Capitol lawn. 61yearold doug hughes of ploard is due in florida is due in court in about an hour and a half. He made the 80mile flight from gettysburg yesterday and surprised nearly everyone by landing on the south lawn of the capitol. Craig boswell has more. Reporter tourists are still talking about wednesdays brazen stunt. A gyrocopter flying across the National Mall and landing on the u. S. Capitols west lawn. What happened to our security . This is crazy. He was in for a joke or big crazy man. What if someone was seriously wanting to do some damage, it would be questionable. Reporter postal worker doug hughes was carrying 535 letters to congress to draw attention to what he believes is an urgent need for Campaign Finance reform. Now a number of federal agencies are trying to figure out how he was able to fly some 80 miles at low altitude from gettysburg, pennsylvania through heavily restricted air space to the capitol lawn. Hes lucky he wasnt shot glrt federal Aviation Administrati
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