MBJ
Yes that lynx story is true, I knew the crew very well, in fact the pilot was the last chap I flew with when I left the AAC and it happend about 3-4 months after I'd left. Funnily enough that's one of the things I really do check on my BF, things like that stick when they are closer to home.
One engineer asked me to do a ground run on a 205 once, I walked back in after ten seconds and asked him to put the main rotor back on first!
Red faced or what?