Aviophobia
Revised: December 13, 2006
Also known as: Aviatophobia or Pteromerhanophobia; all names for the fear of flying.
I took this while flying to Spain in July 2004. I took it mostly because I was playing with my then-new Nikon Coolpix 570. I took several pictures that all looked similar to this, but this was my favourite. I wanted to remember what it looked like to be looking out of an 'plane, since I don't actually get to do it that often. I'm not all that fussed about going abroad, it's always too hot and unfamiliar… I'm one of those crazy people who actually likes it in England.
This was originally one of the first in the series and made me think about startingit in the first place, when I started it off on deviantART so it's a pretty important photo for the set itself 
I will post the first in the series another time. Don't get greedy!
The fear of flying is one that I can understand. I'm not particularly worried about being so high up, I love the idea of being able to fly, and the view is just beautiful (as long as there is SOME light). However, quite some time ago I discovered a bash quote that rationalised this phobia for me:
i'm not afraid of flying.
i'm afraid of being 35,000 feet in the air and suddenly *not* flying.It just summed it up so brilliantly for me. I mean, surely the fact you're sat in a plane isn't all that scary. It's the possibility of crashing to Earth again…
So yeah, there we go. A further installation for my phobia series - Hope you enjoy and please leave comments if you do
Tagged: aviatophobia, aviophobia, bash.org, flying, photo, Photography, plane, pteromerhanophobia.
