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Greg Bullough wrote: > At 11:47 AM 8/6/01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >It's me who gets airsickness. > > Bummer. However, that gives you a bit more control over things like > what you eat for breakfast and so on. > > >I've heard that constant exposure to motion can sometimes lessen the > >symtoms > >(aka "getting your sea legs") and > >am hoping that a consistant four or five hours a week of flying will be > >be > >beneficial. > > Well, either it'll help or it'll clean you out real good :-) > > Yes, you do get your 'sea legs' after two to three days at sea, but you > also > lose them in a short period (in that sense of the phrase). It's said > that > through > his whole life, Lord Admiral Nelson was sicker than a dog for the first > 72 > hours > of a cruise. Indeed, this was true of many life-long sailors. The motion > > profile > is really different in planes though; most people don't ride it out for > 72 > hours > in aircraft like they do in seagoing vessels. > > HOWEVER, a component of motion sickness certainly is anxiety, and > being less anxious (as you will be with more flying) will help to the > extent > that you become more relaxed in the flight regimes in which you operate. > More than a few champion acro pilots have tossed their cookies > repeatedly > early in their training to become accustomed to the sensations later on. > > >Has anybody else heard this? Or better yet, can anybody personally > >attest to > >a lessened sensitivity to airsickness as logged hours increased? > > I've never been real vulnerable to air-sickness, but I believe that I am > less > so now that I no longer sweat when I fly. For example, a 60-degree > banked > turn no longer bothers me, and in fact is a pleasant sensation which I > want to repeat. Used to bother the heck out of me to the extent that I > had trouble performing them after a doing a few. > > >Am I just dreaming? > > If I were you, I'd pursue an organic remedy (such as the Relief Band) > while > you waited for it to happen. Certainly if that brings the inclination > under > control, > your anxiety level will decrease markedly and the likelihood of a > long-term > cure without any remedy is higher. > > Later, if you want to wean yourself off, use caution: motion sickness > can > be pretty disabling, and a violently ill pilot at the controls can be a > real > problem. You might want to take a 'safety pilot' along while you > experiment. > > Greg > > > Chronic airsickness used to be a cause for 'washout' from flight training for Air Force pilot/nav cadets. I guess they considered it uncurable. Better cures now though. Craig 2623H ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Sid.bAhN69 Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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