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New York SOAR-Fest October 4th
Please see details at the end of this email.
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Seattle Washington SOAR-Fest October 4th
Please see details at the end of this email.
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Beating Persistent Fear Of Turbulence
1. Visualize What Holds The Plane Up
2. Link Turbulence To Feeling Connection
3. Defeat Intellectual Psychic Equivalence.
4. Defeat Emotional Psychic Equivalence
5. Establish A Reticular Activating System "Chunk"
1. Visualize What Holds The Plane Up
Fear is triggered by images in the right brain. The right brain is visual in its logic. To the right brain, "seeing is believing" and conversely, "not seeing is not believing". When you can't see what holds the plane up, the right brain expects it to fall, and that imagery triggers the release of stress hormones, which are all too easily accepted as the equivalent of danger.
Use the jello exercise to help the right brain "see" what holds the plane up there. The right brain needs to see so it can believe. Don't wait for turbulence before using the jello visualization. Start visualizing air getting thicker as the plane accelerates on the runway, until the air is jello-thick. Then, when the nose rises, the plane can only go where the nose is pointed, using the force supplied by the engines to cut forward -- where it is pointed -- through the jello.
2. Link Turbulence To Feeling Connection
Use the Strengthening Exercise to link moments of turbulence to a moment of connection with another person.
3. Defeat Intellectual Psychic Equivalence
Intellectual psychic equivalence is the conviction that what you have in mind and what is true are one and the same! Your conviction (turbulence = danger) is totally and incontrovertibly wrong. If you are unable to accept that what you have in mind and reality may very well be different, you may never get over fear of turbulence. As I see it, you have two choices:
Anxiety is normal when there is uncertainty or when there is complexity beyond what is understood. Anxiety needs to be regulated. But in persons who are unable to regulate anxiety, it is regarded as abnormal, threatening, and something which needs to be gotten rid of.
If feelings can't be controlled through resources you have inside, we naturally try to control what is outside. If ones external world can be controlled, then ones internal world of feelings will be fine. But such control of the external world is not possible. There are several strategies that arise to deal with anxiety when it becomes evident that the external world cannot be controlled:
4. Defeat Emotional Psychic Equivalence.
Emotional psychic equivalence is the conviction that what one feels is reality, specifically three items.
a. That fear means danger.
You need to break the link between fear and danger. Fear may mean danger, but fear can be present when there is no danger.
b. That absence of fear equals safety.
You need to break the link between absence of fear and safety. Lack of fear may mean safety, but danger can be present when there is no fear whatsoever.
c. That turbulence equals danger.
You need to break the link between turbulence and danger. There is no such link in reality. The link exists only in your mind. Why? Because you have, in situations of turbulence, imagined that the plane might fall, or imagined that it was falling. The plane never falls; it cuts forward through the jello-thick air, and if the jello-thick air has any imperfections, the plane must be influenced by those imperfections as it cuts through the jello-like air.
Feelings are not an adequate indication of reality. Feelings only are an alert message that you should observe and examine the situation for possible danger.
5. Establish A Reticular Activating System "Chunk"
See: http://www.fearofflying.com/wordpress/?page_id=136
Behavioral treatment of phobia employs exposure to what is feared so that you discover -- contrary to what you believe -- that nothing bad happens as a result. Clients sometimes expect that continued exposure will help them get used to flight. But once there is psychic equivalence, continued exposure only reinforces the phobia simply because when you experience the turbulence, instead of discovering nothing bad happens, psychic equivalence causes you to have the experience that something bad did happen: that the plane was out of control, that you were in danger, or that you narrowly escaped death.
Though the plane does not crash, your psychic equivalence reinforces the phobia by the experience of being in real danger -- though you were not. Yet, that is where you remain stuck, so long as you fail to see through your psychic equivalence.
The very same flight you experienced as life-threatening was experienced by the pilots in the cockpit as just another day at the office, and quite possibly as boring.
There is a way to make exposure therapy work: to experience the flight as it is -- not as your psychic equivalence says it is.
