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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 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

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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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  & that my friend is how my love for aviation began...  :)

The wright brothers aircraft was my first

The wright brothers aircraft was my first

LOL  Gosh, you must be older than even me....even Fozzer!!

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

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

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

I could go on for hours but I save you the pain

Wee Davie

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

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

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 )

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...

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. ??

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.

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.