Hot refuel in the Hover was my most interesting moment....Puma gear failure...230Sqn Güt if anyone remebers it.
We had to build a sand bag cradle for it to land on, 50% probability it would topple we thought. We watched safely from a distance as the crew very very carefully landed and shut down.....solid as rock but we didn't waste time getting some jacks under it.
I was only passing on my way to the mess too ! I think they thought I was familiar with hovering ops coming from the Harrier world..
