Former rural letter carrier Douglas Hughes, 62, of Ruskin, Fla., was sentenced in April 2016 to 120 days in jail on a federal charge stemming from the April 15, 2015, incident in which he flew a gyrocopter into Washington, D.C., and landed on the West Front lawn of the Capitol. Hughes pled guilty on Nov. […]
WASHINGTON – Douglas Hughes, 62, of Ruskin, Fla., was sentenced today to 120 days in jail on a federal charge stemming from the April 15, 2015, incident in which he flew a gyrocopter into Washington, D.C., and landed on the West Front lawn of the Capitol, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Matthew R. Verderosa, […]
The Ruskin man who piloted his one-person aircraft through some of the nation’s most restricted airspace and landed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol entered a guilty plea in the case Friday. Douglas Hughes’ plea in federal court in Washington had been expected. Earlier this month, Hughes told The Associated Press that he had agreed […]
“Capital Airspace Security Breach: Inquiry into the Landing of a Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn” Aug 05 2015 WASHINGTON — Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a bipartisan staff report examining the April 15, 2015 Capitol airspace security […]
Capitol gyrocopter pilot fired by Postal Service The mail carrier who landed a gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol has been fired from the United States Postal Service, WUSA9 has learned. Doug Hughes faces multiple federal felony charges after he flew his gyrocopter from Florida to Washington in April. Hughes has pleaded […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Florida man who flew a gyrocopter onto the lawn of the U.S. Capitol said Monday that he’s rejected a plea offer in a case that would have involved several years in prison. Douglas Hughes is scheduled to appear later Monday in federal court in Washington for a status hearing in the […]
Florida mail carrier indicted on Federal Charges For Flying Gyrocopter to U.S. Capitol Grounds Doug Hughes Faces Up to 9 1/2 Years in Prison for Six Felony and Misdemeanor Offenses May 20, 2015 WASHINGTON – Douglas Hughes, 61, of Ruskin, Fla., was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from the April […]
Capitol gyrocopter pilot released on own recognizance after court hearing, home detention WASHINGTON (WJLA/ABC News/AP) -A Florida postal worker who managed to land a small helicopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol – without being detected ahead of time – was released by a federal judge on his own recognizance Thursday afternoon. 61-year-old Doug […]
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 insisted that his message — not he — is what’s important: “I’m just delivering the mail.” Hughes, 61, of Ruskin, Florida, piloted his small open-cockpit gyro-copter from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Washington, […]
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, back in the 1930s. Due to their agility, gyrocopters […]