FAA Investigating Florida Mailman’s Landing of Gyrocopter on U.S. Capitol Lawn as Protest
Delivering mail to Congress about campaign finance reform. The Tampa Bay Times has an ongoing update that covers the protest best, it’s a bottom up read.
UPDATE 6 p.m.: The Federal Aviation Administration announced it is investigating Wednesday’s landing of a small, open-air helicopter on the U.S. Capitol’s grounds, and said in a statement that the pilot of the gyrocopter was not in contact with air traffic controllers or authorized to enter restricted airspace.
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UPDATE 3:30 p.m.: The Capitol Police bomb squad searched and cleared the gyrocopter, saying “nothing hazardous” was found.
“We are preparing to move the gyrocopter from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol to a secure location,” the department said in a statement.
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UPDATE 2:45 p.m.: ST. PETERSBURG — Doug Hughes’ close friend and co-worker, Mike Shanahan, said today that the Ruskin mailman is not a terrorist and did not mean any harm with his protest.
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