Quantas has a good safety record.

I love flying, comical is OK but what I like best was an old, new at the time,
Cessna 172. That is when you're really flying. Love that push down into the seat when the plane lifts off and you watch the ground slowly recede.

One of the best experiences I've ever had was a few rides in a P-51, in a jump seat behind the pilot. Rides never to be forgotten. Went over the desert and did some high G maneuvers. The pilot was only 16 at the time, didn't even have a drivers license, but had been flying since he was 10 years old. His dad owned the local airport and was a WWII P-51 pilot.

As to the OP, yes you really do feel different as least on those flights I did.

Magic