Flight

Though he isn’t a fan of being confined in a metal box under someone else’s control, Tyson isn’t a bad flyer. Honestly, Tyson gains more discomfort from being trapped around so many people for extended periods of time than he does the actual flying part.

He favours being in a helicopter over taking an aeroplane, as he knows that a crash in a helicopter can be utterly indistinguishable from a regular landing with a competent pilot. The idea of learning to pilot either has absolutely no appeal to Tyson.

Tyson has a lot of bad memories of being on planes, but none are directly related to the plane itself or the flight. It’s mourning a fallen soldier with no escape from his thoughts for hours at a time. It’s double checking his fellow passengers every few minutes, terrified that it will become a military sting or turn out The Colonel is sat behind him.

Parachute drills remain one of Tyson’s least favourite parts of military training. Once the parachute is deployed, or even starting from a point when the chute was already open, then getting to see the world from that point of view has always been an enjoyable experience, but not one Tyson would actively seek out.

He has never been hang gliding, but whilst mountain boarding with Rosie - his sister-in-law - Tyson has ended up kite-boarding several times. He prefers to have the more direct control that straight dirtboarding provides, but he can admit to enjoying getting to be airborne for a while.