World War One - Pilots thoughts

A pilot in World War I must have had many different emotions going through his head while fighting air-to-air combat. Dogfights created the most intense battlefields as it was in the open air, and one shot could take your plane down, leaving your chances of living low. A pilot must have been extremley nervous while fighting in the sky, because the risk of dying was higher than anywhere else. If you got shot down, then your plane would be sent plumiting to the ground with no way to bail out or cusion the crash. Pilots must having been worried all the time they where fighting because they knew that they had a 50/50 chance of dying. They must have also felt brave because it was one of the most dangerous occupations during WW1. Pilots were extremley well trained, but even so they still faced death on a day to day basis. When taking off, pilots must have thought about thier lives and the dangers of going up into the skies. Everytime they took off the floor, they had a chance of never coming back down alive. Pilots were the bravest of soliders during WW1, as it was the first time they had seen air-to-air combat. It continued throughout World War 2 and the Cold War. Pilots were always viewed as the brave ones because they had the highest chances of death. This made pilots very emotional while up on the sky, making them very aware of what they were doing in battle. Pilots today are still seen as some of the bravest and most intellignet people in the nations military.