High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Fear of Flying" is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons` sixth season. It was first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on December 18, 1994. In the episode, Homer is banned from Moe`s Tavern and struggles to find a new bar. When he destroys a plane after being mistaken for a pilot at a pilots-only bar, the airline buys the Simpsons` silence with free tickets. The family discovers that Marge is afraid of flying.