Your first ever experience travel by plane...

I have always been afraid to fly, but I conquered that fear just to see my friend who lived in South Dakota (and still does). When I got to the airport, I was astounded at how large it was. It was hard following the signs to get where I needed to go, and several times I had to ask for directions. I was so nervous that while waiting for my flight to be called, I was shaking and spent most of my time in the bathroom, fearing I'd miss the flight. I was also praying and trying to think of other things. Even tried reading. When I boarded the plane and belted myself in, I was alert, gripping the arm rests and looked ready to bolt. The plane taxiing down the runway put so much pressure in the cabin that literally it felt like gravity was just sucked away. I felt it go into the air, and when it leveled out into the sky, I thought, okay, not so bad. But then it suddenly dropped. I inwardly panicked, internally shrieking: "Oh my God, we're going to crash!" And as weird as this may sound to some people, I actually heard a gentle voice telling me to, "Calm down, and look to the other people. Do you see any of them panicking?" Realizing no one else was freaking out, I settled down. But through that flight I was still nervous. I hated it when the plane turned, because it would press me against the window. I looked real silly trying to get away from the window every time the plane made a turn.

my first travel by plane was when i was an infant so don't remember anything except that i cried! my first real experience was when i was 9 years old and i was very excited about it like you did! mine was also a domestic flight and it was a little more than an hour's journey. as soon as the plane was airborne, i was so curious and excited that i started looking out the window. after being airborne for sometime, i started feeling dizzy and having nausea. after i closed my eyes tried to get rid of the dizziness. i was almost about to puke when the plane touched down the destination airport. my friend had already puked while airborne. we were being taken to our boarding school for the first time and both his and my father were also with us. after travelling several times things got better and became normal.

Hi sophisticated_boy!^^ I was excited too during my first ever flight. I was 18. ^^;; It was also a domestic flight. It was a really great experience from the airport to the airplane. But apart from excitement I was also nervous. I always get nervous when I'm in a place for the first time. And besides that, the airport is a huge place and I'm hopeless when there's too many people around and so many entrances and exits. I felt like I could get lost. LOL I was with my mother then and I just couldn't get away from her and explore the new surroundings. ^^;; But the thing that I will never forget regarding that experience was during the flight. It hurt my ears. My mother forgot to warn me about the pressure. She only remembered it when I was already experiencing it. She said she forgot to bring a candy or something that would ease the effect of the pressure on my ears.^^;; Well since then, I always bring a candy or a gum whenever I board a plane.

My first flight happened when I was 14 years old. I flew on a plane with my mom. It was a three and a half hour flight. We went from London to Athens. I felt excited on take off at seeing the landscape below. I thought it was funny seeing the puffy white clouds. Before the plane landed I got severe ear pain. Ten years later a friend gave me a pair of ear planes that stopped my ear pain when landing on a plane. I have been on many other flights since then. I fly to reach far away destinations. My last flight was Cape Town to London.

hello sophisticated_boy! mine was when i was already i think 20 years old...hehe and its also a domestic flight and i just travel alone! huh! i am abit nervous since that was my very first time, but thanks that on the waiting area i have met some good people who talks to me and makes me feel comfortable... and when i am already boarded, its funny coz i remember that i just copy what other passengers are doing...haha i am observing the other passengers and yes i also do what they do...haha funny experience! but anyway, as a whole my very first travel by plane is good, and exciting..happy to see the clouds! and as an addition i also met a girl that becomes my friend as well...

Oh my first plane ride was awful i was 8 as well. It was a trip that took two seperate flights to get there from indiana to florida. I started out nervous and exited then ended up crying for an hour because of the ear popping that was something i had never experianced, it caused me to have a headach and i vomited the rest of the time! Not a good first time lol in fact I haven't flown since not that i could afford to now anyway lol!!!

Hello sophisticated_boy! I couldn't recall when I had that first plane ride. But I still remember how excited I was. It was an international flight. It was a great experience. I do not remember being afraid of boarding the plane or riding on one for that matter.

I didn't go on an airplane ride till I was about 25 years old. My first trip was to Las Vegas. My baby sister won a free trip for two and we were best friends so she took me. It was great and I loved the airplane ride and was hooked after that. I have been on an airplane, probably, about 30 times, maybe more. I live in another province from my family, since 2001, so I fly back and forth lots. Especially now that I have a granddaughter. But the last time I was on a plane, last July, I went to Vegas again this time I took my daughter, I had a really big problem with my eardrums. I burst my right eardrum and had to go to the docter when I got home. Thank goodness it happened on the way home and not on the way there. I had to go on medicine and was told I can't go on an airplane anymore. My eardrums are too sensitive now, I have a health issue with them. I am so sad about that. I will probably try again in a year or so just to see if I can.

