Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
Being a flatland pilot, I was unaccustomed to the very different cues which one could experience in mountains or canyons.
My first experience of flying somewhere non-flat was on Vancouver Island. Flying towards a sloping horizon was a new one on me, and I was having some difficulty even flying straight and level.
However the explanation came when the instructor, observing that I was confused, said "yes, this one has never been quite the same since the accident".