We are legion - having that first plane, and flying alone when the excitement overcomes the better judgement. Mine was over 55 yrs ago - no one around, so I thought I would just practice taxiing. Oops, too much throttle, and I was in the air with no prior flight experience of any kind. Took a year of odd jobs to pay for the rebuild....
Surface vehicles may get damaged at times, but with aircraft, every single flight is a test to avoid complete disaster - that feeling of accomplishment in cheating death never goes away.