Hughes has evidently been planning this stunt for two years, keeping his wife in the dark about the landing. Though he did tell his best friend, Mike Shanahan, about his protest a year ago. According ...
The White House said Wednesday’s stunt involving a small aircraft landing on the Capitol grounds provides a good learning experience for the Secret Service and Capitol Police. “I’m confident they will ...
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A Florida man who piloted a gyrocopter onto the Capitol grounds last year to highlight campaign finance reform — and has no regrets about it — is going to jail. Doug Hughes, 62, who pleaded guilty to ...
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POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Two pilots are expected to be OK after two back-to-back hard landings in Polk County, one involving a sheriff’s office helicopter. Deputies say the sheriff’s office ...
A small gyrocopter that flew through miles of the nation’s most restricted airspace before landing at the U.S. Capitol was “indistinguishable” on radar from non-aircraft such as a flock of birds, a ...