How do you feel about flying after reading this

[Basil]

Got my first ride in a performance aircraft in a B-model (had a back seat) F-106 just a few weeks before this occurred. Pilot of this one walked away but didn't fly after that. Not sure I'd have been as enthusiastic about the hop after seeing this, though:

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My first ride in a helicopter was up on Cape Dyer on the arctic circle. I was lead radar analyst on a team doing site surveys to determine best locations for several North Warning radar sites (North Warning was the replacement for DEW line.). Any how, on the very first flight to fly out to a site to survey, the helicopter lost oil pressure and we had to immediately return to base for a very hard, sliding emergency landing.

The worst part was, after the mechanic replaced a seal or two, we had to get back into that same bird and fly about 100 miles into the most rugged terrain on Earth. To say I was apprehensive flying in the copter for the next three months would be an understatement. To make matters more interesting, our pilot was the great nephew of the captain of the Hindenburg (true story).