Flying (not so) high

I was invited on a reseller gliding day today. Much as I like spending time with our valued readers, no amount of persuasion would get me in a glider. I am absolutely petrified of flying, and the thought of being launched into the air in a giant paper plane thing and then being left to 'glide' back down to earth, fills me with fear. I'm desperately trying to think if I wrote any articles over the years about the vendor holding the event that might have caused offence - but I couldn't find any. I'm sure the day will go very well for those brave (or foolish) enough to get in one of those contraptions.

Now if it had been riding motorbikes round a track - I would have been up for that one - I have now managed to achieve 50mph on my own mean machine - only for a few seconds mind.