Hi psyan,
did it (nearly)
left the navy and was 6 years earthbound.
A pain in the a.. to get all the theory stuff back into the grey mass, especially all the things you know, you'll never need in a helicopter, i.e. jetstreams and so on for the exam.
On the flying side - Bo 105 - never flown before - needed the rating to do 18 hrs solo before the checkride - and it worked out quite fast on the first session.
Later a big surprise for the IP - he was totally relaxed after the first hour around the airfield and the hover rectangle when we hovered back in front of the hangar - and he said land.
Navy drill for shiplanding was so persistend, that I just plunged the helicopter on to the tarmac - only it wasn't a lynx with landing gear and long shockabsorbers ;-)
Loud bang - but nothing bend or broken - took me some fiddling to get used to skids again ;-)
Greetings Flying Bull