Moments later, the helicopter was hovering over the canoe and lowering a sling to haul Tom aboard the Skeeter.
At the same time, heavy-lift helicopters lowered hundreds of huge sandbags into the south end of the gap.
As he arrives at Springfield to do so, a helicopter lowers a bomb suspended by rope through a hole in the dome.
Hovering 30 to 40 feet over the ship, the helicopter lowered a wire basket capable of holding one adult to the deck.
The instant he was detached from the harness, the helicopter lowered its nose and moved off to the south.
The helicopter lowered to treetop height and a heavy rope ladder was dropped.
To use the beartrap, a helicopter hovers over the landing pad on the deck and lowers a line with an attached probe on the end.
Over a period of about one and a half hours the helicopter lowered its winch eight times and successfully lifted off eight crewman.
In this method, a helicopter lifts cargo from the supplying ship and lowers it to the receiving ship.
Murdock watched as the helicopter lowered itself gently to the deck, its skids just off the steel.