From a personal perspective, I’m really glad that his first flight came like this. Flying in a vintage aeroplane like this has a different look, smell, sound and feel to any other kind of flying. Everyone should be made to experience this, in fact for kids it should be part of the national curriculum; “Flying in an old aeroplane”.
Steve, this post has brought back memories! This is exactly how i experienced flight for the first time courtesy of my father. I’m 20 now and i was about 5 at the time! It’s like reading an exact report of my first flight some 15 years later!
Father and son at Duxford, taking to the skies in a DH Dragon Rapide. You are correct; everyone NEEDs to fly in one, it should be law!
Thank you very much Steve for sharing this family event and for replenishing my own memories.
In fact, i might have some photos tucked away in this darned hard drive somewhere….
Yes here we are, i only managed to take one photo! A non descript area of Duxford. lol
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