Air Sick passengers

[shooter13]

So I went flying today. I just wanted to go through the Private PTS and refresh. I haven't worked on manuevers for the sake of manuevers since I passed the checkride. I haven't been flying a whole lot and just wanted to get a bit of the rust off. Took my son up today with me. Let me say, it was hot. It figures that in heat like this there were 5 planes waiting to take off where I have never had to wait for more than one before. Anyway, we get in the air and it was pretty bumpy. Since our climb performance sucked so much, I didn't want to climb up too high and it was very hazy out. After a just joyriding for a few minutes to the practice area, my son tells me he isn't feeling so well.

I figure scratch practice for today. So I head back to the airport. I entered Downwind and looked over at him and I think his head was green. The pattern was empty so I pretty much cut power abeam the numbers (ok maybe slightly before...ok maybe not far beyond midfield) and ended up touching down about halfway down the runway near the ramp. I got him down and out of the airplane before he showed me the techni-color yawn. Poor kid!

Anything you guys do if you have someone a bit prone to motion sickness on warm days?

[FlyingNole]

Keep the doors/windows open or cracked while waitin...I also make sure I tell passengers not to eat or drink (soda) within a few hours of us flying. Also, once someone tells you they are sick, just have them take slow deep breaths, and to fix their eyes on a certain point inside the airplane. Also, pop those windows open, the more air the better.


That's my .02

[Bigey]

keep some dramamine in the cabin/cockpit. Its fast acting, and works usually for me under 5 minutes. Make sure you have water at hand too. I noticed, splashing my face with water makes me feel better.

[BrianNC]

And don't forget to have "the bag" at all times. Better in a bag than all over the cockpit.

[FlyWhiteSox]

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tell passengers not to eat or drink (soda) within a few hours of us flying.

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This is actually precisely what you don't want to do. If you have an empty stomach, it much easier to become upset. Early in my training I was getting sick, and my instructor told me to make sure to eat something before my lessons. I've feel much better and haven't been sick since. It seems contrary to common sense but it works.

Obviously, don't go eating a five-course Mexican meal. Just try a light snack regardless of if you are actually hungry or not. Also, make sure to drink plenty of water before you fly.