Night Autorotations To The Aircraft Carrier
While teaching in the 212/412 Sim I used to end some training sessions by having students do autorotations to the aircraft carrier while it steamed in pitch blackness...no horizon, no stars, no Moon. After quelling the riot and getting the guys to try it....very few made it down the first time. After a reminder that a return to the very basics of a "fixed spot" on the windscreen....as learned in the very first few flight lessons one had....the success rate was impressive.
The teaching point was to remind folks of the need to remember the basics even though flying a complex aircraft.....not to teach them to autorotate to a moving deck in the pitch dark.
It was good fun actually!