That's gonna leave mark...on the wallet.

[Timothy]

Been there, done that, went back for seconds thank you.

Took an AVR (63ft PT boat) from Oakland to Ensenada and back and  blew an oil line off Big Sur.  Limped to Moro Bay and headed back out the next day.  Then hit a wave that dismounted the generator and blew the bridge windows out in almost the same place.  That was high school.

Was on an aircraft carrier skirting the edge of a hurricane a couple years later.  Luckily only white water over the bow that trip.

Flew 1500 hours, over 700 from a carrier, in Navy aircraft in and around thunderstorms and other crappy weather, some of them blue water at night.  No divert, you either get it on the postage stamp or you swim.  Flaps locked and landing hot were almost non-events after a while.  Shoulders hurt anyway.  Damn near ejected, low and slow in Fallon when a C-130 tried to tip us over on take off.

I'd do it again in a heartbeat, not because I'm particularly brave, or stupid, but because I felt ALIVE!!!!!
There are two types of pilots.  Those that HAVE crashed and those that WILL.

f..k.i.n.g Navy Stud! 

Alive is an understatement!  Controlled crash at 150 knots!  Remind me shake your hand if we ever meet!

 

[tombogan03884]

The biggest point these guys are making is if you are dealing with specific problems, you don't have time to be scared.
My Dad was a Machine gun Section leader in Korea, He says he "felt sorry for the riflemen because he was to busy running his section to worry about himself, but the poor rifle had nothing else to think about."