Lol, i dont like flying much either, hate heights irational fear of falling i hate rollercoasters that have vertical drops cant stand em, but i love the adreniline rush of flying and the mental and physical challenge of aerobatics. But theres something about being in control of an aircraft and plastering your stomach to your spine, put it in a headlong drive straight up and kick in the rudder just at the stalll point nothing in the world like it.
Dont get me wrong i love boats and i can enjoy being at sea sometimes but ild much rather be on a ship in dry dock looking round all its little marvels, the only exception to generally avoiding ships would be to sail on an old sail ship a cutter or perhaps an old naval frigate that you sometimes see in the tall ship races, love those kinds of ships they are just so beautiful elegant in design, the engineer in me loves that kind of thing ild happily go on one of those to the far ends of the world.
Although it certainly seems like you had a fair bit of bad luck on the planes never had to use an oxygen mask, even the light aircraft they let us do aerobatics on when we go flying is pressurised(not that we go much above 4000 feet though).
Dont like ferries one bit, i have reverse sea sickness you see, its weird on the rare occasion i go on a boat if the weather is rough and the ships having a hard time of it up and down side to side you know the deal if youve crossed the channel a couple of time, im great love it in my element everyone else is sick even some of the crew me perfectly fine, yet on calm seas with hardly any motion of the sea im so sick i can barely stand in fact i collapsed in a corridor in a ferry trying to get to my cabin on the way to calais had to crawl until someone came along to help me, yet no one else was sick just me, but come the rough and tumble im lovin it, i can even go outside and walk around up and down the stairs, totally weird.
Ach well rambling, if you want to see about me to get back on topic my little bios is in the staff version of this thread.
Tiddler if youre wanting to join the navy a spell in the cadets wouldnt go amiss, youre a bit old but its a good way to get into the military life and get a head start on the more complicated parts of the service, my hardest job when i teach new cadets is the whole decorum thing and the way of behaving its much more respectful and traditional than civvie life its a bit of a shock to newbies, also nice to be proficient in drill and basic weapons handling before you join, ive trained a few folks that have since joined up and they are glad of having been a cadet first.
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