First Flight, First Experience

I woke-up in the morning with a cheerful spirit. I had a mixed feeling. Because firstly I was going home after a long time and secondly the journey would be my first experience in an airplane. I had breakfast around 8 am & was ready to go!
As usual I encountered peeps on the road. I didn’t mean beggars but the auto drivers always crying for the extra money. They become voracious especially when they hear the word airport. I hired an auto on a condition that I will give him 5 INR extra apart from the fare. Finally I reached the airport & gave driver 5 INR extra. Then too he was crying for more (I told, they are peeps).

I entered airport and sat down after formal checks. After sometime I heard my flight announcement and headed towards the bus. Weather was clear, quiet & sunny. Good sign for a pleasant journey. I was excited & was watching the planes our bus crossed by. After a cool ride I reached near the plane. I was readying myself for the thrilling experience!! I got down from the bus and joined the queue. As the queue crawled I entered in the plane. I was warmly welcomed by the airhostesses. Her smile was a cute one. After locating my seat I settled down. The crew gave us safety instructions. I listened to them with full concentration, as it was my first flight. There was an announcement from the captain for the happy journey and assurance of pleasant flight. Basically, captain was trying to build the confidence of the nervous people in him or maybe in the Deccan plane. Latter appears more appealing to me. With that announcement the captain started the Jumbo!

My thrill just began when the Jumbo was getting ready for takeoff. I felt as if I was seating in a triple Decker bus, in the top deck. The runway was claimed by another plane for landing so our Jumbo stopped & waited for its turn. I was little thrilled when I saw landing & watching the fighter planes standing near by. Actual my thrill was stored in the coming moments. Suddenly the plane started with a jerk and very high acceleration. This time I felt I was sitting in a F-1 car. The nose of the plane changed its direction & we left the ground. Wow! I was hanging in the air. When the plane was ascending I felt something has shut my ears. Yes, I felt this due to pressure difference.

I was sitting on the window seat near the wing. The scene from the window was awesome. Such a pity I didn’t have the camera to capture the natural beauty. As I watched the terrains I remembered Google Earth. The sound coming from the propeller was not letting me to enjoy my first fly. So I requested for a seat at different location. After sometime I moved to a seat located in the back side of the plane. I petted myself for choosing the seat in the back side. Actually there is no Rocket science behind choosing the back seat. It is the ‘chemical locha’ which happened when I saw a very pretty hostess serving the people sitting in the back side. It was “pretty” good compensation for loosing the natural beauty. Hey did I “miss” natural beauty.

I was enjoying my first journey by airplane. To pass the time I started reading book which I was carrying. I was interrupted by hostess. She was asking for lunch order. I was not feeling hungry. Her smile was beautiful one. Who would like to say no to that smile? So I took sandwich and mango juice. Then I started reading the novel again. I was fully absorbed by reading. I was interrupted again, this time by captain crew. They announced that the plane would shortly land in Nagpur. The announcement made me alert. To watch the landing of the plane, I went back to my original seat.

Slowly and slowly the plane was descending. As the plane was descending I was feeling something is running in my tummy. I was enjoying every moment. I kept watching outside the window. The scene from the window was fantastic! Buildings and vehicle became more clearly visible as Jumbo swift towards airport. The plane was about to land. It was flying just few meters above the ground. It was an experience that beatified me. It landed and came to halt after creating lot if turbulence and vibrations.

After half an hour plane took off from Nagpur airport. I was started feeling sleepy. But the distance between Indore and Nagpur didn’t let me sleep. By the time I thought of sleeping on the clouds, the crew announcement broke that sweet dream. Crew announced of landing on Indore airport. The announcement made me wild awake and spirited (as it’s my home town). The plane landed on Indore airport. Wow! I reached the final destination of my first journey by airplane.