First air travel experience?

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How was it? How old were you? To where? Some nostalgia..

Mine was in 2007 to Belgrade. I was 15 back then, was terrified at first but later it went okay.
 

I was too young to remember. Probably 2 or 3 years old. Cross country flight from DC to Seattle, so I probably absolutely hated it and was an absolute monster. Guessing I had a nap at some point, and probably soiled myself.

Back then people smoked like trains on flights so I probably got a load of second hand smoke.

Mom probably dressed me up a bit. Back in the 70's people got dressed up to fly. Very weird.
 
ilikecheese said:
I was too young to remember. Probably 2 or 3 years old. Cross country flight from DC to Seattle, so I probably absolutely hated it and was an absolute monster. Guessing I had a nap at some point, and probably soiled myself.

Back then people smoked like trains on flights so I probably got a load of second hand smoke.

Mom probably dressed me up a bit. Back in the 70's people got dressed up to fly. Very weird.
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sounds similar to my first experience, i was 16
 
ilikecheese said:
I was too young to remember. Probably 2 or 3 years old. Cross country flight from DC to Seattle, so I probably absolutely hated it and was an absolute monster. Guessing I had a nap at some point, and probably soiled myself.

Back then people smoked like trains on flights so I probably got a load of second hand smoke.

Mom probably dressed me up a bit. Back in the 70's people got dressed up to fly. Very weird.
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Yeah heard a lot that people were allowed to smoke on planes in the past. Crazy to think! Especially considering long flights
 
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Yeah heard a lot that people were allowed to smoke on planes in the past. Crazy to think! Especially considering long flights
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It wasn't completely banned on US domestic and international flights until 2000. First bans started in 1988. I can't speak for the rest of the world, but the tobacco lobby once had a stranglehold on our government much like the gun lobby still does today.
 

ilikecheese said:
It wasn't completely banned on US domestic and international flights until 2000. First bans started in 1988. I can't speak for the rest of the world, but the tobacco lobby once had a stranglehold on our government much like the gun lobby still does today.
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I got told by an air stewardess that planes long after the smoking still had ashtrays because it was cheaper to keep the old moulds, could be bs, she was pretty dumb
 
11 years old, went to Crete with the family. I was just the second person in my class to go on a plane.
For contrast, by the time my daughter was 11, she had been to Europe 3 times, Thailand, Bali, Singapore and about 6 or 7 domestic flights.
 
Dan Air I think, doesn't matter where to or from it was the budget airline that lowered the benchmark.

after that it was Communist Bulgaria's State Airline ... which was actually a step up.
 

South Africa when I was 2, we stayed there for three years.
During the flight, a bloke behind me had a heart attack, about an hour later 2 nurses boarded the plane through the main door, I thought they had wing walked from another plane, only last year my mum told me that we had made an emergency landing for him to be treated.
 
ilikecheese said:
I was too young to remember. Probably 2 or 3 years old. Cross country flight from DC to Seattle, so I probably absolutely hated it and was an absolute monster. Guessing I had a nap at some point, and probably soiled myself.

Back then people smoked like trains on flights so I probably got a load of second hand smoke.

Mom probably dressed me up a bit. Back in the 70's people got dressed up to fly. Very weird.
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Yeah heard a lot that people were allowed to smoke on planes in the past. Crazy to think! Especially considering long flights
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ilikecheese said:
It wasn't completely banned on US domestic and international flights until 2000. First bans started in 1988. I can't speak for the rest of the world, but the tobacco lobby once had a stranglehold on our government much like the gun lobby still does today.
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Not sure if it's true, but I've heard it said that the air in planes was a lot healthier back when smoking was allowed as the had to let in fresh air and pump out the stale air. When smoking ban came in the airlines could save money on fuel efficiency by closing vents and recycling the same air continuously. It does seem that we catch whatever bugs are going around just after flying a good proportion of the time.
 

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