Of worries on helicopter flying
Perhaps I throw the thread forward, but hopefully only to relate the same feeling of dread the thought of flying in the whirling dervish of a machine gave me back in the day. I was just an AGE on Albert, and, subsequent to the GW1 debacle was detailed to attend a FARP course at RAF Stafford. It seems that our Captain, one C**** F**d, had arranged transport from Lyneham to RAF Stafford by Chinook of 7(SF). We duly turned up and sat in the back of the beast, myself the Eng, Co and Nav all crossed our fingers and prayed for a failure. By goodness, it happened, the bugger wouldn't start properly, and, needed support from main base. What a relief, we attended the course, by car, and were told about Farping, which we had all been doing for the duration of GW1. I have the honour to be an erk who avoided flying in a helicopter during 30 years of service. I'm sure there's some point in the whirligigs, unnatural IMHOP, I hope to continue to avoid any contact with the beast.
Smudge