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Sound, and the pilots ascended just in the nick of time. david, ive never heard of anything like this before. perhaps you have with regard to an active volcano. do we know how close this plane got? >> well it went down to 9,000 feet. for the ground proximity warning to come out -- remember though that the aircraft ground proximity warning points forward. it sees it as its coming. its not like its looking straight down. it sees the possibility of intersecting with the mountain. the pilot responde...

Through in why werent there alarm bells that wint off? >> there was the flight path. it rounded the washington monument and headed down the national mall for the capitol building. . the nations capitol is teeming with secret service but none stopped what he once described as a flying bicycle. >> who should be in charge of that restricted air space? >> weve got a well coordinated federal response to dealing with issues of those who penetrate the restricted air space without permission. >> reporte...

Gy gyrocopter pilot pulled off a stunt in one of the most secured areas in the united states. >> this is not good, people. >> that domed building, thats the u.s. capitol, the pilot, a postal carrier, says he just wanted to deliver letters to lawmakers. he says he announced his plan well in advance. but as tom foreman tells us, u.s. security forces did not get the message. >> im not suicidal and im not going to commit suicidal. im not going to fly into any monuments. terrorists dont announce thei...

Continuer. >> everyone was shouting move. get down. >> reporter: the 61-year-old mailman was looking to deliver a message to washington demanding an end to government corruption. he was carrying 535 letters. it was a daring act of civil disso bead yens that is also a crime. he alerted the tampa bay times last year. he acknowledged the risk to his safety. >> i dont believe that the authorities are going to shoot down a 60-year-old mailman in a flying bicycle. >> he insisted he was not a terrorist...

Investigators in washington are trying to get a handle on just how a gyrocopter pilot pulled off a bizarre stunt in one of the most secure areas in the u.s. >> this is not good, people. no. >> thats very clear. he was flying right there toward the u.s. capitol building. the pilot, a postal carrier says he wanted to deliver let tires lawmakers. he says he announced his plans well in advance. as tom foreman reports, u.s. security forces didnt get his message. >> im not sure. im not going to fly in...

Ask and get an answer to. >> some guy took your bicycle helicopter. i dont know. you must not have locked the garage. >> we all have these in florida. great state. >> almost deadly serious here, a small gyrocopter piloted by a 61-year-old mail man crashed on to the lawn of the u.s. capitol yesterday. peter alexander is joining us now. peter, what can you tell us about this latest security scare? >> reporter: mika, joe, good morning. this definitely gives new meaning to the idea of air mail. were...

To be a federal crime. hughes made no secret of his plan alerting the tampa bay times last year. >> im going to violate the no-fly zone, nonviolently and for nobody to get hurt. >> reporter: he acknowledged the risk to his safety. >> i dont believe that the authorities are going to shoot down a 60-year-old mail man in a flying bicycle. >> reporter: and insisted he was not a terrorist. >> terrorists dont broadcast their flight path terrorists dont invite an escort to go along with them. >> report...

A 61-year-old man from florida was arrested today in washington, d.c. and is facing federal charges. hes under arrest tonight facing federal charges for flying his small, personal aircraft called a gyroincorporator across washington, d.c. and landing on the lawn of the capital in violation of the no-fly zone there. nbcs peter alexander has the latest. peter. >> good evening to you. were basically standing in the flight path for that gyrocopter. this mailman, doug hughes was hoping to start a con...

I dont believe the authorities are going to shoot down a 60-year-old mailman in a flying bicycle. >> and insisting he was not a terrorist. >> terrorists dont broadcast their flight path. terrorists dont invite an escort to go along with them. >> hughes told the people he took off from gettysburg, pennsylvania, rounding the washington monument, giving him a clear view of the white house landing at the capitol. >> i had no idea he would make it this far. i thought for sure he would be brought down...

Going to commit suicide and im not going to fly into any monuments. terrorists dont announce their flights before they take off. okay. terrorists dont broadcast their flight path. terrorists dont invite an escort to go along with them. >> reporter: that video and his website show in great detail what hughes was planning. how he was preparing to be both a pilot and protester in those final moments. >> this is not good people. >> reporter: as captured in this exclusive video obtained by the associ...