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| Book Review: Wings of Discovery |
Review: Wings of Discovery
Friday, July 19, 2002
By: Amy B.
I have recently stumbled upon a little gem of a book called "Wings of Discovery".
The book is written by Captain Stacey Chance, a commercial airline pilot who also runs a fear of flying help course on the internet (see resources page).
A few weeks ago, I wrote Captain Chance inquiring about his book because from the description, it sounded like he believes, as I do, that getting over your fear
of flying can be as much a spiritual journey as a psychological one. He was nice enough to send me a copy hot off the press so that I could read it myself.
And it was very much what I hoped it would be: a book that incorporates practical information to educate the reader about aviation, and how a fearful flyer can
utilize this information to assist with their fears. But surrounding these facts, also, with an entertaining story.
Captain Chance, in essence, gives the fearful flyer a persona and a name, and this name is Mark. Like many of you out there who have this fear, Mark is a
mature, level headed adult who never before had the fear of flying but suddenly is nearly crippled by it. As the story opens, we are transported into the fearful
flyer's mind as Mark anxiously and fearfully endures an entire plane trip. All of us who have been or who are currently fearful of flying identify with his predicament
immediately: the sweaty palms, heart racing, horrific thoughts of what "could" happen...he's got it all.
We follow him as he realizes his fear is beginning to take control of his life...and then when Mark gradually discovers the spiritual side of flight and takes to it like
a duck to water (or more like "a duck to wind").
This book is a quick, entertaining read which incorporates much information about flight that could help a person through his or her own journey in overcoming
aviophobia. I highly recommend it to anyone who has this fear.
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