Young then Warrant Officer Sasless, a Chinook Instructor Pilot, flying a Cessna 150 rented from the Post Flying Club, taxied out and followed one of his brethren in a Unit Chinook.....and had a nearly fatal brain infarction.....forgetting flying trail to a Chinook in a Chinook is an altogether thing than done in a Cessna 150.
Granted in my subconscious there was sufficient survival instinct that I did allow some space between my aircraft and the Chinook ahead of me....but far too little with some very interesting results.....that of being reminded of one's own mortality.
Lesson learned! Good habits shall allow you to age naturally.....and gradually apace with the actual passage of time rather than on a greatly accelerated rate.