A Mild Form of Insanity: Recollections of a Helicopter Pilot
Mike Tuson joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1947 and specialised in aviation from 1956, first as a fixed wing and later as a helicopter pilot. Retiring from the navy in 1970 he continued flying helicopters, this time in the Middle East as a mercenary in the Sultan of Oman's Airforce. He served there during the little known war against the communists in the province of Dhofar, during which time he was wounded twice.Leaving Oman in 1973, he spent three years working as personal pilot to a wealthy businessman. Returning to the Middle East in 1976, for the next eighteen years he flew in many countries in that area. The book covers his experiences in almost all forms of helicopter operations, including military, oil field support, mountain and desert, and flying for a TV company during the IranIraq "Tanker War" in 1987, up to his retirement from aviation in 1993.