In the late 1970's I flew out to New Orleans on a LXX C130, via Cape Canaveral. Our skipper suffered from vertigo and couldn't climb the external stairs in Cape Canaveral to submit his flight plan for New Orleans because the tower was too high and the stairs were too open - so the Nav did it for him.
When we got to New Orleans there was a "tropical storm" going on, which made the approach a bit tricky. As it happened we had a 38 Gp trapper team on board and they joined with the Sqn crew and eventually we got down. It took quite a number of approaches but he made it, in spite of the weather.
When we checked into our hotel, our rooms were on the 3rd floor (IIRC) and the staircase to the rooms wound round an atrium which went up to heaven. Poor old skip had to face the wall as he climbed the staircase.
Severe vertigo but what an aviator!
And the control tower was usually too high for him.
Rgds SOS
Last edited by SOSL; 29th May 2013 at 17:20.