{"id":273,"date":"2006-11-20T00:30:08","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T05:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/13\/accidental-plane-crash-cures-fear-of-flying\/"},"modified":"2010-11-23T01:06:33","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T06:06:33","slug":"accidental-plane-crash-cures-fear-of-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/20\/accidental-plane-crash-cures-fear-of-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"Accidental plane crash cures fear of flying"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p> This wasn&#8217;t the way this fear of flying class was supposed to end up curing their students fears- but for some this accident worked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>A Fear of flying specialist, lynn Walsey said &#8220;It was the best thing that could have happened,&#8221;  Dr. Walsey&#8217;s class &#8211; which helps students overcome their terror of commercial aviation &#8211; went down in bad weather on the outskirts of Fort Dodge, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after take off the problems began, when both engines aboard Walsey&#8217;s airliner flamed out. &#8220;No worries there,&#8221; Captain Barris Hamilton announced to the jittery fliers. &#8220;Planes like ours can glide without incident for fifteen minutes or more.&#8221; Hamilton restarted the engines but immediately lost hydraulics to the flight control surfaces. &#8220;And the landing gear&#8221; said Captain Hamilton. &#8220;Fortunately, flights land safely without gear all the time.&#8221;<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Can you imagine being on this plane as it landed, sparks and metal flying as the jet made a belly landing, skidded from the runway, and finally plowed into a Fort Dodge &#8220;Chamber of Horrors&#8221; amusement center, where animatronic ghosts leaped at passengers through holes in the fuselage.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Passengers almost unanimously regard the class as a success. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s safe to say I&#8217;m cured,&#8221; said one happy student. &#8220;I&#8217;m really looking forward to my flight home.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_underpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8431788844\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  ( function() {\r\n    if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; };\r\n    var unit = {\"calltype\":\"async[2]\",\"publisher\":\"dragonden\",\"width\":550,\"height\":250,\"sid\":\"oddplanet\",\"color_site_link\":\"cf4343\",\"color_text\":\"333333\"};\r\n    var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length;\r\n    window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit);\r\n    document.write('<div id=\"chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '\"><\/div>');\r\n}());\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/cdn.chitika.net\/getads.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This wasn&#8217;t the way this fear of flying class was supposed to end up curing their students fears- but for some this accident worked. 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