You need four things:
a. You need to have a full intellectual understanding that turbulence is not a threat.
b. You need to accept that what you have had in mind is wrong. Not everyone can deal with the realization that what is in ones mind and what is real may not be one and the same. Does Mohammed go to the mountain, or does Mohammed demand the mountain come to him? In other words, can you conform your thinking to reality, or do you insist that reality conform to your way of thinking?
c. You need to accept that when flying, feelings mean nothing whatsoever. This is something pilots have to learn when learning to fly using instruments. Pilots must learn to trust the plane's instruments -- not their feelings. Pilots who are unable to shift from believing their feelings to believing their instruments cannot be certified to fly in instrument conditions, and thus cannot become airline pilots.
d. During turbulence, you must experience -- not the psychic equivalence you traditionally experience in turbulence which only reinforces the conviction that you are right and that turbulence is dangerous --but turbulence, just as it is, adding nothing and subtracting nothing from the experience.
You need to examine it as though you were a scientist conducting a study. You need to stop trying to not notice it. You need to stop trying to pretend you are someplace else. You need to stop hoping it will go away. You need to stop wishing it were less intense. You need to stop wishing it were less scary. You need to stop imagining it means the plane is out of control. You need to stop imagining the pilots are fighting a battle to maintain control of the plane.
In short, you need to give up both forms of your psychic equivalence and open yourself to the experience. If any one of these four is not done, you will not get over your problem with turbulence.
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First Flight After Eight Years
Dear Capt. Tom,
Last Friday, I flew from Pittsburgh to Atlanta and from Atlanta to Tampa - after not flying for nearly 8 years. On Sunday, we reversed the trip. To my amazement, I did fine. I was a little nervous prior to boarding (especially since I'd spent the previous 4 weeks constantly thinking about getting on a plane), but was remarkably calm during both flights. (I did meet the pilot before the 1st flight - who told me, "hey, we do this everyday." It was not the warm and fuzzy response I was hoping for - but it didn't really bother me either.)
I think the thing that really and truly helped me (in addition to the Strengthening Exercise, which must have worked) was focusing on jello. Once we hit "jello speed," I felt so comfortable. En route to cruising altitude, the bumps didn't phase me. I felt safe. A couple of times during each of the four the flights, we had some bumps. But, it was nothing significant. When we bumped or were advised by the captain that we were approaching "interesting weather," I was OK. I closed my eyes and thought "turbulence is not a problem for the plane - we're in the jello and just pushing through." The bumps felt totally insignificant.
Thank you so much for your help. I know the Strengthening Exercise worked - even though I feared it wouldn't. The new DVD made things easier to process it all without worrying about whether I was doing everything correctly.
My next trip is a vacation to St. Maarten in November. It'll be nice to be able look forward to it, instead of fearing the day coming because of having to travel by air.
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Call Now To Understand Why SOAR Will Work For You
SOAR was established in 1982 because no programs existed that could
help people with moderate to severe difficulties. Even today, no other
program offers help that is effective except for mild difficulties. No
matter how difficult flying is for you, we can help.
Patrick On Ugly Planes
See: this link.
==========
Seattle Washington SOAR-Fest Saturday October 4th
Kathie Nunes has organized this event which will be held starting at 6:00 PM at the Doubleetree Guest Suites in Southcenter, 16500 Southcenter Parkway, Seattle, Washington.
Price Per Person: $46.00 ( Includes Tax and Tip).
Meal Includes Soup or Northwest Salad, Coffee, Tea and Pop.
Entrees: Roasted Garlic Chicken
Beef Tender Loin Medallions
Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad
Kentucky Onion Rib Eye Steak
Dessert: Classic New York Style Cheesecake
Chocolate Peanutbutter Pie
Chocolate Truffle
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE MEAL BUT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE ATRIUM BAR.
Please click here to make your reservation.
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Beating Persistent Fear Of Turbulence
1. Visualize What Holds The Plane Up
2. Link Turbulence To Feeling Connection
3. Defeat Intellectual Psychic Equivalence.
4. Defeat Emotional Psychic Equivalence
5. Establish A Reticular Activating System "Chunk"
1. Visualize What Holds The Plane Up
Fear is triggered by images in the right brain. The right brain is visual in its logic. To the right brain, "seeing is believing" and conversely, "not seeing is not believing". When you can't see what holds the plane up, the right brain expects it to fall, and that imagery triggers the release of stress hormones, which are all too easily accepted as the equivalent of danger.
