Question for Pilots...

[Lead Sled]

I have read that among the pilot population there are a disproportionate number individuals that are either firstborn or left-handed. I also understand that a large percentage of pilots are afraid of heights. I'm guilty on all three counts - I'm left-handed, the oldest child, and have a hard time climbing a tall ladder. How about the rest of you? Why would this be?

'Sled

 

[LAZYB]

First born.

Ma and Pa drowned the left handed one.

 

[westwind]

Fourth child, right handed. Sorry.

 

[Almerick07]

first child, ambadextrious (sp?)

 

[Vector4fun]

First Born, right handed.

My Dad and his only brother are both retired Capts, and though Dad was second, he writes left handed. (played sports right handed though)..

 

[RipCurl]

Third (and last), but a leftie.

 

[ePilot22]

First and Right! Most of the time anyway

Love the heights! Ladders, rooftops, rocks. Anything that will get me above the rest!

My primary flight instructor was afraid of heights. Not of flying though because he said there was something solid under his feet. ?Ok? Whatever ever works huh?

 

[English]

First born (and hold favorite child status), right hander.

 

[moonlight]

Left handed, and if you only count sane children, then I am definitely the first born. Now where are my pills...

 

[HMR]

'Sled- I first heard this theory a few years ago. Most of the guys and gals I've flown with fit the bill.

Verrryyyy interesting.

HMR
(First-born, left-handed and unusually handsome)

 

[English]

HMR
(First-born, left-handed and unusually handsome)

That's not what your CP says.....

Your feet looked pretty good, though.

 

[CrewDawg]

Left handed.


I have also heard that there is a disproportionate number of pilots that are affraid of heights. I always wondered if there was any truth to this.

 

[Air 1]

Right hand, second born here. Must be the oddball.

 

[Lead Sled]

Left handed.


I have also heard that there is a disproportionate number of pilots that are affraid of heights. I always wondered if there was any truth to this.

Well, that's a good question. I'm definately afraid of heights. I have a hard time at the top of a tall ladder.

'Sled

 

[Lead Sled]

That's not what your CP says.....

Your feet looked pretty good, though.

HMR likes to compare his flying skills and looks to Bob Hoover and Brad Pitt. He's correct - he looks like Bob Hoover and flies like Brad Pit.

'Sled

 

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Left handed, first born male (which is what really counts, although I was last overall). Not afraid of heights, just afraid of long falls.

 

[HMR]

Your feet looked pretty good, though.

Please don't tell 350DRVR.

 

[CrewDawg]

Left handed.


I have also heard that there is a disproportionate number of pilots that are affraid of heights. I always wondered if there was any truth to this.

I guess I should add that I am affraid of heights also, and long falls

 

[zbwmy]

ATC Too

Not to 7500 your thread, but a disproportionate amont of controllers are left handed also. As far as heights, I keep my chair as low as possible!

 

[Eagle-ista]

First born, right handed, can't play piano well enough to get work in Nevada...

 

[Thedude]

Youngest of two, right hand dominant, only have a problem with ladders when someone is shaking it - when I was on a roofing crew

 

[partypilot1]

Bottom of five, right handed, love heights but scared of widths! I can't spell worth sh8t though.

 

[Hobbs]

Left Handed/First Born

Fear of heights is mild but defintely there. I've heard of that from other experienced/proficient pilots.

 

[flyguybri]

First born and a leftie...I guess I must be a pilot. Not scared of heights though.

 

[HMR]

Wait a minute!!! Now I remember...

The way I heard it was the majority of GOOD pilots are first-born, left-handed.

HMR
(first-born, left-handed and, did I mention, unusually good looking?)

 

[PaulThomas]

First born and left handed.
I love being on a roof, climb a ladder... but in some occassion like in a glass elevator, I do feel uneasy.

There must be some truth to this story as not that many people are left handed and most of the respondants were left handed. Then again maybe most right handed are staying silent.

 

[Wang Chung]

Firstborn, disproportionately afraid of left-handers.

 

[aroden]

I'm left handed and am terrified of heights - it took ALLOT of lessons before I could fly without feeling the onset of what felt like a panic attack. Every time I looked down and saw a tower, I'd visualize the plane hitting it and tumbling to the earth in pieces. And the instructor had trouble getting me to stall the airplane completely during practice for the same reason.

But that's part, maybe the best part, of the exhilaration of flying - knowing that I've conquered the fear.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

First born, right handed but left footed.

 

[minitour]

I'm first born...hell, only born...unless you count the blood clots my mother dragged out of her with a coat hangar....

and I'm afraid of heights.

-mini