Doug Hughes, the Florida man who flew his gyrocopter into Washington, D.C. and landed it on the west front lawn of the Capitol building last month, was arraigned in D.C. federal court on Thursday ...

Doug Hughes said he made "every effort" to notify authorities ahead of flight. — -- The Florida mailman who flew a gyrocopter through restricted airspace and landed on the Capitol lawn last week ...

The gyrocopter that was about to make a big splash with an unannounced landing on the lawn of the Capitol appeared on radar as a tiny dot as it made its way south from Gettysburg. Nobody noticed. The ...

WASHINGTON — The Florida man who flew his gyrocopter through restricted airspace to land on the U.S. Capitol grounds told federal investigators he feared being "shot down'' but took off anyway to call ...

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The man who landed a gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn pleaded not guilty to six federal charges, including two felonies, during his arraignment in a D.C. courtroom Thursday. Doug ...

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WASHINGTON — Doug Hughes, the Ruskin mail carrier who flew his gyrocopter into restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., last month to make a political statement, has been indicted by a federal grand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report containing new details about a gyrocopter crash in ...

WASHINGTON — The Florida man who landed a gyrocopter at the U.S. Capitol has been indicted and could face more than nine years in prison. Douglas Hughes, 61, was indicted on six charges, the U.S.

After two weeks of closed-door briefings and mounting questions on how a postal worker from Florida was able to land his gyrocopter on the Capitol's west front unharmed, lawmakers finally got the ...