Originally Posted by
chopjock
Yes and were seen still facing into wind before lifting. Why on earth do a 180 turn to depart downwind?
I'm not sure if this would explain it but in VIP ops, often the crew would position the direction of the nose to ensure that the VIP pax gets out and can directly walk to or enter from his destination (in this case it seems that from the other video footage that he was coming out from a stadium gate to the heli). This way, the VIP does not need to walk around the nose (or tail!) to go to his walking destination. The 180 turn could have been to reposition the nose into the winds when they reached above the stadium structure. Just a thought...