Videos that will help you to overcome fear of flying

De-bunk the myths and mis-understandings about flying. If your anxiety levels rise that’s good, because you can see that they will go up and then become steady … your anxiety levels will not keep increasing. Learn to get used to your feelings.Watch them once … watch them over and over again until you’re bored and so used to them that they’re ‘normal’ to you.With Premium you’ll have access to more than 60 videos designed to help you to overcome your fear of flying. 

Captain Keith talks to you about all the things that fearful flyers worry about. Join and get support wherever you are, and wherever you travel to in the world. Premium has a special Flight Board feature where you can list your flight and we’ll give you support at regular intervals in the run up to your flight. Fellow  fearful flyers will be able to post encouraging tips to you, while  our experts will be available to help you with anything you need to know about.We have over 60 useful Video tips on Premium

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Fear of Flying Support Network

There are some amazing stories in the community,  people who would never have believed that they could fly, manage to get to Australia and back from the UK. People across the world take journeys they could only ever have dreamed of. 

Some members who haven’t flown for more than 30 years regularly write in and report their latest holiday. Anyone, despite the level of their fear and however long they’ve had their fear, can be helped. It is a source of inspiration and encouragement that shouldn’t be missed.
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Assess your fear of flying on the Premium Course

This survey will show you the level of your fear compared with a sample of 4,000 other fearful flyers. You may find it useful to see what your level of fear is, compared to where you think you are. Many fearful flyers believe that their fear is higher than it is, and this makes them worry more than they really need to. But most importantly it provides a benchmark. The full survey is available on the Premium Fear of flying Course 
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Fear of Flying psychology

Once removed, make sure that you don’t re-install it by going back to old habits and thoughts. This is why getting the proper help, guidance  and support is so important. While you make your journey to overcome your fear,  your supporter should make sure that you avoid unhelpful thoughts and unreliable sources of information. We are here to support you. Remember these top tips about your fear of flying: 

• Your fear is a normal human reaction.
• Your fear can be controlled.
• Your fear can be overcome.

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Fear of flying Dictionary

Click on the letter to see the definitions and explanations of words that you want to know about. There's nothing in here that will upset or surprise you. You can't expect to know the language of flying, and in aviation we sometimes use words differently from the way we use them in everyday life. So don't be reluctant to use this dictionary to help you to understand the world of aviation.

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Abnormal;  Something that is outside the normal operation of the aircraft but which does not constitute an immediate danger. 

Aborted landing;  Correctly called a go around. The process where an aircraft climbs away after the decision has been taken not to land. 

Acceleration height; The height at which the pilot reduces power and the rate of climb to accelerate and starts to retract the flaps.

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We can fly in bad weather - Chillspace UK

So on a day when you’d have to leave the car in the garage and stay at home … the airlines continue operating, albeit in a limited way. That’s not to say that there aren’t some long delays … of course there are but it takes time to clear a runway of snow, and when it’s foggy planes can’t land as frequently … but they are  still flying. Things slow down, but they don’t grind to a halt like they do on the roads.Top Tips about weather:

• A plane cannot land or take off if the visibility or wind is outside (see our Premium Course for information).
• A plane cannot make an approach to land if the weather (see our Premium Course for information)

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Fear of Flying Near Thunderstorms

During the day, the air is heated by the ground and rises. This air mass continues to rise until it is as cool as the surrounding air; when it reaches this level the moisture in the air is released and forms a cloud.

Curiously though under some circumstances the cloud can actually stay warmer than the surrounding air and so it continues to rise. When this happens a thunderstorm can occur. - See more...

Turbulence for fearful flyers

If you worry about turbulence, you are not alone. It's often compared with driving over a bumpy road, but the difference is that you are travelling ten times as fast in a plane ... so the bumps are going to feel a lot worse. - See more...

Flying a plane in turbulence is much easier than you imagine

The captain of your plane will have checked all the weather maps and forecasts for the route. Areas of turbulence are marked on the map including areas of CAT. It is unusual to make significant route changes to avoid turbulence.

• It is not any harder to fly a plane in turbulence than in normal conditions.
• We reduce speed very slightly … a matter of 5 or 10 miles per hour at high altitude.

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Flying a plane in cross-winds

Cross-winds are like currents and tides in rivers, seas and oceans

But you never hear that a boat is dealing with a cross-tide! It's just accepted that the water in a river or in the sea isn't always moving in the same direction that a boat wants to travel. So ... if you have a fear of flying, this page about cross-winds will help you to realise that to the planes and pilots it's all very easy. Go to the weather page to find out more about winds and how they occur.

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Movements of the Plane

Movements of the plane explained for fearful flyers

The movements that you feel in a plane are not necessarily what the plane is doing. What you think the plane is doing is confused by the changes of speeds, the accelerations of the plane and the change of nose position. Although the sensations may make you more anxious there is nothing to worry about. It is not because you are fearful that you get those  'wobbly' feelings ... everyone does.

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