aeroplanes

When I was younger I thought that the jets that leave lines in the sky were rockets

Harry

I used to believe that people got smaller to fit into airplanes because they looked so small in the sky. I asked my mom how they got people to be small enough to fit into airplanes.

Anon

I once told my dad that highjackers wait for the airplane to go up in the sky really high until it was too small...Then they would grab it!

Penn State 02

On my first airplane ride, I looked out the window and observed the clouds were underneath me. I went to my father and asked "Daddy are we upside down?"

T.J

I used to believe that areoplanes only stayed up in the sky because lots of hot air balloons kept them there. And when the pilot wanted to land, he'd simply shoot at the balloons with a gun until enough burst and the plane landed softly!

B.E. from N.I.

You know when you're on an airplane and, as you're landing, your ears pop and it's hard to hear? My friend told me how to fix it (plugging your nose, then trying to breathe out through it while it's still plugged). Well, doing that made such a loud popping noise in my ears that I thought a part of my brain had exploded. People must have thought I was crazy...

Alison

I used to believe that the sky had stop lights and road signs floating about for the airplanes.

LoonaSM's

I used to believe that if you were to shine a flashlight up in the sky you could make the planes crash. I have a feeling some adult told me that so I would keep the flashlight pointed down. I believed it until I was about 22 when my boyfriend was on a camping trip with my family. I freaked out when he shined a flashlight up in the sky. I got laughed at by the entire family and still to this day they make fun of me. My boyfriend (now husband) will never let me forget it.

Erin Potter

I used to think when you went in an airplane, you would get really tiny, because when I would see them in the sky, they would be really small, from being so high in the air. The first time I got on one, I asked my mom "When are we gonna get tiny?"

Zoe

I flew in a plane when I was 8 or so, and was talking to a lady about turbulence because I was afraid that the wings would rip off. She told me that it was the only thing keeping us up. I was then terrified that the turbulence would stop and we'd all fall.

Jacob

Once, Mother told me that when she was very little, she thought EVERYBODY had an airplane hangar in their backyards! The reason? Her father (my grandpa) was a crop-duster and had his own plane.

Grandpa still talks about his crop-dusting days with great fondness and it is amazing just hearing him tell stories: "I got so much chemicals in my system from back then that every mosquito dies whenever it lands on me!" His third wife, my step-grandmother, still has considerable trouble believing this oddity!

Hilary the Baker

I used to think that when sombady when to the bathroom in the plane it would go strait out and fall on sombody

Tony Magana

I believed that airplane contrails were zippers that separated day and night. When unzipped, darkness would spill out, thus causing nighttime.

dusty chenille

The first time I was taken to an airport as a child, I expected to see airplanes flap their wings on takeoff, like birds. I was surprised to see that airplanes could become airborne without ever flapping their wings.

Lauren

When I was about 4 I went on my first plane ride to Florida. I fell asleep on the way and so when I woke up my mom told me that it was a beautiful view that I missed...I was sooo mad cuz I thought that she had seen the moon, and the planets, and the sun up close. I stayed awake the next time and to my dismay I only saw trees, houses, and bodies of water. I was bummed...I always wanted to see the moon up close!!!

Aisha

My friend's sister used to think the auto pilot on a plane was an inflatable man like the one in Airplane!

Richard Davies

In used to think the smoke left by a jet was actually part of the jet. So in other words, I thought jets were REALLY long.

David S.

I used to think that if you flushed your poo on an airplane while it was in the air, the poo would fall straight out of it and fall onto the earth.

Anon

I used to believe that a "round trip" ticket was where they take you up in an airplane and fly you "round and round" and then bring you home!

Sophie

When I was five, my family was going on vacation to Florida. I thought that airplanes went over several destinations without stopping, so I was afraid to get on the plane because I thought we'd have to parachute into Orlando.

Erin