It scares the hell out of me.
If God had intended man to fly, he would have given him wings.

I only do it when I absolutely have to, and I drink heavily before I get in the plane.

And those crazy helicopter things. Those are just nuts. No way.

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It's not the flying that scares me. It's the sudden stop if something quits unexpectedly.

So you've been just trying to work through your fears then?

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when i grew up my dad had a cessna 170.we used to fly all over the state to fly-in breakfasts at different airports.i love to fly

I am not unreasonably afraid of flying but If I can practically drive my benz I will.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

My little brother was on this yesterday..pretty cool

PST Half Moon Bay -- U.S. Coast Guard officials said Thursday a pilot is lucky to be alive after his single-engine plane crashed into the ocean 7 miles off Half Moon Bay.

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The pilot had rented an Aeronca Champion - a two-seat, fixed- wing plane - to spend the day sightseeing. He had flown alone out of Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose. But just around 3 p.m., his engine failed and he issued a mayday alert before plummeting into the water, said Coast Guard Lt. Lane Steffenhagen, who coordinated the rescue efforts from S an Francisco International Airport.

The pilot, whose name is not being released by the Coast Guard at his request, was able to free himself from the plane and stand on top of it waving his arms for a few minutes as it sank.

A Coast Guard station in Point Reyes had picked up his mayday signal, and a Coast Guard helicopter in the area dropped a life raft, which the man was able to reach. Air National Guard helicopters out of Moffett Field were in the area performing training exercises. One of those helicopters released a cable with a sling on the end that the pilot was able to buckle around his upper body. They then raised him into the helicopter.

In all, the man was in the water about 20 minutes. Steffenhagen said the water temperature was around 49 or 50 degrees and that survival time in that temperature would be about an hour. He was suffering from severe hypothermia, and his body temperature had dropped to 92 degrees.

The plan was to take him to Stanford University Medical Center, but that hospital's helicopter pad couldn't handle the size of the Air National Guard helicopter, Steffenhagen said. Instead, they flew the man to SFO, where paramedics treated him for hypothermia. He also had lacerations and was transported via ambulance to a hospital, where he was expected to be quickly released.

"He's extremely lucky to be alive - the circumstances couldn't have been much better for him," Steffenhagen said. "I'm just amazed. Usually it doesn't work out this well."

Steffenhagen said the man was very appreciative of the rescue and embarrassed by the situation.

Steffenhagen said the man was about 35 years old and lived somewhere in the South Bay. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident.

E-mail Heather Knight at [email protected].

Certified Road Warrior and airport survivalist. The only bothersome aspects of flying is TSA and Seatmates. They should just ask "Would you prefer to sit with a mother with a screaming lap child or a lonely old person"

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when I was a small child my dad would take me on rides in puddle jumpers and such up to albany to visit family and I those rides.. but I have no idea what happened but I am absolutely terrified of flying. I usually try and drug myself before getting on, sleeping pills with double the dosage wont even make me fall asleep.

Yeah, I cannot sleep on any plane...



When we go the the Phillipines, I am awake the entire the duration of the flight.

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91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

I'd love to fly...if I owned my own Jet. Than I could sit back, relax without people around, have a beer and watch some TV or read.

To me its like being on a freaken bus I hate it. I rather drive when I can.

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Flying doesn't scare me.....

I've flown on Air Tungaru

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TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

I'm OK with flying, but the last commercial flight I took was in 1977.

One of the good things about working for big oil was that every trip was on one of our jets, which were all Cessna Citations. They are loud, but the leg room is good.