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What was the first time you were on a plane:
1958 - Flew from Baltimore to Boston on a turbo-prop (Went to BC to represent Annapolis in a Forensics competition - won a trophy for my pairing of The Hollowmen with an excerpt from The Secret Sharer).
Train - circa 1954 - Philadelphia to Boston (My Boy Scout leader took me for the weekend - and the answer to the question is YES!)
Boat - well, I guess the paddle boats on Saylor's Lake in the Poconos don't count, so the next boat trip was in 1956 when I crewed on a Navy Ship from Philadelphia to Provincetown Mass (YES, again).
Boat wise I've been to Canada, Greenland, Cuba, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Crete, Greece, Turkey, Japan, Viet Nam (actually a helo trip from ship to share), Hong Kong, Philippines, Hawaii, Panama, Jamaica, Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Bermuda, and lots of Caribbean spots.
Air travel adds England, Holland, Austria, Switzerland and East Germany to the list.
der Brucer