the president's helicopter lands on the south lawn at the white house.
where does the president's helicopter land at the white house?
the south lawn
the south lawn provides space for the president's helicopter, marine one, to land directly on the white house grounds. the helicopter will take off and land in the grassy area directly south of the main residence. for aesthetic reasons, the lawn does not contain a full helipad, but rather three removable aluminum discs which accommodate the helicopter's individual landing gear.









































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the climax of the 1974 white house helicopter incident occurred on the south lawn.









































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south lawn (white house)
as part of a multi-pronged approach to a rescue, a chinook helicopter of no. 27 squadron raf was mobilised from abu naji to majar al-kabir with a quick reaction force onboard. the helicopter lifted off at 11:05 am and returned to abu naji around 11:30 am after coming under sustained fire and having at least seven casualties aboard, who were wounded by the insurgent fire. the helicopters' route into the town meant it having to fly over the rooftops to try and locate bravo company who were holed up in one of the houses. whilst it flew in low, it made itself a target for small arms fire and rpgs, with no less than six rpgs being fired at the helicopter. as the damage to the helicopter was severe and casualties were mounting, the pilot, wing commander guy van den berg, decided that safest option was to return to base. the sergeant in charge of the qrf asked that the helicopter land away from the immediate danger and allow the non-wounded on board to disembark. van den berg replied that if the chinook landed, it might not get off the ground again.
battle of majar al-kabir