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Originally Posted by PyroUK
That sucks, I love flying especially if I'm at the controls! Hope the course works well for you.
Otherwise, don't know if they are still available but there were tablets last time I went to the states about a year ago, they were called calms or qualms or something like that. Allegedly they help to steady nerves and avoid travel sickness, might be worth a go.
Also, might help, load up an iPod or other MP3 player with your fav music that helps you to relax/distract/take your mind off things and get a damn good set of in-ear or over ear headphones. Make sure you got at least 9 hours worth (depends where in the states you are going) and plenty of battery. That's works a charm for me when I go to the dentist as I properly hate that. Oh and those sleeping mask things, to properly disconnect from the experience.
Cheers!
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So you've got your pilot's licence presumably? That's ace - do actually love planes, wierdly.
Re the tablets - taking twice the reccomended dose of valium didn't do much last time so I doubt Calms are going to help me! Thanks anyway.
One of the wife's friends did pick some tablets up from Turkey that her mate swears by for flying but never really knew what they are. My father-in-law (who used to be a psychiatric nurse) took one look at them and said they're powerful anti-psychotic tranquilisers used to treat paranoid schitzophrenics. Would be a bit wary taking them through US customs...
TBH rather than blocking it out, I want to learn to enjoy it and get a buzz out of the speed and awesomeness of it all. That was working for me on a flight to Galway in a little turboprop once...but then the pilot made a dog's dinner out of the landing. Landed heavily on one side and the tyre blew - loads of smoke, even the hostesses screamed, and I was back to square one!