Gyrocopter lands in front of U.S. Capitol: political engagement hacker?

Could we also just land a bunch of drones there with our complaints? Clearly it's not that hard. Kudos to the first person to build a drone delivery service for sending complaints to congress.

"Delivering concerns to congress? There's no app for that. Better fly by gyrocopter."

Violating no-fly zones and landing something with spinning blades, unannounced, in a public area is hardly the best way to deliver your grievances to members of Congress.

But let's not fool ourselves: if Mr. Hughes had instead taken the Metro and walked up to the Capitol Building, his letters would still be ignored by his representatives.

This was on his website. "Let them know you demand an honest government that works for the people - and you oppose shooting me down. (If you are in favor shooting me down, call that number, but wait until tomorrow.)"

Well, then he is a loon...because the people running the local air defense system weren't going to take a survey prior to engaging a possible hostile target when they have only moments to make a decision.

Yeah I just thought it was kind of funny that he included a scenario where someone would desire to shoot him down.