I thought the trail left by aeroplanes in the sky was Grotbags (of Pink Windmill fame) was coming to get me on a hoover!
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- That the white stuff coming out of aeroplanes meant that someone on the plane had just got married.Anon
- i knew that if you ate beets your urine would turn pink and i thought if it was pink, then you could drink it.— JP
- I thought pink lemonade came from pink lemons.Anon
- I thought the dog poo in the street was human poo dropped from aeroplanesAnon
- I used to think that aeroplanes came to your house to pick you up.Anon
- I used to believe that aeroplanes could reverse when they are flying. Anon