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In reply to the discussion: 1st time on a plane. Where'd you go [View all]Doc_Technical
(3,527 posts)65. 1970 from Oakland CA to Los Angeles-
then LA to San Antonio TX for Air Force basic training.
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Salt Lake. Second time, Mt. St Helens a couple months after it blew. The second was more fun.
brewens
Mar 2022
#5
Thanks. Yes it is. Apologies, it was 1969 & there I was. 'Stranger in a strange land'
Budi
Mar 2022
#11
My one sister bought me a Discovery Flight for my 15th birthday, 3 years later a private pilot.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2022
#21
I was a child at an air show. Took a ride over my hometown in a antique Ford Trimotor.
Emile
Mar 2022
#38
Avoca, PA--1970, age 20. I'd been married in August & we were going to my parents' for Xmas.
tblue37
Mar 2022
#45
Tuscaloosa, AL from Gainesville, FL, 1970. I am pretty sure the plane was a DC-3.
dameatball
Mar 2022
#48
Atlanta to Indianapolis for duty at Ft. Benjamin Harrison following basic training
Glorfindel
Mar 2022
#53
I was in my teens - flew from Durham, North Carolina to Tampa, Florida with my little sister
csziggy
Mar 2022
#58
Florida from New York to see my grandmother for Christmas. I was extremely scared
Rhiannon12866
Mar 2022
#60