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Old April 18th 07, 09:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Erik
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Default Knowing when you are overflying something



Mxsmanic wrote:

Maxwell writes:


The only time you need to look straight down is while skydiving. Then you
are looking through an open door, and with very little experience you can
judge to a couple hundred feet from 10,500. The parachute does the rest.



I think I'll pass on that. Like many real pilots, I'm afraid of heights.


Somehow I'm not empathising any more.