article_snippet.sent: Hughes has said Hughes was making the flight to publicize Hughes concerns about the corrupting influence of money in politics, and deliver letters to all 535 members of Congress on the topic. '
article_snippet.sent: Just the day before, Hughes caused a major security scare when Hughes landed his gyro-copter on the US Capitol lawn - coming just seconds from being shot out of the sky.
article_snippet.sent: House Homeland Security panel Chairman Michael McCaul revealed that Capitol authorities had Hughes, 61, in Capitol authorities sights and were prepared to open fire. '
article_snippet.sent: Had it gotten any closer to the speaker's balcony Capitol authorities had Doug Hughes, 61, in their sights and were prepared to open fire have long guns to take it down, but it didn't.
article_snippet.sent: Protest flight: Hughes took off from an undisclosed location in Washington D.C. and landed Hughes gyro-copter on the West Front lawn of the US Capitol building .
article_snippet.sent: A member of a bomb squad checks Hughes gyro-copter after Hughes had landed on the West Front lawn of the US Capitol building the US Capitol building .
article_snippet.sent: However, Hughes claims Hughes informed the Secret Service and Capitol police of Hughes potentially lethal stunt into the no-fly zone, which was designed to draw attention to campaign finance reform and government corruption.
article_snippet.sent: Furious interest: Members of the media converge near Constitution Avenue on Capitol Hill in Washington . '
article_snippet.sent: The mailman's flight to raise awareness for campaign finance reform and donation caps caused the Capitol to go into lockdown as stunned members of the public watched Hughes land Hughes single-seat gyro-copter around 2pm and breach the No-Fly 'P56-Zone'. '
article_snippet.sent: Evidence: the craftwas piloted by Florida mailman Doug Hughes to protest against government corruption and to promote campaign finance reform .
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to the Tampa Bay Times prior to the pilot flight, the pilot said that the pilot had phoned the Secret Service to tell them the pilot would land in front of the Capitol and that the pilot had emailed Barack Obama's public email too.
article_snippet.sent: the pilot said that the pilot flight would serve as a protest against rampant lobby and interest groups controlling the political process and a wake-up call for security.