How many old geezers playing Airway Sim?

[juanchopancho]

My first flight was in the 1970s from Dayton, Ohio to Mexico City, continuing to Acapulco. I have no idea what it was, probably a 727-200 through DFW on AA. My first 707-320 flight was in South America to Asuncion Paraguay in the early 90s. Experienced a horrible landing on a DC-10 with LAP airlines. Piedmont 737-200s were my favorite when I was little.

[ekaneti]

well i'm 20 and my first flight was in 2005 in a Brazilian Air Force EMB-120  Not very comfortably, but, exciting!

youre not a geezer

[Gaius Marius]

I'm 42 (almost 43).  My first flight was Wardair 747 - Edmonton (YEG) to Toronto (YYZ) when I was about 16. I was travelling alone and they served complimentary Orange juice and champaign to ALL classes.  That wasn't my first drink but it was my first champaign.  I have since flown on just about every type of western post 80's aircraft (but not the A380).  I also enjoyed getting hit by lightening while landing in Portland in a Q400.

GM

[mp81]

first flight was a ex-people express continental 722 dfw-ewr in 88. my dad took a pic of it. otherwise would have no idea.

[willvone]

29.... my first flight was on PanAm it was 747-100 series...from jfk -cdg. I was a few months old so I don't remeber it but I was told.

[swiftus27]

32 years old and live near KCLE.... We don't do any Long Rage flights.

I used to fly all the time as a child to see my grandparents near KFLL.  From what I recall, they were all narrow bodies.   Since that was the early 80s, I will bet my lunch that I was flying on 727s myself. 

[bleedfax18]

28 now... first flight was in February 1999, EDDP (Leipzig) to EDDL (Düsseldorf) on Lufthansa in a 737, on my way to a students exchange near KSFO (via KORD, those legs were flown on 767 and DC10)

[taylor.jp]

well I'm (only ) 23 but I remember flying on A300-600R to Athens from London and back all the time, alternating with 734's... for most of you those could be considered relatively 'new' planes but for me I still remember the A300-600R with nostalgia.. My flying these days is rather 'normal' flying easyjet, ryanair and due to being in Turkey, pegasus and therefore A32X's are the norm

I wish I could have flown on a 732, is there any noticeable difference from the cabin? noise, comfort etc..

[Beni]

Hi, I´m 36 and I remember my first flight when I was 15. It was a SCQ - STN flight. I cant remember the model, but I´m sure it was a Boeing.

In the last years I usually fly across Spain and other european contries working. I live in a small city in the north of Spain (León), so most of my flight adventures start with a 50 seats prop (or a CRJ if I´m lucky ) in order to get MAD or BCN.

[Saul Goodman]

44 years old here.
My first flight was on BOAC, prior to BA, some will recall.  Montreal to London, I think it was 1973, I was 7 years old and I remember that overnight flight like it was yesterday.  It was just magic to me.  I obviously couldnt sleep, just walking around and around talking to hostesses and even other passengers (yeah, I was one of those you just dreaded! but I never cried  )  The plane seemed real big
i wish I could remember the aircraft I was on, I think it was a 747, but maybe some of you may know better about BOACs fleet.

[L1011fan]

I'm 50 and feel like 30 and look nowhere near my real age (well I don't). First commercial flight was a seaplane from Long Beach to Catalina and back at the age of 7. Don't recall make or model but its seemed like about 14 pax or so.
First regular airline flight was A Delta L-1011, at age of 13/14 (first of many rides on Delta and Air Canada Tristars!)
Looks are intact, brains are going fast!

[AFIntel]

Going on 42. First flight was in the early 70's on an Eastern Airlines 727 Whisperjet from Miami, Florida to Providence, Rhode Island. I remember shortly after takeoff the aircraft banked and (I think) the g's caused me to scream out "We're gonna crash!!"

I was raised in Miami. Everything was Eastern. The last flight I took with them was on a DC-9 while on leave from the Air Force. They folded a few short months later. I miss them still. 

As a side note: my fiance and I flew back to Miami from my military station so she could meet my family for the first time. We flew there via Pan Am. The day before we were to fly back on Pan Am, they went out of business. I wish now I would have kept the ticket stub from that cancelled flight...

[ArcherII]

January the 10th, 1986. I flew in a beautiful 722adv of Aerolineas argentinas from SABE to SAWE....And I was 10 days old, and I don't remember that flight BTW. But I know that the boeing was shiny cause every summer we would travel to Buenos Aires ever since.

[Jona L.]

Hey, ICE what's you doin' in here?
you are 15.. get back to the teenie forum!

[Jona L.]

I am only 17 myself, but though have made it to fly a B732 (don't remember the actual year )
but somewhere between 2000 and 2002, since we still had to change DM into GBP... great flight... Ryanair btw...
the biggest one I ever flew with was earlier this year, B772ER FRA-IAD (United)

Jona L.

[minerva]

45 in two months 

First flight was a KLM 747, Gatwick to JFK in 1977.  Can't count how many commercial flights since then.  Since 1995 I've logged over 300 hours in single-engine Cessnas (Skyhawks and Skylanes) -- not my own, mind you 

[Zabuti]

funny though... I work in the airline industry, and my girlfriend (who usually listens a lot about what I we discuss) said to everyone that she saw an Air France A380 in Miami...

funny when you know AF is not having any A380 to Miami, and that she mixed that with B747 because there was a second floor...

Dude, I feel bored... or boring to her, up to you guys !

[Cardinal]

38 here.  And the first flight I can remember is a UA 732, somewhere around 1980.

Smallest plane I've ever flown is a USAirways Express Beech 1900D in 1999.  Biggest was a UA DC-10 in 1982(ish).

[mbmaniax]

I am 44 and used to fly from Africa to England back in the late sixties and early seventies with BOAC.  I don't remember the type of planes but I still have the original flight book that the pilots would sign for us and some of the stainless steel silverware that we used to eat with.

[alexgv1]

I am 44 and used to fly from Africa to England back in the late sixties and early seventies with BOAC.  I don't remember the type of planes but I still have the original flight book that the pilots would sign for us and some of the stainless steel silverware that we used to eat with.

Could have been a VC10, RAF still use those for tankers.