Question: Do ya'll feel different in the air than you do on the ground?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Yeah this is true..... unless you are slightly inebriated in that case terra firma can be challenging.

Most definitely

[Fubar2Niner]

The wierdest feeling I get is that point when you look out the window, shortly after take off, and it seems you're hardly moving, almost like you're going to fall from the sky. It's only then I'd prefer to be on the ground.

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[GoldenRivet]

The only way to answer your question that i can think of is this...

When i am in the air i feel at peace, at home, comfortable and confident, perhaps as "at ease" as if i were sitting in my favorite chair in my living room on a warm evening.

When i am not in the air, i spend a lot of time looking up at things that are... like birds, clouds, airplanes etc.

[Jimbuna]

I get that twinging feeling in my posteria as the undercarriage finally leaves the ground and you feel the plane is dropping back to the ground...if only for a split second.

[eddie]

I really like flying, but don't like it when pressure builds to where your ear drums feel like they are going to pop!

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

I enjoy flying especially takeoffs and in lesser extent takeoffs. Also when in flight I feel I can relax as there is someone else worrying about my safety (pilots, flight attendants...) and when/if something goes wrong I'm either a) unable to do anything to it or b) told exactly what to do.

Much easier than at home!

[Sailor Steve]

I'm just the opposite. When someone else is flying I feel like I have no control at all.

[Nicolas]

2 times, sorry for lack of expression in english.
I don't know why the second time i got out of the plane a little i don't know feeling not good, was not fear or anything, my nerves were good but i don't know what happened, the 2 times was on a little airshow here in Colonia, they do not do it anymore sadly, and i asked the pilots to let me fly, 1 was on an old Piper, my only flying experience was on games, the guy told me i was doing very well, the second was a small goverment plane, modern, when we were about to land, the wheel? (copilot seat) while he was pulling back, pressed my legs, i didn't know if that can obstruct the pilot wheel?, so very fast i made space for it. He looked at me fast and then proceded to land.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I'm just the opposite. When someone else is flying I feel like I have no control at all.

I think that is a very common feeling.

That is the primary reason I hate rollercoasters/thrill rides. I don't like the loss of control.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

I enjoy flying especially takeoffs and in lesser extent takeoffs. Also when in flight I feel I can relax as there is someone else worrying about my safety (pilots, flight attendants...) and when/if something goes wrong I'm either a) unable to do anything to it or b) told exactly what to do.

Much easier than at home!

Tuck your torso between your legs and prayer to your maker