I am waiting for some kind soul to point out that if anyone could make a Lightning perform like a Wessex, i.e. land vertically..., it was D120A. Thank heavens for Martin-Baker.
At the end of an air test for a new coupling gearbox, Alek discovered that although I could hover, just, I had no experience of flying the approach and transitioning into the hover. He set about rectifying this in the most efficient way: after each one, he would hover-turn 180 degrees and fly back up the approach path to 300 feet, whereupon a torque turn would set me up for another one.
Gently I pointed out the aircraft coming the other way in the circuit, and some excited RT confirmed that other people had noticed the same thing.
Truly a man of the day.