypt Air with an old 737...never gonna forget that flight Wink
 

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Reply #10 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 9:18am

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April 19, 1994.  Delta Airlines 727 from Albany, New York to Atlanta, Georgia where I connected to go to Charleston, South Carolina.

Boot Camp. 

 

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Reply #11 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 9:33am

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when you say boot camp you mean the task of getting into and out of hartsfield right? i was warned before hand that it was a really bad airport, but when arriving there i had 3 mins to get to the gate before it closed for my connecting flight, well luckaly my connection gate was litterally 10 feet away:) and the flight was delayed 40 minutes Roll Eyes so i thought i would be fine for when i returned, ooooh little did i know how wrong i was, thanks to poor directions from some person and poor signs, i ended up getting lost, going to ever terminal and not beign able to find a single escalator to take you to the underground tram, i was lucky i had two hours, to finally crawl my way out:) theres a really funny artical on the place i will try to find it.
 
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Reply #12 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 9:58am

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LOL...nope.  In all the times I've flown in and out of ATL, I've never had a single problem, believe it or not.

By Boot Camp, I meant that's where I was headed, which is why I remember so many details.  lol
 

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Reply #13 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 10:13am

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Singapore Airlines to New Zealand from Schiphol to Auckland with a stopover in Singapore

On the way back SiA (with delay) from Auckland over Christshurch to Singapore, then another SiA 747 to Heathrow and British Midland on the last part of the return trip (Heathrow-Schiphol)
 

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones),  Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here
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Reply #14 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 2:06pm

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Laker Skytrain DC-10 in 1976, London to New York.

Ozzy 8)
 

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Reply #15 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 7:03pm

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  My very first flight was on American, I can't remember the exact plane, probably a 727, from Phoenix-Chicago O'hare, I've made this fight many times in one direction or the other, on many airlines, generally whoever is cheapest at the time.
 

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Reply #16 - Aug 13th, 2003 at 8:11pm

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Mine was a DC-6 out of Boise, Idaho to San Diego, CA for 12 weeks of fun and frolic courtesy of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children on October 18, 1966. Tongue
 

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Reply #17 - Aug 14th, 2003 at 1:40am

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Hmmmm, Aeroflot TU154 in 1994
and mah first international flight Aeroflot Boeing 767 Moscow New York
 

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Reply #18 - Aug 14th, 2003 at 3:01am

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I've only flown in small Cessna 152 & 172s! Shocked

I was once on a civil airliner aircraft at an international airport, but it was in for repairs and our family was given a small private tour Cheesy
 
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Reply #19 - Sep 4th, 2003 at 2:49pm

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Where is the 737 of Air Holland? Wink
 

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Reply #20 - Sep 4th, 2003 at 3:48pm

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As I'm sure must have been mentioned here already - a poll wasn't the thing for this question - given that there are SOOOOO  many airlines in the world Smiley

Mine was B.O.A.C (British Overseas Airlines Corporation)from London to New York in 1962 - Boeing 707 - & in those days kids got a hardback book about the airline & the airliner - a metal model of the BOAC B707 & something else too (maybe a pilot cap - can't remember that bit .. ) & I got a trip to the cockpit! Still remember it even though I was only 3 Wink

2nd was Pan Am from NY to RDU, NC - the same day.
 

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Reply #21 - Sep 4th, 2003 at 5:37pm

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Kiwi Airlines. Trip to Florida. Trip to cockpit. 3 years old. Wink
 
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Reply #22 - Sep 5th, 2003 at 8:27am

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Compass in Australia on a MD-something or other i can't remember all i do remember is eating the noodles and emptying them back up on the carpet at home  Undecided
 
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Reply #23 - Sep 5th, 2003 at 9:26am
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1991, Boeing 757 or 767 ,Condor to Greece.
 
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Reply #24 - Sep 5th, 2003 at 9:33am

Jared   Offline
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Ah the memories...First airliner ever flown on was a USAIR 727 from Cleveland to Boston for the day, as a birthday gift from my father...We flew on a 737 on the way back, would give more detail but this was many moons ago!

Either way I had the time of my life!

Silly Boy
 
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Reply #25 - Sep 5th, 2003 at 9:42am

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Manx Airlines Shorts 360 from Ronaldsway to Luton, I was 16 years old.  When we hit turbulance is when I discovered a passion for pressurised aircraft.

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Reply #26 - Sep 7th, 2003 at 9:22am

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1997 Glasgow to Palma with Airtours 757-200
2000 Glasgow to Corfu with Air2k  757-200
2000 Glasgow to Birmingham to Paris with BA A-319
2002 Glasgow to Lanzerote with Air2k 757-200

Airtours food wasn't to bad, Air2k was erm.... roadkill?
and BA gave us smoked Salmon 8)
BA and Air2k let me onto the flight deck, 2k let me stay up front from Germany to the Gate and the BA captain turned out to be my first instructor 8).

Pete my dad flew with BOAC in the 60's when he went to Canada, he got the book the model and a set of pilots wings that he still has.
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Reply #27 - Sep 7th, 2003 at 4:53pm

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1989, Britiania, Gatwick - Gibraltar, 727
1998, British Airways, Birmingham - Dusseldorf, 737
2001, British Airways / comair, Heathrow - Johannasberg - Cape Town, 747 - 727
 

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Reply #28 - Sep 7th, 2003 at 9:42pm

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I know it was Varig but I was too small to remember when or what was the plane ???

Planes I have been

A319 -Only once 2003- Tam
ERJ-145 -several occasions -Rio Sul
EMB-120 -several occasions -Rio Sul
B 737-300 /200/500 will fly in a 700 or 800 this month several occasions- Varig/Rio Sul - Gol
B 747-300 /400- several occasions- Varig
B757-???  -only once-Delta??
B767-??? -several occasions - Varig
Fokker 50 -twice -Rio Sul
DC-10 -several occasions -Varig
MD-11 -only once -Varig

I have also seated in the cockpit of a Mirage III   Grin
 

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