As suggested earlier
- Try some relaxation techniques to help calm you down.
perhaps:-
- Find out more about what happens during take off and landing so its not a surprise
If you have questions, perhaps try submiting questions to this site, and if you're lucky, you might get an answer from a pilot
http://pprune.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=61
(SLF is what pilots call passengers, self loading freight)
I'm NOT a pilot, but from the few times I've flown, the sequence is something like this:-
*"Doors to automatic", doors are set so that as soon as they open, a slide pops out.
*On the runway or taxing out,
slats and flaps are deployed, makes the wing bigger and gives it more lift (whining/whirring noise)
*On the runway, engines wind up to full power and away you go.
*In the air, first the landing gear is retracted (which might cause a thud) and a short while later the slats and flaps are pulled in (more whining/whirring noise). When these are pulled in, the aircraft might drop a
little bit. Then the plane turns left or right to get into the correct air corridor.
When the plane lands, it has to reverse the take off sequence. Main difference, when the plane lands, the engine thrust is reversed to slow the plane down (a lot of noise) and if you have a window seat over the wing. you can see the
air brakes.
Enjoy your holiday.
(If you board the plane using steps and you hear a lot of noise, thats the apu whirring away. The APU or Auxiliary Power Unit is an extra engine placed inside the aircraft's tail, its used when the aircraft is parked to drive the lights and air conditioning systems. In the air, APU is not needed and the engines provide the electrical power.)
.Used to think it was exciting now just dull .You could try visulation
