facepalm plant.
Buy us a Gyrocopter. ...I have a plan.
Low-information voters are one thing, but seing a low-information senior public official ignorant like this is actually hilarious!
What’s a “Jeh?” Meh...
Wow.
Just wow.
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Has he not seen little Nellie in “YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE?”
KYPD
Same thing as an AK-47. Move along now.
Affirmative Action is so awesome.
http://s18.postimg.org/y9n7xw9o9/Gyrocopter_Drone.jpgI’ll take “Something I want parked in my garage” for $1000, Alex
And, this ain't the first autogyro to visit the US Capitol:
Demonstration of mail delivery to the Capitol -- by autogyro -- 1933...
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...and (both photos)...
Senator Hiram Bingham poses on the wing of an autogiro after returning to the Capitol from a round of golf in 1931.
The Bingham Genealogy Project, by Douglas K. Bingham
The gyrocopter was invented by the Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva. In 1921, he participated in a design competition to develop a bomber for the Spanish military. De la Cierva designed a three-engined aircraft, but during an early test flight, the bomber stalled and crashed. De la Cierva was troubled by the stall phenomenon and vowed to develop an aircraft that could fly safely at low airspeeds. The result was the first successful rotorcraft, which he named Autogiro in 1923.
In World War II, Germany pioneered a very small gyro glider rotor kite, the Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 “Bachstelze” (Water-wagtail), towed by U-boats to provide aerial surveillance.
The autogyro was used to calibrate the coastal radar stations during and after the Battle of Britain.
The Japanese Army developed the Kayaba Ka-1 Autogyro for reconnaissance, artillery-spotting, and anti-submarine uses. The craft was initially developed for use as an observation platform and for artillery spotting duties.
Dick Tracy had one and so did Commander Bond.
I think they changed the name so we'd forget about the broken promises.