Have you ever flown before?
By Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (31828)
April 2, 2026 8:39pm CST
Have you ever flown before?
Either in an aeroplane or a hot air balloon?
I have flown in both but wouldn't do the hot air balloon thing again
It was quite scary and and I felt a bit insecure
The plane flights have been ok
But I would still rather just ride a motorcycle and be in control
I am not even very secure in a car driven by someone else
So have you ever flown before?
Hot Air balloon anyone?
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19 responses
@MommyOfEli2013 (88980)
• Rupert, Idaho
3 Apr
I've flown in a helicopter and an airplane. Never a hot air balloon, but I have a fear of heights. Motorcycle sounds like a good idea. Not that I have ever been on one.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (88980)
• Rupert, Idaho
3 Apr
@Ineeddentures Just never been around one...not sure I would like it lol. I think I'd be scared.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
Never been on a motorcycle.!!
Wow I think you would find it quite exciting.
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@LadyDuck (500802)
• Italy
3 Apr
@Ineeddentures - I have already witnessed two air balloon accidents. The small plane to go to the Bahamas was very unpleasant.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
@LadyDuck
I wonder what it must be like when you know the hot air balloon you are flying in is going to crash
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
Small planes get shaken about like there is no tomorrow.
So you don't fancy a trip on a balloon then?
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@JESSY3236 (22088)
• United States
14 Apr
I have been on an airplane once, but not a hot air balloon. When I was a baby, I think I was flown by helicopter to another hospital.
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@JESSY3236 (22088)
• United States
14 Apr
@Ineeddentures yeah I would even though I am afraid of heights. Chris had rode a helicopter in Hawaii once.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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14 Apr
If you had been older and could remember it, you would have enjoyed the helicopter flight
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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14 Apr
@JESSY3236
I would love to go to Hawaii
Have you ever been there?
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@JudyEv (380079)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Apr
@Ineeddentures Touch wood but we haven't had any train crashes here in recent years.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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4 Apr
@JudyEv
We had one where a landslide made a train crash
Wouldn't have liked to have been on that train
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
The hot air balloon was strange.
I felt like Zeppelin and I was on a Stairway to Heaven
Trains are good.
But very expensive to travel on nowadays and they also crash a lot
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@augusta123 (10080)
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4 Apr
I have flown in an airplane.
I have never entered a hot-air balloon before.
I don't really think I will ever want to try that.
It always looks scary to me.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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4 Apr
@augusta123
You could hug me to stop my shaking with fear
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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4 Apr
It does look a bit scary
But if I was there with you,
You could keep me safe
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@Shivram59 (49674)
• India
3 Apr
I've flown in airoplane many times, but never in a hot air balloon. However I prefer to walk.
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@Shivram59 (49674)
• India
3 Apr
@Ineeddentures Walking is safe unless you start dancing amidst a heavy traffic.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
I would rather walk than do the balloon thing these days and not to keen on planes now either
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@snowy22315 (207655)
• United States
3 Apr
Many times airplane, hot air balloon just very briefly...The power company had a display with them, and they took people up about 50 feet in the air.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
Were you scared in the hot air balloon?
I was scared something hit it and the air escaped and it crashed
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@snowy22315 (207655)
• United States
3 Apr
@Ineeddentures No, but it was a very controlled setting. Several people were killed in this area one year, when one got tangled up in powers lined.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
@snowy22315
Omg that's awful.
Power lines are bad.
We used to see adverts on the telly of kids getting electrocuted when the kite they were flying touched the power lines.
So we used to go and see how close we could get out kites to the power lines
We were going and adventurous
@xstitcher (38823)
• Petaluma, California
4 Apr
Yes, but only in smaller planes/sea planes.
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@xstitcher (38823)
• Petaluma, California
10 Apr
@Ineeddentures Maybe if someone else would get me through all of the rigmarole people have to do nowadays, and pay for it!
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@LeaPea2417 (39986)
• Toccoa, Georgia
3 Apr
I have flown in an airplane but never in a hot air balloon.
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@LeaPea2417 (39986)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Apr
@Ineeddentures No, I really am afraid of heights.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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4 Apr
@LeaPea2417
Well best avoid the balloon
I felt sick looking down
And very insecure in that basket
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@xFiacre (14695)
• Ireland
3 Apr
@ineeddentures Planes too often. Hate them. No balloons. Helicopter - nasty little wasps. Magic carpet a few times. Best was Syrian Arab Airways in the 70s.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
@xFiacre Another typo by me.
Can I run your lamp dude?
Lol
I was on the right ball park.
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@lovebuglena (51806)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Apr
I have never done this, and I never will. Perhaps I’m missing out, but I’m not that adventurous.
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@lovebuglena (51806)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Apr
@Ineeddentures I have flown an airplane, but not in a hot air balloon.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
@lovebuglena
That's good.
I think too many high buildings for not air balloon trips in NYC
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Apr
@Ineeddentures I most certainly would!
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@LindaOHio (221109)
• United States
3 Apr
I've flown in large planes, small planes, float planes and WWII planes.
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@LindaOHio (221109)
• United States
4 Apr
@Ineeddentures It was bumpy; but it was SO COOL. I asked the pilot if he could take off and land a couple more times. I was just kidding; but the takeoff and landing were SO COOL.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
That's a few different types of planes Linda.
Did the float plane land smoothly enough or was it a bit bumpy
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@valherma00 (3073)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Apr
i haven't. neither of those 2 and each year, i feel it will be harder to overcome that fear.
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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4 Apr
Try a plane first
Maybe between 2 places on your country
You will be fine
@GardenGerty (169089)
• United States
3 Apr
Only time I have been in a hot air balloon it was tethered to the ground, like at a fair or something. It has been a lot of years since I have flown. We prefer driving places and being in control as well. Have you ever gone up in a helicopter?
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
Been in a few helicopters when I was in the forces.
I forgot that lol,
Once jumped out of one into the Black Sea.
It was good fun, the water was warm
@wolfgirl569 (134581)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Apr
Flew to Florida and back once. Haven't wanted to since
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
It's not a thing I ever want to do again.
Actually it's a pain in the a$$
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@RasmaSandra (97260)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Apr
I have a fear of heights so would never go in a hot air balloon. I have flown quite a few times but I am never comfortable about that,
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@Ineeddentures (31828)
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4 Apr
I think areoplane go up higher than balloons lol but I do know what you mean
It's not the most secure feeling
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@thislittlepennyearns (68065)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
13 Apr
I’ve been in several different types of planes. Many many times. Probably in the several hundreds. I’ve also been up
In a helicopter a couple times
@Ineeddentures (31828)
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3 Apr
I forgot about helicopters
I'm not a fan of the water , I saw Titanic.
And Jaws
Motorcycles are where it's at
Air conditioned coffin, true
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