Use the jello exercise to help the right brain "see" what holds the plane up there. The right brain needs to see so it can believe. Don't wait for turbulence before using the jello visualization. Start visualizing air getting thicker as the plane accelerates on the runway, until the air is jello-thick. Then, when the nose rises, the plane can only go where the nose is pointed, using the force supplied by the engines to cut forward -- where it is pointed -- through the jello.
2. Link Turbulence To Feeling Connection
Use the Strengthening Exercise to link moments of turbulence to a moment of connection with another person.
3. Defeat Intellectual Psychic Equivalence
Intellectual psychic equivalence is the conviction that what you have in mind and what is true are one and the same! Your conviction (turbulence = danger) is totally and incontrovertibly wrong. If you are unable to accept that what you have in mind and reality may very well be different, you may never get over fear of turbulence. As I see it, you have two choices:
- stick to your guns that you are right and -- no matter what anyone says -- turbulence is dangerous
- accept that you have been wrong and you are a big enough person to give up imagination (which you have too easily regarded as reality) in favor of experiencing what is actually going on.
Anxiety is normal when there is uncertainty or when there is complexity beyond what is understood. Anxiety needs to be regulated. But in persons who are unable to regulate anxiety, it is regarded as abnormal, threatening, and something which needs to be gotten rid of.
If feelings can't be controlled through resources you have inside, we naturally try to control what is outside. If ones external world can be controlled, then ones internal world of feelings will be fine. But such control of the external world is not possible. There are several strategies that arise to deal with anxiety when it becomes evident that the external world cannot be controlled:
a. Make the world go away.
Some get rid of anxiety by self-medicating through use of drugs, alcohol, or tobacco. To escape awareness of the world in which we live is not just maladaptive; it is self-destructive. Escape causes conditions to worsen which, in turn, increases the need to escape.
b. Make the world smaller.
It is natural to try to control what is uncertain. At the same time, it is important to tolerate a certain amount of uncertainty. But if your personal history has taught you that uncertainty leads too often to disaster, expectation of disaster can cause anxiety to be intense. If there is no way to tolerate anxiety, and no way to control uncertainty, what can you do? You can make your world smaller, small enough to control.
For example, the agoraphobic, unable to control what they encounter in ordinary living, retreats homeward to relieve anxiety. Often though, even at home, even in one room, anxiety persists about things that cannot be controlled, such as health.
c. Make the world simpler.
For some, complexity causes anxiety. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." How does this foolish consistency develop? And, what does it have to do with anxiety?
In families ill-equipped to deal with anxiety, parents present their children with a world of oversimplified absolutes in an attempt to reduce anxiety about uncertainty. Oversimplification is held in place by maintaining rigid single-mindedness and conviction that this view is the only proper view.
This leads to problems when flying. When oversimplification of the world splits things into "safe" and "unsafe", anything not "absolutely safe" has to be regarded as "unsafe". Since it is not "absolutely safe", flying causes anxiety.
d. Make the world simpler and under divine control.
In addition to the anxiety about uncertainty, additional anxiety may arise due to internal conflict when oversimplification includes - not just "safe" versus "unsafe ' - but "right" versus "wrong", and "good" versus "evil".
Children seek to control themselves so as to be "good". That, of course, is impossible for any child. Thus, the child comes to regard itself as "bad" and fears abandonment.
What can the child do about abandonment anxiety? The problem is "evil" within. The solution is to deal with the "bad" inside by externalizing it. This is done though alignment by the child with absolute good (God), and by acting against that which is evil. This plays out during childhood mostly in fantasy, such as in fascination with superheros who - estranged from others - crusade on the side of good against evil. But during adulthood, the need to control inner conflict plays out historically in tragic conflict. Certification that one is aligned with absolute good can require action against people who are regarded as evil. Both groups in the conflict regards their group as "good" and the other as "evil".
The control of anxiety through externalization is successful to the degree that the conflict can be regarded as external - not internal - through psychic equivalence. In practice, when the psychic equivalence holding the externalization in place begins to falter, two things happen:
Anxiety as to the outcome is controlled through belief that God - being all-powerful - will ultimately prevail. Theologically, God can be seen as allowing evil to exist in order to determine who is good and who is evil. Good people who are on God's side are blessed and will be protected -- if not in this life, then in the next one.
