First Passenger

[gustind]

Think back, to when you just got your license. Who was your first passenger and what did you do on that flight?


For me:
My neighbour, went around the CN tower and back. At the time, parents didn't want to fly with me.

[172sMatt]

I am planning on taking my dad up for my first passanger flight. Once I get my PPL that is. Call it a thank you for believing in me...oh and helping to finance it over all these years

[flyinthebug]

My 6 yr old son. YQT-YQK. What an awesome memory! We even got lost for about 15 mins lol. Thank god he could read a map!!

[GUMPS]

Took a girl up. She thought it was "so cool" I could take her flying....It didn't last.

[goleafsgo]

A friend from my aviation program, we were supposed to go to st. hubert but the flying club didn't have montreal maps in stock so we ended up going ottawa-pembroke

[Beefitarian]

My first passenger was my brother but I had not flown the month before so I had to do a check ride and we were with an instructor.

My first passenger PIC was my mommy. One circuit and she's never gone again. Then I dropped her off and took my Dad, he likes flying with me but I have not taken him up in years.

[timbkieta]

First passenger was my girlfriend now wife.
We did a 45 mns flight on a SE, then come back to the airport for another 45 mns ride on a twin with my instructor.
She even fell asleep during the ride on the twin.

[North Shore]

March 8th, 1992. 1.1 around the city with my brother in the right seat, grinning like an imbecile when I let him touch the controls.

[iflyforpie]

My grandmother (my mom's mom) on a bright and clear Sept 8, 2001 out of Kelowna on a local flight. My grandfather was the only person in my family to have a pilot's license and he was supposed to be the first I was going to take up, but he passed away shortly before I got my license. Girlfriend (now wife) was second.

[KK7]

My Dad in the front and my grandfather in the back of a C172 out of Carp. Turned out to be a really bumpy day, kind of scared my Dad but my grandfather in the back thought I was a hero for landing the aircraft in a crosswind.

[akoch]

Took my wife to a nice restaurant on a golf course. Gravel/grass short strip

[Geo]

A friend for a sightseeing ride down the front range of the Rockies. My girlfriend was my second passenger, for the same flight, shortly after that.

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[Rookie50]

My wife, czba - CYxu, Copying one leg of my "long" ppl x country, for a nice lunch. She is still a contented passenger. Funny on what used to seem like a "long" cross country is now a local hop. Distances shrink the longer you're licensed and farther you venture.

[FlyGy]

Flew from Regina to Kindersley to pick up my 12 year old son after spending a couple of weeks at his mother's. Brought him back to meet his newborn half brother and half sister.

[Tinker]

Beefatarian,,,,,,, Make the time,,, take your Dad back up before it's to late. I'd give anything to have that chance back again.

[Pavese]

Hmmm....does your first passenger have to be a non-pilot or a person?

I was my S.O.'s first passenger back when we were first dating and now she and our dog were my first passengers in the 152. If the criteria is a non-pilot then I'm not sure technically if the dog counts either so I'll have to claim a friend who is planned but hasn't happened yet.

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[Liquid Charlie]

Fuc_K -- grey moment -- I can't honestly remember --

[Meatservo]

I got my license in Air Cadets. The first person to fly with me other than my instructor was another cadet, we rented a plane with our pay from the summer and blew it all on renting planes until it was all gone. But my first real passenger was my Dad. I think, in general, your first passenger should be your Dad.

[cdnpilot77]

My mom and dad...the day after the ppl was signed off...did a trip up the lake huron shoreline from grand bend to sauble beach and sightseeing around a few cottages we frequent.

[MCB]

Friend of mine. Somewhat timid flier. Showed him a steep turn. His response, "Well, I don't want to be an astronaut."

[shitdisturber]

Mom; she brought my license over with her from TC headquarters, in those days there was no delegated signing authority. We cruised around the Rhine Valley.

[amexinnamon]

Good family friend.
One night at his house for a family get together he chucked me the keys to his brand new Audi and said "I've been drinking, and I need to get my son, you can drive" Much to his wife's dismay I was the first person allowed to drive it other than him.
It only made sense to take him up in the 152 a couple of months later when I got my PPL.

[Lotro]

Wife. We flew over Waterford which is her hometown. Even saw her parents house. I think her dad waved to us with a towel from the house. I remember trying to slow down the 172 so she could get a good look and her having a hard time spotting the place.

[dahspeers]

My Dad, 20 minutes after my PPL was signed off.

[ant_321]

My girlfriend. I took her up doing upper air work, came back to the apron swaped seats and I went up as a pax with her.