Chuck - you are bang on the money. You will only feel the sink with visual reference. Close your eyes, and you won't. This was demonstrated to me with an instructor many moons ago.
........and I'm not talking about a dive from 5000ft.
Shaggy - that is the problem. we have to actually think about it now as we do it second nature with not much thought.
Last edited by Jetblu; 2nd May 2013 at 21:57.