Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Wings Reading #6

My First Flight


 I remember my very first ride on an airplane. I was thirteen years old riding along with my aunt Iris and we were going to Orange County, California to visit some family for spring break. In the Columbus International Airlines building I was literally shaking and extremely nervous to get on the airplane. My aunt and I were sitting and waiting until our plane was ready to board us and it was so nerve-wrecking. The only thing on my mind was hoping that the airplane wouldn’t crash and the moment that our plane had pulled up my eyes were so shifty checking to make sure that everything  is ok within the airplane, like I was a pilot.

Once we boarded on the plane it was a small plane and the pilot stated that it was going to be a connecting flight from Columbus, Ohio to Chicago, Illinois then from Chicago onto Orange County. While we were waiting for take-off my nervousness went to another level of fear and I closed my eyes while the plane began to drive into a higher speed and the wheels were off the ground and so was the plane. As the plane was elevating into higher altitudes of the air it kind of felt like a roller coaster and my ears were popping and once we were lifted high enough to coast my fear of flight turned into a deep fascination. I was smiling like a little kid and kept looking over my aunts’ shoulder to see the skies from the window. The whole ride until we landed was like a ride to and me I practically ran to the next connecting flight we were supposed to get on to go to California. My first flight was the best I have lost my fear of flight for the time being but the more that I am not flying the more that fear tries to creep back up once in a while but I’m sure when I get on another plane I’ll be just fine.

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