Mine began as a young child when a hiller helicopter landed in the field behind our house. It lingered going and coming for a few weeks, I remember building a detailed exact copy with my meccano set! Some years later A bolkow began arriveing every two weeks to service the local offshor lighthouse (EI-AWB/G-AZOM), I was regular as clockwork to see it when holidays permitted. A few years later, and two bolkows later the then piolt out of the blue asked me "do you fancy a 35 minute hop to Dublin"? his next stop, and I jumped at the chance. I have flown with them a few times since, when at home and they are around, I just caught the bugt goodo after that.
Since then I cant pass an airport if a chopper is in, simply have to see it, like the sea king from civernor at swansea yesterday, (ZH540), watching those same blades that droop but lift it off and away, the click clink click of the turbines starting and the smell! Better than sex any day!