A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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I'm Johnny. Fly Me.

I'm Johnny. Fly Me.

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John Mendelssohn
Feb 19, 2010
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I wasn’t always terrified of flying. In my teens and early 20s, I found it hardly more daunting than riding a bus. Then, for no good reason, in the middle of a flight from LA to San Francisco, it occurred to me that if something went terribly wrong with the plane, I probably wouldn’t live to talk about it.

We fearful fliers discover one another with an o…

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