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Mon Dec-22-03 10:47 AM
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"The ooooooonly way to fly!" as their ads went. It was the early '70s, I was four or five. We were going to SF and I got a pin with wings on it and got to meet the captain. I loved it.
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| -What Was The First Airline You Flew On? How Old Were You? |
arwalden |
Dec-22-03 09:18 AM |
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I think it was Delta |
eyesroll |
Dec-22-03 09:20 AM |
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What a young'un! |
alwynsw |
Dec-22-03 09:27 AM |
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Showing my age ... |
Tracer |
Dec-22-03 09:21 AM |
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On my 2nd birthday, I flew from Athens to Frankfurt on Lufthansa! |
GOPisEvil |
Dec-22-03 09:21 AM |
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JAL Was My First Foreign Airline... Lufthansa Was My Second |
arwalden |
Dec-22-03 10:14 AM |
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Ya know...I think I have the wings they gave me too... |
GOPisEvil |
Dec-22-03 10:21 AM |
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We're On The Same Wavelength... I just typed a "wings pin" message... |
arwalden |
Dec-22-03 10:26 AM |
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American Airlines. I was 32. |
terrya |
Dec-22-03 09:22 AM |
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ComAir Dayton to Cincinnati |
sasquatch |
Dec-22-03 09:24 AM |
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Back when that DC-3 was a LOT newer in 1949 or so.. |
Bruce McAuley |
Dec-22-03 09:25 AM |
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I was 21 |
Bronco69 |
Dec-22-03 09:26 AM |
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Aer Lingus ... |
Hogarth |
Dec-22-03 09:26 AM |
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Dad's Airways - if that counts - if not, well I had to ask Mom |
alwynsw |
Dec-22-03 09:26 AM |
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Mohawk Airlines (Piedmont) - Fayetteville, NC.... |
MadMike |
Dec-22-03 09:27 AM |
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TWA in 1959....the trip seemed endless, but I remember |
WannaJumpMyScooter |
Dec-22-03 09:29 AM |
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MATS Connie |
Bozola |
Dec-22-03 09:35 AM |
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American. |
brook |
Dec-22-03 09:40 AM |
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American Airlines... |
Sir_Shrek |
Dec-22-03 09:48 AM |
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Eastern Airlines |
dwckabal |
Dec-22-03 09:49 AM |
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Southern |
YNGW |
Dec-22-03 09:50 AM |
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Eastern Airlines |
Gargoyle |
Dec-22-03 10:01 AM |
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OMG! I feel old. Allegheny Airlines (now US Air) from Providence, RI |
caledesi |
Dec-22-03 09:51 AM |
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Ah...Agony Airlines |
spinbaby |
Dec-22-03 11:43 AM |
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Most likely Delta. |
nownow |
Dec-22-03 09:51 AM |
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It Was Either Eastern Or Piedmont & I Was... |
jayfish |
Dec-22-03 09:54 AM |
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Ozark Airlines |
kcwayne |
Dec-22-03 10:03 AM |
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Reno Air - age 34. |
Bertha Venation |
Dec-22-03 10:07 AM |
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Braniff, To Florida, Via St. Louis |
ProfessorGAC |
Dec-22-03 10:11 AM |
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Piedmont I think and I was about 8 years old. |
underpants |
Dec-22-03 10:15 AM |
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Did They Give You A "Pilot's Wings" Pin... |
arwalden |
Dec-22-03 10:24 AM |
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Actually I think they did |
underpants |
Dec-22-03 10:25 AM |
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Aer Lingus, at age 11. |
Padraig18 |
Dec-22-03 10:19 AM |
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Hee Hee!! "Lingus" always makes me blush! |
CanuckAmok |
Dec-22-03 05:48 PM |
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Continental Airlines, 1982 |
curse10 |
Dec-22-03 10:27 AM |
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Eastern to New York, sometime in the '80s. |
RebelOne |
Dec-22-03 10:34 AM |
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I was 20; and the last time I rode I was 24 - over 20 years ago n/t |
gwbsamoron |
Dec-22-03 10:37 AM |
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Western Airlines |
flamingyouth |
Dec-22-03 10:47 AM |
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In 1967 at age 17 |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-22-03 11:08 AM |
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Today's Service Reminds Me Of "People's Express" Airlines |
arwalden |
Dec-22-03 11:17 AM |
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You heard right |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-22-03 12:28 PM |
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BOAC...age 4 |
SiobhanClancy |
Dec-22-03 11:15 AM |
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Pacific Southwest Airlines |
ZombyWoof |
Dec-22-03 11:17 AM |
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Was it PSA that had the smiley face on the radar dome of the planes? |
