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• 1.2-27
• 27. Towards the end of that summer I went to Botswana, met up with Teej and Mike. Theyd recentlydone masterwork on the David Attenborough series Plane...
• 2.2-28
• 28. Right at the turn of the new year, 2009, a video went viral. Me, as a cadet, three years earlier, sitting with other cadets. At an airport. Cyprus...
• 3.2-29
• 29. As that controversy continued to spread, I shipped off to RAF Barkston Heath. Strange time tobegin flight training, to begin any kind of training....
• 4.2-30
• 30. I shipped off to RAF Shawbury and discovered that helicopters were much more complex thanFireflys. Even the preflight checks were more extensive. ...
• 5.2-31
• 31. During this time I was living in Shropshire, with Willy, who was also training to become a pilot. Hed found a cottage ten minutes from the base, o...
• 6.2-32
• 32. From Shawbury I moved on to Middle Wallop. I now knew how to fly a helicopter, the Armyconceded, but next I needed to learn how to fly one tactica...
• 7.2-33
• 33. Over several months Nige the Ninja managed to show me how to fly a helicopter while doingother things, countless other things, and, what was more,...
• 8.2-34
• 34. Nige eventually released me, set me free like a wounded bird restored to health, and with hiscertification the Army pronounced me ready to fly Apa...
• 9.2-35
• 35. The seating arrangement eventually became less of an issue. Day by day the Apache felt less alien,and some days it even felt good. I learned to be...
• 10.2-36
• 36. Near the tail end of my Apache training, at Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk, I got one moreinstructor. It was his job to put on the finishing touche...