Once upon a Tuesday, I wrote an endearing post about my sheer LOATHING of Airplanes. It's a great little piece. Here, take a look: http://www.loockinoutforyou.blogspot.com/2014/01/aerophobia-flying-death-trap.html.
Well, after some deep thought, and discussion with my mother, we decided that talking negatively about flying was, in no way, helping calm my anxiety. Thus began POSITIVE flight therapy 2014!
With my impending flight to Nova Scotia approaching (more on that probably later today,) I've been trying my darndest to find the happiness among the flying death trap... errr... soaring bliss apparatus. :) It was only fair that I write a rebuttle piece regarding my new found state of mind. Keep in mind, this is not the easiest thing to write, but it's like my Grandma Loock used to say, "Oh, honey, just pretend you're having a good time, and pretty soon, you will be. You look hungry." Wise woman. Miss her.
This is my "fake it 'till you make it" attempt at loving flying.
Planes. Incredible things, am I right?! Wilbur and Orville Wright (why does that make me want popcorn), were just two young boys from Dayton, Ohio, who had a dream of putting people in the air. 100 and some odd years later, here we are, with 'flying machines,' of all sorts, taking the sky daily! We are talking thousands of planes flying over the US alone at this very moment. Take a look at the example image below:
Woah.
That's a lot of cans of ginger-ale WHICH happens to be my favorite drink of flight. Good for the nerves.... of which I have none, because flying is beautiful!! Have you ever sat next to the window? You literally get the birds-eye view of the world. HIGHER than a birds-eye view even. I most definitely prefer the window seat.
That's a lot of cans of ginger-ale WHICH happens to be my favorite drink of flight. Good for the nerves.... of which I have none, because flying is beautiful!! Have you ever sat next to the window? You literally get the birds-eye view of the world. HIGHER than a birds-eye view even. I most definitely prefer the window seat.
A couple of my favorite pictures out of the window of a plane.
I took to the interwebs, going around the theoretical Facebook room, asking what some of my fellow chums thought of this mode of transportation... only good things, of course. I am now going to make a list, for you, of some examples I got as well as some of my own thoughts.
1) The biggest satisfaction most people shared with me was the sheer speed of flight. Would I have been able to arrive in Germany several years ago, meet a German farm boy, and have a foreign love story to tell my posterity (the dog) for years to come WITHOUT a plane? No. I would have had to drive to New York, then hop on some sort of Titanic-like ship to make it to Europe. Airplanes get people to EVERY part of the world... and fast. Within mere hours, I went from my Utah walls, to fairytale Germany. That's pretty neat.
2) In addition to the above statement, air traffic is little to none. I've flown about 60 times, and i've never once sat in a bumper to bumper airplane traffic jam. There are THOUSANDS of planes in the air at any one time, yet, it seems there are never more than one or two at a time. Just your plane and the clouds.
3) Aw, the statistic that is every frightful flyers vice. "You know, airplanes are much safer than cars." Yep. You're probably right. But in the mind of a nervous aviator, cars are close to the ground; the ground I call home. This stat never does seem to ease my mind...um... I mean nervous flyers' minds. However, you can't argue with science. It is true.
4) The view!!!!
5) Provides hours of uninteruppted time to think. Flying gives people a chance to un-plug, layback, and relax!
6) Direct quote from my good ol' Jr. High School music teacher, "Not as many blisters on your feet as compared to if you had to walk the same distance." Enough said.
7) The miracle that is an airplane. With Bernoulli's Principle and all the other scientific equations it takes to get an airplane off the ground, into the sky, and back to the ground safely and effeciently... THAT took some brilliant minds. Hats off to the aviator braniacs of history.
8) Free drinks. Free Peanuts. And, on Jet Blue, free BLUE CHIPS!
9) You get to meet interesting people of all nationalites.
and 10) The most important beautiful fact of flying... Getting to see family in far off lands. Being able to serve a mission on the other side of the Earth. Seeing anciet artifacts, and the numerous wonders of each nation. Creating new opportunites for you and your family. Planes provide the chance to not just live on Earth, but rather, experience it.
Right now, I need to be in Canada. I need to spend time with my family. So... the airplane it is.
Bring on the Ginger Ale!
*Aviaddict may, or may not, be a made up word...
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