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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 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 ...

Doug Hughes, the 61-year-old mailman-turned-pilot, who flew his gyrocopter onto the US Capitol lawn earlier this week, was convinced he could have an impact on American politics. He may have been ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: Les Abend is a Boeing 777 captain for a major airline with 30 years of flying experience. He is also a CNN aviation analyst and senior contributor to Flying magazine. The opinions ...

Florida postman Doug Hughes made headlines last month for landing his gyrocopter on the lawn in front of the Capitol building. In an interview with NPR, Hughes said he "made every effort to send word ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Florida man who allegedly piloted a gyrocopter onto the Capitol grounds last month to protest big money in politics has been indicted by a federal grand jury on six charges, which could land him ...

Myanmar's military is increasingly using paramotors and gyrocopters to attack civilians and anti-government forces, according ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report containing new details about a gyrocopter crash in Swanzey last month. The preliminary report says the pilot of the gyrocopter ...