All the time I was flying, although I never had any particular anxiety whilst awake, I had a nightmare, probably weekly, involving being in an aircraft which was being flown ridiculously low (under electric cables etc).
Funnily enough when I took up flying light aircraft many years later the dreams never returned, although I was probably at more risk flying a C172 on my own than I ever had been down the back of a Victor!
In answer to the hours question, we did around 30 hours (say 8 - 10 sorties) a month on average on Victor tankers - no idea what a comparable figure would be now.
Last edited by Tankertrashnav; 6th Sep 2011 at 18:42.
Reason: additional information on hours, as requested