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I don't remember my first 20 flights, or so..

June 20, 2022 09:14AM
Being born in Japan and moving around quite a bit until we settled in this lame town.. First flight I remember was flying from Wichita Falls to Dallas - back on the old Braniff airlines.. they were cool because they had brightly painted planes.. Back then DFW didn't exist, so we flew into Love Field where we caught another jet to New York, where we hooked up with a Lufthansa 747 to Germany.. Of course we flew back home in a few weeks and then flew back to Germany 2 more times before I was 10 years old..

I, like you, wanted nothing more than to get my pilot's certificate - somebody told me along with the way you don't get a license, but a certificate.. Unfortunately, I never did go through with it.. I was all set, had it all lined up for about $5K, then the instructor told me to think long and hard about it: what was I going to do with the certificate after I got it? I probably wouldn't be able to buy a plane and nobody in this town would rent one.. So, I decided not to do because I didn't wanna go through all that and then be pissed every day because there was no bird to fly...



Friendship is like peeing your pants.. Everybody can see it, but only you can feel the warmth..


SubjectAuthorViewsPosted

  First Flight in 14 years

MamaRAMa184June 20, 2022 05:18AM

  Really? No direct flights from STL to OKC?

sstrams64June 20, 2022 06:00AM

  Re: Really? No direct flights from STL to OKC?

MamaRAMa157June 20, 2022 06:17AM

  Yeah, its unfortunate..

sstrams61June 20, 2022 07:07AM

  Dallas to Wichita Falls is a 3 hour drive?

JamesJM43June 20, 2022 07:16AM

  Probably 2.5 or so, but with traffic jams and whatnot..

sstrams33June 20, 2022 07:20AM

  Re: Really? No direct flights from STL to OKC?

waterfield18November 18, 2023 06:04AM

  The times I've flown to St Louis have all been

sstrams15November 18, 2023 06:49AM

  I took a motorcycle to St. Louis...

JamesJM20November 18, 2023 09:15AM

  Re: I took a motorcycle to St. Louis...

ScRAM15November 18, 2023 10:35AM

  So sorry about your Brother, Mama...

JamesJM77June 20, 2022 06:10AM

  Yeah, totally agree..

sstrams130June 20, 2022 06:15AM

  Re: Yeah, totally agree..

MamaRAMa181June 20, 2022 06:29AM

  Wow, you and Steve are speaking my mind...

JamesJM40June 20, 2022 06:38AM

  Yeah, I totally agree about the ocean..

sstrams38June 20, 2022 07:11AM

  Good advice....

JamesJM52June 20, 2022 07:25AM

  One thing I absolutely remember was..

sstrams46June 20, 2022 07:33AM

  LOL I have had a window seat just once on my last 4 times on a plane.

Ramgator35June 20, 2022 07:55AM

  We base our window seating chart...

sstrams37June 20, 2022 07:58AM

  Very first time I flew on an airliner, I was PISSED!!!

Ramgator45June 20, 2022 07:59AM

  Yeah, its annoying..

sstrams149June 20, 2022 08:09AM

  Re: So sorry about your Brother, Mama...

MamaRAMa66June 20, 2022 06:18AM

  So sorry about this.

Ramgator63June 20, 2022 07:51AM

  Re: So sorry about this.

MamaRAMa99June 20, 2022 08:30AM

  Dang it, Mama! That is painful.

Ramgator119June 20, 2022 03:21PM

  My first flight....

JamesJM79June 20, 2022 09:05AM

  I don't remember my first 20 flights, or so..

sstrams43June 20, 2022 09:14AM

  You should have done it....

JamesJM71June 20, 2022 09:20AM

  Yeah, I regret it...

sstrams34June 20, 2022 09:43AM

  That would be tough...

JamesJM56June 20, 2022 09:54AM

  Yeah, for sure..

sstrams46June 20, 2022 11:29AM

  The choices we make in life....

JamesJM39June 20, 2022 11:40AM

  I have a lot of what-ifs...

sstrams48June 20, 2022 11:49AM

  My brother passed away yesterday

MamaRAMa37November 17, 2023 02:43PM

  Re: My brother passed away yesterday

SeattleRam16November 17, 2023 02:46PM

  Very sorry to hear that, Mama. My condolences. (nm)

JamesJM14November 17, 2023 05:29PM

  Re: My brother passed away yesterday

ScRAM18November 17, 2023 05:59PM

  very sorry for your loss nm

21Dog12November 17, 2023 08:03PM

  I hope you handle this well....

roman1816November 18, 2023 04:38AM

  You do YOUR thing! Funerals are for the living anyway.

Ramgator17November 18, 2023 11:01AM

  I changed my mind

MamaRAMa21November 19, 2023 05:06PM

  Good For You.....

ScRAM12November 19, 2023 05:40PM

  Glad to hear that.

Ramgator11November 20, 2023 09:51AM

  Sorry for your loss, Mama.

canadaram3November 21, 2023 04:14PM