Did you ever walk out on that glass floor at the CN tower in Toronto?
Over a thousand feet straight down to the ground!
On the way up there I read a sign telling me the 2.5 inch glass floor was
strong enough to hold 12 hippos.
Well let me tell you.....as I walked out on that floor and looked down, the
first thought that came to my head was,
"Oh Jesus...PLEASE tell me some damn idiot didn't sneak 13 Hippos up
here!!!"
:-))))
Dudley
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Can you help with a few questions I have, having never been up in a
small aircraft and being scared of heights (well on tall buildings
anyway) But I do WANT to do this, don't get me wrong.

Don't worry -- fear of heights is completely different from fear of
flying.

Example: Last Monday, our CAP squadron received a tour of our
hospital's "Flight for Life" helipad, which is on top of a 9-story
building.

I was fine for a few minutes, as we checked out the cool helicopter,
and were given a great tour of the facility. As time passed, however,
I started to realize that there were no sides or fences on the building
(naturally -- it's a helipad!), and I started to feel that weird sorta
dizzy feeling you get when you're afraid of heights.

By the end of the tour, I was fighting an almost overwhelming need to
get off that roof. It was a beautiful evening, the moon was rising, and
the buildings of downtown and the University of Iowa looked beautiful
as the lights twinkled on -- but none of that mattered. I *had* to get
off that roof.

It was stupid, I knew it was stupid, but that's the way it works. Yet
I've flown over that helipad hundreds of times while landing at our
airport, and did so again the very next day. My wife and I have flown
over 1500 hours in the last 10 years, all over the country.

In fact, I have read that MOST pilots are afraid of heights -- so don't
worry about that aspect of learning to fly.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"