My very first Flight.
'Joy Flight' as an aviation-struck kid in a Fuji FA-200 at 'Fogarty's Field', Melton, Victoria, Australia in 1970. I now have nearly 16,000 flying hours. So much water under the bridge now, but I'll never forget it!
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Whilst not my very first flight, this was one of the early ones....
I'm on the left, my ( now 70 year old ) mum, in the middle & brother on the right.
I'm glad to see the "safety strap" above my brother :-)
This must have been 1964 & probably a Hercules ( or Shackleton ) - I'm sure someone out there will know. We must have been coming back from Malaya to Europe. ( Dad was flying Javelins in Borneo ).
P.S. My mum still has those shoes & the typewriter. I lost my James Bond Aston Martin though :-(
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I'm on the left, my ( now 70 year old ) mum, in the middle & brother on the right.
I'm glad to see the "safety strap" above my brother :-)
This must have been 1964 & probably a Hercules ( or Shackleton ) - I'm sure someone out there will know. We must have been coming back from Malaya to Europe. ( Dad was flying Javelins in Borneo ).
P.S. My mum still has those shoes & the typewriter. I lost my James Bond Aston Martin though :-(
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Not a Hercules (did not enter service until 1966) or a Shackleton (very unsuited for passengers of a young persuasion). Either a Hastings, or the passenger compartment (those seats look eerily familiar...) in the tail boom of a Beverley. Both Beverley and Hastings squadrons were at that time based in Singapore for in-theatre air transport, so presumably you were all subsequently treated to a Britannia ride home from there to Lyneham.
My respects to your mother who, like many young wives posted with families overseas in the 1960s, put up with an awful lot.
My respects to your mother who, like many young wives posted with families overseas in the 1960s, put up with an awful lot.
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My very first flight
TWA flight 975-21 (N-6007-C) a Lockheed Constellation, originating in Frankfurt/German to New York, NY via Shannon, Ireland and Gander, Newfoundland.
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At Fairoaks, Surry, UK in the early/mid fifties in the back (sideways) seat of an Auster Autocrat flown by W/C Arthur.
Anyone got any idea what the Austers registration may have been??
Now 14,000hrs later I still remember, on a later occaision, being reamed out by the same W/C Arthur, who was know for such things, when I landed at Fairoaks in a Magister. I had appaerntly landed on his precious newly sown grass when the rest of the place was flagged as too wet for landing!!
Memories!! Amazing they are still there after all these years. He must have some effect on me??
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Anyone got any idea what the Austers registration may have been??
Now 14,000hrs later I still remember, on a later occaision, being reamed out by the same W/C Arthur, who was know for such things, when I landed at Fairoaks in a Magister. I had appaerntly landed on his precious newly sown grass when the rest of the place was flagged as too wet for landing!!
Memories!! Amazing they are still there after all these years. He must have some effect on me??
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Hatfield, 1965, in a tiger moth flown by my dad.
I later flew the RAF Cranwell tiger moth whilst on BFTS, and flew my Tornado F3 out of Hatfield half-fuel and maxi burner in 1993, so I got both ticks in the box.
"Whaddaya think of flying, lad?"
"I wanna be a fighter pilot when I grow up"
"Sorry lad, you can't do both"
I later flew the RAF Cranwell tiger moth whilst on BFTS, and flew my Tornado F3 out of Hatfield half-fuel and maxi burner in 1993, so I got both ticks in the box.
"Whaddaya think of flying, lad?"
"I wanna be a fighter pilot when I grow up"
"Sorry lad, you can't do both"
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First Flight
Bristol Superfreighter - about 1965. BUAF Lydd-Le Touqet G-ANWJ City of Bristol. Back later that same day on G-APAU City of Edinburgh Mentioned by at least one other person in this thread. City of Bristol turned out to be an omen, since I went on to get my degree in Aero Eng at Bristol Univ. and then apprenticeship with what had recently ceased to be Bristol Aeroplane Co and was then part of BAC. Very sad recently to see Filton House apparently abandoned and in disrepair. Art Deco interior of main stairwell (Zodiac mosaic in floor) and main conference room was wonderful!
Thanks for the memories to all posters!
Thanks for the memories to all posters!
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BEA Viscount LHR-GVA, probably 1959 - all alone!
Nice big windows, cabin crew spoiled me rotten.
Whizzo trip to flight deck, deaf as a post when we landed.
Very disappointed that we didn't land in a Heidi goat-pasture high in the Alps!
Nice big windows, cabin crew spoiled me rotten.
Whizzo trip to flight deck, deaf as a post when we landed.
Very disappointed that we didn't land in a Heidi goat-pasture high in the Alps!
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about 1963, quick pleasure flight in Auster 5 G-ANIE at Staverton ( I think it cost me 17s 6d) Pleased to say both the Auster and I seem to be doing well. The Auster I think is at Spanhoe marked up as TW467, must try and see it again sometime.
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Joyride over the centre of London in a Rapide of Island Air Services ("Aggies Airline") in the '50's. Walked onto the airfield through a gap in the tatty wooden fence. Unbelievable now!
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1959 - Anson trip around the Wrekin with an Air Experience Flight whilst a Boy Entrant (38th entry Teleg)
1963 - Stanstead to Bahrein in a Britannia (British Caledonian)
1963 - Bahrein to Sharjah in a Beverley
1964 - Sharjah to Ras Al Kheimah & back in a Twin Pionerr (joy ride!)
1964 - Sharjah to Bahrein in a Beverly
1964 - Bahrein to Lynheam via Cyprus in a Comet
1965 - Lyneham to Cyprus in a Britannia
1967 - Cyprus to Lyneham in a Britannia
1968 - Lyneham to El Adem via Malta in a C130
1968 - El Adem to Lyneham in a C130 (2 days in Malta awaiting spares)
1969 - Lyneham to DAF Skrydstrup in a Britannia
1969 - DAF Skrydstrup to Lyneham in a Britannia
1963 - Stanstead to Bahrein in a Britannia (British Caledonian)
1963 - Bahrein to Sharjah in a Beverley
1964 - Sharjah to Ras Al Kheimah & back in a Twin Pionerr (joy ride!)
1964 - Sharjah to Bahrein in a Beverly
1964 - Bahrein to Lynheam via Cyprus in a Comet
1965 - Lyneham to Cyprus in a Britannia
1967 - Cyprus to Lyneham in a Britannia
1968 - Lyneham to El Adem via Malta in a C130
1968 - El Adem to Lyneham in a C130 (2 days in Malta awaiting spares)
1969 - Lyneham to DAF Skrydstrup in a Britannia
1969 - DAF Skrydstrup to Lyneham in a Britannia