This primitive strategy makes life a very simple external battle between good and evil. And, so long as the battle can be fought externally, the person is able to remain blind that the external battle is to some degree a externalization of an inner battle between what the person has been taught is good and bad. This is not to say that there are no real enemies; but their reality may need to be grossly magnified.
Though the first two recommendations for breaking the hold of fear of turbulence are generally enough, children who grow up in families in which psychic equivalence was a way of life -- perhaps even a proud way of life -- grow up psychologically and emotionally crippled, and unable to regulate emotions naturally. The terror a person experiences in turbulence is pure and simple the result of psychic equivalence. There is no way to win the battle against turbulence without winning the battle against psychic equivalence. It is a hard battle to win if you grew up in a family where psychic equivalence was a way of life.
Perhaps it might help to consider how prideful it is to think that you are right and others -- those with a different view -- are wrong, and perhaps even evil. Perhaps it might help to consider how prideful it is to hold a conviction that what you imagine is accurate simply because it is your imagination. But, when you have had parents whose point of view had to be accepted, it becomes all too easy to elevate yourself to that same authoritative status, a status which makes you the person whose point of view is the one and only way to see things.
Some get rid of anxiety by self-medicating through use of drugs, alcohol, or tobacco. To escape awareness of the world in which we live is not just maladaptive; it is self-destructive. Escape causes conditions to worsen which, in turn, increases the need to escape.
b. Make the world smaller.
It is natural to try to control what is uncertain. At the same time, it is important to tolerate a certain amount of uncertainty. But if your personal history has taught you that uncertainty leads too often to disaster, expectation of disaster can cause anxiety to be intense. If there is no way to tolerate anxiety, and no way to control uncertainty, what can you do? You can make your world smaller, small enough to control.
For example, the agoraphobic, unable to control what they encounter in ordinary living, retreats homeward to relieve anxiety. Often though, even at home, even in one room, anxiety persists about things that cannot be controlled, such as health.
c. Make the world simpler.
For some, complexity causes anxiety. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." How does this foolish consistency develop? And, what does it have to do with anxiety?
In families ill-equipped to deal with anxiety, parents present their children with a world of oversimplified absolutes in an attempt to reduce anxiety about uncertainty. Oversimplification is held in place by maintaining rigid single-mindedness and conviction that this view is the only proper view.
This leads to problems when flying. When oversimplification of the world splits things into "safe" and "unsafe", anything not "absolutely safe" has to be regarded as "unsafe". Since it is not "absolutely safe", flying causes anxiety.
d. Make the world simpler and under divine control.
In addition to the anxiety about uncertainty, additional anxiety may arise due to internal conflict when oversimplification includes - not just "safe" versus "unsafe ' - but "right" versus "wrong", and "good" versus "evil".
Children seek to control themselves so as to be "good". That, of course, is impossible for any child. Thus, the child comes to regard itself as "bad" and fears abandonment.
What can the child do about abandonment anxiety? The problem is "evil" within. The solution is to deal with the "bad" inside by externalizing it. This is done though alignment by the child with absolute good (God), and by acting against that which is evil. This plays out during childhood mostly in fantasy, such as in fascination with superheros who - estranged from others - crusade on the side of good against evil. But during adulthood, the need to control inner conflict plays out historically in tragic conflict. Certification that one is aligned with absolute good can require action against people who are regarded as evil. Both groups in the conflict regards their group as "good" and the other as "evil".
The control of anxiety through externalization is successful to the degree that the conflict can be regarded as external - not internal - through psychic equivalence. In practice, when the psychic equivalence holding the externalization in place begins to falter, two things happen:
- There is an increased sense of danger caused by fear that the evil (consciously or unconsciously) known to be inside may be exposed. The internal danger of exposure leads to paranoid belief that "we live in dangerous times".
- There is an increased need to reinforce the externalization of the conflict, thus an increased need to crusade against evil. Enemies must be found to destroy. "Good" people must be supplied with evil to fight. There is never any shortage, since all who do not share the group's psychic equivalence are seen as aligned with evil.
Anxiety as to the outcome is controlled through belief that God - being all-powerful - will ultimately prevail. Theologically, God can be seen as allowing evil to exist in order to determine who is good and who is evil. Good people who are on God's side are blessed and will be protected -- if not in this life, then in the next one.
