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.
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- I thought that the jetstream from planes was white paint. Which was constantly poured out from the plane.— Tore
- i used to believe that planes did not fly the ground just moved.— bob the pinecreek
- i believed like when i was 3 yrs. old i thought that air planes would come to your house to pick you up!— Brooke
- I believed that Jesus was flying across the sky, it was actually sunlight reflecting off planes.— Patti
- When I was a child, I used to believe that Catalonia was the unique part of land of the world.Anon
- As a small child I believed that the word was "nakeup", finally I found out that it was actually "makeup".— Hannnah P.