thanks muermel,
I'll look into Broken Journey.
For all the folks here, I did read Chickenhawk and find 'Tales of Helicopter Pilot' more interesting than Mason's book. I did enjoy the parts where he was in the training and some humorous situations later on, but as a civilian with no military background (and not ever wishing to have one) I had to force myself a bit to finish the book.. Well, matter of one's taste.
That's the thing. Scouring amazon for some heli novels mostly yielded Vietnam related books. There aren't so many civvy books (ie not full of pointless killing and mutilated bodies/body parts) I could find.