D18 was the one time that we wore a parachute in a helicopter. M'larky Jim took 45 minutes for D18 with a blissfully ignorant Midshipman taking little or no notice of the pearls of wisdom being imparted as the view was far more interesting. To think I'd regularly fly my BK at 9-10,000ft 30+ years later and even cruise my 206L at 10,000ft between Melbourne and Sydney to avoid a refuel at Canberra!
ICO, we didn't fly together but I have a few of your compatriots listed in the 12E before I settled into being M'larky's last stude before he moved on. The one that he wanted to see through to wings, as all his previous studes were chop cases that he was given as an A1. A minor detail he didn't mention until 4-5 years later in casual conversation of a pint, but was traumatising to young bloke fresh from Linton who had been advised by the previous course "don't get M'larky, he chops all his studes"
