Fear of flying or 'aerophobia' is very common ... As with many anxiety-related or other conditions, establishing the cause can help. Once you have worked out what it is about flying that frightens ...

According to some reports, the average amateur pilot in the U.S. is better at hand-flying than the average professional pilot ...

In fact, a fear of flying is the second most common phobia there is, and it’s estimated that between 30 and 40 per cent of us ...

The shrink had tried to cure O’Neill of his crippling fear of flying, which haunted him his entire career spanning 11 NHL seasons with the Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple ...