Dragons of Thin Air – Fear of Flying book

Posted By on Jan 3, 2012

After a long time in the making our Fear of Flying self-help book has finally been released! It’s called Dragons of Thin Air – A Most Unusual Fear of Flying Course, a long but accurate title. Some of the material in this book is based on stuff that started it’s life right here on Junior Flyer!  Some of the clear, illustrated explanations we put up about how planes work, etc. are exactly what people need to learn. The...

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Flying Without Fear – 101 Questions Answered

Posted By on Apr 26, 2011

Gramma Trixie’s Review Some people just do not like getting on a plane, and may do anything to avoid it. All well and good, but eventually many people get sick and tired of fear controlling their lives. My old flying instructor told me that there is no such thing as a stupid question… only a stupid answer. Some of the questions in this book might seem strange, but then everybody has their own fears. Richard and Paul answer...

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Feel The Lift

Posted By on Apr 24, 2011

Warning This experiment involves sticking your hand out the window of a moving car. This may be ILLEGAL in some countries, and should only ever be done where safe and with the permission of the driver of the car. Experiment 1: Feel the Lift A very simple experiment next time you are in a car allows you to feel the power of lift, and understand hour the ANGLE that a wing meets the air determines the amount of LIFT, and DRAG, produced....

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