Kemayoran Airport, Jakarta, circa 1980-ish. Pilot walks out to a Bell 212 for an offshore flight, gets in and starts the first engine which gets to flight-idle before pilot realises the main rotor is not turning. Pilot shuts-down said engine and gets out to find the tail rotor is still tied-down! Pilot unties said tail rotor, gets back into the helicopter and continues the flight. You can't make this up, can you?