Interesting. When I took aircraft maintenance at BCIT, I came first in class in the helicopter portion. I found them fascinating yet 45 years later I have yet to even ride in one.
One day.
I will never forget my first lesson. I had a commercial F/W license so I thought how hard could this be? In cruise flight things went pretty well, but when I was handed the controls of a Bell 47 by my instructor in the hover, all hell broke loose. I think I certainly put the art. horiz. through it's paces.