Planes fascinate me and scare me at the same time. It's mind boggling that those engines can keep running for hours and hours at end, lifting that much weight and pushing it to those speeds. Scary because whenever I fly I can't get the thought out of mind of that one critical part giving up, especially when it gets turbulent. I know there's insane redundancy built into the system but still....

Reminds me of this one flight where the lady seated next to me was really anxious about the turbulence. I was anxious myself, but when she asked me if it's normal and how long would it last, I had to put on a brave face and told her that it's totally fine and there's nothing to worry about, while my own ass was slightly puckered, lol.