Nigel,
Forgotten about BEAS. Happy days? The first landing on the new trolley on Nordraug (sp?), Brent Field, night, so close to the edge that there was no visual reference: made it! Then shut down, and a gust up the side of the accommodation block neatly tipped the blade back into the TR drive shaft and buzz sawed through it (the drive shaft).
Tough main rotor blades on the 212, not a mark on the blade tip, yet the tail rotor drive shaft rested neatly in two
Made the engineer's day.....