Scenes from the Dirty Windshield

Don't sweat it, all passengers and their luggage were weighed on my first scheduled flight! Wick (EGPC) to Glasgow (EGPF) in a Vickers Viscount, and that cannot be considered a lightweight. A really heavy guy in the back might shift the Centre of Gravity of that Beechcraft past its rear limit.

I once saw the Good Year Blimp up close and personal, It almost crashed on top of me.
I had walked around the block one fine sunny day and paused at the corner when I heard a sound like chainsaws running full out.
I looked up and thought at first it was a balloon low overhead, because it was pointed straight down right above me with engines straining trying to right itself.
They got it under control and the engines stopped. the Blimp then righted itself and drifted away gaining altitude as it went.
I watched it for quite awhile.
As it drifted the sun was glinting off what looked like a long cable hanging down, but I suspect it was a stream of water from ballast tanks, if that is what they use.

Years later I read of two serious accidents caused by glitches in the ballast system causing these blimps to suddenly go nose down.

There's a large athletic field nearby. Perhaps they were trying for an emergency landing but couldn't get lined up on it before they figured out how to regain attitude control.

If you want to fly as a pastime not as a career you should try gliders/sailplanes. Did you know that the greatest height reached by a sailplane is over 74,000 feet? Imagine sitting up there with no engine!