Talk with your local Aviation Medical Examiner about techniques to cure
motion sickness. I know the AME at my school has techniques. I havn't had a
problem with motion sickness so I havn' talked with him about it.

Good Luck

"Greg Goodknight" wrote in message
hlink.net...
It may be legal to receive dual instruction while taking Dramamine if your
instructor is apprised of the situation and is willing to be the PIC, and
you do not log the time as PIC. Logged dual time and simulated instrument
time does not have to be as PIC to be used to qualify for the rating.
Perhaps experiencing hooded flight without bad symptoms would help. Maybe
Foggies would also help, or a different hood.

I had to fly dual with a CFII for a couple of months while my med cert was
in the Twinkie Zone in OK City, in the aftermath of my Obstructive Sleep
Apnea disclosure. No PIC. No problem, besides not being able to use the
airplane for transportation. I believe any flight where you are not
medically legal to be in command can be handled the same way.

Good luck!

-Greg

PS I'm a lucky one. 84 hours of instrument time and no motion sickness or
signs of vertigo. Yet.

"No Such User" wrote in message
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I wonder if I have what it takes to get an instrument rating. I can fly
just fine when the air is smooth, but if there's any turbulence I can
last at most two minutes before I have to choose between taking off the
hood or losing my lunch. The general consensus seems to be that this
will go away eventually, but I haven't seen any sign of it.

So to all those pilots out there, how many of you gave up on an IR
because
of motion sickness? How many of you started out getting queasy but
eventually got over it?

Also, in case you're tempted to offer your home remedy, I've already
tried the usual tricks, e.g., ginger, light eating, no eating, high-carb
eating, the electric wrist-strap gizmo. Nothing helps.