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.
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that airplanes would land in your yard and pick you up.— Rachel
- when i was little i used to believe that when you died a helicopter came to take you to heaven— purplefish
- I used to believe that everytime i saw a helicopter the A-team were in it on their way to fight the baddies!— Natalie
- I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean! - At one point, i thought that "Where the Sun Don't Shine" and "The Land of The Rising Sun" where the same thing— A. Brone E.
- I thought the England was EDGE-land but england was ENG-landAnon