Ive been wanting to come out with this for along time, The big question to us all, What started us all into the hobby of aviation? Im going to be first to share mines.
I was 7 or 8 years old when I started to watch planes approaching LGA from the Bronx. My dad at that time used to take me to Whitestone Cinemas Parking lot to watch the planes, and he showed me Soudview at a later time. That was the time I spotted airlines like American Airlines flying in DC-10s 727s, and MD-80s, Delta 727s, L-1011s, 757s and 767s United 727s and 737s, Trump Shuttle 727, Pan Am 727s, TWA 727s and L-1011s, Continental 727s, 737s DC-9s and MD-80s, Northwest 727s, DC-9s and 757s and last but not least Eastern 727s and DC-9s. I flew to Texas on Pan Am back in 1985. In 1991 My original favorate airline was Pan Am because of the scheme the (billboard) colors but then my father told me they went out of business, then I started to love Delta. When I was 9 years old I spotted Delta flying around and I used to yell out "Theres American Airlines dad" but it was Delta. But yeah, Delta became my favorate airline back in 1992 at that year I flew to LGA-MSP on Northwest (Airbus A320) then (DC-9) MSP-LGA, The very first collectable model Ive ever had was a Delta MD-11 when I was 11 years old, then a year later I started reading about planes as my mother got me books on commercial aviation, I read alot about the major US Airlines. The very first foreighn airline Ive ever heard of was Lufthansa which is currently my second favorate airline. Ive recieve my second collectable model still at 11 years old which was a Lufthansa 747(herpa). My father has flown on many planes since the 1960s since he is a latin musician. The main person in my family that really got me more into planes out of anyone is my uncle, He was a huge Herpa wings collector back in the 90s in which thats what I currently collect. To add this too, My dad took me on a trip to Switzerland back in 1996 on Swissair 743 out of JFK, came back to EWR on an A310. Then 1998 I started doing aviation photography with my old minolta camera. In 2000 I went to Pheonix for the airliners international convention and 2001 in Miami. Also taking pictures there. I continued on and in 2006 I join NYCAviation, a good friend of mine told me that I should join an aviation photography group and here I am now here with you guys.
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