House Speaker Newt Gingrich won't let the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter be displayed on Capitol Hill.

U.S. ARMY'S COMANCHE helicopter will start a day early on its trip to West Palm Beach, Fla., to prepare for first flight in November. The prototype, which has been on display this week at the Pentagon, was supposed to spend today at Capitol Hill. But House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) refused to...

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