Tom, your feelings are certainly understandable. I'm not the photog you are but here are a few from the chopper.
I love to fly as well and had the opportunity to fly in A WWII trainer (T6 Texan/SNJ) when I was a volunteer at the warbird museum in Kissimmee knowing full well the dangers of metal fatigue and stress. (they still owe me a flight in a B-25 I worked on). Sadly the pilot I went with died about a year later when a wing came off, but that's another story.