Can you help with a few questions I have, having never been up in a
small aircraft and being scared of heights (well on tall buildings
anyway) But I do WANT to do this, don't get me wrong.

I'm scared shiftless of standing on my roof, the top of the Empire State
building freaked me to no end, and elevators are NOT my friend. Having said
all this, I'm a flight instructor with several thousand hours and several
hundred students over the last 45 years. The phobias are NOT the same.




Can you experience pressure problems in your ears similar to on a
commercial jet?

Yes, but since the descent and climb rates differ by a factor of ten or so,
the time for your ears to acclimatize is greatly increased. THe short
answer is yes, but not so much.




Is it best to go alone with just the instructor, or take a willing
victim to witness your trial?

Your call, but most "first flight" lessons are in a two-place aircraft.



Do they have sick bags?

Sick sacks are a standard feature in all training aircraft.



Do you get a parachute in case anything goes wrong?

Your odds of hurting yourself in a parachute are a hundred times more than
simply letting the aircraft return to earth of its own free will. The glide
ratio of a single engine trainer is about 8 to 1, so for every foot you are
up in the air you can glide 8 feet forward. Most initial training flights
are at about 3000 feet, so you have your choice of any landing spot within
about 5 miles of your present location.



And how addictive is flying really, I mean if I open my eyes and like
it?

No more addictive than cocaine, meth, or sex {;-) I'd suggest a trip to
the library to check out a book by Richard Bach called "A Gift Of Wings";
the chapter "Letter From A God-Fearing Man" pretty well sums up the way most
of us in this newsgroup feel.




All other helpful information appreciated, this is not a troll, I'm
serious.

No problem. Nobody in here was born with wings.

Jim