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Old 30th September 2003 | 22:53
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shortstripper
 
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You proved you don't panic, and that's the most dangerous reaction ... closely followed by complacency. As for being relaxed ...

I think I must be slightly strange? ... either that or it's just dulled senses? I'm very relaxed when flying, but not always when thinking about it. When things go wrong or there's a strange noise I seem to react rather indifferently? It's the same in my day to day life; if for example, a load bang wakes me and SWMBO at night ( no no, not THAT kind of bang ) her reaction is fright, mine is .... lay there and analysis what it could be and once decided, go back to sleep!

I've had a couple of engine failures, and had military jets fly under me at 300' on finals in a glider! In these circumstances I felt quite relaxed (which must be odd ) and actually enjoyed the challenge of flying out of trouble.

Having said all that I do get anxious before flying if it's been a while .... but never during.

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