A Florida man landed his gyrocopter on the west front lawn of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, alarming security and captivating the Twitterverse. The pilot landed his ...

TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED THIS MORNING WHEN AN EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER CRASHED AND BURNED. AUTHORITIES SAY THE HELICOPTER APPEARED TO BE A HOME-MADE GYROCOPTER THAT WENT DOWN IN CLAY COUNTY. BOTH THE ...

RUSKIN, Fla. (AP) – A mail carrier is driving back to Florida to await his next hearing for flying his gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol lawn. Doug Hughes was charged with operating an unregistered ...

WASHINGTON – A Florida man who pleaded guilty to landing a gyrocopter on a lawn outside the U.S. Capitol as a political protest says he now wants to land a spot inside the building, as a member of ...

Florida resident Doug Hughes flew his gyrocopter to Washington, D.C. and landed it on the west front lawn of the Capitol building on Wednesday. He reportedly flew the contraption to Washington to ...

WASHINGTON – A Florida man who piloted a gyrocopter through some of America's most restricted airspace before landing at the U.S. Capitol is due back in court. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the ...

A Florida mailman who broke several laws by flying a gyrocopter onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol this past tax day is now planning a more traditional route back to the building. He’s running for ...

Ruskin, FL – Doug Hughes, the Ruskin man arrested for flying into restricted air space and landing near the U.S. Capitol, is out on his own recognizance. On Thursday afternoon, a magistrate judge in ...