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Word: aquaphobia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...felt I would have to break out of the cabin. I suppose doctors would call it aquaphobia. I'm a bundle of nerves. I guess I'm getting too old for these stunts." [He is 36.] Ill when he took off from Lympne, Eng land, Sir Charles suffered from lack of sleep. Typical excerpts from his log : 'Feel pretty sick. Had worst scare when forced to descend to 200 feet be cause I thought I was fainting. . . . Pos-sibly [tailwinds] are blowing higher up but am afraid to go up lest, feeling suddenly faint, I might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Sir Charles's Nerves | 10/23/1933 | See Source »

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