(My) First Flight

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=KatieAnnOwens

My near ones would know this was coming; specially my sister. She insisted quite a few times that I write about the 'so-called' wonderful experience of my first ever air trip! I finally took time out to write about the first time I traveled in an airplane! ;) It was bizarre, flabbergasting, awesome. Unexpected.

I am not very afraid of heights particularly, specially when I know that nothing will happen. I have done paragliding successfully and while I launched with my pilot he said that he has not seen a glider like me who not even shouts when the glide was launching! 'Shout shout' he repeatedly said in funny German accent! The same happened with the airplane; one can easily spot first timers and all the first timers were weirdly enthusiastic and doing things not worth mentioning. I, dear reader, on the other hand, was as comfortable as a crocodile in a winter sunshine. There was just this one mistake I did out of arrogance - I was repeatedly warned to pluck my ear with cotton while the plane launches which I refused to follow. It was a very bad experience; I couldn't hear properly for days. Learn from my mistakes.

Once I took off; I was beyond amazed. Everything looked so tiny and puny; I almost fell like a Demi-God! The image above explains a lot!

Amongst the reigns of clouds I fled
Amongst the fields green and yellow
The mighty bird with its wings led
Me, to dreams of marsh and mellows

But then dreams, weather ugly or beautiful, end too soon. Once we reached Delhi, we were informed that climate in Delhi was bad and we were to divert to Jaipur for the time being. On the way we felt little turbulence and it was scarey. I was mighty pissed due to delay. Off we went to Jaipur.

Once we landed on the land of kings, the attendant started distributing sandwiches. I put my hand forward to receive one when I was duly informed that it was meant only for ladies and kids. Embarrassment. After half an hour, we left again for Delhi but I had no idea what I was up for.

Now, take it as a wise guy's advice - before you die, do tend to take an evening flight to some place. It is unbelievably beautiful. Even Shakespeare might fall short of words; that beautiful. It almost seemed like there were two skies I was sandwiched between - one above and one below. The one below was much more beautiful I must say. If only they would let me take picture from my mobile phone. Once again the flight started shaking, receiving turbulence in between and this time they were scarier. I started raining and we were caught in the middle of it. At that point of time my memory traced me back to the point while I was getting my boarding pass...

"Do you want a window seat or the side one?" the desk officer asked. I immediately and proudly said - "Window". Who knew I would be caught in a weather so bad. I can clearly see thunders striking ground and otherwise every once in a while. And every time it thundered, I skipped a bit. Lights were shut off and every damn passenger, except one, was quite as a grave; hoping to survive the turbulence. Fear does makes you quite eh? The only passenger who wasn't quite was a 2 year old baby boy; and he was crying like hell. It made matters worse.

We were flying above black clouds and every time they thundered, they would illuminate. Now as much beauty as they beheld, I was just hoping to see it on YouTube rather than live on the cost of my life. Little did I know that airplanes have an inbuilt mechanism to tackle thunders. I just sat there quietly, thinking if I would be able to keep my feet in ground again or not. A 'regular' might have known that these things are normal and no one dies out of it, but a first timer is after all a first timer. Too bad for the first experience. The worst thing is they don't let you keep you cell phone on so that you can at least inform your parents to collect your debts from your friends in case you die!

As soon as I landed, I left out a sigh and ran towards the feeder bus. I loved the IGI Airport; it was beyond beautiful. Rest of it is pretty mundane and boring. Hope you liked reading. Share and show love. Comment in about your first experience and give your inputs. I would love to hear them.

Until next time,
Adios.