Originally Posted by thing
Edit: I sometimes get one of those Richard Bach 'potential of aeroplanes' moments as well where I can look at a quite inocent looking aircraft sitting on the grass and think where that machine can take me and the things I can do that no one else can unless they are fellow aviators.
I said something like this to a few friends before- "Don't you think it's amazing how those pilots can take that huge machine up to 35,000 ft and bring it back down on a tiny strip on earth?"
They said No.