A local company (Digital Equipment Corporation) had one
Didn't know that. I flew quite a bit (as pax) in the DEC fleet in the 70s and 80s and I thought they were all 206s. (DEC had about a dozen helis which flew scheduled flights between the various New England plants. They were available to all employees, even lowly new graduate hires like me, with no charge to your department. Amazing, huh?)
or Extra or something
Now there's a thought. A local FBO has an Extra with full IFR instruments, maybe I should get some hood time in it!
If I'm rusty after 3 months, imagine a VFR commercial pilot who got 5 hours of hood time several years ago when he was trained!
Couldn't agree more. I do enough (airplane) IFR (hood, and actual when I can) to stay proficient, but even so I am NEVER satisfied with my performance - I always feel I need to do about three times as much.