On one of my last flights, we were gear down on a very bumpy final approach in high winds and a HUGE gust hit us from the side and we were momentarily at a 45 degree angle, which is not a great place to be in a 737 close to the ground. I could almost feel the pilot's panic as he corrected, throttled up and retracted the gear. We ended up diverting to another airport 80 miles away and made a wild landing there.
My experiencing a high speed collision as a passenger in a first generation Honda Civic where we hit a full sized truck was FUN in comparison to that, or even to the 3.5 hours worth of strong turbulence we had beforehand.
