Aww...
You guys are too kind!
The last ride I had in a helo, they let me have a go. When I left the hangar they were still trying to straighten out the collective after the way I yanked on it! Horses for courses, and all that.
It's a funny thing, but I was contacted by the guys who bought those ex-Shell 328Jets, but then it went all quiet. Whatever happened to them?