From
Kingscote, Kangaroo Island to
Adelaide. When I was a wee tacker back in... probably 1980/81'ish.
I would have been 6-7 yo and have vague memories of what must have been a tiny little plane but it seemed like a rocket ship to me.
It was the end of a family holiday with another family we always went on holidays with.
We got the ship over to KI from Port Adelaide to ????. And it was a big ship/car ferry back then. No fastcat ferry like now from Cape Jervis. Took "the day" for the end-to-end trip.
At the end of the holiday the Mums decided "
we're not doing the ship again" so they made the Dads take the cars back on the ship to Port Adelaide.
And they took us kids on our first-ever plane ride.
Wonderful adventure from simpler times.
Thanks Mum... and Dad
My first trip on a proper "big" jet plane was 1-2 years later from
Adelaide to
Auckland with the same other family.
Now THAT was like nothing else I had ever experienced.
The size of the aircraft. How it felt huge and small all at the same time.
I still remember the feeling of "what's happening.... ?!?! " when the engines ramped up for take off and we were pushed back in our seats.
And how quickly the ground disappeared and what a strange feeling that was.
We sat a few rows back from the smoking section and that wasn't fun.
No idea what aircraft it was back then or even the airline. Presume Qantas.
Thanks Mum... and Dad