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Willie Turner / Fear of Flying

Click above to listen to Part 3 of Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality, featuring Willie Turner, Vice President of Operations at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA, discussing how airline travel is the safest transportation in the world, despite being one of the most feared.

Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality:
Part 1: Lise Johnson / Common Worries
Part 2: Eric Chudler / Concern Control
Part 3: Willie Turner / Fear of Flying
Part 4: Charles Wheelan / Probability Problem
Part 5: David Robson / Intelligence Trap

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