7 Tips to Beat Your Fear of Flying Once and for All

Kathleen Corrigan | April 21, 2015

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Learn to Fly

Okay, it’s a little extreme, but getting a pilot’s license was how one crash survivor overcame his fear. Clay Presley of North Carolina was one of the 155 passengers aboard the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ flight that made headlines when Captain Chesley Sullenberger landed it on New York’s Hudson River back in 2009, saving the lives of everyone on board. The incident understandably left Presley feeling a little less safe in the air, but he was determined to overcome it. Now he can confidently fly himself over 300 miles and can even perform a water landing of his own.

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