Nigel you were in grave danger of displaying some rapport there, how dare you
3 of my pet subjects are poorly understood by civvy pilots:
The Avoid Curve
Tail rotor failures
Vortex ring state
Forgive me if I am want to impart my experiences coming from a gene pool of probably the best trained helicopter pilots in the world (how is that for arrogance?).
Not only do British military pilots get the best training in the world, they get inputs from manufacturers, test facilities and test pilots that civvy pilots (on the whole) either cannot access or cannot afford.
Mil pilots have access to crash data, simulators and personal experiences that are second to none.
Please dont confuse my experience and flying education as arrogance.
I simply wish to pass onto others what I had - passed onto me when I was going through the learning process, that's all. Light out now, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite xx..................
