First solo on helicopters, Gazelle. Lifting off and trimmed with the force trim release the bird to the accelerative attitude. When I reached circuit speed I tried to trim again – but the force trim release had failed. So I called the instructor back to the landing zone and finished the circuit against the springs of the trim. He jumped in and wanted control – and even so I had told him, that there was force on the stick, the blades nearly hit the ground, when he took control. We flew back to our homebase, only to find out, that only a circuit breaker has popped (unfortunately where I couldn´t reach it), but the instructor could have ;-) After that only the one or the other bird strike without mayor damage, a little bit scary at night so ;-) Then an engine chip on a twin at MTOW, shut the engine down and landed on a nearby little airfield leaving 15 meters of skidmark on the grass. Scary was a coughing engine in a 206 while underway with passengers at max. cruise power. The helicopter veering, dancing needles all over the panel until I lowered the collective. I continued a bit, trying to check out what caused it with less power applied, when the engine coughed again. Lowering the collective again solved the problem only a few seconds. Again the engine coughed. With 60isch knots and minimum power setting, telling the passengers, we´re going to land, I went back to base, always prepared for an engine off. The technicians found, that pieces from the compressor housing (each clamshell the amount of a small finger) went through the engine. Had another bad feeling, when flying over sea at night and checked the fuel consumption. The amount calculated were more than usual but engine parameters were o.k.. Used the stopwatch and calculated again, even more consumption. Did a few turns to see, whether there might be fuel leaking, but couldn´t see any. Returning to homebase the consumption increased and we weren´t sure, if we could make it. Called for the firetruck. After landing no leak was found, just the electrics went mad. All other moments were due to pilot or crew misjudgements – that are stories for another thread (where you need to open the luck bag and put something into the experience bag) Greetings Flying Bull