Fear of Flying
Dread of aircraft
Fear of flying is anxiety or phobia about traveling by aircraft.
The fear may focus on crashes, turbulence, heights, enclosed spaces, or loss of control.
It ranges from mild unease to debilitating panic that prevents air travel entirely: Her fear of flying meant she drove cross-country instead.
Also called aviophobia or aerophobia.
- aviophobiaFear of flying
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- air pocketLow-density atmospheric zone
- brace positionProtective stance before impact
- takeoffDeparture or parody
landing · crash · panic · anxiety · altitude · claustrophobia · seatbelt · window seat · cabin · white-knuckle · trembling · sweating · dread · phobia · airplane · control · plummeting · emergency
- women's writingVirginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath
- banned books1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lady Chatterley
Fear of Flyingfearlessness
Complete lack of dread
thrill-seeking · adventurousness · unflappable · boldness · adrenaline junkie
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