Scared of Flying?
I've often witnessed people undressing while turning 40 deg. from the checkerboard approach to line-up with the R/W at below 200 feet.
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Many a happy hour on the terrace of the old Carlton hotel with a G & T watching the approach via the checkerboard. Convair 880s and Boeing 707s in those days
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Strangely I have the same dreams of being trapped under wires when flying down city streets. Starts with nothing above then the telephone wires and cross street wires start building up, then you realise the gaps aren’t there to safely climb, so you press on and the start to get thicker....
But the strange things is I have never been a pilot and, apart from one trip, have only flown in the back as a passenger, either in a hello doing winching or as SLF.
So whatever the Freudian dream significance is, it’s not pilot exclusive.
I do remember as a child having vivid dreams of running along and gradually leaping higher till I could fly and soar along. I was told the supposed meaning of those dreams - but have totally forgotten it.....
But the strange things is I have never been a pilot and, apart from one trip, have only flown in the back as a passenger, either in a hello doing winching or as SLF.
So whatever the Freudian dream significance is, it’s not pilot exclusive.
I do remember as a child having vivid dreams of running along and gradually leaping higher till I could fly and soar along. I was told the supposed meaning of those dreams - but have totally forgotten it.....
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It's a shame there isn't a medic about. The prevalence of these dreams would make a wonderful case to study. I thought it was just me, but not so.
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I spent 8 years on Canberras as a techie. I flew in them on quite a few occasions and was given the controls on a T4 to do some gentle turns and straight and level. Many years after I left the RAF I too started to have the dream of flying down a street of tall buildings, unable to gain height. Then I had a dream that I was actually a pilot, or everyone thought I was and I'm strapping in carrying out checks etc. and a bit like 'Sparky's Magic Piano', trying to convince those around me that I wasn't a pilot. Thankfully I woke up before take-off!
I currently fly with a friend in his gyrocopter and I love it. Like being on the back of a motorcycle at a 1000ft. He, by the way, is scared of heights!
I currently fly with a friend in his gyrocopter and I love it. Like being on the back of a motorcycle at a 1000ft. He, by the way, is scared of heights!
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I have a recurring dream where I'm in Hong Kong being chased under wires and between buildings by a naked blond with a very large bosom. Unfortunately, I get away every time.
1. Goodness, I'd have thought they'd have busy enough flying the aircraft without starting to get undressed as well!
(Don't worry, I know what you meant )
2. Many a happy hour on the terrace of the old Carlton hotel with a G & T watching the approach via the checkerboard. Convair 880s and Boeing 707s in those days
(Don't worry, I know what you meant )
2. Many a happy hour on the terrace of the old Carlton hotel with a G & T watching the approach via the checkerboard. Convair 880s and Boeing 707s in those days
2. In those CV880/B707 days after-flight crew would often be in the aero-club garden (corner of the airport) drinking cold Sam-Migs .... and hold out numbered boards to show their appreciation of the approach/landing, especially on a x-wind day. The pilots would see them as they taxied back to the arrival gates.
I lived in a high-rise apartment that had the view directly over the KG5 sports park and also the checker-board clearly ahead.
My dad visited from cold UK and, when I was away on a trip, I'd give him paper and pencil to record all the flight arrivals/delays according to the newspaper's schedule arrival times, and take pictures of aircraft too high or too low. At age 75 he had never previously flown until this trip and never had an interest in aviation..... but was now like a kid with his new-found hobby.
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Had the pleasure/privilege in the 'old days' of being invited the flight deck for the 13 approach in a Cathay 747. I think 'interesting' sums it up nicely! It was far more interesting than the 2-3 hours I sent up there chatting to the pilots as we droned across the GAFA
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Somebody has to put the "don't know's" out of their misery. Only slightly abridged. "Great Australian **** All" Stretches from about fifty miles west of Sydney to fifty miles east of Perth. (Hides in foxhole, awaiting comments from Adelaide residents)
No, most of those explanations are crap. Even Freud is in there with his sexual problems!
Personally, I would think that there is a world of difference between the average person having some of these dreams and, the highly experienced pilot / aircrew having them? OTOH, maybe there isn't?
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Personally, I would think that there is a world of difference between the average person having some of these dreams and, the highly experienced pilot / aircrew having them? OTOH, maybe there isn't?
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
I’d suggest that the main difference, based upon their experience, would be better graphics; rather than a real fear of being trapped flying under wires.
Then you only need to hide from the 29,853 inhabitants of Alice Springs...the geographical centre of the GAFA....