article_snippet.sent: Pilot who landed gyrocopter blogged about why .
article_snippet.sent: A gyrocopter cannot quite launch straight up into the air in the manner of a typical helicopter; A gyrocopter requires a short ground run for takeoff.
article_snippet.sent: And most gyrocopters are kit-built aircraft.
article_snippet.sent: A gyrocopter also appears that A gyrocopter may weigh just under 255 pounds, which classifies A gyrocopter as an ultralight aircraft in the FAA parlance.
article_snippet.sent: Lawmaker looking into gyrocopter landing as pilot goes to court .
article_snippet.sent: A facility tracking the movement of this particular gyrocopter on radar would witness a speed probably attainable by the average Canadian goose.
article_snippet.sent: And the radar reflection on a piece of machinery of that diminutive size is most likely very limited.
article_snippet.sent: If it was actually tracked on a radar screen, the target may have appeared to be a flock of birds.
highlights_snippet.sent: Les Abend says gyrocopter may be lightweight and slow enough that gyrocopter evaded radar .
  