Gyrocopter Pilot Plans Run for Congress Hughes plans to run for Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo) By Bridget Bowman. Posted December 17, 2015 at 12:36pm The Florida ...

A gyrocopter cannot quite launch straight up into the air in the manner of a typical helicopter; it requires a short ground run for takeoff. And most gyrocopters are kit-built aircraft.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - The Myrtle Beach Police Department is hoping to become the first of Horry County law enforcement to bring eyes to the sky. The department is looking for the go ahead ...

Democratic National Committee chair and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz could have the strangest of opponents: The Florida mailman who landed a gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol as a ...

WASHINGTON — Authorities plan to destroy a helicopter-like aircraft that made headlines when its owner flew it on to the lawn of the U.S. Capitol in 2015 as a political protest.

Gyrocopter pilot's plan to breach Capitol airspace was no secret; The first count -- a felony charge -- is punishable by up to three years in prison, ...

Douglas Hughes, a Florida mailman who broke several laws by flying a gyrocopter onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol this past tax day, is running for U.S. Congress.