My first ever flight was on a Silver City DC3 from Lydd to Le Touquet in about 1960. My dad told me he had asked the pilot if he would taxi the aircraft for me, and he had agreed. I was a bit concerned that the pilot then had the temerity to take off!
However, my most vivid memory is standing on the flight deck looking at the coast of France approaching, and the HUGE cobweb in one corner of the roof....