Hi Vorticey
I won't take offence that you thought I was in the Army!! I am ex RAF and of the 700ish hrs about 60hr where Capt in the Chipmunk (at University) 40hr in the JP5A (basic jet trainer) 25hr in the Whirlwind 10 (a rotary Chipmunk!!) and 120hr In the Wessex 2.
During my 1st tour in Germany there was no such thing as a normal day. The tasking varied from singleton Stage 1 drills training the Army on the basics of getting in/out of the helicopter by hover jump roping etc to 18 ship Squadron assaults on bridges.
Further tours were on SAR which varied from the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster to topless girls on inflatable toys!!
I always found it mystifying that the Army used different maps to the RAF. Often when doing a night sun insertion we called for the light, carried by the Army Scout helicopter, to be switched on to find it illuminating a different field to the one we were aiming for!!!
HF