Flying.

[wheretherealredsare]

Useful advice:

ALWAYS get a seat at the rear, as aircraft never back into mountains ... except in Russia.

[Simon Pieman]

One thing you would NEVER EVER get me into is a helicopter - I HATE them 

Did anyone else find this very funny? I did.

[Lumps]

The first 4 times I flew were two flights in a Gazelle helicopter that was a part of the Royal Flight based out of RAF Northolt, and two flights in a Chipmunk two seater including 10 minutes of aerobatics and 5 minutes of taking the controls under instruction. (OK those were the other way around I don't think I could have flown the thing after the 10 minutes of loops and barrel rolls).

Anyway it made flying in an airliner a pretty tame experience, and I've never been bothered by it.

And it's worth remembering that despite what you might think, a lot of people walk away from plane crashes. If you think about it the overwhelming majority of accidents occur either at take off or landing when the aircraft isn't at full speed or altitude (aeroplanes crashing out of the sky when flying at 30,000  feet is so rare as to be virtually unheard of). In a lot of airliner crashes there are very few fatalities. 

[Jamiesfuturewife]

Did anyone else find this very funny? I did.

why the hell is that funny?

[LucienSanchez]

I'm surprised he never offered you a go on his Chopper...