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WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS IN KEENE FOR YOU. A PILOT IS SAFE AFTER A GYROCOPTER CRASH AT THE AIRPORT THERE.
Hughes' gyrocopter sits on the west lawn of the Capitol after he was taken into custody on April 15. Alex Wong/Getty Images He took NPR through the final moments of his flight.
WASHINGTON — The Florida man who flew his gyrocopter through restricted airspace to land on the U.S. Capitol grounds told federal investigators he feared being "shot down'' but took off anyway ...
The Gyrocopter can't take sharp turns, so it's best to situate it in the desired direction beforehand. When flying in heavily wooded areas, be mindful of the Gyrocopter's blades because they can ...
Gortney, meanwhile, said the gyrocopter’s “flight parameters fell below the threshold necessary to differentiate aircraft from weather, terrain, birds, and other slow-flying objects so as to ...
Before landing a gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn Wednesday, Doug Hughes wrote about his intentions and the reasons behind them on a website called the thedemocracyclub.org. “The point of the ...
The gyrocopter that was about to make a big splash with an unannounced landing on the lawn of the Capitol appeared on radar as a tiny dot as it made its way south from Gettysburg. Nobody noticed.
Gyrocopter: How the Chopper, Like the One That Landed at the US Capitol, Works. An explanation of the peculiar aircraft that landed near the U.S. Capitol. By ABC News. April 15, 2015, 4:33 PM.
The Florida postal worker who landed a gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol last month pleaded not guilty to all counts Thursday and announced he would take his fight for campaign ...
Gyrocopter Was Detected by Radar Before Landing at Capitol, Pilot Deserves Stiffer Penalty, Officials Say "The dot appeared only intermittently throughout the flight." ...
The gyrocopter was his, but it bore the logo of his employer, the United States Postal Service, without authorization, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
The man who flew a gyrocopter to the U.S. Capitol literally flew under the radar; that's what the Department of Homeland Security seems to believe. It's possible the gyrocopter wasn't high enough ...