TIL in 1986 a French woman taught herself how to fly a helicopter, rented one, flew it over a prison, and plucked her bank robber husband off the prison roof.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_prison_escapes



Submitted February 06, 2015 at 05:02AM by tacosfalafels http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2uxckt/til_in_1986_a_french_woman_taught_herself_how_to/