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 ...

And the government triggered plans to destroy his gyrocopter. But the letters he got back. Douglas Hughes flies his gyrocopter on the national mall, April 15, 2015.

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.

Pilot is a 61-year-old Postal Service worker from Florida. — -- The pilot of a small helicopter that landed on the U.S. Capitol's West lawn in Washington, D.C., this afternoon has been ...

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 ...

The Florida postal worker who landed a gyrocopter on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in April to call attention to government corruption pleaded guilty Friday to flying without a license.

Gyrocopter Pilot Charged for Landing on US Capitol Grounds . ... Within days, Hughes was interviewed by the Secret Service, which then alerted the U.S. Capitol Police to his plans.

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.

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.