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Fear of Flying
Help.com (fearofflyinghelp.com
) - Written by Captain Stacey
Chance, an airline pilot himself, this is a
totally free course with some great
features. There are great descriptions of
the process of flying, step by step,
including some wonderful audio clips of the
various sounds he references (landing gear
retraction). He even answers his emails in
person. Great guy, very helpful. His site
was the very first one I found about fear of
flying and I can't recommend it highly
enough. If you are so included you can send
a donation to help cover the costs of his
site, but payment is not
required.
SOAR
(fearofflying.com)
- This site is based around a paid course
they offer, but it has gotten some great
reviews. I signed up for the free
newsletter they offer and there are some
great stress management techniques
mentioned. For a free newsletter I've
found it to be helpful.
Fearless-Flight
(fearless-flight.com
) - Well put together site,
offers a teleseminar by Captain Ron (airline
pilot) for $77. The site also has other
resources that are helpful.
You probably won't have
instant success with anything you try, BUT if
you stick with it and go over the information
several times I do believe you will regain some
measure of control over your anxiety. I have
been using these resources for several months
and always find something new to learn. I will
forget some great piece of information and then
relearn it again and again. When the fear takes
over I sometimes forget the valuable
information found in these courses, so I've
printed everything I can and I take it with me
on every flight. I find that it's a great
additional stress reliever when I can read
about the noises I'm hearing or understand the
science behind the turbulance and know how the
plane it built to handle it. Every little bit
helps.
Don't forget about watching
airplane
videos and checking out the airplane pictures,
too.
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