How many times have you flown the friendly skies?

i doubt i could count. i fly at least once a season i love vactions i live for them traveling is pry my fav thing in the world to do. i go away every spring break every winter break every year 2 days after thanksgiving and over the summer. last time i flew was in july n im doing it again very soon i forget the exact date i think its the 26th? who nos so thats at least 8 times a year? im 18 so that would be about 144 times hahaha could be more bc some years i go on more trips (my dad travels at least once a month n i sometimes go) and it could be less bc some years im not allowed to go away


wut along answer for such a simple question, thats wen u know ur bored haha

I've flown 10+ times, i think but under 15. I hate flying and despise airports.

Seaplane- a few times in the Adirondacks

Commercial jet- plenty of times- to Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Buffalo, DC, Dublin, Heathrow, LAX, Denver, Seattle, Anchorage, Philly, and San Francisco, all from either Boston or Hartford.

Commercial prop plane- to King Salmon and Dutch Harbor, out of Anchorage- Also several flights, back when I worked the commercial groundfish fleet out of Dutch Harbor AK- tiny, noisy Metroliners with green vinyl school-bus seats that only sat 30 passengers and instead of snacks they gave you... EARPLUGS.

The last time I flew was the last day I ever saw the person I miss most, coming back from Kansas City, a few weeks before Yeag moved back to Alaska. I was in tears the whole flight. That was in May.

Maybe I'll fly to Alaska again someday.

I flew from N.Y. to L.A. and back in 1970. Then in 1976 I flew to Greensboro NC and back to N.Y.. Then in 1981 I flew to Texas and back to N.Y..
It was 20 years {2001) before I got on a plane again and flew to Vegas and back to LAX to see my parents for the 1st time in 8 years.
I flew again to N.Y. and back to Phoenix in 2002 for what was the last time I ever goto a wake or funeral including my own.
I flew from Phoenix to Burbank about 6 times and have not flown since the Spring of 2003 and will never fly again unless they let me pilot the aircraft.
Not one human being that lives is good enough to have my life in their hands be it a car, bus, train or plane. I ride a motorcycle or drive my Tacoma and will never ever be a passenger again as long as I live.

My dad was in the Air Force for the first 14 years of my life then retired.. so... when we lived in Alaska he got his pilots license and we went out in Cesna's and shit all the time. When I was 10, I was with my dad in the hangar at Elmendorf AFB bored while he talked to some dude, and the base commander happened to walk in and asked me if I wanted to fly. Sure, why not? So I hopped in the pilots seat, and he instructed me how to take off and land, we went through all the pre-flight checks, and with him to my right I flew for about 30 minutes. Of course both pilots have full control, but he only stepped in and helped during the landing.

As far as commercial flights, we have taken hundreds of military "hop's" around the world.. anywhere for 5 bucks.. cant beat it. Flown in all sorts of different planes including a C5 (obviously big and LOUD as fuck), and a KC135 refueler.. I was asleep but my dad and brother got to go into the refueling cockpit while it filled an... shit is that an F-18? I dunno, Ill attach a pic.

EDIT: I decided to attach the pic my dad took of me sleepin on the fuckin plane. While we were still climbing to cruising altitude, I wrapped my head up in that cargo netting and passed out. I guess at some point my head fell out lol :P

ive flown countless time from philly to houston/austin,, and a couple times from philly to madrid. I could say ive gotten used to being on a plane for long periods of time.

Yeah I have flown in the C-5..and the C-141...military planes are a trip cause you face the back of the plane.

I love flying and I don't think I have ever been in a plane when I wasn't stoned.
I was given flying lessons for my fortieth birthday and I did those stoned too.

The two times I wasn't stoned were the flight to Thailand and the return flight, that was in 1982 when I was training in Muay Thai and drugs and booze had no place in my regime.

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Yeah I have flown in the C-5..and the C-141...military planes are a trip cause you face the back of the plane.

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Some of em... The only seats on the KC-135 were along the side of the cargo hold, because the interal space was for cargo and our luggage. When I flew on the C-5, they only installed seats on the top floor, like the last half of the cargo hold, and they faced the front, but in that plane they can face the seats any way they want lol.

Flew in planes a lot when I was younger with my family but I cant remember those experiences to well. Although when I started flying to my sisters places in england and scotland, I really enjoyed it...how the clouds looked. Only been on a helicopter once which was in Canada flying over Niagara Falls which was amazing.