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Steph,

sorry your experience in a small plane made you sick. Did you sit in the front or back? cause that makes a different (back is worse usually). The planes that I fly are pretty small as well so it can get pretty bumpy. But the 'roller coaster' effect can be pretty cool (only when there's no passengers on board of course).

The plane I used to be a co-pilot on was still small, but really fast (for a propeller plane) and we were able to fly as high as many commercial jets. When flying with another pilot you take turns flying and the pilot not flying talks on the radio to Air Traffic control. We were coming into an airport one night, I was doing the radios, just as I made my call the captain (as a joke) got us in a 90 degree bank (totally sidewards to the ground) in a weightless free fall descent. My radio call consisted of "Winnipeg radio we're ummmmmmmmmmm, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, 14 miles north of the airport descending through, uuuhhhhhhhhhh, 14,000 ft" It was fun, but I felt a little sick afterwards.

Bev,

I'm glad you enjoyed your experience in a small plane. It really is something quite fun. Even if I don't end up keeping it as a career I'm going to keep it has a hobby (although it's an expensive one)

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