Killer Flights! - Ultra Long Haul

[Rosie1958]

Wow Rosie, how young you were, I was 47 before my first flight!

Michael, my father was in the Royal Air Force so I was very privileged to have had the opportunity to fly and live abroad at such a young age. My brother was only about eight months old when we left but slept most of the way ............

Sounds like Graham might have been a Forces brat too!

[grahamw48]

Michael, my father was in the Royal Air Force so I was very privileged to have had the opportunity to fly and live abroad at such a young age. My brother was only about eight months old when we left but slept most of the way ............

Sounds like Graham might have been a Forces brat too!

Indeed I was !

Dad was Royal Navy for 30 years.

[Michael Parnham]

Michael, my father was in the Royal Air Force so I was very privileged to have had the opportunity to fly and live abroad at such a young age. My brother was only about eight months old when we left but slept most of the way ............

Sounds like Graham might have been a Forces brat too!

Ah! I understand now Rosie, Yes my dad was in the RAF also, his commanding officer was Guy Gibson so he spent a lot of time painting the Lancaster Bombers that were used to bomb the dams, other than that he was based in Egypt. I was based here in UK at that time!

[grahamw48]

I remember my very first flight aged about 4 ........... it was 1963 and we flew from UK to Cyprus in a Britannia. The flight was more than 6 hours then, I think it's around 4 hours now in a jet. I was sick so much during that flight I will never forget it, even the Barley Sugar sweets handed out by the cabin crew for take off and landing didn't help!

I was 4 years old on that first flight too Rosie.

My sister actually celebrated her 3rd birthday on the flight. Our brother was 5 years old.

Mother had her hands full, as can be imagined.