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| QuadCopter probe turns to unchallenged ManCopter on the WH lawn- no respect and no defense |
| 2015-04-16 |
| [FOXNEWS] Questions are swirling about how a postal worker from Florida managed to land a small gyrocopter Wednesday on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol without being shot out of the sky by authorities. Mailman Doug Hughes took responsibility for the stunt on a website where he said he was delivering letters to all 535 members of Congress in order to draw attention to campaign finance corruption. "As I have informed the authorities, I have no violence inclinations or intent," Hughes wrote on his website, the democracyclub.org. "An ultralight aircraft poses no major physical threat -- it may present a political threat to graft. I hope so. There's no need to worry -- I'm just delivering the mail." |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 He's in a little bigger trouble than he might think (maybe). The g'copter was not registered, and a search of landings.com doesn't show him in the pilot database. Doubt that he'll be working on his ATP anytime soon. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-04-16 18:46 |
| #9 Secure the perimeter of the US Capitol with an F4U Whistling Death Corsair (RC model, of course). Battle of the Scale Model Titans. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-04-16 14:26 |
| #8 How would one go about shooting something so small and nimble out of the sky without substantial collateral damage? A Sidewinder? A 20 mm cannon? You'd have to ram it with a Piper Cub! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2015-04-16 13:32 |
| #7 Sounds like this nut expects to make bail, then come back for some chuckles at his trial and get a stern warning never to do it again....hahahahaha. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2015-04-16 12:20 |
| #6 I guess they gave the guy every sporting chance. I wonder if they're disappointed. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-04-16 08:23 |
| #5 Obama is real good at inspiring loyalty, isn't he? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-04-16 04:12 |
| #4 Questions are swirling about how a postal worker from Florida managed to land a small gyrocopter Wednesday on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol without being shot out of the sky by authorities. Really? |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-04-16 02:08 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: 2015-04-16 01:55 |
| #2 At this point anyone can build a swarm of small copters that seek heat and inject a lethal dose of cyanide. So, who do you want to kill? |
| Posted by: rammer 2015-04-16 01:37 |
| #1 Hmm... WH would be really screwed if a swarm of autonomous or preprogrammed drones crashed the party. One gyrocopter just carried letters. What if its payload was something else? How low has security fallen. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-04-16 01:02 |