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Strafer could be right, my head is approaching an incipient spin as we speak.
But... Thanks a lot for the input guys.
First, it's nice to know that I am not the only one that hates stalling. Every instuctor I ask says the same, and then ends the statement with "because it's boring".
Hmmm, how can purposefully making a serviceable aircraft in effect stop flying be boring??? Methinks someone has a strange sense of humour!
Secondly. I was wondering about a basic aero trip, if only to attempt a de-sensitisation of stalling. From the advise given, it would appear that this is indeed a sensible idea.
Thirdly, I can recover from the stall in any configuration, my instructor is a cautious fellow ( a good thing for a pilot), and would not have let me within 100 miles of the curcuit if I couldn't do it safely. My problem is quite simply one of a stomach emptying dread of the topic. I even asked him to demo a spin the last time we went stalling, but bottled out before he did it.
But there is a lot of food for thought there, so once again a big thanks
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But... Thanks a lot for the input guys.
First, it's nice to know that I am not the only one that hates stalling. Every instuctor I ask says the same, and then ends the statement with "because it's boring".
Hmmm, how can purposefully making a serviceable aircraft in effect stop flying be boring??? Methinks someone has a strange sense of humour!
Secondly. I was wondering about a basic aero trip, if only to attempt a de-sensitisation of stalling. From the advise given, it would appear that this is indeed a sensible idea.
Thirdly, I can recover from the stall in any configuration, my instructor is a cautious fellow ( a good thing for a pilot), and would not have let me within 100 miles of the curcuit if I couldn't do it safely. My problem is quite simply one of a stomach emptying dread of the topic. I even asked him to demo a spin the last time we went stalling, but bottled out before he did it.
But there is a lot of food for thought there, so once again a big thanks
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I even asked him to demo a spin the last time we went stalling, but bottled out
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It's a bit like sea sickness ... if you are unlucky enough to be the type to be struck down, only more exposure is the cure. Unfortunately, unlike boats where you can spend hours or days getting used to it (or feeling ill from it 
), with flying there is no easy answer! Certainly, expelling any fear of it will help dispell the butterflies of anxiety, but I'm afraid you'd need to be a very rich man to actually do enough to de sensitise yourself.
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), with flying there is no easy answer! Certainly, expelling any fear of it will help dispell the butterflies of anxiety, but I'm afraid you'd need to be a very rich man to actually do enough to de sensitise yourself.IM
