My old office was near Strangeways m and one day we saw a drone very conspicuously hovering high over the prison yard. Turns out that drones smuggling in contraband has become a major problem in the last few years.
Today someone would just watch a YouTube video and then steal the helicopter. Nobody wants to put the work in anymore.
Fun fact: People abbreviate it “heli” or “copter”, when in fact the two parts of the word are “helico” and “pter”. (Think: helical or pterodactyl)
Try pronouncing it helico-pter, and pronounce the P and make it rhyme with “tare” as in pterodactyl. You’ll sound like you have a French accent, or something.
Very fun fact, so much so I wanted to know more.
originates from the Greek helix (ἕλιξ), genitive helikos (ἕλῐκος), “helix, spiral, whirl, convolution”[1] and pteron (πτερόν) “wing”
Imagine saying helicopad and quadpter!
This is also one of my favourite fun facts! :D
Why was the prison keeping him on the roof instead of inside the prison where he couldn’t escape? 🤔
Really good at climbing.
How can you post this and not let us know if they got away or not?
Michel Vaujour had 28 years to serve for attempted murder and armed robbery; this was his fourth escape attempt. He made his way to the roof by threatening guards with a fake pistol and nectarines painted as grenades. On top of the jail he was picked up by his wife Nadine, who had taken helicopter pilot lessons especially for the escape. They landed at a nearby football pitch and fled in a waiting car.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_prison_escapes
The couple’s hideout was right back in Paris. Bold or foolish, they stayed in the city where they had just staged a daring escape. Three months later, they were caught not opening a charming coffee shop but robbing a bank—again. In the shootout that followed, Michel took a bullet to the head but survived. He was soon back in prison, his sixth escape attempt with a new accomplice, Jamila, ending in failure.
Bro didn’t know when to quit lol
Could have gone and became an action film actor at that point
“List of helicopter prison escapes” is a new addition to my favorite Wikipedia articles
Want to share some articles from your favorites list? I need some entries in my newly created one. ^^
It’s more of a mental list but here’s a few off the top of my head.
Hiroo Onoda - Japanese soldier who continued fighting 29 years after WW2
Nadine faced charges for her role in the jailbreak. Nevertheless, their bond remained unbroken. When asked about her extraordinary actions, Nadine famously said, “I would do it all over again.”
Nadine Vaujour, after serving her sentence, largely disappeared from the public eye. Her life since her involvement in the prison break has been shrouded in mystery, with little information about her current whereabouts. Some reports suggest she sought to live a quieter, more private life, far removed from the notoriety that the helicopter escape had brought her. The lack of public appearances and media engagement indicates that she may have distanced herself from her past.
You know normally I think the argument that people are less imaginative/creative than they used to be in the past is BS.
After reading the sentence “He made his way to the roof by threatening guards with a fake pistol and nectarines painted as grenades.” I think maybe that’s true
Mad
That’s love
With that kind of effort Id say they earned it.
Love takes us to strange places and makes us to do even stranger things…
No almost needed, that’s dope.
I wish someone would go through the effort of learning how to pilot a helicopter just so I can be free…
She’s a keeper!
Another helicopter jail break happened in Quebec in 2013.
I’m not mad at it.
moll /mŏl/ noun A girlfriend of a gunman or gangster.
Honeybunny!
Pronounced mole?
No, mole is pronounced /moʊl/ (if you’re American)
I remember the first time I heard of helicopter prison breaks. What is so incredible is how common they actually where and the countermeasures developed against them.
Love knows no bounds?
