Gyrocopter lands at U. S. Capitol
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Gyrocopter lands at U. S. Capitol
Mailman's friend warned Secret Service about plan to land gyrocopter on U.S. Capitol lawn | Tampa Bay Times
Gyrocopter Lands on U.S. Capitol Grounds; Pilot in Custody - WSJ
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Dumb thing to do for many reasons but I must say it made me smile!
Gyrocopter Lands on U.S. Capitol Grounds; Pilot in Custody - WSJ
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Dumb thing to do for many reasons but I must say it made me smile!
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Makes me "smile" *, that the BBC is referring to it as "a small helicopter"
*Well, a grimace can look a bit like a smile, hey?
Bloody standards nowadays, sheesh!
*Well, a grimace can look a bit like a smile, hey?
Bloody standards nowadays, sheesh!
So an unarmed young man running away from police gets shot in the back 8 times but a low flying craft makes it within a few hundred meters of the state capitol?
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Gyrocopters have been landing on the Whitehouse lawn since 1931
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpBrYGZo0EI
And for what its worth , the Capitol Lawn belongs to the gyro pilot , not the politicians hiding inside .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpBrYGZo0EI
And for what its worth , the Capitol Lawn belongs to the gyro pilot , not the politicians hiding inside .
This guy was engaged in peaceful protest, and civil disobedience, sorta likeGhandi
Martin Luther King
Laughed, I did, at his bravado. I suspect he'll be having some tea and biscuits with both FAA and Secret Service, absent biscuits and likely no tea. He made his point and nobody was harmed.
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Another 1931 video of an Autogyro landing on the Whitehouse lawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfXwDL_E014
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Another 1931 video of an Autogyro landing on the Whitehouse lawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfXwDL_E014
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Here is the Gyrocopter that landed yesterday (different pilot) , it was built 7 years ago , very safe and stable , blades are in constant autorotation , thrust comes from a pusher prop , basically a modern version of the original Bensen Gyrocopter from years gone by
Here it is doing a spot landing competition , there was enough headwind for zero roll landings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7MvB4ei6aM#t=31
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Here is the Gyrocopter that landed yesterday (different pilot) , it was built 7 years ago , very safe and stable , blades are in constant autorotation , thrust comes from a pusher prop , basically a modern version of the original Bensen Gyrocopter from years gone by
Here it is doing a spot landing competition , there was enough headwind for zero roll landings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7MvB4ei6aM#t=31
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