Small helicopter lands on Capitol lawn prompting lockdowns for Capitol, White House

NewsChannel 8 ^ | 04-15-2015

[RS_Rider]

WASHINGTON (WJLA) -- A small helicopter has landed on the Capitol's West Front in D.C. and the pilot was taken into custody. The Capitol building and the White House are currently under lockdown. More details to come...

[the OlLine Rebel]

Autogyro.

Although I must say I didn’t know such things exist now. But the design is completely different. Still looks mostly like a helicopter, not at all like a plane which was the point of autogyros in days past.

[freedomlover]

Video that treats this much too glibly IMHO

http://video.tampabay.com/?ndn.trackingGroup=90964&ndn.siteSection=tbtimes&ndn.videoId=28895951&freewheel=90964&sitesection=tbtimes&vid=28895951

[taildragger]

I wonder if it is a derivative of the "Honey-Bee" family of Gyro's that were variants of the Bensen Gyro's. I see a Rotax 447 or 503 engine w/ a powder coated exhaust. I don't see an "N" number. It maybe overweight for an Ultralight Gyro aka greater than 254 lbs. He might get gigged on that as well, unless he has a throw out parachute to get some extra weight via the BRS exemption... ;-)...

[Farmer Dean]

“The highlight of your day is being bitten by dogs.”
The highlight of the day is the interaction with the “lonely” housewives and divorcees.

[TexasCajun]

That's pretty amazing.

Easily could have been a terrorist attack.

[taildragger]

Oh here it is, it also has an engine driven "pre-rotor" as well to spin the rotor up before takeoff...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Interesting. This guy is going away for a good long time. He admits in the video he intends to commit a felony. And I’m certain the USPS didn’t authorize the use of their logo.

[TexasCajun]

Big enough for carry a lethal payload.

[TexasCajun]

Post Office Logo?

[mykroar]

Wilkow was hilarious talking about this. He said it’s a good thing the guy had a video up crying about CU, or we’d have had 3 hours of it being blamed on the tea party and racism.

[seawolf101]

Interesting. This guy is going away for a good long time. He admits in the video he intends to commit a felony. And I’m certain the USPS didn’t authorize the use of their logo.

The guy probably just wants the free room and board. Why work when you can commit a crime and get free room and board.

[funfan]

Do you think if they had not known he was coming they would have shot it down?

[Gargantua]

"But, he’ll be a hero to his Daily Kos buddy’s tonight, because he “showed them!”."

LMAO!!! Way too funny (mostly because it's so spot on!).

[moovova]

We love gyros at our house...with lots of tzadziki sauce.

Except, I don’t believe they’re autogyros. I think somebody has to make’em.

[magua]

Evert week its something. A small group could take over the place at this rate.Hum

[spokeshave]

Except, I don’t believe they’re autogyros. I think somebody has to make’em

They are autogyros in the sense that goats make them....committed to top quality grass fed meat.

[taildragger]

their is a video from the inventor crazy 1930’s of someone landing a gyro in DC to show off its short takeoff and landing capabilities, my how times have changed...

[freedomlover]

[CedarDave]

That's pretty amazing. Easily could have been a terrorist attack.

True enough. I'd be worried about same if the sources in this report are credible:

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[j_guru]

I am wondering how well throwing a parachute through rotating blades will work... maybe he could volunteer to test that as well.