My First Flight

It was a longtime wish rather than the situation, me and my wife works in Trivandrum, and we have to attend a marriage function of her cousin at Chennai, we were running short of leave and she will be free after work only by afternoon... we started thinking of a flight to save up time and a leave, as i told in the beginning  It was a longtime wish rather than the situation.... it was a wish to fly.. than saving up a leave
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News Paper For Sun screen

We got our ticket in IC 911- an Indian airlines flight; it was a flight from Trivandrum to Chennai through Bengalooru. If our intention was to save the time only we should have been little irritated with the 2 hours flying time to Chennai, actual flying time to Chennai from Trivandrum will come around 1 hour only, as it is flying via Bengalooru, it consumes another hour also, but we were apparently happy with the flying time as it is our first flight and on comparison with train journey of more than 12 hours, it was readily acceptable for us. we reached the airport an hour early as per the rule... we proceeded to security check and sat on waiting lounge after the check as if we won the whole world... our minds were rolling with pleasure like that of a KG student...

The photo published in a Daily

we were looking here and there with great surprise because we have not seen the interior of airport except in films. There was a huge aircraft parked for loading the luggage and food, we were looking at it but we want to keep our selves descent before other passengers who sits there in the lounge, as time goes on my eyes stuck up suddenly on the wind screen of the aircraft... as i said before, I’m a camera freak and I want to snap it if I found anything anomalous... the aircraft’s wind screens were covered with news paper.... I took my camera out of  bag ... and I'm not sure whether I can use it there or not... but I don’t want to leave that nice snap too.. I focused my Sony cyber shot to the huge plane....at that moment I was thinking about an opportunity of publishing that photograph. One of our news papers had a column for readers photograph during that time; I have got some pictures already published in that too. I was quite sure that this photograph will surely get a place in that column.

We heard an announcement for the passengers to proceed to the flight and soon we did so along with the co passengers. We reached the ladder and an air hostess in Sari welcomed us. I was recollecting the images of air hostesses that we seen in movies wearing modern dress suddenly I evoked that its Indian airlines.

We were the passengers of economical class and got a window and middle seats, we were mentally prepared for the journey... I remember now, that I was little nervous about us, how will we react at time of flight, does Air India need to call for a landing immediately as soon as it takes off because of us....??? So many thoughts were flying through my mind. The huge machine bird started moving slowly, we kept our hands together slowly with our fingers crossed, it was approaching to the runway and I thought it is the run before take off, I felt it is too slow, slower than my bike.

It stopped for a while; we were started enjoying the flight by that time.  The flight started running very fast all of a sudden, we were stick back to the seat due to the speed... the flight took off and we felt the pleasure of flying... it was not so difficult as I thought. The aircraft was at 45 degree... I recalled that scandal happened in an aircraft which caused a state minister resignation... that case was more discussed over this 45 degree inclination at the time of take off. The flight reached the height and the seat belt sign was off but we did not loosened it.We were flying high and the Trivandrum is down there, it was a different feeling...usually we used to look up from down to see the flight till yesterday and today we are sitting on the flight and seeing down to see the town. Excellent contour of clouds were around us and seeing through the window I cannot keep my camera down, it again opened its eye and started copying the beauty of the heights.

Bengalooru Airport

 Now there is no nervousness, we are purely enjoying the journey. The air hostess appeared with the food trolley and we started looking each other with confusion... the question was very obvious in both of our eyes     " is it for us?" she supplied the food for us and with out any hesitation we have accepted it, although we had our food at home before the journey, to know the difference of eating at a high altitude we immediately opened the box and started having it....it was nice, the small mineral water bottle they supplied along with the food, we did not feel to put it in waste, both of us preserved it as if to drink later.... the flight was approaching the Bengalooru airport, the warning sign of seat belt again displayed... we are ready for the landing , road and trees started appearing there at  down. The flight touched the runway of Bengalooru international airport. We were eagerly waiting for the door to open that we can call somebody and say that we are on flight....!

Take off to Chennai

It was again preparing for the take off to Chennai, the air hostess were explaining the emergency tips, we were listening to it like anything at the Trivandrum airport, but here we are experienced air passengers and we looked out through the window as if we have been hearing this for many years. It again took off and again the hostess appeared with food trolley. Again that question flashed in our eyes “is it for us now?"!! We had the same opinion after having food that the food from Trivandrum was tastier... the flight again reached the height and our camera opened its eyes again. We were approaching the Chennai international airport, we were so anxious to get out of the plane and say everybody that we came by flight.

We touched the ground after two hours; a bus was waiting there on the runway to take us to the terminal. Our parents were waiting for us there, to take us to home. We reached home and waited eagerly for somebody to ask how you came? and the answer was well prepared in our mind- days before itself that "We Came by Evening Flight"....!