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Flying for the first time

mash

Hi,

New to this forum, me and my partner were approved as foster carers back in May and recieved our first placement in July. He has Asperges, Autism and ADHD and it has been a steep learning curve for us as we have no previous experience of the condition but feel we are coping well. We are planning to take him on holiday for October half term and we've started talking about the possibility of flying but he's not too keen at the moment... anyone have any tips or experience.

Many Thanks

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  • Hi, mash.

    I may be an autistic person myself, but I have coped well with air travel. I have only been on a jet plane once, when I was flying from Stansted Airport, in Essex, to Minorca (probably in 1994, by which time I was 13 years old and at high school). Beforehand, I remember doing some plane-spotting at Gatwick Airport's Skyview facility. However, for security reasons, this facility has now closed. The sudden loud noise of the jet engines can be a bit scary at first, but I soon get used to it.

    I easily coped with the flights, which were about two hours or so each way. My family was there to support me. However, the very early-morning journey (probably around 3am) was a nightmare due to the misty weather at the time. I was a bit worried that we would be late at the airport, or that the plane would be delayed. But things turned out fine in the end.

    About a couple of years later, I went aboard a light aircraft, and got some aerial views of Ipswich and Felixstowe, both in Suffolk. It was a fantastic school trip at the time, and, in my opinion, it would make a great day out experience for anyone. I'm sure that some local airports or airfields would provide light aircraft or helicopter trips, which would make an ideal introduction to flying, before trying out short-distance jet flights within the UK, or Europe for that matter. If the prices for such day trips were reasonable enough, so much the better.

    Hopefully my experience and advice will be helpful to you.

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  • Hi, mash.

    I may be an autistic person myself, but I have coped well with air travel. I have only been on a jet plane once, when I was flying from Stansted Airport, in Essex, to Minorca (probably in 1994, by which time I was 13 years old and at high school). Beforehand, I remember doing some plane-spotting at Gatwick Airport's Skyview facility. However, for security reasons, this facility has now closed. The sudden loud noise of the jet engines can be a bit scary at first, but I soon get used to it.

    I easily coped with the flights, which were about two hours or so each way. My family was there to support me. However, the very early-morning journey (probably around 3am) was a nightmare due to the misty weather at the time. I was a bit worried that we would be late at the airport, or that the plane would be delayed. But things turned out fine in the end.

    About a couple of years later, I went aboard a light aircraft, and got some aerial views of Ipswich and Felixstowe, both in Suffolk. It was a fantastic school trip at the time, and, in my opinion, it would make a great day out experience for anyone. I'm sure that some local airports or airfields would provide light aircraft or helicopter trips, which would make an ideal introduction to flying, before trying out short-distance jet flights within the UK, or Europe for that matter. If the prices for such day trips were reasonable enough, so much the better.

    Hopefully my experience and advice will be helpful to you.

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