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Seems that landing experimental aircraft on the Capitol steps was a thing. Senator Hiram Bingham landed both a blimp (1929) and this "autogyro" (1931) there too
by benbreen 12y ago
Seems that landing experimental aircraft on the Capitol steps was a thing. Senator Hiram Bingham landed both a blimp (1929) and this "autogyro" (1931) there too:
https://uschs.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/bingham.jpg https://uschs.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/bingham.jpg
(Fun fact: Bingham was the partial inspiration for Indiana Jones).
- trhway 12y agoas recent as 1957, while not Capitol Hill, pretty close though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_X-13_Vertijet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_X-13_Vertijet : >On July 28-July 29, 1957, the X-13 was demonstrated in Washington, D.C. It crossed the Potomac River and landed at the Pentagon.