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Airsickness. Remedies, by order of effectiveness :

1. Eat Ginger :
- About 1 hour before you plan to fly, take 2 ginger pills (available from any drug store or health food place).
- Drink ginger ale all morning, all you can stand.
- Eat ginger biscuits in the morning.
2. Acclimatization. Fly regularly and often.
3. Elasticated sea bands worn on the wrist.
4. Avoid watching the ground too much. Fly with a vario.
5. Don't tilt your head up and down as you turn. Move eyes rather than head.
6. Don't drink too much beer the night before.
7. Get a good night's sleep the night before.
8. Stay relaxed. Lower your shoulders.
9. Eat a good, solid meal before flying.
10. Urinate frequently prior to launch.
11. Learn to stay in the thermal to get a smoother flight. See Centering the Thermal (using a Vario).
12. Downgrade to a wing that dampens the turbulence.

Other informations :

- Chewing gum does not help.
- If you start to feel bad, land before you get too sick as your judgement becomes impaired with the progression of the nausea.