Co-pilot gets sick, stewardess helps land airplane

Wingnut wrote:

On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:57:09 -0500, Jim Logajan wrote:

Wingnut wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:08:58 -0700, Hatunen wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:04:46 -0500, Jim Logajan
wrote:

Wingnut wrote:
I'm about as sane as they come.

The Wingnut sanity clause. Oh my.

There ain't no sanity clause.

Nonetheless, I'm about as sane as they come.

And one flew over the cuckoo's nest.

If that's intended to suggest that I'm as nutty as that book's
protagonist, well I hate to tell you this but you're wrong. Sorry. :-)

What does 'Wingnut' stand for?

On Jul 10, 1:10*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

you cannot fall when you are securely inside an airplane.

WRONG.

The Starmaker writes:

Come onnn already, ...you can feel 'fear of falling' in a "secure
place?" like "inside an airplane??"

A fear of falling usually presents when a person is confronted with railings,
open edges, etc.--anything that might conceivably permit him to fall. Open
glass walls or floors, by extension, can trigger the fear also. But sitting in
a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can
obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or
heights.

(who feels secure inside an airplane?)

Pilots and experienced passengers.

You can feel 'fear of falling' laying on a floor!

That would be very unusual.

Do you know where the 'fear of falling' comes from?

A fear of falling is wired in. All normal people have some degree of fear of
falling. Even babies automatically fear falling and heights. Only when it
becomes very extreme is it considered pathological and a phobia.

Fear of falling/heights can be aggravated by vestibular problems that affect
the ability to balance for walking and standing. Older people with such
problems often develop a strong fear of heights and falling (and justifiably
so, to some extent). Both fears tend to get worse with age in most people.
Women are more often affected than men.

On Jul 11, 6:41*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
But sitting in
a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can
obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or
heights.

Well of course, you sit in front of a monitor playing MSFS, you are
not going to get the fear of falling

GET IN A REAL PLANE on takeoff or before landing on a turbulent day
and the above statement is as WRONG as you usually are.

On Jul 12, 2:43*am, " wrote:
On Jul 11, 6:41*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

But sitting in
a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can
obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or
heights.

Well of course, you sit in front of a monitor playing MSFS, you are
not going to get the fear of falling

GET IN A REAL PLANE on takeoff or before landing on a turbulent day
and the above statement is as WRONG as you usually are.

Google rough-landings-at-nz-s-windies.aspx..
An aerodrome I used to fly from :-)
Mixedups going to -really- fear flying after this

On Jul 11, 3:44*pm, george wrote:
On Jul 12, 2:43*am, " wrote:

On Jul 11, 6:41*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

But sitting in
a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can
obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or
heights.

Well of course, you sit in front of a monitor playing MSFS, you are
not going to get the fear of falling

GET IN A REAL PLANE on takeoff or before landing on a turbulent day
and the above statement is as WRONG as you usually are.

Google *rough-landings-at-nz-s-windies.aspx..
An aerodrome I used to fly from :-)
Mixedups going to -really- fear flying after this

Crap, got me fear of falling just watching the video!

http://www.livevideo.com/video/722EE...s-windies.aspx

On Jul 12, 2:26*pm, " wrote:
On Jul 11, 3:44*pm, george wrote:



On Jul 12, 2:43*am, " wrote:

On Jul 11, 6:41*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

But sitting in
a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can
obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or
heights.

Well of course, you sit in front of a monitor playing MSFS, you are
not going to get the fear of falling

GET IN A REAL PLANE on takeoff or before landing on a turbulent day
and the above statement is as WRONG as you usually are.

Google *rough-landings-at-nz-s-windies.aspx..
An aerodrome I used to fly from :-)
Mixedups going to -really- fear flying after this

Crap, got me fear of falling just watching the video!

http://www.livevideo.com/video/722EE...24BA59C2/rough...

That's the one :-)

In article b7ba4c5d-ab1d-45e5-9b2d-
, says...

On Jul 11, 3:44*pm, george wrote:
On Jul 12, 2:43*am, " wrote:

On Jul 11, 6:41*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

But sitting in
a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can
obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or
heights.

Well of course, you sit in front of a monitor playing MSFS, you are
not going to get the fear of falling

GET IN A REAL PLANE on takeoff or before landing on a turbulent day
and the above statement is as WRONG as you usually are.

Google *rough-landings-at-nz-s-windies.aspx..
An aerodrome I used to fly from :-)
Mixedups going to -really- fear flying after this

Crap, got me fear of falling just watching the video!

http://www.livevideo.com/video/722EE...s-windies.aspx

This one's gotta hurt!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOAkZrC87Mc

--
Duncan.

george wrote:

On Jul 12, 2:26 pm, " wrote:
On Jul 11, 3:44 pm, george wrote:



On Jul 12, 2:43 am, " wrote:

On Jul 11, 6:41 am, Mxsmanic wrote:

But sitting in
a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can
obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or
heights.

Well of course, you sit in front of a monitor playing MSFS, you are
not going to get the fear of falling

GET IN A REAL PLANE on takeoff or before landing on a turbulent day
and the above statement is as WRONG as you usually are.

Google rough-landings-at-nz-s-windies.aspx..
An aerodrome I used to fly from :-)
Mixedups going to -really- fear flying after this

Crap, got me fear of falling just watching the video!

http://www.livevideo.com/video/722EE...24BA59C2/rough...

That's the one :-)

take this test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDhR...eature=related

On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:32:36 -0700, The Starmaker wrote:

Wingnut wrote:

On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:57:09 -0500, Jim Logajan wrote:

Wingnut wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:08:58 -0700, Hatunen wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:04:46 -0500, Jim Logajan
wrote:

Wingnut wrote:
I'm about as sane as they come.

The Wingnut sanity clause. Oh my.

There ain't no sanity clause.

Nonetheless, I'm about as sane as they come.

And one flew over the cuckoo's nest.

If that's intended to suggest that I'm as nutty as that book's
protagonist, well I hate to tell you this but you're wrong. Sorry. :-)

What does 'Wingnut' stand for?

It's not an acronym; it doesn't "stand for" anything.

It's one of these:

http://unrepentantoldhippie.files.wo...09/04/wingnut-
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