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[Hogisbald]

In planes. I hate it. What about you?

[boss]

I hate it too. I have two six hour plane rides coming up in a fortnight. I'm extremely paranoid of getting a DVT for various legitimate reasons I can't be bothered typing out. I'm also terrified of crashing, and in fact on any plane ride or high speed car journey I obsess over what would happen in different crash scenarios. I've never told anyone that before. How confessional the internet is at 1am with only two goldfish for company.

[jimr]

I had a conversation on a trip to amsterdam with a 6 year old girl who couldn't stop shaking. I gave her the spiel about you're more likely to die in a car crash than a plane crash, but she wasn't buying it, she just looked at me with renewed terror and said " i think we're getting a taxi from the airport"

I love flying, though I got paranoid on the way to spain when I looked out the window to see a fighter jet tailing us and started looking around the plane for Kurt Russell.

I've been on about 30 flights in my lifetime, going to australia again over christmas, that's 24 hours of flying each way. I have no problem with flying, just so long as they have the TVs on the back of the seats.

[Metarie]

I'm not a fan of it, I've been on heaps of flights in my life,longest flights being to Detroit and another to New York. I freaked out on the latter, crying and everything, I really worried my dad (I was about 17 at the time, mortifyingly embarrassing). Strangely I flew to Gran Canaria a few months later and was fine.

To be honest I'm one of those people who worries about stupid things like that most of the time, I don't let it get too obsessive, but I get irrational worries about crashing/falling/general pain quite a lot. Best way to combat a fear of flying? A few stiff drinks and some headphones coupled with the knowledge that if the plane does go down there's nothing you can do anyway, so why worry about something you can't prevent.

Not that it's ever helped me I get flight fear just thinking about it now *shudders*

[Lucky Rathen]

I hate flying. I'm going to Ibiza in a few weeks and I'm shitting it about the flight already.

Last time I got on a plane in fact I was crapping it so much I actually crossed myself and prayed. Some atheist I am...

[AKMartin]

I LOVE flying. I get all excited like a kid when the plane's taking off and landing. I get excited when the captain starts telling us what the weather's like and how high the plane is. I get excited when the stewardess hands out the thimbleful of juice and three bits of rubber and sawdust that constitutes an in-flight meal. I get excited when we're coming in to land and the engines screech and the plane starts plummetting and the seatbelt lights come on. And most of all, I get excited when the plane bursts through all those grey Scottish clouds into an absolutely endless expanse of blue sky.

I love flying.

AKM

Oh, and I forgot to mention how much I love airports too.

[lepeep]

I love flying too, great fun.
anyone been gliding / flying a cesna ?
I did gliding for my 30th, it was amazing...so relaxing...I'd reccomend it to anyone (who likes flying).

[Tony Marlin]

I did a lot of gliding and flying when I was in the air cadets years ago, best fun ever.
I ended up doing a 20 hour flying course in Cessnas, paid for by the RAF. After eight hours flying the instructor got out told me to go up and do a couple of circuits. Scariest moment of my life. I was 17, just started learning to drive, and suddenly I'm flying a plane on my own.

I'm going to try and finish my PPL when I manage to save enough money / win the lottery. it's damn expensive.

[Keilan 303]

The furthest I've been on a plane is London, but that was exciting enough for me, especially doing it every week. Airports are a fucking hassle, I'd rather just walk on than all the bullshit, but I guess we're all potential terrorists these days. Airport cafes are overpriced aswell.

But the taking off is ace....and when the weather is clear the view is awesome. Landings always suck, then the time waiting for baggage sucks aswell (hint..travel light) but yeah... love it. What I fucking hate are ferries...I thought I had finally conquered travel sickness until I was on a ferry, and we're talking a short dover-calais run here...