Florida mailman breaches no-fly zone and lands gyro-copter on US Capitol West Front Lawn . Doug Hughes , 61 , concocted the stunt to raise awareness of campaign finance reform . Flew undetected from an undisclosed location near to Washington D.C and landed at halfpm . Stunned bystanders just watched as the helicopter flew past the Gen. Ulysses Grant statue and came to a halt . He has been planning the stunt for two years and said he kept his wife in the dark about it .
Florida mailman breaches no-fly zone and lands gyro-copter on US Capitol West Front Lawn . Doug Hughes , 61 , concocted the stunt to raise awareness of campaign finance reform . Flew undetected from an undisclosed location near to Washington D.C and landed at 2pm . Stunned bystanders just watched as the helicopter flew past the Gen. Ulysses Grant statue and came to a halt . He has been planning the stunt for two years and said he kept his wife in the dark about it .