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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bensen Aircraft Corp 28 The autogyro, with its unmistakable silhouette and ingenious simplicity, has long fascinated aviation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Florida postal carrier charged Thursday with two federal crimes for steering his small gyrocopter through protected Washington airspace “literally flew under the radar” to the lawn of ...

RUSK COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - Fifty years ago a lot of people thought that by now we would all be driving around in flying cars. Well, that hasn't happened yet, but there is an aircraft that kind of ...