Your First Hour

[ScudRunner]

Numerous flights with the old man growing up
but solo was in 1997: Fleet Canuck CF-GAU

[200hr Wonder]

Sept 2, 2003 C-172 C-GOOV C. Carpenter/Self

I had signed of for a college course knowing nothing!

[Darkwing Duck]

November 6, 2004. C-152 C-GYJJ @ CYXD, A. Thomas/Self

I was told that I'm "the 'mack daddy' of straight and level flight"

That ole bird is still flying, awesome. My 1st flt too, Have to get back to you but it was beginning of July, 1988. It was an ugly bile yellow / orange colour. But it was the best airplane in the fleet of the good ole EFC. It spun the best of all of them too. Had alot of fun with it in the practice area. But back then we didn't have mack daddies.

[BigglesNBella]

May 1, 2006 Diamond DV-20A1 C-GCXK

[warbirdpilot7]

First hour in ANY airplane: Piper Cherokee over Niagara Falls

First Logged hour: Cessna 172

I know, both pretty boring, sleepy, non-eventfull aircraft

[Rowdy]

Having grown up around in and around it.. I spent a pile of time at a very young age 'up front'.. my first hour in the log book though..

July 11 2002 in C152 C-GQRR with Jim Young out of ZBB. Anyone know where he went?

[ArcticKat]

First Flight : Jan 29, 2009 C-150 C-FKUA, J. Zaporzan
First Solo: Feb 14, 2010 C-150 C-GSWM
CYQR Flying Club

[CLguy]

Sept 8 1976, C-150, CF-WIW, Instructor - Ross Love

[Airtids]

Jim Young out of ZBB. Anyone know where he went?

Yup. Check PMs.

[KK7]

Did a couple of intro flights that weren't logged, and did a glider licence beforehand, but first logged powered aircraft flight:

June 27th 2000, C152 C-GAIA with M. Sanfacon in CYJN

[challydriver]

July 6th, 1983, SGS 2-33A C-GCLU, CYDC - Princeton, BC , Instructor - Bob Lewis

[shitdisturber]

For me it was on the 20th of August, 1973 at C.F.B. Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Warrant Officer Harv Kayden and myself. Cessna C-172 CF-SXE.

My very first flight in an aircraft was in the ass end of an R.C.A.F. Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar. I was an airforce dependant and we went from R.C.A.F. Unit Fort Churchill to Winnipeg on the 7th of February, 1961 at 13,000 feet. Brrrrr!

Cheers...Chris

Ok, you beat me slightly. Very first flight in an aircraft was in the ass end of a Yukon or possibly North Star, probably a Yukon; Trenton to wherever we landed in Germany, I'm guessing Duesseldorf, sometime in 1965 at the ripe old age of two. For some reason I don't remember the flight but I do remember flight number two in 1968 when the trip was reversed.

[slowstream]

June 6, 1992 C-GDSC (PA-38) out of CYXD with clear skies and calm winds

[Prairie Chicken]

There were a number of early flights with flying farmer neighors, then a fam flight, but the first one in the log is:

1975-11-20 PA28-140 WEH Brian Findlay 1-2-3-4-5 YQR

RIP Fin. I was blessed to have started off with a true professional flight instructor.

[DowneastGuy]

August 1973, PA28-140, CF-IHQ, YHZ, Myers/Self.

[Hawkerflyer]

Well I dont normally kiss and tell but the first hour I usually focus on her the second hou....wait a minute! I mean August 5 1995 CFJJT CYRP.

[the_cr]

March 8, 2011

C-172 C-GCVO of the ottawa flying club. Had a blast. Hoping to put some time in at Smiths Falls before I head to Confederation in September.

Or even just stand by the runway with my thumb stuck out in case anyone is looking for a passenger

[JEG]

My first logged was October 3, '99 in C150 C-GEBW in CYZR with D. Smiley.

[Moose47]

<<<Ok, you beat me slightly. Very first flight in an aircraft was in the ass end of a Yukon or possibly North Star, probably a Yukon; Trenton to wherever we landed in Germany, I'm guessing Duesseldorf, sometime in 1965 at the ripe old age of two. For some reason I don't remember the flight but I do remember flight number two in 1968 when the trip was reversed.>>>


That would have been a Yukon from No. 437 'Husky' (T) Squadron.

Trenton to Lahr in 13 hours.

Cheers...Chris

[gustind]

C-GBCQ CZBA Sept 1 2006.

[Justjohn]

June 29 1985, C 152 C-GINE, A. George/Self. CYRO.

[TheCheez]

6 July 99, Edmonton Flying Club for the Air Cadets

I hope my instructor at that time isn't still an enormous beatch.

[shitdisturber]

<<<Ok, you beat me slightly. Very first flight in an aircraft was in the ass end of a Yukon or possibly North Star, probably a Yukon; Trenton to wherever we landed in Germany, I'm guessing Duesseldorf, sometime in 1965 at the ripe old age of two. For some reason I don't remember the flight but I do remember flight number two in 1968 when the trip was reversed.>>>


That would have been a Yukon from No. 437 'Husky' (T) Squadron.

Trenton to Lahr in 13 hours.

Cheers...Chris

Close, but it wasn't Lahr. We were posted to Soest and the bus ride between the base and the airport was fairly short; that much I remember from the return trip. That's why I'm guessing Duesseldorf; that and I have a vague memory of my mother having mentioned it in the last decade or so. This was of course before we moved the brigade out of the north and down to Lahr.

[challydriver]

Hey shitdisturber:

I know you were too young at the time but was someone in your family involved with the AOP Troop based in Fort Prince of Wales (Soest, Germany)?

Many guys don't know about Canadian Army L-19s operations with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. It's actually very interesting part of our aviation history that's not talked about.

Challydriver

[rjonno]

C550 C-FAMJ, August 2005, confirmed my long standing desire to fly airplanes and pushed me to my first logged hour in C-GKTJ on Sept 18th '05. Been givin'er since