Fear of Heights and pilots
I am terribly afraid of heights...so of course I'm an airline pilot...soloed in 1975...
I've just read that many pilots are afraid of heights...but it is more of an acute sensitivity...the shrinks say we might just try flying without a plane by jumping off a cliff or stairs.
being more sensitive means a higher degree of precision in landing for example.
so it can be a plus.
low wing pipers vs high wing cessnas...well it is simply more comfortable and easy for people to live with the piper than the cessna...it is more ''car'' like...more comfortable, and people feel better sitting ON something than hanging beneath something.
and there is a double latch on the door!
and with rare exception (C336/337)...cessna went to low wings in their twins...and a real throttle!
and as I've said before...watch "Goldfinger" (james bond) and see how nice those pipers look...and the jetstar.
oh...and the landing gear is really a joke on those cessnas...no oleo struts on the mains.