My First Flight Day : Boys to Men
Coimbatore... to Bangalore in a Dakota... felt like a grown up all of 13... accompanying my mother ... we made friends with other passengers at the lounge in Bangalore..
I got them snacks and and drinks in the lounge..
We were then routed to Hyderabad in a Fokker-Friendship.. oh I saw the billowing cotton fields of clouds .. felt like a dream...
Reached Hyderabad.. parted with our new friends...
Left from Hyderabad to Delhi in a massive Airbus ... remember the full elegant service .. soup , salad main course.. and coffee.. and yes sweets and most importantly collecting eau de cologne laden hand and face freshners..
With that one day , escorting my mom and new experiences made me grow up in a day ..
Landed at the airfield of Palam airport of Delhi .. at midnight on one of the coldest nights of 13 January 1979 ..wearing beige denim flares and a single front buttoned rust colored cardigan ... it was the coldest night ever.
Cheerfully received by my father .. who was warm and friendly and very smartly announced .. WBG 8920 driver Kanhaiyalal ..on the PA system to call his driver ... I was so impressed with the moment and the day ...
That day and the bunch of flights on a first flight day will forever be etched in my mind ...as an everlasting memory
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