I too had a fear of flying, imparted to me by mom out of her many phobias. However, I loved to travel and really really wanted to see Europe. The trick that worked for me was to pretend that I was a high-rolling woman executive and power broker, traveling with her briefcase and laptop on one of her many business trips, and that flying was just all in a day’s work for me. I don’t know why that worked for me, but it did. My first flight was to Denver, and my second time aboard an aircraft I went to Paris. I’ve never looked back.
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