Hey. How are you doing?

Earlier today, I entered my first flight. And I have some things to say about the experience. It was an AirPeace Boeing 737-300. Had 6 sits in a row, 3 on each side of the plane with a walkway in the middle.

When I entered, I was greeted by an Asian who checked my boarding pass and ensured it matched my identity card. We were then led past the business class into the segment for the economy class. I had my carry-on with me so I kept it in the overhead lockers above my seat after we had located our seats.

Ready for takeoff

After boarding was completed, the aircrew announced over the sound system that everyone should buckle their belts and get ready for takeoff. They did the routine air-instructional thing I have seen in movies where the crew tells you about how to buckle and what to do in an emergency and all that kind of stuff. It seemed choreographed though.

We taxied down the runway, got to the end, then turned to speed down the runway and take off.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are airborne

While sitting there, when the plane makes the turn, you immediately notice the engines become increasingly fast. A peek through the window and you would realize you are moving at an astonishingly fast pace.

During takeoff, there is this feeling you get if it is your first time, you may begin feeling a bit weightless. Not entirely weightless, but like my dad advised me, you would feel like at any point, you could float out of the seat. Then there's a series of inexplicable feelings your body experiences. It is exhilarating.

First (using my experience), you begin feeling the effect of gravity a bit less. This happens while the plane is ascending into the air. I noticed that as we ascended my stomach became a bit rumbling. Turns out, although I was able to maintain my composure during takeoff, being my first time, my body had no idea what was happening. All it knew was that this gravity felt different.

There are levels of clouds. I did not know, or rather, understand this. At some point, I could see a city of clouds below us and another above us. "A city of clouds. At a point, a white void."

When we had balanced on the air and began cruising, it was smooth, you didn't notice or feel anything. The view outside the plane is breathtaking when the weather is clear though (which it was in my case). I wanted to take a few photos, but as per air guidelines, I had to switch off my device.

Food. hehe.

As we got to the cruising altitude, the aircrew shared bottled water, and a pack containing a biscuit, a bun, a small cake and a drink. I didn't take mine immediately. Was feeling sleepy at the time. However, I eventually took it anyway.

Let's talk about the descent

I could go on and on. It is awe-inspiring up there. Life feels different. The view is beautiful. Made me wonder what astronauts see when they are leaving the Earth's atmosphere. Must be an incredible view. God dey create abeg. So when we began approaching the airspace of the airport we were to land in, the pilots slowly began descending. The plane ever-so-smoothly began descending. Then something happened... I began feeling overbearing pains in my ear. (Let's not even talk about the sharp pain I felt at some point in my groins).

Sharp orchestrated pain, felt like my ear was reacting to the descent because it wanted to remain on air forever. The more we descended, the more the pain. I couldn't tell why. But I was in pain while we were descending. While getting closer to the runway, the pilots ejected the tires. As we touched the ground, the pain reduced. And kept reducing until it died out.

Airborne, land-borne.

We had a smooth landing. The plane slowed and slowed down until we were just taxiing to our parking spot. The aircrew guided us on how we were to leave the plane. When it got to my row, I got up, brought out our bags, handed my dad his, and joined the line leaving the plane.

So on a scale of 1-10, what would I rate the experience as? well... 8. Was an amazing experience.

It's okay if you have never flown, trust me, your time will come. And I hope you have an even more thrilling experience.

Hey, thank you for reading.

Goodbye.