Heli flying!
Heli flying! Did a ground tour with the Army in Germany. There was a helicopter unit with Gazelles and Lynx. At the time the gazelle was always manned by a pilot and a crewman but I was able to get stick time with the Regimental QHI. Also managed to fly the GAF Bo105 and Belgian Allouette 3. Absolutely rubbish as a heli pilot (some might say the same of my Herc skills) but the Army thought it might be a good idea to get me to solo on Gazelle and have a Soldier Magazine article about RAF Brigade Staff Officer soloing on it. RAF put the kibosh on it as I was on a ground tour, probably saving QHI lots of grey hair.