wrote:
No, it is not normal. You should not encounter any dizyness
and certainly not any disorientation while flying.

Not exactly true -- "disorientation" is simply a person's body telling
them one thing and the airplane actually doing another. This can and
does happen to pilots all the time -- training and experience tells
them to ignore the bad data.

I have never experienced disorientation while flying in VFR
conditions... ever. That's what I assumed he was talking about.

Once or twice I have experienced counter-intuitive sensations
while in solid IMC (as perhaps many pilots do) but it did not
cause me to become disoriented (where am I? am I upside down?)
Perhaps I need to lookup the definition of "disorientation"...
which sounds like a dangerous thing to be when PIC.

"Dizzyness" (I'm spinning) is more likely another symptom of
disorientation.

Dan

I've never experienced dizzyness... that sounds scarey if
you are trying to fly an aircraft.