Where and when your Aviation passion/interest started?

[Gerald A]

Dad took me to see around late December 1948, the Bristol Brabazon being rolled out at Filton airport in Bristol UK.

[Mark Grima]

One day in September 1991. I was 7 and the parents took my sister and I off the the US for our first over seas holiday. I remember that flight as if it was yesterday on board a QF 747-400. I just wish I could find out the rego. Would be awesome to know which aircraft I first flew on.

Cheers

M

[Gareth Forwood]

For me it started in March 1995 (pretty recent compared to most here, but I was only 8 at the time) when I took my first ever flight... on a British Airways 747-400 in the old Landor scheme. During the flight I was actually invited to see the flight deck, and that was it, I was hooked! Ever since then I've been keen on most all aspects of aviation and flightsim.

And thanks Matt for starting this post, as Phil said some very interesting stories.

[Stephen Harris]

For me it was in Mudgee out at the aerodrome and catching F27's via Dubbo to Sydney. I then would catch the early evening Ansett 727 with my parents to visit my aunt and uncle in Perth.

I was 5 at the time and it was 1975. It is still like yesterday and yes I was hooked...

[Sarah C]

For me it started thanks to my fathers job. As a result, I was fortunate to fly at a young age and remember my experience like it was yesterday. I can still remember the old Sydney Airport observation deck and getting on a 747 for a domestic flight - it was such a thrill back then.