I once flew on a Gulfstream 1 of Air Provence International from Gatwick to Le Havre and the Co-Pilot acted as cabin crew. I think the aircraft was configured with 18 or 19 seats.

Danairboy –
Haven’t you noticed, this government rips off everyone, not just air passengers. And what do they do with the cash? Give £500 to 18-year olds in 2020 to have a party, employ hundreds of people to tell you to eat your greens, throw money at any other country ‘in need’ (but not us), and subsidise asylum seekers and scroungers.
The only answer is to vote them out.

Well, I was deeply impressed by BY767’s reminiscences. If my calculations are correct, he’s now 14, with the world ahead of him. That was an excellent ‘essay’ that he can be proud of.
My first flight?
Ahem, 1968 in Morton Air Services’ Heron G-ANNO on a £1 pleasure flight from Lydd. Then Autair One-Eleven G-AVOF on a pleasure flight from Luton the same year. (In those days very few people could afford these new ‘inclusive tours’ that were on offer from the likes of Clarkson’s, SkyTours and Horizon.)
Since then, all over Europe, across the Atlantic 4 times, and the Pacific once. Most types, including 747, TriStar, DC10, 727, 737, 720, 757, F100, Herald, DC3, F100, BAe146, MD80, DC9, Do228, SH360, ATR42, Twin Otter, DC8, One-Eleven, Britannia, etc.
And I’m still up for more…

Edited to add the Airbuses that I’d forgotten about!

The crash site was, from memory, a few miles west of Los Rodeos on the slopes of Mount Teide.

On the same trip I visited Los Rodeos (and went again last year). On both occasions I was surprised that 747s would have visited such a small airport (although at least one of them had diverted from LPA (which I haven’t visited, but I guess is larger).

On neither trip did I see any memorial. Of course that doesn’t mean there isn’t one.

And also, more people live in the south, and they’ve got more £££.