Ten women who harnessed their fear and took flight

Up to 40 per cent of air travellers experience some anxiety about flying, and around one in six suffer from some degree of aviophobia. Amazingly, even some pilots report feelings of fear about flying. We speak to two women pilots who have harnessed their fear of flying and forged incredible career paths. Their stories are documented in a new book called Take Flight: Incredible Stories of Australian Women Who Reach for the Sky.