tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678588233061269223.post2924409933203076528..comments2023-05-14T07:33:54.136-07:00Comments on Learn to Fly Helicopters: Shout out to my sky sistaJake Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905668458851815298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678588233061269223.post-5927060146055937072008-09-08T13:55:00.000-07:002008-09-08T13:55:00.000-07:00Hey! Nice post ;-) I like the technical info too...Hey! <BR/><BR/>Nice post ;-) <BR/><BR/>I like the technical info too, but it's the human experience I don't get from my copy of Wagtendonk. I also wouldn't complain if you spent more time celebrating your achievements. Show me what there is to look forward to!<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately my lesson at the weekend got cancelled because of bad weather, so I’m still on 3.5 hours. My plan at the moment is at least one lesson a week – fitting it in around work and the 2 hours it takes me to get to the aerodrome.<BR/><BR/>At the moment I love hovering. I’m slightly less keen on anything above about 20ft! Haha – they even wrote that on my file! When I get up there - if I’m not careful - my mind goes crazy conjuring up all sorts of unlikely scenarios. I know that I’m just sabotaging myself, trying to make myself freak out for some masochistic reason I can’t quite get a handle on yet. It’s just a bad habit. What I really want is to enjoy flying unreservedly - that's what I'm aiming for.<BR/><BR/>Funnily enough I realised that my fear of failure was stronger than my fear of flying. I so desperately want to live up to my own dreams. Hypnosis CDs help, as does lots of positive thinking and just trying to ignore myself when I whine and throw my toys out of the pram. <BR/><BR/>This whole thing is a massive learning experience, forcing me to confront a lot of things about myself :- the person I am, the person I want to be and how to get those two people to the same place.<BR/><BR/>I like to remind myself of the old Henry Ford quote - "Believe you can, believe you can't. Either way you're right." <BR/><BR/>I look forward to your next installment :-)<BR/><BR/>Jensundayriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955595226538643065noreply@blogger.com