This primitive strategy makes life a very simple external battle between good and evil. And, so long as the battle can be fought externally, the person is able to remain blind that the external battle is to some degree a externalization of an inner battle between what the person has been taught is good and bad. This is not to say that there are no real enemies; but their reality may need to be grossly magnified.
Though the first two recommendations for breaking the hold of fear of turbulence are generally enough, children who grow up in families in which psychic equivalence was a way of life -- perhaps even a proud way of life -- grow up psychologically and emotionally crippled, and unable to regulate emotions naturally. The terror a person experiences in turbulence is pure and simple the result of psychic equivalence. There is no way to win the battle against turbulence without winning the battle against psychic equivalence. It is a hard battle to win if you grew up in a family where psychic equivalence was a way of life.
Perhaps it might help to consider how prideful it is to think that you are right and others -- those with a different view -- are wrong, and perhaps even evil. Perhaps it might help to consider how prideful it is to hold a conviction that what you imagine is accurate simply because it is your imagination. But, when you have had parents whose point of view had to be accepted, it becomes all too easy to elevate yourself to that same authoritative status, a status which makes you the person whose point of view is the one and only way to see things.
4. Defeat Emotional Psychic Equivalence.
Emotional psychic equivalence is the conviction that what one feels is reality, specifically three items.
a. That fear means danger.
You need to break the link between fear and danger. Fear may mean danger, but fear can be present when there is no danger.
b. That absence of fear equals safety.
You need to break the link between absence of fear and safety. Lack of fear may mean safety, but danger can be present when there is no fear whatsoever.
c. That turbulence equals danger.
You need to break the link between turbulence and danger. There is no such link in reality. The link exists only in your mind. Why? Because you have, in situations of turbulence, imagined that the plane might fall, or imagined that it was falling. The plane never falls; it cuts forward through the jello-thick air, and if the jello-thick air has any imperfections, the plane must be influenced by those imperfections as it cuts through the jello-like air.
Feelings are not an adequate indication of reality. Feelings only are an alert message that you should observe and examine the situation for possible danger.
5. Establish A Reticular Activating System "Chunk"
See: http://www.fearofflying.com/wordpress/?page_id=136
Behavioral treatment of phobia employs exposure to what is feared so that you discover -- contrary to what you believe -- that nothing bad happens as a result. Clients sometimes expect that continued exposure will help them get used to flight. But once there is psychic equivalence, continued exposure only reinforces the phobia simply because when you experience the turbulence, instead of discovering nothing bad happens, psychic equivalence causes you to have the experience that something bad did happen: that the plane was out of control, that you were in danger, or that you narrowly escaped death.
Though the plane does not crash, your psychic equivalence reinforces the phobia by the experience of being in real danger -- though you were not. Yet, that is where you remain stuck, so long as you fail to see through your psychic equivalence.
The very same flight you experienced as life-threatening was experienced by the pilots in the cockpit as just another day at the office, and quite possibly as boring.
There is a way to make exposure therapy work: to experience the flight as it is -- not as your psychic equivalence says it is.
You need four things:
a. You need to have a full intellectual understanding that turbulence is not a threat.
b. You need to accept that what you have had in mind is wrong. Not everyone can deal with the realization that what is in ones mind and what is real may not be one and the same. Does Mohammed go to the mountain, or does Mohammed demand the mountain come to him? In other words, can you conform your thinking to reality, or do you insist that reality conform to your way of thinking?
c. You need to accept that when flying, feelings mean nothing whatsoever. This is something pilots have to learn when learning to fly using instruments. Pilots must learn to trust the plane's instruments -- not their feelings. Pilots who are unable to shift from believing their feelings to believing their instruments cannot be certified to fly in instrument conditions, and thus cannot become airline pilots.
d. During turbulence, you must experience -- not the psychic equivalence you traditionally experience in turbulence which only reinforces the conviction that you are right and that turbulence is dangerous --but turbulence, just as it is, adding nothing and subtracting nothing from the experience.
You need to examine it as though you were a scientist conducting a study. You need to stop trying to not notice it. You need to stop trying to pretend you are someplace else. You need to stop hoping it will go away. You need to stop wishing it were less intense. You need to stop wishing it were less scary. You need to stop imagining it means the plane is out of control. You need to stop imagining the pilots are fighting a battle to maintain control of the plane.
