I think I'm probably wound too tight, not necessarily to
take the lessons and get the license, but for the
inevitable emergency that will at some point take place
while I'm in the cockpit.

"RST Engineering" wrote:
Well, it took 25 years of flying and four thousand some hours
before that emergency took place for me. You'd be surprised
how calm you get knowing that you have been preparing for
this sort of event from the first day you went up into the air.

Took 3 years of flying and just under 200 total hours for the inevitable
emergency for me. We'd just practiced emergency engine failure *two
weeks* prior, and at only 1300' AGL, having the drill freshfreshfresh in
our minds was helpful. Having been through it takes away the "I wonder
what that would be like and how I would react?" questions, but calm? I
doubt having been through it would take away the "Oh Sh*t!" part of it.

Shirl