On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:19:11 -0500, ONLINE
wrote:

I can clearly remember each time having experiences like you describe:
serious nervousness, lots of sweat, a "death grip" on the yoke, even
shaking knees as I applied rudder inputs during turning maneuvers.
These symptoms gradually abated as I gained familiarity with the
environment and confidence in my abilities to manage it.

My saving grace that kept me from just chucking the whole idea then
and there was that I at least wasn't shaking. Even my instructor
found it odd that I was so nervous that I was sweating and was even
breathing somewhat heavily...but never shook at all.