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Flying without
Fear
101 Fear of Flying Questions answered.
This is the new book out from the founders of Virgin Atlantic's Flying Without Fear Programme. Their course has been going since November 1997 and has helped thousands of people to beat their fear. Not everyone can make it to the courses and also some people want a top up after the course. This is a great buy in terms of simplicity, honesty and humour.
Joanne Priestley wrote, 'If, like me, you break into a cold sweat at the very thought of going within fifty feet of an aeroplane, and have acquired a wide experience of holidays in the UK and France rather than face the trauma, this book is definitely for you!!
A spin-off from the highly successful course of the same name, the book is written in a down to earth and very readable style, and without patronising the reader it uses sufficient technical detail and explanation to inspire confidence (did you know how many back up computers they have on an aircraft? Why lift really won't let it just fall out of the sky?) and goes a long way towards dispelling the myths and irrational fears that inspire the nightmares of us nervous passengers. I'm taking my first flight abroad in over twenty years in a couple of days' time and reading and re-reading the information contained in '101 Questions' is proving invaluable in enabling me to approach the experience in a positive frame of mind!' Available at www.amazon.co.uk
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CONQUERING YOUR FEAR OF FLYING
Written
by Dr Maeve Byrne Crangle, who is a consultant psychologist and
director of the Fearless Flying Programme run by Aer Lingus. She
has researched and designed various programmes for those who suffer
the fear of flying and has extensive experience in helping people
conquer this fear. Over ninety-six per cent of participants in her
programmes now travel by air - and enjoy it.
FIRST BOOK SOLD OUT ! - REVISED
BOOK ARRIVING SOON - WITH MANY NEW AND INTERESTING CHAPTERS. www.amazon.co.uk |
Recent figures estimate that one in ten people suffers from a fear of flying. Ironically, this very mode of transport is becoming an everyday means of travel for many, and an essential part of our work and personal lives.
'Conquering Your Fear of Flying' is a positive and ultimately empowering book to help people overcome what is one of the most prevalent fears in today's fast-moving world, and one which often means pure terror for the sufferer. Dr Maeve Byrne Crangle examines and confronts the many types of anxiety involved with flying and lays out a plan to help conquer these apprehensions, which can often mean pure terror for the sufferer. She outlines a programme of self-management, showing how to use stress management techniques to cope and defuse our anxieties before and during flights.
Also included are chapters on basic aerodynamics, explanations of the many engine noise changes during the flight, turbulence, and how flight crews are selected and trained for emergencies.Air travel remains statistically safer than crossing the road, and flying has been proven to be twenty-five times safer than driving your own car.
'Conquering
Your Fear of Flying' is the book to convince even the most faint-hearted
flyers of these facts, and to help them towards a happy and fearless future
with air travel. (Available from all good bookshops and Amazon.co.uk.-
to order,please click on the logo below.
| Flying without
Fear - by Captain Keith
Godfrey
The
book “Flying without Fear” is a down
to earth easy to read book that addresses the needs of anxious flyers,
and has helped countless people to go flying without fear.
The author has written the book
around the hundreds of questions that he was asked by anxious passengers
during his long career with British Airways, and in interviews with
nervous flyers during his retirement.
The book emphasizes the normality
of flying; it debunks many popular myths and swaps them for facts,
yet remains humorous, easy to read and compelling.
The answers to the questions are
relevant, simple to understand and completely honest.
Importantly it has none of the technical
slant that so many pilot written books often have, instead the explanations
are simple but thorough, understandable and never condescending.
Now in its second reprint it’s
www.amazon.co.uk UK’s best seller in the category - Price
£8.99
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PRESS
RELEASE - EX-FIGHTER PILOT RELEASES FIRST BOOK
Ex-RAF Fighter Pilot, Tug Wilson
has just released his first book, “The Nervous Passenger’s
Guide to Flying.” The book explains in very simple
terms all of those questions that fuel the fears of nervous flyers.
Tug (real name Roy Wilson) was born
and raised in Thirsk, North Yorkshire before joining the Royal Air
Force in 1985 as a pilot (where he gained the ubiquitous nickname).He
has flown a range of aircraft including the Phantom during the first
Gulf War, the Hawk as a flying instructor and the F18 Hornet on
exchange with the US Marine Corps. His final flying tour was on
the Tornado F3 during which he flew in the Iraq No-Fly zone. Unfortunately
Tug was grounded with a heart condition in 2000 but successfully
re-trained as a Flight Safety expert gaining a Master’s Degree
in Air Safety and becoming a Flight Safety Advisor to the Royal
Saudi Air Force. Following his retirement from the RAF last September,
Tug has worked with BAR and Williams Formula 1 racing teams and
is now a simulator instructor on the Typhoon aircraft for BAE SYSTEMS.
THE NERVOUS PASSENGER'S
GUIDE TO FLYINING - BY TUG WILSON |
THE NERVOUS PASSENGER'S
GUIDE TO FLYINING - BY TUG WILSON
Tug’s inspiration for writing his
book stemmed from the constant questions he was asked by other passengers
on airliners whenever they found out that he was a pilot. The usual questions
were, “Is it safe?” “What keeps the aeroplane up?”
“What’s that noise?” and “Why do we get turbulence?”
Unfortunately all the books currently available explain these things in
such a technical way, that they tend to bamboozle the average reader.
Tug’s approach to this is much more relaxed, almost as if you can
imagine him talking directly to you whilst sitting on the aeroplane.
The book is written in a humorous conversational
style in order to relax the reader such that they enjoy the whole flying
experience. There are a number of simple diagrams to help explain the
mildly complicated bits and Tug draws on his vast experience as a pilot
to do this. Topics that are covered include take off, approach and landing,
how aeroplanes fly, the weather (including the dreaded turbulence) and
safety as well as a whole host of other subjects.
The Nervous Passenger’s Guide to
Flying - ISBN 0-9546774-0-4 is available directly from RAW92 Publishing
at 63 Stapleton Close, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 2UA, at a price of
£6.99 plus £2 postage and packing.
Orders can be placed
via the website or by calling 01677 425874 or 07749 182646. Further details
can be obtained from the website www.nervouspassenger.co.uk.
Wings
of Discovery
by Captain Stacey L. Chance
Wings of Discovery is a self-help book and an adventure story rolled into one. It delivers a message of optimism and perseverance, while at the same time it contains important information about flying, anxieties, and phobias that anyone who flies should read. It is the first book to combine fundamental fear of flying lessons with an amusing adventure story. Because the "fear of flying" can feel like a rational as well as an irrational fear, Wings of Discovery inspires you to learn on three levels; intellectual, spiritual, and emotional. The author flies for a major airline and operates the popular online Fear of Flying Help Course. For more info visit: www.fearofflyingbook.com
ASK
THE PILOT:
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AIR TRAVEL
(Riverhead Books, 2004)
Patrick Smith, author of Salon.com's popular air travel column,
tells you all there is to know about the strange and fascinating
world of commercial
flight: Straight talk on safety, security, and the nuts and bolts
of flying; the history, color, and controversy of the airlines;
the poetry and drama of airplanes, airports, and travelling abroad
Nearly two million people fly every day in the
United States alone. Fair to say every one of them embarks on his
or her journey with a measure of anxiety and curiosity. Ask the
Pilot speaks frankly and eloquently to our concerns, without bogging
down in technical discussions or euphemistic pilot-speak.
"Anyone remotely afraid of flying should read
this book, as should anyone who appreciates good writing and the
value of great information."
-- The New York Times Book Review
US
ordering click here
UK
ordering click here for amazon.uk
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