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Old 5th August 2005 | 16:51
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englishal

 
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From: 75N 16E
Fly a low wing aircraft!

One trip a while back, me and a friend were flying over a desert in a 172, at 12,000'. It was turbulent and the atmosphere was very murky, you couldn't see that well ahead, but you could see down ok. When we landed he confessed that he started getting a bit of vertigo....which was funny, as I had too.

Never experienced this in a low wing a/c....probably as the wing stops the 12000' view directly down Not experienced it on a gin clear day at 12000 in the desert either, in a high wing or low wing......
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