article_snippet.sent: The 59-year-old, who now designs aerial stunts for films, was once the youngest pilot to join Royal Navy and was responsible for saving 15 yachtsmen during the doomed Fastnet Yacht Race in 1979.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Grayson, who is writing a book about his experiences, pictured with the helicopter in which his learned to fly at the age of 17 .
article_snippet.sent: Jerry Grayson was awarded with Air Forces Cross by the Queen for outstanding gallantry in search and rescue.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Grayson flying a helicopter, as smoke pours out .
article_snippet.sent: By the age of 25, Mr Grayson had become the most decorated naval pilot in peacetime.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Grayson flying a Wessex 1 from HMS Ark Royal during the height of the Cold War .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Grayson, pictured at the controls of a Wessex 5, joined the Fleet Air Arm in 1972 aged 17.
article_snippet.sent: It made Mr Grayson the youngest helicopter pilot to serve in the Royal Navy . '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Grayson joined the Fleet Air Arm in 1972 aged 17.
article_snippet.sent: It made him the youngest helicopter pilot to serve in the Royal Navy.
article_snippet.sent: By the age of 25 Mr Grayson had become the most decorated naval pilot in peacetime and was awarded with Air Forces Cross by the Queen for outstanding gallantry in search and rescue.
article_snippet.sent: As well as being a rescuer during Fastnet, Mr Grayson has previously gone head-to-head with Russian submarines and was entrusted with carrying the key for a nuclear weapon aged just 19.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Grayson now designs shoots and aerial stunts for films, including Black Hawk Down.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Grayson is writing about Mr Grayson latest experience for him the youngest helicopter pilot: