The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every once in a while, we'd ask my dad if we could get a ride in one of these planes. And, he did take us to the flying club and get us a ride in the Pushpak and a glider that the flying club had.
I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground.
Flying was great. You have to think fast. You have to develop intuition about the physics of air moving quickly over a surface.
My first airplane trip was to Paris. I had this fantasy that I would become a model, and I did!
I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that.
The stunts on the ground I can do, but I've never been good with heights.
We weren't built to fly. We can do it, but we shouldn't be surprised if it feels a little unnatural.
I did a little bit of flying in high school, but I've just always been inspired and excited about airplanes.
I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it.
I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride.