when I was younger my mum told me that when you're on a plane the shutters have to be open during take off otherwise terrorists could target the plane, I have since developed a fear of flying and she wonders why!
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- I used to think Mr. Rogers lived at Target because I always saw the Target logo before/after his show.— stephanie
- I used to believe in the plane there were birds to make it fly— laura 401
- I used to believe that Florida was up in the clouds and that's why we had to take a plane to get there.Anon
- if heavy people went on a plane i thought that it would tip over.— michael hague
- I thought that Heaven was literally up in the sky and you could fly there in a plane— Nate
- i used to believe if i was in a plane, i'd be able to reach out, grab part of a cloud and eat it— BOXXXY