Are You Afraid To Fly?

Cuse0507
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:55:44 +0000

I love flying; the bumpier the better. I can remember a flight I took on a Dash 8 turboprob into LGA a few years ago, left in the middle of winter, freezing rain/snow falling, in clouds the entire trip, 300’ ceiling at LGA so we didn’t see the ground until we were pretty much right on top of the runway. It was a thrill.

Most dangerous flight I’ve been on was a French Air Force Twin Otter flight going between multinational military bases in Egypt. Beautiful flight, absolutely gorgeous scenery, but all photography was forbidden because they didn’t want the Egyptians to think that they were using the utility plane for spy purposes. About 6 months after I left Egypt, that plane crashed doing the run I was on, needless to say it didn’t end too well for the passengers. That said, flying is completely safe. I’d much rather be 30,000 feet up several miles from other traffic than be on the interstate going 70 next to someone texting, for example.