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 ...

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 ...

The gyrocopter is the closest thing modern aviation has to a flying car. The miniaturized aircraft can take off and land with very little room and can operate effectively at low-altitude. A used one ...

The aircraft goes by several other names: a gyroplane, an autogyro or a rotoplane -- to name a few. The FAA uses the term gyroplane. So, we will, too. Gyroplanes were invented by Juan de la Cierva in ...

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 ...

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 formally indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday.

Rep. Mike McCaul said authorities ready if aircraft came closer to Capitol. — -- While the Florida mailman who landed his gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn last week exposed a security ...

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 — A Florida man who landed a one-person gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington in 2015 as a stunt to protest the influence of money in politics was sentenced Thursday to ...

CNN’s Rene Marsh reports on the FAA investigating a gyrocpoter pilot who flew in restricted airspace and landed near the Capitol.

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly gyrocopter crash that happened between Saturday and Sunday near State Road 100. According to the FHP, the gyrocopter crashed ...