Comments on: Is my anxiety about flying normal? http://flypatchfly.com/is-my-anxiety-about-flying-normal/ and beyond. Making the most of your private pilots license. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:23:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Patch http://flypatchfly.com/is-my-anxiety-about-flying-normal/#comment-242 Patch Wed, 21 May 2008 11:26:15 +0000 http://flypatchfly.com/is-my-anxiety-about-flying-normal/#comment-242 What your CFI said is really SO true. It's great because I can come back to this article, which I wrote almost a year ago, and honestly say, I don't really feel those bumps anymore either. I just went on a flight with my wife and my 7 year old daughter. My 7 year old said she felt a little sick when we were bumping up and down a little, but I don't really remember it being bumpy. So, yes, it's true, the bumps will become less noticeable in time. Keep at it and keep moving forward. Congratulations! What your CFI said is really SO true. It’s great because I can come back to this article, which I wrote almost a year ago, and honestly say, I don’t really feel those bumps anymore either.

I just went on a flight with my wife and my 7 year old daughter. My 7 year old said she felt a little sick when we were bumping up and down a little, but I don’t really remember it being bumpy.

So, yes, it’s true, the bumps will become less noticeable in time. Keep at it and keep moving forward. Congratulations!

]]> By: Jerry Spence http://flypatchfly.com/is-my-anxiety-about-flying-normal/#comment-232 Jerry Spence Thu, 15 May 2008 02:05:19 +0000 http://flypatchfly.com/is-my-anxiety-about-flying-normal/#comment-232 Hi, I have gone up twice now and I felt the same way on my first "intro flight". We used a Katana DA-20 and it was during noon. The pilot let me do the rotation, and realized that the easy part is taking off. However, I felt just like you did: I got nervous and scared with every bump. The pilot let my have the controls from take off and it was pretty bumpy on the climb, I felt I was going to lost control of the aircraft, so I asked the instructor to take over. Funny, I don't really have any "panics" about banking left or right. However, I do feel great anxiety when lifting the nose for a climb: I feel like I'm going to fall backward...like a backward stall. I went up a second time a week later. This time, different flying school, with a Cessna 150. I was not as anxious as I was before, but I will still nervous on the bumps. Obviously, I am drawn to flying, but at the same time, I do feel the anxiety. The anxiety has gone down a little on the second flight, so perhaps, a few more trips, and I should reach a comfort zone. I asked the pilot on my second flight if he was comfortable with the "bumps" and he said he doesn't feel them anymore. I have run out of "intro flights": there are only two flying schools where I live, so the third flight will be more costly. If I get the urge, I might try again. Good luck. Hi,

I have gone up twice now and I felt the same way on my first “intro flight”. We used a Katana DA-20 and it was during noon. The pilot let me do the rotation, and realized that the easy part is taking off. However, I felt just like you did: I got nervous and scared with every bump. The pilot let my have the controls from take off and it was pretty bumpy on the climb, I felt I was going to lost control of the aircraft, so I asked the instructor to take over. Funny, I don’t really have any “panics” about banking left or right. However, I do feel great anxiety when lifting the nose for a climb: I feel like I’m going to fall backward…like a backward stall.
I went up a second time a week later. This time, different flying school, with a Cessna 150. I was not as anxious as I was before, but I will still nervous on the bumps. Obviously, I am drawn to flying, but at the same time, I do feel the anxiety. The anxiety has gone down a little on the second flight, so perhaps, a few more trips, and I should reach a comfort zone.
I asked the pilot on my second flight if he was comfortable with the “bumps” and he said he doesn’t feel them anymore.
I have run out of “intro flights”: there are only two flying schools where I live, so the third flight will be more costly. If I get the urge, I might try again.
Good luck.

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