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2015-04-16 -Lurid Crime Tales-

QuadCopter probe turns to unchallenged ManCopter on the WH lawn- no respect and no defense

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Posted by Skidmark 2015-04-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Hmm... WH would be really screwed if a swarm of autonomous or preprogrammed drones crashed the party. One gyrocopter just carried letters. What if its payload was something else? How low has security fallen.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-04-16 01:02|| 2015-04-16 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 At this point anyone can build a swarm of small copters that seek heat and inject a lethal dose of cyanide. So, who do you want to kill?

Posted by rammer 2015-04-16 01:37|| 2015-04-16 01:37|| Front Page Top

Posted by 2015-04-16 01:55|| 2015-04-16 01:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Questions are swirling about how a postal worker from Florida managed to land a small gyrocopter Wednesday on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol without being shot out of the sky by authorities.

Really?

Posted by gorb 2015-04-16 02:08|| 2015-04-16 02:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Obama is real good at inspiring loyalty, isn't he?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-04-16 04:12|| 2015-04-16 04:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I guess they gave the guy every sporting chance. I wonder if they're disappointed.

Posted by gorb 2015-04-16 08:23|| 2015-04-16 08:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds like this nut expects to make bail, then come back for some chuckles at his trial and get a stern warning never to do it again....hahahahaha.

Posted by tu3031 2015-04-16 12:20|| 2015-04-16 12:20|| Front Page Top

#8 How would one go about shooting something so small and nimble out of the sky without substantial collateral damage?

A Sidewinder? A 20 mm cannon? You'd have to ram it with a Piper Cub!

Posted by Bobby 2015-04-16 13:32|| 2015-04-16 13:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Secure the perimeter of the US Capitol with an F4U Whistling Death Corsair (RC model, of course). Battle of the Scale Model Titans.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-04-16 14:26|| 2015-04-16 14:26|| Front Page Top

#10 He's in a little bigger trouble than he might think (maybe). The g'copter was not registered, and a search of landings.com doesn't show him in the pilot database.

Doubt that he'll be working on his ATP anytime soon.

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-04-16 18:46|| 2015-04-16 18:46|| Front Page Top

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