# Like a Britcom--helicopter trashes mansion whilst pilot ogles pretty girl. Link **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-britcom-helicopter-trashes-mansion-whilst-pilot-ogles-pretty-girl-link/423422 "2007-10-20T22:46:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-britcom-helicopter-trashes-mansion-whilst-pilot-ogles-pretty-girl-link/423422/1 "2007-10-20T22:46:45Z")
OK. 4 louts are flying a military helicopter. They notice a pretty young thing, sunbathing in back of a mansion, wearing little or nothing, one assumes. They drop down for a closer look…and trash the greenhouse. Does it star John Cleese? Hell no! It’s in the paper. [http://www.newsdaily.com/Quirks/UPI-1-20071019-18340600-bc-britain-aupair.xml](http://www.newsdaily.com/Quirks/UPI-1-20071019-18340600-bc-britain-aupair.xml) > [@](#): > > Judge Jonathan Foster described the incident as an “alleged frolic” wherein the four-man crew of the helicopter dropped the craft below its regulation 1,000 foot altitude to get a better look at the sunbather. > > Daniel Crowley, a lawyer for the couple, said the downdraft from the low-flying chopper caused massive damage to the glass ceiling of the conservatory. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-britcom-helicopter-trashes-mansion-whilst-pilot-ogles-pretty-girl-link/423422/2 "2007-10-20T22:54:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Barry and Anna George allege hundreds of **dollars** in damage… When did they start using real money over there? ---
**Author:** ![wendigo1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@wendigo1974](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendigo1974)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-britcom-helicopter-trashes-mansion-whilst-pilot-ogles-pretty-girl-link/423422/3 "2007-10-20T23:06:21Z")
[The pPrune](http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=296894) guys have a more in-depth analysis on the situation. It wasn’t hundreds of dollars worth of damage, more like £100,000 worth of damage. About $200,000 give or take. All for a couple gawks at a Norgie topless bird.