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Old 21st Jan 2009, 12:39
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My Dad was on the both the Berlin Airlift and the Indian Airlift in them. In India they were putting 90 pax in, just sitting on the floor. Plus goats, chickens etc. So many stories. It was also the first airliner I ever flew in - Southampton - Jersey, about 1963 or 64 I guess. The inflight announcement from the flight deck was handwritten note passed back by pax from row to row. I think I still have it somewhere.

I think it's a toss up whether I enjoyed that flight as much as or more than my one flight on Concorde in 1985. Opposite ends of the incredible spectrum that is aviation.
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