FED (#10894),
..."with three or four hanging on to the one being lifted"...
Believe this was the case with the last helicopters to lift-off from the US Embassy in Saigon, with the Viet Cong at the gates.
Clearly it would have been impracticable in the Glenfell Tower case. But isn't megan's video clip (#8 on "Helicopter Rescue Feasibilty" a little jewel !)
I knew that the USAF had Sgt/Pilots in Vietnam on their Hueys (why should helicopters be regarded as a "poor relation" of fixed-wing in the matter of pilot status ?) But I didn't know they were in service as late as 1980. Very impressive, too. Are they still ?
Full marks to the presenter for being game enough to "have a go".
Chugalug and aa62, what a shameful light it casts on BBC ethics ! Reminiscent of the case in GW1, when a US radio announcer nearly blew Stormin' Norman's crafty plan to attack Saddam Hussein in Kuweit well to the West of what he expected. But in her case, it was artless, not intentional. I believe no harm was done, as Iraki Intelligence didn't "twig it".
Danny (once a Sgt/Pilot, and proud of it).