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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

MamaRAMa353June 20, 2022 05:18AM

  Really? No direct flights from STL to OKC?

sstrams121June 20, 2022 06:00AM

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

MamaRAMa245June 20, 2022 06:17AM

  Yeah, its unfortunate..

sstrams138June 20, 2022 07:07AM

  Dallas to Wichita Falls is a 3 hour drive?

JamesJM103June 20, 2022 07:16AM

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

sstrams101June 20, 2022 07:20AM

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

waterfield80November 18, 2023 06:04AM

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

sstrams77November 18, 2023 06:49AM

  I took a motorcycle to St. Louis...

JamesJM99November 18, 2023 09:15AM

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

ScRAM89November 18, 2023 10:35AM

  So sorry about your Brother, Mama...

JamesJM139June 20, 2022 06:10AM

  Yeah, totally agree..

sstrams192June 20, 2022 06:15AM

  Re: Yeah, totally agree..

MamaRAMa245June 20, 2022 06:29AM

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

JamesJM107June 20, 2022 06:38AM

  Yeah, I totally agree about the ocean..

sstrams103June 20, 2022 07:11AM

  Good advice....

JamesJM124June 20, 2022 07:25AM

  One thing I absolutely remember was..

sstrams116June 20, 2022 07:33AM

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

Ramgator105June 20, 2022 07:55AM

  We base our window seating chart...

sstrams100June 20, 2022 07:58AM

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

Ramgator103June 20, 2022 07:59AM

  Yeah, its annoying..

sstrams215June 20, 2022 08:09AM

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

MamaRAMa131June 20, 2022 06:18AM

  So sorry about this.

Ramgator123June 20, 2022 07:51AM

  Re: So sorry about this.

MamaRAMa194June 20, 2022 08:30AM

  Dang it, Mama! That is painful.

Ramgator181June 20, 2022 03:21PM

  My first flight....

JamesJM144June 20, 2022 09:05AM

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

sstrams110June 20, 2022 09:14AM

  You should have done it....

JamesJM136June 20, 2022 09:20AM

  Yeah, I regret it...

sstrams105June 20, 2022 09:43AM

  That would be tough...

JamesJM122June 20, 2022 09:54AM

  Yeah, for sure..

sstrams109June 20, 2022 11:29AM

  The choices we make in life....

JamesJM103June 20, 2022 11:40AM

  I have a lot of what-ifs...

sstrams124June 20, 2022 11:49AM

  My brother passed away yesterday

MamaRAMa120November 17, 2023 02:43PM

  Re: My brother passed away yesterday

SeattleRam82November 17, 2023 02:46PM

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

JamesJM86November 17, 2023 05:29PM

  Re: My brother passed away yesterday

ScRAM113November 17, 2023 05:59PM

  very sorry for your loss nm

21Dog106November 17, 2023 08:03PM

  I hope you handle this well....

roman18124November 18, 2023 04:38AM

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

Ramgator104November 18, 2023 11:01AM

  I changed my mind

MamaRAMa117November 19, 2023 05:06PM

  Good For You.....

ScRAM113November 19, 2023 05:40PM

  Glad to hear that.

Ramgator90November 20, 2023 09:51AM

  Sorry for your loss, Mama.

canadaram47November 21, 2023 04:14PM