The first time I flew on one of those was in 1953 aas a wee lad going with my parents to New York to board the ship to take us to Istanbul where Ltjg Dad was to be an advisor to the Turkish Naval Academy on Buyuk Ada.
My first time on any plane was the DC-3 in 1956-——Boston to OKC————I thought I was really something.
Your trip was much more exciting. :-)
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