REEL 1 Aspects of period as helicopter pilot with Fleet Air Arm, 1950s: reasons for learning to fly; joining first helicopter squadron; attitude to flying anti-submarine patrols formation of 848 Sqdn, 1959; duties with 848 Sqdn aboard HMS Bulwark. Recollections of operations with 848 Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm in Malaya, 1960: move to Malaya; problems with helicopters; character of duties; story relating to relations between RAF and Fleet Air Arm; question of importance of helicopters; method of locating helicopters in jungle; method of navigating through jungle; problems of operating helicopters in tropical conditions; loads carried; problems of night flying; occasion of having to land due to poor weather; fuel supplies; civilians carried. REEL 2 Continues: on patrol with Gurkhas; attitude to flying over jungle; amusing story of relations with Gurkha troops. Recollections of operations with 800 Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm during Indonesian Confrontation: flying Buccaneers from HMS Eagle; proposed targets; role of unit; creating sonic booms; occasion when helicopters used guided missile on Indonesian positions; opinion of naval helicopter pilots operating in jungle.