My neighbor convinced me that if an airplane or a helicopter landed in our garden, my house would be blown away. Needless to say I was terrified of airplanes??

Lene, Denmark

My family would goto Italy every few years. The flights always flew through the night. I used to believe the airplane would actually leave the Earth, fly through outer space, and then return to Earth to land in Italy.

Frank Ponch

My mother told me when we passed by an older airport near our town that "the airplane people put blue lights where the planes land." Well, that airport closed and I had always figured that they ran out of space for new blue lights because too many planes had landed there.

Anon

I used to believe that airplane toilets would let your "excrements" fly out into the sky-and fall somewhere on the ground.

M.M.

When I was a child I believed that if I was ever in a plane that was going to crash I could jump out at about five or six feet from the ground and land with only a twisted ankle. I found out later that this thought was obvously flawed but it gave me comfort when I was in planes.

Dan J, Toronto Ontario

I used to think that aeroplane carry people to a destination which located on top of the clouds

kaizen7

I believed that Jesus was flying across the sky, it was actually sunlight reflecting off planes.

Patti

My older brother told me he once saw a man summon a helicopter to land and pick him up by pointing his index finger and waving his outstretched arm over his head in a circular motion. Needless to say every time I saw a helicopter I did the same thing, hoping it would land in the front yard, the playground, a parking lot, and take me away on a great adventure.

Claudette

My brother (who, I might add, convinced me
of many strange things) told me that when a
plane flew over our house, if you looked up
and saw lights flashing, it meant the plane
was opening its hatch to drop a bomb on you. For the longest time my mom couldn't understand why I would cry and run into the house if a plane came near.

Kathy

My Dad told me that toilets on planes were on the wings. I spent my first flight ( aged five) worrying that If i went for a pee I would fall off and be lost forever.

Layla

My dad worked in alaska and had to go to the airport and board a plane in order to get to work. Every time he came home late at night, I would wake up and go to greet him. I was about 2, and I thought the plane dropped him off in our driveway.
My parents confirmed my thought... But this was obviously because they couldn't understand my question.

Carrie

I used to think that the exhaust smoke coming from jets as they streaked across the sky actually made the clouds.

TigerLane

I used to believe that the "jet stream" that they spoke about on the weather was created by jets. I would see a jet fly overhead, but the weather didn't show it anywhere near my state. What a gyp!

Anon