I used to believe that when you flew, the entire airport also flew with you; I had no idea what jetways were, or that aircraft could detach from them!
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the dead flew up to heaven.— Pierre, a French student in eighth grade
- I used to think that astronauts were astrosnorts, which were pigs that flew out of space!— Fahmeda
- I used to believe that when people died, they flew to heaven in their coffins.— PikachuGirl123
- I used to believe planes flew by being attached by strings like a kite.Anon
- I used to believe that if I stood at the top of the stairs, closed my eyes and yawned, I flew down them— Sam
- i used to think that my sister was a genie and flew a magic carpet at nightAnon