tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post2674945519077254454..comments2024-02-21T03:48:52.674-05:00Comments on Flying Lessons: A Century Later The Same Old ThrillChristine Negronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190247339367487575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-11739795210369088742014-07-17T15:54:00.308-04:002014-07-17T15:54:00.308-04:00
Lighting struck Malaysian Airlines twice.<br />Lighting struck Malaysian Airlines twice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-11379858368478768492014-07-13T19:44:05.548-04:002014-07-13T19:44:05.548-04:00My first flight was actually on the Goodyear Blimp...My first flight was actually on the Goodyear Blimp when it came for a visit to my hometown of McAllen, TX. I believe the year was 1973 and I was 13 or 14 years old. I took pictures of our house from the air with the shadow of the blimp below us too! It was very exciting. <br /><br />My first flight on an airplane took place in 1979 when I was around 19 years old. It was on board a Texas International DC-9 and the flight was from Houston IAH to McAllen MFE in Texas. A humorous footnote to that flight: The flight took place well after dark and, as we crossed the great expanse of miles and miles of acres and acres that is otherwise known as South Texas, it became impossible to tell where the blackened night sky ended and terra firma began. I became fascinated by the lights of a particular farm house that I could see slightly below the left wing. It was the only light that one could see down below us on the ground. I became concerned when it dawned on me that that farm house wasn't disappearing. Were we circling? I had no point of reference. I can only imagine the giggles amongst the flight attendants in the back galley after I summoned one of them to share my concerns and she pointed out to me that I was seeing the marker light on the tip of the aircraft's wing! <br /><br />In early 1982, I went on to become one of the very first male flight attendants hired by Southwest Airlines after they were forced by the courts to start hiring males as flight attendants. I had an amazing 16 years with WN. I treasure those memories and everything I learned from Herb and Colleen during that time. Absolutely priceless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-19680370379630075532014-07-12T22:47:38.336-04:002014-07-12T22:47:38.336-04:00I don't remember it because I was only 3 weeks...I don't remember it because I was only 3 weeks old, but I read about my first flight in a "baby book" my mother kept and later gave to me. I was in a bassinet on a flight from Miami to Puerto Rico and my mother fell asleep. The bassinet slipped off the seat and onto the floor with me in it. I didn't wake up and neither did my mom. She panicked when she woke up and I wasn't there beside her, but the bassinet and I were under the seat a row ahead and I was sound asleep. Decades later, I'm still a sound sleeper (but don't sleep well on airplanes).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-58978942205323493632014-07-10T20:31:54.080-04:002014-07-10T20:31:54.080-04:00Patrick, I want to see that photo.
Patrick, I want to see that photo. <br />Christine Negronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15190247339367487575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133703253863123050.post-57687785153600116802014-07-10T20:10:04.756-04:002014-07-10T20:10:04.756-04:00My first airplane ride was in 1974. I was only ei...My first airplane ride was in 1974. I was only eight years-old, but I recall much of it in vivid detail. The plane was an American Airlines 727, flying from Boston to Washington, D.C. -- about a 70-minute flight. I remember they served sandwiches and cheesecake desert. In economy class! I have a photograph, taken by my mother, of my sister and I walking up the stairs to the plane.Patrick Smithhttp://www.askthepilot.comnoreply@blogger.com