While my rational side knows that flying is relatively safe, whenever I step onto a plane I can’t help feeling that in fact, aeroplanes defy all the known laws of physics. Then as you taxi down the runway there is a bump or a jerk or a grind that you haven’t felt before and your mind starts to wander. Moments after take off the plane banks and I find myself worrying the plane is outside the acceptable safety envelope.
This video of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner being prepared for the Farnborough Air Show is rather reassuring then.