When was your first flight ?

[HighFlyer]

First VS flight recorded in Flying Club was September 2002 to MCO, I I'd flown a couple of times on VS before I was aware of FC so I'm guessing around April 2001 for my first VS flight. No idea what aircraft but it would have been been one of the LGW ones as my first VS flight was to LAS in Y - shudder [:D]

Thanks,
Sarah

[buns]

First VS Flight was LGW - MCO in May 1991 when I took a party of 50+ work colleagues on a holiday to Orlando & Maderia Beach.

First VS FC recorded flight was to LAX in September 1996 on the honeymoon with Mrs Buns when we flew PE (upstairs) and shared the flight with Gaby Roslin[:D]

First flight ever was way back in 1959 to Jersey with BEA and I flew on a Vickers Viscount[:0]

buns

First VS Flight: 29th August 2001 (LHR-SFO, 1st of many) - booked CO codeshare as I didn't know any better and it was dirt cheap!

First ever flight: MAN-TFN in ~1979 when I was 7 (just 2 years after the Pan-Am/KLM crash) [:I]

Cheers
Michael

My first VS flight was the 28th August 1997 LHR-JFK on the VS3

First non VS flight was July 92, Air France BHX-CDG

December 21st 1997 LGW to MCO

[Darren Wheeler]

1995 on VS007 to LAX, in the newly named Premium Economy. The clearest memory is seeing a trolley loaded down with bowls of strawberries being pushed though PE to the UC area in the bubble. That's when I knew I was meant to be up there.

First ever, 1984, RAF Abingdon in a 2-seat Chipmunk. Elated and scared witless at the same time. So full of adrenaline that I barfed into the radio mask.

VS Sat 15 June 1996 MAN-MCO luckily my sister, who dropped us off, didn't take my advice to go shopping that day.

My first ever flight was LHR-JNB in December 1975 with SAA.

1st December 2004 VS200 LHR - HKG. I remember that my window seat (in Y) didn't actually have a window... [:0]

First Flight: March 1985 when I was about 2 months old. If my mother is to be believed it was a Dan Air 727.

First VS Flight: June 1991 LGW-MCO.

First documented VS flight: August 1993 LGW-MCO on California Girl.

Feb 2000 - VS19 to SFO in Economy

Had always flown BA, recently joined SUN and had to go to the US at short notice. Was impressed with the service and age of the crew.

Only now fly BA when using miles, or on a route that Virgin do not fly to.

First ever flight 1978 LGW-OAK via Bangor on a Laker DC-10

First VS flight 1996 LHR-EWR on VS1 G-VFAB. Those were the days when they still let you in the cockpit!

AF

My first VS flight was circa 1996/97 on VS200 LHR-HKG on one of the A340-300. A few more VS flights in the late 90s and early 2000s before I joined Flying Club in 2003. The amount of lost miles [B)]

My first Virgin flight was early 80's. I used to fly regularly to New York and in keeping with most of the City swtiched from BA Business Class to UC. I seem to remember you were picked up by red Volvo's (provided a competitor didn't hack into the computer and cancel it). The wow factor was amazing, wonderful service, a party like atomosphere on board, free economy tickets per sector, and I still use a gold cross pen that was handed out on one flight.

I wonder if anyone taking their first flight nowadays will look back with such fond memories?

1997 LGW-MCO, It was the first and last time I ever flew in Economy on VS.

-Steve

First ever flight - BFS - FAO, Air Atlantis! June 1990.

Dec 1993 LGW - MCO (and nearly every month on this route for 3 years!)

First ever flight is like willd, at two months old - who the hell knows??? Might have been MAN to Zurich with Swissair. First recorded Freeway VS was 13 Dec 1997 Virgin Atlantic, LGW-EWR Economy. First actual flight was Sept '94 to BOS - a great trip in fact.

First VS flight was 2005 BGI-LGW in UC. Never flown Virgin before as dad is a BA 747 skipper but he retired that year so we tried them.

First ever flight was 1974 LHR-DUR BA.

6th September 2004 LHR-MIA on Tubular Belle I think.

First VS flight: 29 December 2002, LHR-LAX.
First commercial flight: December 1990, WDH-FRA.
First ever flight: December 1988, from a holiday home to an air strip 40 miles away.



S.

My first Virgin flight was 27th August 1999 LGW-MCO in economy.

My most memorable Virgin flight(for the wrong reasons) was a delayed MIA-LHR 10/09/01 landing into LHR to news of the terrible events on 11/09/01.. The crew must of known but didn't utter a word to us passengers.

First Virgin flight was LGW-ZAG-LHR (yes Zagreb!) in 1992

It was on G-VRGN and was a relief flight taking supplies at the beginning of the Yugoslavian conflict. I have photo's but this site won't let me upload them today?

There were only 8 of us onboard (including 3 man flight crew) and I managed to sit in the flight deck for the whole fight back. Landing back at LHR in heavy rain was quite a treat, especially as there wasn't enough weight over the front wheels to turn off the runway. Massive understeer as we aquaplaned to the end of 27R before going slow enough to turn.

I still remember really clearly how big and strange a 747 feels with just 3 passengers!!!

[:0]

First VS flight was March 4th 2004 on Ruby Tuesday from LHR-EWR in Y. First flight was Monarch from Birmingham to Faro bur have no idea when it was!

1st flight 1973, LGW - LAX with Brit. Cal.
1st VS flight 2006 MAN - MCO.

Who remembers the BBC 1 tv programme 'Holiday' with Cliff Mitchelmore? Circo 1984.

Those of you that do can carry on reading[;)]

My first flight was advertised on the above proramme for those with a fear of flying. Approx cost as I recall £30.

I think the flight was out of LGW.

We were given a briefing beforehand & then boarded the plane (no idea what type ). Whilst airbourne several pax were interviewed & if I recall correctly, the side of me could be seen.[:D]
We flew over the south coast on a beautiful suuny morning.
At the end of the film, I could be seen disembarking [:D]

It must have worked because later that year I took my first real flight to Montpelier - well south of France somewhere if not there[:?].
It was on a Fokker 28 (prop job for those of you too young to know what I've been woffling on about).
R-P