The Bravest Moment of My Life

The Bravest Moment of My Life
Have you ever dared yourself doing something out of the extraordinary? Like being flying in the air with only a big cloth and few pieces of metals supporting you? I did, and it was the bravest moment of my life.
It started with a simple invitation to have a fun weekend with friends. One friend of my mine works in an aviation club and she said she could provide us with free rides. Like anybody else who was offered something free, I readily accept. Who wouldn’t? I could have fun without spending a single thing as these rides cost a fortune. Yet I could honestly say that I did not really know what I was agreeing to, neither did my friends. What we only knew was that their aviation club had small planes for touring around the city.
When that afternoon arrived. We were welcomed by two-seater small helicopters with open and closed cockpits as well as two-seater paraglider with a small motor attached to it. As my friends were with me and we were open to having a new experience, we dared ourselves to give it a try. That time, there were other tourists flying and all the closed cockpit ones were already booked thus we ended with the open ones. The open cockpit helicopter is called Gyrocopter and the paraglider with a motor in it is actually called a Weight-shift flexi-wing microlight. There were four of us who were to ride that day. Two were to ride the gyrocopter and my luck made me one of the two people who were to ride the weight-shift flexi-wing microlight.
The Gyrocopter, if you have not seen one yet, is just a very small helicopter, fit to seat two people. The cockpit is open so when you spread your arms wide, you will only grasp air. It looks like a big toy yet it flies. Your safety relies on the expertise of the pilot, the seatbelt, and the helmet. At least it has rotors in it which makes you feel a little safer because it looks...