Morn'n Folks,Yeah - I think being closer to the ground - with a relatively near proximity objects/ground - actually gives you more a sensation of vertigo than being really high up... While I'm certainly not afraid of heights – I’m not immune to the vertigo sensation that causes anxiety in most people... I think standing on that ledge in the picture posted above - would actually give you a greater sense of vertigo than I get - when standing in the door of a Twin Otter at 14,000 feet ready to step out...Regards,Scott

Morn'n Folks,Yeah - I think being closer to the ground - with a relatively near proximity objects/ground - actually gives you more a sensation of vertigo than being really high up... While I'm certainly not afraid of heights – I’m not immune to the vertigo sensation that causes anxiety in most people... I think standing on that ledge in the picture posted above - would actually give you a greater sense of vertigo than I get - when standing in the door of a Twin Otter at 14,000 feet ready to step out...Regards,Scott

Funny you mention that. I used to actually get a bad sensation the higher I climbed during primary training. To the point that I had a certain anxiety when looking outside anywhere above 4,000ft.

Morn'n Folks,Yeah - I think being closer to the ground - with a relatively near proximity objects/ground - actually gives you more a sensation of vertigo than being really high up... While I'm certainly not afraid of heights – I’m not immune to the vertigo sensation that causes anxiety in most people... I think standing on that ledge in the picture posted above - would actually give you a greater sense of vertigo than I get - when standing in the door of a Twin Otter at 14,000 feet ready to step out...Regards,Scott

I've never had the urge to step out of a perfectly good airplane....friends and relatives love the tandem jump thing but not me...

Hmm - maybe it's because I know that after the first few seconds when you may tumble - there is no real sense of falling ??? There is nothing passing very close to you to give you any perception of the speed you are actually going (150MPH to 200MPH) ... The ground doesn't appear to be rushing up to you - you're just out there in a very strong wind looking around...The tandems are the easy ones - the very first time you do it with your own chute - adds a whole new level to the adrenalin rush... :Praying:Regards,Scott

I don't find this odd in the slightest. There are no worries associated with flight simming, unless you count total PC failure as a "worry".

I wish I could get on a full motion passenger simulator, but they probably don't even make something like that do they? I wish they would make just the fuselage and then use video and sounds and hydraulics motion to simulate a smooth to really bumpy flight.

I had toured an airline training facility previously and they had a couple cabin trainers around 6-7 rows long, and they were on a motion platform. The primary role of them was for situational training such as smoke and emergency evacuations.For me I used to be deathly afraid of flying when I was younger, simulation was a big part of helping me alleviate those fears and making aviation into my true passion.