30-06-2021, 07:54 AM
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Re: First time on a plane..
Originally Posted by Baz46
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Had my work involved travelling in any way it might have been different. For one thing I doubt I would be still living in the UK. A chance of going to live in Australia for three years under the £10 pom scheme would have been taken, I doubt if I would have retuned either as I have more family there than here. 
'retuned' should have been returned!
30-06-2021, 02:53 PM
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Re: First time on a plane..
Originally Posted by Baz46
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Had my work involved travelling in any way it might have been different. For one thing I doubt I would be still living in the UK. A chance of going to live in Australia for three years under the £10 pom scheme would have been taken, I doubt if I would have retuned either as I have more family there than here.
A bunch of mine are in Jamaica, USA, Canada, Taiwan.........
01-07-2021, 10:59 PM
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Holiday to East Germany. Smallish plane. It had developed engine problems on the day we were due to fly from Heathrow and so we were put up in a hotel while they flew in engineers from the DDR to fix things.Any nervousness we had were immediately allayed by seeing the engineers fly back with us, dozing quite happily on a couple of seats near the front.
02-07-2021, 08:09 AM
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When I was at agricultural college, living in a dorm, my parents went across europe with car towing caravan followed by my brother driving a Landrover. They setting in a place called Costa da Caparica for a few months. I went out to visit on a package holiday. That was my first proper flight. Before that I'd been up in a glider a few times, over the Cotswolds.
02-07-2021, 08:18 AM
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Re: First time on a plane..
Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles
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That must have been quite an experience though? Did you get shown around and things?
There is no inflight entertainment as everyone gets there so quickly .
02-07-2021, 01:58 PM
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My first flight was when in the army, (RA. NS service) at age 21 !We flew from Southend on a chartered Hermes with 4 piston
engines !
It was a night flight to Cypress for the EOKA crisis !
I remember the plane was very packed and as we were made to wear
our uniforms complete with webbing and side packs etc was not very
comfortable, the only fun we had was when the hostesses had
to squeeze past us .😄😄
I rember looking out of the port hole to see the engine exhausts
glowing red hot !!
Glad to get out at Nicosia airport to find it was hotter than the plane !!
Donkeyman! 🤗🤗
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