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Old 01-10-2008, 07:12 AM   #31
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Dad was a member of the Sperry Flying Club on Long Island, flying in and out of MacArthur Airport in Islip.... They had a Beechcraft Muskateer and a 2 seat Cessna.... Dont know how old I was for my first flight, but I was a small kid....

I remember vividy those days, looking down on our house and my Dad and Grandpa trying to make me throw up....
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Old 08-08-2008, 02:57 PM   #32
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My first flight....It was 30 years ago in An-2. It was a agro flight- a crew took me with them unofficial of course.... I found a pics for you, guys:
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my first time in an aircraft was a c-130 hercules which i then had to jump out of as i was joining the parachute regiment in 1989
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Old 08-08-2008, 05:22 PM   #34
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My first came sitting on a jump seat on a DC-3 with a bunch of scared but exited fellow air cadets.
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