The wife of a mailman from Florida, who landed a gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday in an effort to creatively deliver a message about money in politics, said Friday that her husband is a "patriot." Alena Hughes said A gyrocopter caused a panic when it landed near the … Read more
Johnson, talking to a small group of reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday, described his first reaction to the gyrocopter incident. But the Homeland Security chief, whose department oversees some of the agencies investigating the matter, also declined A gyrocopter caused a panic when it landed near the U.S. Capitol today, and Senator Lindsey Graham … Read more
The Associated Press has obtained footage of 61-year-old mailman Doug Hughes illegally landing his gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon. Police in Washington, DC report that they have detained a man who flew a personal aircraft known as a gyrocopter through restricted airspace, landing the one-man flyer on the Capitol's … Read more
When a Florida mailman landed a gyrocopter with a USPS logo on the lawn of the Capitol today, I'm sure you were asking yourself the same question I was: Does the postal service really deliver mail via gyrocopter? Not today. But it turns out they did A man flew a gyrocopter on to the front … Read more
The gyrocopter that landed on the Capitol grounds wasn't detected as it flew into restricted Washington airspace, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. Norad spokesman Michael Kucharek Doug Hughes wouldn't like this story. After all, the Florida letter carrier who landed a gyro-copter at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has long … Read more
When a Florida mailman landed a gyrocopter with a USPS logo on the lawn of the Capitol today, I'm sure you were asking yourself the same question I was: Does the postal service really deliver mail via gyrocopter? Not today. But it turns out they did Police in Washington, DC report that they have detained … Read more
"At about 1 p.m. we called the Capitol Police and Secret Service to ask whether they were aware that a man was flying toward the Capitol in a gyrocopter and ask for comment," Orsi said. "We posted their response on our website. At approximately 1:30, Police in Washington, DC report that they have detained a … Read more
The gyrocopter — a one-man craft with an open cockpit — set down shortly after 1 p.m. on the Capitol's expansive West Lawn, where the pilot, 61-year-old Doug Hughes, was confronted by members of the Capitol Police and promptly detained pending A Florida Man™ was taken into custody on Wednesday after landing his gyrocopter (think: … Read more
April 15, 2015 3:26 PM EDT – As a gyrocopter landed on the Capitol lawn Wednesday, nearby protesters with the D.C. Democracy Vigil witnessed the aircraft's descent. Adam Eidinger, chairman of the D.C. Cannabis Campaign, joked that he thought it was a NBC News A member of the Capitol Police inspects a gyrocopter after it … Read more