In February 1974 the Secret Service shot down along with Maryland Police, a rogue US Army UH-1C Huey which had been illegally taken a from a base and flown to around Washington all at night.
Interesting story – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_White_House_helicopter_incident
Sure makes one wonder how he flew so well at night time and managed to force down another helicopter and remain so composed…
By: TonyT - 18th February 2013 at 12:29
Shortly afterwards they fitted hasp and clasps to allow the doors to be padlocked as an interim measure, we had a couple over fron Germany with them fitted and the crew were telling us everyone had got paranoid overnight.
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February 18, 2013 at 8:46 am