It almost brings tears to the eyes,or is it the sweat off the brow;have to agree with F-E-D, about the controls;early civvy Sycs. operated from the LHS with/without duals,and main instrument panel on left,then it changed to RHS and a central collective.Comfortable leather seats,wind down windows,manual trims and controls(a right bu%%^r if you didn`t get the trim pre-set for a hover and forgot the Cof G compensator was running the wrong way),steep turns,max rate turns-yes !,torque-turns,proper ones,`jump` take-off- over-rev to 300?,hoik the lever and hope you got 30 kts,before you touched down,otherwise,you got ground resonance and couldn`t get airborne,and then coming back to land on the `spots` outside the CFS crewroom(goofers gallery),and getting resonance every time you touched the ground,then landing back on the grass to ask for an instructor to come out !!Didn`t happen to me,of course,says he,modestly,because Paddy McL.....taught you all the tricks!Anyone remember JWP(Pranger` to his friends) bashing the t/r on a d/wind q/stop?Happy Days and we all grew more hair on our chests !! Anyway, better go and fit the 2-stage amber and put on the blue goggles for some sim. I/F in the Beemer ,ahhh,nostalgia,ain`t wot it used to be....Syc....amore..
`Engine failure,BLOGGS !!`....Down ,Off,and up to 2!!!