i agree completely with Whirlybird and Buitenzorg,
we could wrap ourselves in cotton wool but life would be very boring.
The seperate thread running reminds me of another thread about vertigo, it is a more common problem than you would imagine. I think the slower speed of the r22 at alititude gives a feeling of balancing on a knife edge or a pinnacle, the faster aircraft don't give that feeling as it still looks and feels like you are moving forward. I used to shy away from 4 or 5 k, but now i get all the altitude i can.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...threadid=19283
wow 5 years ago, goodness me time flies