I used to think that if I stuck feathers to my arms I would be able to fly.
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- Ice cream was made from feathers. My brother told me it was.— ed209
- When I was about seven, I was utterly convinced that chickens had leaves and trees had feathers.— Confused
- Apparently, when I was little, I used to try and grow chickens by 'planting' their feathers in the ground.— Mat
- When I was little, I thought that birds feathers were made out of twigs and cat hairs.— Lily
- We used to think that if you ran swinging your arms around, you would run faster. — Christine
- that if I flapped my arms hard enough, I could get airborne.— DeQuendre