In short, you need to give up both forms of your psychic equivalence and open yourself to the experience. If any one of these four is not done, you will not get over your problem with turbulence.
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First Flight After Eight Years
Dear Capt. Tom,
Last Friday, I flew from Pittsburgh to Atlanta and from Atlanta to Tampa - after not flying for nearly 8 years. On Sunday, we reversed the trip. To my amazement, I did fine. I was a little nervous prior to boarding (especially since I'd spent the previous 4 weeks constantly thinking about getting on a plane), but was remarkably calm during both flights. (I did meet the pilot before the 1st flight - who told me, "hey, we do this everyday." It was not the warm and fuzzy response I was hoping for - but it didn't really bother me either.)
I think the thing that really and truly helped me (in addition to the Strengthening Exercise, which must have worked) was focusing on jello. Once we hit "jello speed," I felt so comfortable. En route to cruising altitude, the bumps didn't phase me. I felt safe. A couple of times during each of the four the flights, we had some bumps. But, it was nothing significant. When we bumped or were advised by the captain that we were approaching "interesting weather," I was OK. I closed my eyes and thought "turbulence is not a problem for the plane - we're in the jello and just pushing through." The bumps felt totally insignificant.
Thank you so much for your help. I know the Strengthening Exercise worked - even though I feared it wouldn't. The new DVD made things easier to process it all without worrying about whether I was doing everything correctly.
My next trip is a vacation to St. Maarten in November. It'll be nice to be able look forward to it, instead of fearing the day coming because of having to travel by air.
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Call Now To Understand Why SOAR Will Work For You
SOAR was established in 1982 because no programs existed that could
help people with moderate to severe difficulties. Even today, no other
program offers help that is effective except for mild difficulties. No
matter how difficult flying is for you, we can help.
- Call me at 877 332-7359 between 10 AM and 6 PM Eastern time or
- Set up a time online at http://soar.genbook.com
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We are always here to help. As you go through the program, call or email whenever you have a question or a concern.
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Patrick On Ugly Planes
See: this link.
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Seattle Washington SOAR-Fest Saturday October 4th
Kathie Nunes has organized this event which will be held starting at 6:00 PM at the Doubleetree Guest Suites in Southcenter, 16500 Southcenter Parkway, Seattle, Washington.
Price Per Person: $46.00 ( Includes Tax and Tip).
Meal Includes Soup or Northwest Salad, Coffee, Tea and Pop.
Entrees: Roasted Garlic Chicken
Beef Tender Loin Medallions
Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad
Kentucky Onion Rib Eye Steak
Dessert: Classic New York Style Cheesecake
Chocolate Peanutbutter Pie
Chocolate Truffle
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE MEAL BUT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE ATRIUM BAR.
Please click here to make your reservation.
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New York SOAR-Fest October 4th
- at La Petite Auberge, 116 Lexington Avenue (at 28th Street), New York, NY.
- Dinner is at 7:00 PM. If you like, meet in the bar at or after 5:30 PM.
You don't need to have taken the SOAR Course. This is open to anyone
interested in flying problems. It is an opportunity to meet and share
experiences with people who feel like you do.
The restaurant, which serves classic French cuisine, has received excellent reviews since it opened in 1977.
The Menu
Appetizers
Onion Soup
Avocado Vinaigrette
Melon en Saison
Pate du chef
Leeks Vinaigrette
Entrees
Le Filet de Sole Meuniere
Sole Filet, Butter & Lemon
Le Poulet du Chef
Chicken of the Day
L'Escalope de Veau Chasseur
Veal Scaloppini, White Wine & Mushrooms
Deserts
La Mousse au Chocolat
La Creme Caramel
Les Cremes Glacees
Peche Melba
Cheese Cake
Wine and coffee included
Onion Soup
Avocado Vinaigrette
Melon en Saison
Pate du chef
Leeks Vinaigrette
Entrees
Le Filet de Sole Meuniere
Sole Filet, Butter & Lemon
Le Poulet du Chef
Chicken of the Day
L'Escalope de Veau Chasseur
Veal Scaloppini, White Wine & Mushrooms
Deserts
La Mousse au Chocolat
La Creme Caramel
Les Cremes Glacees
Peche Melba
Cheese Cake
Wine and coffee included
The dinner, including wine, coffee, and service is $65.00. Please click here to make your reservation.
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