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What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby DougC-3 » Fri Apr 26, 2002 10:29 pm

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.
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby BMan1113VR » Sat Apr 27, 2002 12:55 am

i don't remember the first plane i ever saw, but the first plane i ever went in was a boeing 707, the first aircraft i ever piloted was a r44 ;)
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby Matt » Sat Apr 27, 2002 6:01 am

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
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby SyPrO_CaStEr » Sun Apr 28, 2002 12:00 am

WELL ;D
i was about 3 or 4, i was walkin past a airforce base with my daddy, now what i think i saw was 3 A4 SKYHAWKS SCREEMING OVER MY HEAD :o  & that my friend is how my love for aviation began...  :) :D ;D
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby DaveT » Sun Apr 28, 2002 12:37 pm

The wright brothers aircraft was my first ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby DougC-3 » Sun Apr 28, 2002 2:25 pm

The wright brothers aircraft was my first ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

LOL ;D  Gosh, you must be older than even me....even Fozzer!! :D
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby Whitey » Mon Apr 29, 2002 10:15 am

I probably saw a 737 first, cos they're all over the place in Scotland.
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby Wee Davie » Mon Apr 29, 2002 10:18 am

Don't exactly remember the first one I saw because I probably was seeing them since I was first able to see ;D

Reason being that my grandparents live under the ILS approach path to Glasgow airport (EGPF) runway 23

One of the first airplanes I remeber seeing up close was the BUFF at an airshow, god damn those things are huge :)

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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby N505AF » Mon Apr 29, 2002 11:44 pm

Humm this is a hard one but I would hafe to say my grandfathers Piper Cub...
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Postby Felix/FFDS » Tue Apr 30, 2002 6:55 am

1st seen (that I remember): Eastern Air Lines Constellation or Pan Am DC-6.

1st ride in: Eastern Air Lines DC-6

1st "furrin" plane I remember - Caravelle, (Air France) F-BJTA.  Used to pass over my high school on final to San Juan Intl Airport (SJU), late 60's
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby pete » Tue Apr 30, 2002 8:06 am

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...  ;D )
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby Felix/FFDS » Tue Apr 30, 2002 11:56 am

They had jets then?

Sadly, my F-BJTA ended up in Bangkok as a derelict.....(as of 1995)

[quote]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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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby pete » Tue Apr 30, 2002 12:04 pm

They had jets then?


Yeah  :P

Sadly, my F-BJTA ended up in Bangkok as a derelict.....(as of 1995)


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. ??
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby Cyclonepath » Tue Apr 30, 2002 12:33 pm

In the late 50s when I was about 7 years old I sat in a Hawker Hunter at a Country Fair. I must have seen an Aircraft before that, but that one stands out.
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Re: What was the first plane you remember seeing?

Postby Mushroom_Farmer » Wed May 01, 2002 12:44 am

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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