The very first flight I took was when I won a contest in high school, which sent me to the capital. Even though I was a bit apprehensive, I felt excited as I was with friends. After that trip, I was hooked. Even after I graduated university I always looked for jobs that enabled me to fly.

First time I took a plane was to go to another country, and I think that I was 20 years old. It was a 2 hours long flight, and it was pretty confortable. Also it was when they still would bring you free food in short-distance trips, so I enjoyed it. I also was really excited, as it was my first time in a plane!

I was only 9 months so I don't remember a thing :-) By the time I was big enough to remember it I had been flying so many times that I can't really remember it being very exciting, but I used to get very sick when I was child. I nearly always had to throw up so I ate lot of travel sickness pills.

My first experience travel by plane was 2 years ago. When i am coming to china for my higher education. I was alone. Nobody was with me. Like my parents was not with me. So i was so upset and my parents was too. As i never go anywhere and never stay for long time without my mother. So i was so upset. But when i enter into the plane and plane run to start then i was feeling so excited. But for me it's normal. No upsetting,no afraid and no exciting.

I taken plane first time when I was 24 years old. It's domestic flight too. I can remember the plane is A-300-600, the flight was very smooth. It taken 2 hours, if by train it will take more than 27 hours.

I first flew when I was 18 year old.I'm from India and in my country flying is very costly and therefore it is often considered a luxury.Ironically flying aboard is much cheaper than flying within India.For most most of the Indians flying is still a dream but now the scenario is changing thanks to the np frills airways like,go airways,spicejet,indigo. So my first flight was a domestic flight, I was to fly from New Delhi to Hyderabad. My flight was on 2:45 PM but due to excitement I reached early at about 11:00 AM. So I entered the terminal checked out my luggage and took my boarding pass, I actualy asked for a window seat. My seat number was 3F and I got the a window seat some distance away from wings( wigs actualy spoil the view) so I was excited and a bit nervous too. Earlier my friends told me that I will feel nauseating when take off so they suggested me to chew a candy during take-off,so I did exactly the same. The plane was Boeing 737-800. The plane taxied its way to the end of the runway and then suddenly the engine started running at full speed and momentarily I was pushed back in my seat. In few seconds I was in the air watching my home town that was a wonderul experience. I made several flight journeys after that,but none of them are as exciting as my first flight.

I was a very late starter when it came to my first debut on a plane, I was 26, I guess I had followed in my mum's thinking about being too frightened to get on a plane, so for me it was more of an irrational phobia, but eventually I was coaxed onto a plane, my first plane trip took me to Cyprus, ironically I went with my parents, it was a scary experience, taking off was wonderful but I hated the landing and certainly my ears popping was an experience I could do without. Even now that I have flown a few times I still rather avoid it.

I never experienced travel, using plane. I admit i am scared based on I saw on television like plance crush. the only travel I know is by land. I am little scared to travel by water too. I am scared of flying , on feeling how it is to be up there. I have fear of heights so Iguess I will not be looking on the sight below. I cannot imagine myself being inside a plane. i had dream of this many times. In my dreams, iam okay with it. I have the believe that dreams means the opposite so I guess I will be really afraid of riding the plane. I know in time I will get over this.

I was 20 and I was going to Germany to study for a year. There was a group of us and we flew to Zurich, Switzerland, spent a couple of days and then traveled by bus to Germany. I wasn't afraid at all.

My first time flying, I was 14 years old. I was flying back home to Chicago from Ft Worth, Texas where I had just been visiting my sister for 8 weeks. We had driven to Texas at the beginning of the summer and now it was time to go home for the start of the school year. So not only was I flying for the first time, but I was also flying alone. I don't think I was scared, but I was excited. I'm glad this was before all the security measures, because my sister was able to take me all the way to the gate. If it happened now, I proibably would have been more scared wandering through the gates alone trying to find where I needed to go. I can still remember after we landed, getting off the plane and coming through the door to see my mom and dad waiting for me. I don't think there's a better feeling after being away for a while than to seeing soemone waiting for you, smiling, glad you are home.

My frirst experence traveling by plane was when I was in high school. I was 16 at the ti me and me and my family were going across county to visit my uncle. this was allso a vaction for the faily as well. It was an intresting experence when I flew for the first time. the ride of the plane was very smooth and it was an interting experence all to gether. the best thing was the inflight movie. I rember seeing a couple of hit movies at the time. after that expeience I want to fly aging, I was not able to untill a few years latter.

I was 25 when i first had my plane travel. It was also a domestic flight and i was a bit frightened coz i was traveling alone. What added to my anxiety was that nobody was there to meet me upon arrival at the airport. Although it was not my first time to be at that city but i was traveling alone. I will never forget that flight coz i was febrile while on board the flight. I was just thankful i was able to manage myself during that travel.