'Rescue Pilot' by that Jerry Grayson bloke
is a pretty good read about Royal Navy SAR work and other such shenanigans.
First chapter (free download) has him starting a Wessex in the hangar before launching past flying debris.
* sending wireman down to pick mushrooms for breakfast
* dodging flying cars
* ditching Admirals into the ocean
* naked pilots flying Seakings with all the instruments pulled out of the panel
* Fastnet race rescue
Some of the colourful stories that come to mind.