I saw that in a movie one time. Some guys escaped from prison using a helicopter. I can't remember the movie.

Her protagonist, Inspector Armand Gamache, is with the Sûreté du Québec. Well worth reading.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072737/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt


List of helicopter prison escapes:

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

One of the earliest instances of using a helicopter to escape a prison was the escape of Joel David Kaplan, nicknamed "Man Fan", on August 19, 1971 from the Santa Martha Acatitla in Mexico.[3] Kaplan was a New York businessman who not only successfully escaped the prison but eventually escaped Mexico and went on to write a book about his experience, The 10-second jailbreak.[4]

France has had more recorded helicopter escape attempts than any other country, with at least 11.[5] One of the most notable French jail breaks occurred in 1986, when the wife of bank robber Michel Vaujour studied for months to learn how to fly a helicopter. Using her new-found skills, she rented a white helicopter and flew low over Paris to pluck her husband off the roof of his fortress prison. Michel was later seriously wounded in a shoot out with police, and his pilot wife was arrested.[2]

The record for most chopper escapes goes to convicted murderer Pascal Payet, who has used helicopters to escape from prisons in 2001, 2003, and most recently 2007.[6]

Another multiple chopper escapee is Vasilis Paleokostas who on February 22, 2009 escaped for the second time from the same prison.[7] Because of this, many prisons have taken applicable precautions, such as nets or cables strung over open prison courtyards.[8]

It was the Bronson movie.

Chuggo.

No, seriously. Chuggo.

http://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/blog/we-checked-in-with-chuggo-to-see-how-he-was-doing-in-jail