Fear of Flying

Shades of Red

Charline Spektor | Posted 05.15.2012

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Fifty Shades? No, thank you. I don't want to read a book in which an educated girl gets tied up and whipped. I want to hold on and go forward.

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I'm Afraid To Fly, Unless It's First Class

Jennifer Evans Gardner | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Airplane Travel, Fear of Flying, Air France, Travel, Air Travel Hassles, Air Travel, Airlines, Travel Anxiety, Travel News

Today, sadly, air travel has become an awful, dignity-sucking ordeal as we are forced to stand in long lines without shoes on, subjected to pat downs and body scans. This all for the privilege of being crammed like sardines into a tin can where we might sit on the tarmac for hours, with nary a pretzel or cup of tap water in sight.

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The Single Most Terrifying Thing I Have Ever Been Through

Gary Lightbody | Posted 02.14.2012

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I used to be a happy flyer, but all that changed on a flight about six years ago from Auckland, New Zealand to LAX.

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Erica Jong's 'Fear Of Flying' Goes Digital

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

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AP: NEW YORK-- Erica Jong is the latest author to embark on a different kind of digital path. Jong has signed with the electronic publisher Open...

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WATCH: Cloud Surfing Over Australia's Ningaloo Reef

Posted 05.25.2011

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A duo went 10,000 feet into the sky in a a windowless, wall-less airplane called aAirborne XT912, in North West Cape/Ningaloo Reef in Western Australi...

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The Day Prince William's Pal Held My Husband's Hand and Other In-Flight Shockers

Kim Carillo | Posted 05.25.2011

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For years I regularly flew to Australia for work without a second thought. Twenty-four hours in the air didn't bother me one bit. But, mysteriously, a few years ago, turbulence terror suddenly hit.

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Travel Made Simple

James Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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When traveling, sometimes the best alternative is the one that is different. As far as first experiences go, I have Southwest and Pink Jeep Tours to thank for teaching that to me.

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Fear of Flying: Ruminating on Air Travel

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

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I hate flying. It's the loss of control that accompanies my first footsteps into the claustrophobic cylinder that my fervid imagination assumes will be my coffin.

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The Sky Is Falling: How Safe Is Flying in the US vs. Abroad?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Your safety depends largely where you're flying. In other words, commercial jet travel in the domestic United States is safer than most places on earth, especially the developing world.

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Virgin Atlantic: New iPhone App To Cure Fear Of Flying

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic. Long-haul airline Virgin Atla...

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J.U. and I

Erica Jong | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Updike was one of the few writers of our age who didn't see writing as an aggressive act that needed to be met with another aggressive act: criticism.

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Love Comes First

Erica Jong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. The truth is we need poetry -- even as we fight against it.

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The Miracle as a Metaphor: What We Can Really Learn From Flight 1549

Lynda Resnick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Times are tough. Our economy has taken a triple bird strike and we've lost all engines and a wing. We are engaged in two wars, our unemployment rate is ratcheting up... but we can land this plane.

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The Geese Fight Back

John Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Airways Hudson River, Humor, US Airways Crash Photos, Fear of Flying, Geese, Plane Crash, US Airways Crash, Hudson River Plane Crash, Flight 1549, Business News

We geese have taken about all the crap we're going to take. To avoid problems in the future, we suggest better communication between the FAA and the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Obama and Sully: A New Age of American Competence?

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been a dark eight years, and I'm ready for some hope. Today, Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger and Barack Obama are the delivery men.

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US Airways Jet Floats Down the Hudson

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The plane that left from LaGuardia and only got as far as the Hudson at 50th Street was towed past my window just now.

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The Three Myths About Plane Crashes

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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How can you survive a plane crash? After going through the FAA's plane crash survival school in Oklahoma City and interviewing many experts and survivors of plane crashes, here are four key tips.

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Fear of Flying (There's a Plane in the River Under My Window)

Peter Daou | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plane Crash, US Airways Hudson River, Erica Jong, US Airways Crash Photos, Fear of Flying, US Airways Crash, Hudson River Plane Crash, Flight 1549, Home News

There's a plane in the river under my window. I live in lower Manhattan and if I thought I'd escaped the craziness of Beirut, this neighborhood has proven to be equally prone to life's darkest surprises.

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Wolfson Over Fear Of Flying -- Destined For State?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With Hillary Clinton seemingly locked up for the post of Secretary of State, several Democratic sources have begun speculating that her long-time comm...

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Bones is So Awesome, It Helped Defeat My Fear of Flying. Really.

Jamie Frevele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now, if Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and tough guy FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) can fight crime on a plane... I can surely just sit on one, right?

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Leave Silda Alone! Erica Jong Tells People To Butt Out On "Reliable Sources"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jong was incredulous that so many people felt it was their place to judge, opine, psychoanalyze or otherwise comment on a private marriage, as well as the decision of Silda Spitzer to stand by her man.

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