My father in law was the lynx display pilot for the blue eagles in the late 80's, he then later flew the Northumbria police helicopter and after that was the chief pilot for the great north air ambulance
had loads of sicky trips with him and luckily had the controls of the police helicopter for a total of 5hrs when i used to jump in with him when it went down to staverton for a servicing
he works for me now as he has retired from flying due to being 60, really miss going up with him