On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 21:37:36 +0100, Caecilius
wrote:

I'm a nervous flyer who spends a lot of time as a commercial aircraft
passenger. My number one anxiety is that freefall feeling when the
plane drops, like you'd get on a rollercoster (I don't like those
either).

[snip]


Many thanks to everyone who replied. Your comments have been very
useful.

The reduced G document links from Glider RN were especially useful:
they are talking about exactly the feeling I dislike, and it's good to
hear that I'm not alone and that there are people worse than me (I
don't think I'd freeze up).

The winch launch details are useful as well. 0-60 in 5 seconds sounds
like doing the quarter mile at santa pod (a UK drag strip) as a
passenger: scary, but bearable.

I think I'll have to have a few more trys at this, and perhaps the
club will let me help out a bit with some of the unskilled work so I
can watch and pick up things gradually.