GOPisEvil |
Dec-22-03 11:22 AM |
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I put it there! |
ZombyWoof |
Dec-22-03 11:25 AM |
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You made her smile, too. |
GOPisEvil |
Dec-22-03 11:27 AM |
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I bet I did! |
ZombyWoof |
Dec-22-03 12:06 PM |
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American Airlines. I was 34. |
BiggJawn |
Dec-22-03 11:24 AM |
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As I recall, it was Capitol Airways in 1960 on a connection to D.C. |
PartyPooper |
Dec-22-03 11:24 AM |
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Whatever Happened To... |
arwalden |
Dec-22-03 11:30 AM |
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I think they folded. |
ronnykmarshall |
Dec-22-03 12:04 PM |
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Hopefully Alaska Air will survive! |
CanuckAmok |
Dec-22-03 06:20 PM |
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National was taken over by Pan Am |
SheilaT |
Dec-23-03 06:30 PM |
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I was three |
spinbaby |
Dec-22-03 11:42 AM |
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United 737 |
ronnykmarshall |
Dec-22-03 11:56 AM |
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Delta Airlines, Louisville to Indianapolis, March 1974 |
5thGenDemocrat |
Dec-22-03 12:08 PM |
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Mohawk Airlines at the tender age of 3... |
devilgrrl |
Dec-22-03 12:17 PM |
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A TWA Super Connie - I was 7, so, ummmm, 1953. Hm. |
Snow |
Dec-22-03 12:20 PM |
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trof answers and advises. |
trof |
Dec-22-03 12:26 PM |
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Southern Airways had DC-3s and Martin 404s, neither prop-jets. |
DemoTex |
Dec-22-03 05:47 PM |
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remember Piedmont Airlines? at 20 ... |
cosmicdot |
Dec-22-03 12:28 PM |
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I was a Piedmont pilot. |
DemoTex |
Dec-22-03 05:50 PM |
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My sister works for Piedmont/UsAirways |
BlackVelvetElvis |
Dec-22-03 06:32 PM |
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I went to England at age 2 |
Skittles |
Dec-22-03 12:30 PM |
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Didja kick anyone's ass? nt |
ikojo |
Dec-22-03 06:23 PM |
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Western Air Lines... |
JDWalley |
Dec-22-03 05:37 PM |
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Let's see... |
AlFrankenFan |
Dec-22-03 05:49 PM |
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I am pretty sure it was |
JM |
Dec-22-03 05:51 PM |
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BOAC (later to become British Airways) 707 |
CanuckAmok |
Dec-22-03 05:54 PM |
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I first flew on Delta in 1965 (I had a private pilot license at the time). |
DemoTex |
Dec-22-03 05:55 PM |
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1987-People's Express |
BlackVelvetElvis |
Dec-22-03 06:08 PM |
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MATS...1953 |
SoCalDem |
Dec-22-03 06:11 PM |
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I was 26, and it was Northwest Orient |
geniph |
Dec-22-03 06:13 PM |
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I was 18 and it was the precursor |
ikojo |
Dec-22-03 06:16 PM |
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Ummm, Ozark was not a precursor |
SheilaT |
Dec-23-03 06:32 PM |
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I was 10 months old, so I have no clue. |
populistmom |
Dec-22-03 07:17 PM |
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Age 19 "Southern Scareways" |
Booberdawg |
Dec-22-03 07:21 PM |
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I was 5. |
LWolf |
Dec-22-03 08:42 PM |
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It was 1962 |
notawol |
Dec-22-03 09:25 PM |
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United , 1958 |
Capn Sunshine |
Dec-22-03 09:13 PM |
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DC-6 ... powered by four R-2800s. |
DemoTex |
Dec-22-03 09:19 PM |
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pan am to japan |
seekthetruth |
Dec-22-03 09:26 PM |
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Northwest Orient Airlines |
Bill of Rights |
Dec-22-03 09:38 PM |
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I think it was/is(?) called Aviataca. Flew with my brother-in-law to |
dae |
Dec-22-03 09:52 PM |
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United, DC-9, age 8. nt |
neebob |
Dec-22-03 09:54 PM |
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1986 |
scottcsmith |
Dec-22-03 11:06 PM |
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Delta to Miami, Fla at 19 |
Norbert |
Dec-22-03 11:14 PM |
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Pan American DC-3 in 1941. |
Cleita |
Dec-23-03 03:07 PM |
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If you flew in and out of DCA |
SheilaT |
Dec-23-03 06:35 PM |
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Republic Airlines 1970 |
Twillig |
Dec-23-03 07:06 PM |
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First flight I could remember was on Air Canada when I was nearly 4 |
Valerie5555 |
Dec-23-03 07:09 PM |
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