I hate flying in a passenger plane too, but my reaction is to be as alert and straight as possible the entire flight - just in case I need to save the plane by flapping my arms or something. The thought of being in any way impaired during a flight bugs me more than the flight does.
The weird thing is that flying only bothers me on a big plane. Put me in a Cessna or a helicopter and I’m fine.
And no, the Mile High Club (Airborne) has eluded me so far.
The rotary mile high club is considerably more exclusive - because helicopters do not routinely have any good reason to fly a mile above ground level, because there’s usually little privacy from the crew, and because if you’re flying it yourself it generally requires a lot more attention than fixed wing.
Again, as stated by the OP - sitting in the hangar in Denver doesn’t count. It’s a mile above ground level, not sea level.
So this would be an impressive achievement - any members on here? I’d have to guess most likely somebody in a large military transport heli, if anything?
We did it in the refueling seat of a KC-135 right after fueling up a B-52D. A bunch of us were being transported to Guam, and she wanted to know if I’d like to watch the procedure. The ships docked.
The ships undocked.
We followed suit.
Sigh… I figured any username-post combos for me would involve a boat trailer or something. Didn’t see that one coming.
But yes, there were two of us. In one instance, (the future) mizpullin fretted about closing the curtains on the passenger windows. I assured her we were unlikely to be observed.
Never mind Denver. People don’t realize Albuquerque is on a slope and 4900-6700 feet, depending on where in the city you are. Santa Fe is 7200 feet. I used to live in Albuquerque, so I’m a member in that sense.