Flying Encounters of the Third Kind
After 26 years of avoiding it like the plague, and repeating every tired joke that you have ever heard about it, I finally gave in this weekend and flew a helo for the first time.
Great fun --- although the controls are a bit counter-intuitive for a fixed wing pilot. If you haven't tried it yet, talk your wife out of a little retirement cash ( £200/hr -- ouch) and go up in one for an hour or two. You won't regret it. My hovering was "colourful" during the first flight, but I started to get the hang of it during my second 45 minute session (in an R22). Go for it.
It's not flying, it's beating the air into submission. ;-)
Regards