Like HughMartin, I did some IF training on II in June 1975 - this was with Jerry Corke at North Denes.
Rather like SpeechlessTwo, who I followed from the RN a little later, my introduction to Bristows in January 1969 was fairly chaotic. Having done a fairly leisurely Whirlwind Series 3 conversion with dear Leo deVigne in preparation for the usual initial posting to Das Island or Nigeria, I was suddenly thrown into a JetRanger (G-AWLL) with Johnny Johnson for a total of 3 hours, which included, so my logbook tells me, 20 engine off landings, and then fired off to Trinidad. Sad for Rupert Wilson who had badly damaged his back in an accident there, but great for me, except for my wife of just 30 days, who had to stay behind until an accompanied posting was approved six months later!!