When Time Slows Down

Do you ever experience the sensation that time is slowing down for you?
E.G. Your brain and motor functions are moving at normal speed, but
everything around you has slowed down?

I've had this sensation more than a few times. A couple of times when I was
in auto accidents (not my fault) and could see the whole thing slowly
unfolding around me. Another situation where things seem to move in slow
motion is when I'm riding as passenger in a light airplane and we're in the
landing phase. Approach and touchdown seems to be in slow motion when
someone else is flying.

Occasionally, like this evening, I get the slow-mo feeling when I'm landing
the airplane. The white stripes are passing slowly, the airplane is gently
settling towards the runway, and I can pick whether to land on the left
main, right main, tailwheel, all three at once, or any two of the three,
with the third to follow whenever I want, and the airplane seems to be at
taxi speed as soon as I touch down.

What's up with that, and where do I sign up for more?

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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Occasionally, like this evening, I get the slow-mo feeling when I'm
landing the airplane. The white stripes are passing slowly, the airplane
is gently settling towards the runway, and I can pick whether to land on
the left main, right main, tailwheel, all three at once, or any two of the
three, with the third to follow whenever I want, and the airplane seems to
be at taxi speed as soon as I touch down.

What's up with that,

Try a slightly higher approach speed :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Dudley Henriques

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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Do you ever experience the sensation that time is slowing down for you?
E.G. Your brain and motor functions are moving at normal speed, but
everything around you has slowed down?

I've had this sensation more than a few times. A couple of times when I
was in auto accidents (not my fault) and could see the whole thing slowly
unfolding around me. Another situation where things seem to move in slow
motion is when I'm riding as passenger in a light airplane and we're in
the landing phase. Approach and touchdown seems to be in slow motion when
someone else is flying.

Occasionally, like this evening, I get the slow-mo feeling when I'm
landing the airplane. The white stripes are passing slowly, the airplane
is gently settling towards the runway, and I can pick whether to land on
the left main, right main, tailwheel, all three at once, or any two of the
three, with the third to follow whenever I want, and the airplane seems to
be at taxi speed as soon as I touch down.

What's up with that, and where do I sign up for more?




Well, I hate to say it, but you simply are a prodigy :-).

People like Wayne Gretzky, for example, experience it on the hockey ice.

http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2000/010027.shtml

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote Do you ever experience the sensation that time
is
slowing down for you?

Occasionally, like this evening, I get the slow-mo feeling when I'm
landing
the airplane.

What's up with that, and where do I sign up for more?

You mean you only get that once in a while? I hope you get the *rush*
when
you push the throttle forward, and rush down the runway, and become
airborne!

If not the drug (that you paid thousands for when you paid for your flight
lessons, and paid for the airplane and all the hours to keep sharp) isn't
working. Go get more, quick! g
--
Jim in NC

Not really a rush, so much as the feeling that I'm hyper-aware of what's
going on, and am operating at a noticably higher performance level than
usual.

Baseball players on a hitting streak sometimes talk about "the ball looked
like a basketball coming my way in slow motion", whereas guys in a slump
talk about the ball looking like a BB.

KB

"Icebound" wrote in message
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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Do you ever experience the sensation that time is slowing down for you?


People like Wayne Gretzky, for example, experience it on the hockey ice.

http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2000/010027.shtml



A shorter (and possibly better) explanation he
http://www.presentliving.org/Perform.htm

What's up with that, and where do I sign up for more?

Competition aerobatic pilots refer to it as "spatial dilation".
Usually associated with a botched maneuver.

Serious answer this time.
I heard this discussed one night long ago at a dinner meeting with some race
car drivers at a show I was doing .
I remember them saying it was a well known phenom, usually brought on by
unusually high stress or extremely high performance levels. I have no idea
where or how to research it, but I personally believe I experienced it at
least once during a high school track meet where I was competing in the
hundred. It happened near the finish line as I was in a dead heat with the
guy in the left lane next to me. I was straining and reaching for the
stride. Suddenly, everything seemed to fit into place somehow. My mind was
suddenly as clear as a crystal bell. Everything slowed down and my running
become effortless.
Anyway, I won the heat, but lost the final :-)
It never happened to me during my tenure in aviation, and I spent most of
that in a high stress environment to say the least.
Dudley Henriques

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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Do you ever experience the sensation that time is slowing down for you?
E.G. Your brain and motor functions are moving at normal speed, but
everything around you has slowed down?

I've had this sensation more than a few times. A couple of times when I
was in auto accidents (not my fault) and could see the whole thing slowly
unfolding around me. Another situation where things seem to move in slow
motion is when I'm riding as passenger in a light airplane and we're in
the landing phase. Approach and touchdown seems to be in slow motion when
someone else is flying.

Occasionally, like this evening, I get the slow-mo feeling when I'm
landing the airplane. The white stripes are passing slowly, the airplane
is gently settling towards the runway, and I can pick whether to land on
the left main, right main, tailwheel, all three at once, or any two of the
three, with the third to follow whenever I want, and the airplane seems to
be at taxi speed as soon as I touch down.

What's up with that, and where do I sign up for more?

"Kyle Boatright" wrote Do you ever experience the sensation that time is
slowing down for you?

Occasionally, like this evening, I get the slow-mo feeling when I'm
landing
the airplane.

What's up with that, and where do I sign up for more?

You mean you only get that once in a while? I hope you get the *rush* when
you push the throttle forward, and rush down the runway, and become
airborne!

If not the drug (that you paid thousands for when you paid for your flight
lessons, and paid for the airplane and all the hours to keep sharp) isn't
working. Go get more, quick! g
--
Jim in NC

In article ,
"Morgans" wrote:

"john smith" wrote

Competition aerobatic pilots refer to it as "spatial dilation".
Usually associated with a botched maneuver.

I don't think you are talking about the same thing.

Your are correct. I used the wrong term, it should read temporal
dilation.

"john smith" wrote

Competition aerobatic pilots refer to it as "spatial dilation".
Usually associated with a botched maneuver.

I don't think you are talking about the same thing.