"Richard Riley" wrote in message ...
On Sun, 29 May 2005 15:27:27 GMT, "Blueskies"
wrote:

:
:"Smitty" wrote in message news :
: That strobe effect could be more than annoying. Some pilots are unaware
: of flicker vertigo, sometimes triggered by landing into a setting sun.
: The idle RPM of a prop shuttering a bright light source can scramble the
: brain so thoroughly that the pilot becomes incapable of flying, with
: fatal results. As a minimum it's good to find out whether you're
: susceptible to this, and if so, avoid landing on 27 at sunset!
:
:I've also read that this flicker can cause a seizure in diabetics...
:
No. In epileptics, sometimes.

Well, one good reply out of 5 isn't bad...thanks!