30 Adventure Divas in Cuba, and Ask the Pilot about Flight Safety

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 13 November 2005

⏱️ 53 minutes

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afety This week, we will "Ask the Pilot" about how an over-active imagination can create a fear of flying. Commercial pilot, author, and salon.com columnist Patrick Smith joins Rick to explain what's going on from the cockpit to the runway. And Holly Morris, author of "Adventure Divas," will discuss her exploration of the planet in search of impressive and influential women to interview. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Millions of Americans are afraid to fly and even those of us who aren't can suffer from a
0:04.8	twinge of nervousness as we take off and land.
0:07.6	Hi, I'm Rick Steves and on today's travel with Rick Steves we're talking with
0:12.2	the pilot who wrote a book called
0:14.0	Ask the Pilot. Everybody on some level is afraid to fly. It's only human nature.
0:20.0	Patrick Smith is a licensed pilot and tackles our fears coming up later this hour.
0:25.0	And speaking of fear, Holly Morris tells us there's no reason to be afraid of Cuba.
0:30.0	She describes the surprises and challenges she encountered while filming a TV special in Cuba in her new book
0:36.6	Adventure Divas. I see a sort of lusty hot environment. I hear music and I see cakes all over the place and a lot of booty consciousness.
0:49.0	We're shaking our booty all the way to Cuba, talking to the pilot, and answering your calls and emails.
0:55.4	Coming up in the hour ahead on Travel with Rick Steves.
1:00.6	Travel with Rick Steves is brought to you by American Airlines. With their new Advantage Award booking tool, it's easier than ever to book to over 800 Advantage Award destinations online at AA.com.
1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly. Just what is an
1:16.2	adventure diva? Hi I'm Rick Steeves and on today's travel with Rick
1:20.1	Steve's we're meeting a woman who's dedicated her career to discovering and sharing
1:24.3	the exploits of heroic women who've stood up for the rights of women in some of the most
1:28.8	repressive corners of our world. Courageous women she calls Divas. In her quest to inspire first world women to support
1:36.3	women in the developing world, you could call Holly Morris herself a kind of diva. In her
1:41.2	new book, Adventure Divas, she tells this fascinating story.
1:45.0	We'll hear about Holly's adventures in Cuba coming up in the hour ahead.
1:49.0	Also today, we're talking with Patrick Smith, a commercial air pilot who wrote the book,
1:54.0	Ask the Pilot. At what point should we actually worry about turbulence?
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