[Travel] First and last flights

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Brian Parsons

New member
May 16, 2013
571
Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Not counting the numerous pleasure flights out of Shoreham as a kid, I loved flying. Actually going somewhere,
First flight Gatwick - Aden. British United. Brittania. 1965.
Last flight Dubai - Newcastle Boeing 777 Emirates. Final leg returning from Oz. 2017.

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DarrenFreemansPerm

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Sep 28, 2010
17,341
Shoreham
First flight as far as I know what a helicopter ride from Plumpton Racecourse circa 1988.
Last was Geneva to Gatwick in 2017 with TUI.
 


ATFC Seagull

Aberystwyth Town FC
Jul 27, 2004
5,319
(North) Portslade
First - Bournemouth to Dublin 1995, new little-known cheap airline called Ryanair
Last - Knock to Gatwick, 2019, Aer Lingus

I have been to some slightly more exciting places in betwen.
 






SeagullinExile

Well-known member
Sep 10, 2010
5,749
London
Gatwick - Sardinia. June 1990.

KL - Heathrow. Jan 2020
 


Superphil

Dismember
Jul 7, 2003
25,450
In a pile of football shirts
I once flew to Wildenrath on a Bristol Freighter. The plane had a problem and on landing we had fire engines running alongside the plane. No drama fortunately but it instilled a still present fear of flying

Thinking about, it could have been Gutersloh not Wildenrath :shrug:

I was about 18 months old so made an educated guess on the plane. We lived in Monchengladbach for a year or so before moving to Brunssum in Holland for 3 years.
 




Chicken Run

Member Since Jul 2003
NSC Patron
Jul 17, 2003
18,623
Valley of Hangleton
Luton-Milan 1984

School Skiing trip, day after we dumped Liverpool out of the FA cup for the second year in a row.

Las Vegas - LGW September 2019

Coming back from 50th Birthday celebrations.


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Shropshire Seagull

Well-known member
Nov 5, 2004
8,564
Telford
1982 - LGW to Corfu - Dan Air - 18-30s holibob, get-in!
2013 - charity trip - LHR -> Entebbe -> Nairobi -> Jo'burg -> LHR - BA for the long-haul & Kenya Airways for the hops
 




Boroseagull

Well-known member
Aug 23, 2003
2,079
Alhaurin de la Torre
1957/8 - Gatwick to Amsterdam....a Viscount I think (but I was only 11 years old!)

2019 - Rio de Janiero to Malaga via Casablanca. First leg Dreamliner, second leg Embraer. Air Maroc - what an awful airline!
 


bluenitsuj

Listen to me!!!
Feb 26, 2011
4,419
Willingdon
1987 Gatwick (I think) to Corfu
2018 Heathrow to Taipei Taiwan
 


upthealbion1970

bring on the trumpets....
NSC Patron
Jan 22, 2009
8,867
Woodingdean
First Halifax Canada to Heathrow 1979

Most recent Singapore to Heathrow April 2019
 




Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
33,622
East Wales
First was Gatwick to Malta with Dan Air in 1978
Last was Bristol to Minorca with Thompson in 2012
 


Jim in the West

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NSC Patron
Sep 13, 2003
4,642
Way out West
Our last flights pre-lockdown (end-Feb 2020) involved all the joys of modern travel:

Snowed in at Narvik (northern Norway) for about 6 hours. Missed our Norwegian Air connection at Oslo back to Gatwick, so had to re-book on the last BA flight to Heathrow. Landed at Heathrow around midnight, then had to get a taxi to Gatwick - roadworks on the M23 meant it took ages, even in the early hours of the morning. Picked up our car, and drove back to Somerset - arriving home around 4.30am. Two hours kip, then up for work....

I sure miss the joy of flying!
 




Baker lite

Banned
Mar 16, 2017
6,309
in my house
Luton-Milan 1984

School Skiing trip, day after we dumped Liverpool out of the FA cup for the second year in a row.

Las Vegas - LGW September 2019

Coming back from 50th Birthday celebrations.


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Pus ****ing VAT [emoji6][emoji8]


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Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
I was about 18 months old so made an educated guess on the plane. We lived in Monchengladbach for a year or so before moving to Brunssum in Holland for 3 years.

Monchengladbach (saw my first live match there in a pre season friendly vs Arsenal). Also lived in Herford, Bielefeld and Munster. Military father obviously!
 


drew

Drew
Oct 3, 2006
23,110
Burgess Hill
First ever flight was early 80s at Haywards Heath Rugby Club Fair, Whitemans Green. It was a brief pleasure flight in a helicopter.

First ever fixed wing flight was about 1987/8. Shoreham to Shoreham. Two seater Cessna as my brother had recently got his PPL. Even had a go with the controls.

First commercial flight wasn't until I was 28 in 1990. Gatwick to Dalaman.

Last flight was summer 2019, Gatwick to Rhodes.
 


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