Motion Sickness

I get sick on merry go rounds. Darn things don't have bottle holders, Sick Sacs, autopilot or the ability to focus on a point on the horizon.

The devil's spawn, I tell you.
 
Keep at it. I got airsick once or twice doing maneuvers under the hood during private and instrument.

A few years later, I went up for my first aerobatic flight after I had about 1000 hours of total time and had flown all over the country in a good variety of vomit-inducing conditions. I was certain that I had mastered any remnants of motion sickness. After about 15-20 minutes of loops, rolls, and inverted flight, I informed my instructor that it was time to get back to the airport. I didn't even make it. I puked my guts out for a solid 5 minutes before we landed.

But, that said, I'd go right back again because it's something I'm sure I can overcome.
 
You know that sick and dizzy feeling you got on that discovery flight? that's the same feeling I get every time I see my regional airline paycheck:;)
 
For me, I used to have my stomach turn into knots when I did a series of stalls. A year or so later, my body was so used to them I barely feel the G's on roller coasters. Hopefully over time your situation will go in the same direction. Whenever I did get airsick, slowing down and sticking my head out the window for a few seconds, or putting the air vents on me at full blast, usually did the trick quickly.
 
tima414 said:
Hi,

First post here, been lurking for about a month. I'm contemplating switching careers to aviation very seriously. I'm in my early 30's, married but no kids. We are quite stable financially so the cost of obtaining ratings is very doable. My story is a bit longer but for the sake of brevity I'll keep to that.

I went up yesterday morning for a discovery flight, I hadn't been flying in about 3 years. So we are cruising along at 2500' getting tossed around but I can see the horizon so no big deal. However, anytime I was in a turn and did a scan and brought my eyes to the horizon I was dizzy. There was a pretty strong smell of 100LL in the cockpit. Not really sure why that happened and I'm guessing it didn't help. I did end up asking to return to the airport about 10 minutes early.

Once we were straight and level for a few minutes I did feel better but it was till I was home (10 minute drive) and sat down for a bit that I felt totally better.

Have any of you overcome motion sickness and now fly without getting it? It's a pretty serious concern for me. I did schedule a lesson for Saturday to give it another go. Thanks all!
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Welcome! Ginger in the form of Ginger Candy or Ginger-ale help with motion sickness

Good luck!
 
I can still taste the Turkey and Cheese from my first flight in the Air Force. :p

It happens to a lot of people - some of our bodies can adapt, others can't. Don't sweat it either way.
 
First time I ever flew in a small plane, my Uncle (pilot) executed a negative G push over, and I puked my guts out in the back of a 172. First few lessons during my PPL training I got queasy as well, but as a new Private pilot I've gotten over the issue. Keep at it, use the ginger if you want, and your body should acclimate in no time.
 
Knew a guy who puked for the first ten lessons, don't know where he is t now.
Had a student puke at least twenty times, but was starting to get better before he quit. I don't blame him, is this really worth that? I almost puked once in instrument training and that was no fun. Puked during aerobatics.
 
It's funny how part mental this is. Reading up on motion sickness yesterday I started to feel a bit dizzy/palms sweating. Thinking back on it, looking through the windshield I kinda felt like looking through a fish bowl and I know that didn't help. Anyways thanks for tips, glad I'm not alone!
 
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