Probably the most daring of all of the great escapes from La Santé was that of Michel Vaujour in 1986, whose wife, Nadine, swooped into the courtyard to snatch him up in a helicopter she was piloting.
There was barely a cloud in the sky as I swooped down by Ladybower reservoir and made my way over to Holmfirth, dodging the Last of the Summer Wine tours as I headed for Holme Moss, one of the most feared ascents in Yorkshire, which will feature on this summer's Tour de France.
Officials from Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency swooped on offices belonging to Axact – which claims it is the "world's leading IT company" – in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
And a flock of celebrity naturalists including Brian May, Chris Packham and Bill Oddie have swooped in, joining mostly British and Dutch volunteers patrolling the countryside at 5am each morning to monitor illegal shooting for the charity BirdLife Malta.
"When they followed me for a short distance, the insurgents swooped on them.
It is a prospect which thrills Williams, who started playing with the Ystradgynlais club, represented the Ospreys through age-grade rugby and was in the final season of a three-year development contract with Scarlets when Leicester swooped having suffered Williams's talents as the fly-half steered the side from Llanelli to a 40-19 victory while landing seven penalties in the LV Cup last season.
So much so that 15 months later in January 2008 Celtic swooped; offered United close on a million and Barry was packing his bags and heading off to Parkhead.
"I've spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi".
He had his hands in the air when riot police swooped in, and a police humvee-style truck temporarily blocked him from view of the media.
At this height the vegetation was becoming sparse, but even here there were tracks of vicunas (wild llamas), and a large hawk swooped overhead.
The investigation: Race against time to crack case Police swooped on Dhiren Barot as he had a haircut at the Golden Touch barbers in Willesden High Street, north London, on August 3 2004.
