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Several memorable flights. Flew an hour in a Hughes 500 with the passenger door missing through a rainstorm, (first wetting) then offshore to the local airport, (Jefman) via longboat, (wet again) to catch a fixed wing. Three forced landings in helicopters due to weather. One dodgy flight in a heli after a diver had placed his air tanks in the tail boom storage. Heli dropped off the wellhead and I believe we remained airborne to due to 'ground effect'. Aborted take off, hard braking, at Brunei when the pilot realised the a/c hadn't been refuelled. Eight hours in a Trident on the runway at Athens AP surrounded by military vehicles which had blocked take-off. Nowadays twelve hour flights in scheduled flights pure luxury!
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