Gyro Pilot Lands His Copter On The Capitol Lawn To Protest A Worthy Cause
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Watch This Gyro Pilot Illegally Land His Copter On The Capitol Lawn To Protest A Worthy Cause
By Andrew Roberts • 04.16.15
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It was a plan two years in the making and 61-year-old Doug Hughes saw it through from start to finish. He’s a Postal Service worker out of Florida, but he made his impact in DC today by flying his gyrocopter in defiance of The National Mall’s no-fly zone, landing it on the lawn of the Capitol. It would seem he had some mail to deliver. From ABC News:
Hughes flew a gyrocopter, which he described in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times as a “flying bicycle,” onto the Capitol lawn on Wednesday afternoon. Law enforcement sources said he wanted to draw attention to the issue of campaign finance reform.
“I have got a plane, a gyro-plane, and I’m going to fly it. I’m going to violate the no-fly zone “I’m going to land on the Capitol Mall.”
