Before WWll, when there was growing air activity, I would watch the aircraft fly over and I believed that the sound of the engine was caused by the tail of the aircraft being dragged along the sky
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- When my dad was little he thought that mistletoe was some kind of aircraft.— xoxo
- After seeing Thomas the Tank Engine, I believed that all the locomotives in the world had a face.— Joe
- We told our little sister that she had a long bushy tail and she fully believed us for ages!!Anon
- I believed that wind was caused because the trees moved. I was completely sure my conclusion was correct.— Glenr
- I used to think that the engine in a car was only to create a noise to warn others of its arrival— mudspanker
- My uncle used to believe that he would grow up to be a fire engine or a tiger.
If only...— Josh Y.