Thursday, 14 July 2011

My First Flight

When I was a child I get very excited whenever I see an aircraft fly in the sky. 
High above it flew leaving behind a contrail ........I would wondered where it was heading.


Even today I get excited seeing an aircraft fly but not as the same excitement as my childhood.
May be age has taken away the excitement..................

I am sure even today every child is excited to see an aircraft fly high above in the sky.
Like every child I would wondered how it flies and used to say to my little friends that I wished I could fly in an aircraft one day.
But I couldn't get the opportunity to fly in my dream aircraft.

I grew up to become an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME)..............still always wanted to fly in an aircraft .......... but still didn't manage to fly in one.

Then I got a job in Bangalore in Safran Engineering Services India (formerly known as Safran Aerospace India).
After serving the company for almost five years I got an opportunity to go to France for project co-ordination.

Then on 8th May 2011 for the first time I boarded an Ethihad airways A320-200 (flight EY 287) from Bangalore to Abu Dhabi fulfilling one of my little childhood dreams.  
I boarded Ethihad A330-200 (flight EY-37) from Abu Dhabi to Paris CDG.

I was then 26 yrs old when I boarded an aircraft for the first time. 
It is always sweet to fulfill your childhood dream.

Some may say why wait for so long . . . . .. .... but I would say everything has its own purpose
Some may say it's funny.........and I would say yes and this is the fact !!!



Cri-Cri (The world's Smallest Twin Engine Aircraft)

Cri-Cri is the world's smallest twin engine aircraft built by a French engineer Michel Colomban. It is an ultralight aircraft. Michel gave the name Cri-Cri after his daughter who was often called Cri-Cri.


Michel started to build the Cri-Cri in 1971. It took Michel two years (1500 working hours) to built the first Cri-Cri. 


Cri-Cri first maiden flight test was performed on 19th July 1973 by test pilot Robert Buisson at Guiyancourt Airport near Paris.


After some pre-flight landing gear tests, Michel with Robert decided to change CriCri's two-wheeled gear to more safe three-wheeled gear.


Currently there are approx. 150 Cri-Cries around the world mainly in France and United States.


Electric version of Cri-Cri performed the flying display in Le Bourget Paris Air Show 2011.