Flying Squad: 90 Years Since London's First Police 'Helicopters'

How cops patrolled the skies over 1930s London.

The police helicopter is an all-too-familiar sight — and sound — in the skies of modern London. But the aerial beat goes back further than you might think. The first rotor-borne coppers were flying over the capital as early as 1932 in flimsy looking craft called autogyros. In today’s newsletter, I’ve dug into the archives to piece together the history o…