Nervous flyer considering learning to glide

Am Montag, 3. August 2015 14:43:04 UTC+2 schrieb Squeaky:

First, I have a fear of falling. You will not find me going up a ladder
to put up Christmas lights, nor do you find me hiking to the edge of
mountains. Therefore I do not go on the drop rides at amusement parks
either....

Similar thing here - no ladders & I hate see-through stairways.

I started gliding late (29 yrs) and in a foreign language so I learnt German & flying at the same time. Flying was far easier...

In the meantime I have over 1200 hours & fly a pretty good 18m glider (plus passengers in club 2-seaters)...

On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 09:17:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Am Montag, 3. August 2015 14:43:04 UTC+2 schrieb Squeaky:

First, I have a fear of falling. You will not find me going up a ladder
to put up Christmas lights, nor do you find me hiking to the edge of
mountains. Therefore I do not go on the drop rides at amusement parks
either....

Similar thing here - no ladders & I hate see-through stairways.

I started gliding late (29 yrs) and in a foreign language so I learnt German & flying at the same time. Flying was far easier...

Well, I'm quite a bit older than 29! (been using usenet since the UUCP
days). So I think it'd take me a very long time to get to solo if I
decide to take it up.

The thought of learning flying in a foreign language is almost
laugh-out-loud funny to me. It's the sort of thing the Monty Python
team could have done a sketch about.

On 03/08/15 17:55, Caecilius wrote:
On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 09:17:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Am Montag, 3. August 2015 14:43:04 UTC+2 schrieb Squeaky:

First, I have a fear of falling. You will not find me going up a ladder
to put up Christmas lights, nor do you find me hiking to the edge of
mountains. Therefore I do not go on the drop rides at amusement parks
either....

Similar thing here - no ladders & I hate see-through stairways.

I started gliding late (29 yrs) and in a foreign language so I learnt German & flying at the same time. Flying was far easier...

Well, I'm quite a bit older than 29! (been using usenet since the UUCP
days). So I think it'd take me a very long time to get to solo if I
decide to take it up.

I started when I was 49, and went solo after a "normal" number of winch
launches, i.e. 50-100, or 30 plus one for every year of your age. It
is about as difficult as learning to drive a car.