Where I used to live, next to the Kennet & Avon canal just out Thatcham, I could sit in my garden and watch the Chinooks flying overhead.
Nearby was a large expanse of wasteland over which much of the training took place I'm sure. I have sat there and waved up at them and, a couple of times, I've had a landing flashed back at me!
So if there's any of you guys out there who can remember a a demented woman waving at you on the banks of the canal, it were I!
Cheers
Whirls