Nigel, even the water landings was no laughing matter. I do recall having landed on a Canadian lake once to take advantage of the pristine enviornment and wonderful fishing. Floating around in the middle of the lake was so relaxing. It never occurred to me that I would have to START the helicopter once again when the fun was over. After about 5 rotations on the water I finally had enough tail rotor control to stay still but had I been a bit closer to the willows along the shore it would not have been very funny (not to mention one of the floats going flat or something equally distressing)
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