The 61-year-old Florida postal worker who landed a gyrocopter on the grounds of the US Capitol on Wednesday -- claiming he was delivering protest letters to Congress -- was charged Thursday in federal ...

An explanation of the peculiar aircraft that landed near the U.S. Capitol. — -- The peculiar helicopter that took flight this afternoon bound for the U.S. Capitol is known as a gyrocopter, a ...

Tuesday's fatal gyroplane crash in Highlands County has raised questions about the aircraft at the center of the tragedy. The aircraft goes by several other names: a gyrocopter, an autogyro or a ...

Lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are questioning officials from multiple agencies Wednesday about how a postal worker managed to land a gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn earlier this month.

An 83-year-old woman from Napoleon Township in Jackson County died in a gyroplane crash Saturday on a private airstrip on her property, according to Napoleon Township Police, about 13 years after ...

A Florida man who flew a small gyrocopter through protected Washington airspace before landing outside the U.S. Capitol last spring was seconds away from colliding with a Delta flight that had taken ...

THIS is the terrifying moment a gyrocopter falls out of the sky after the engine “died” as the pilot miraculously survives the crash landing in a field. The aircraft came down this ...

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Va. (WVEC) -- A Virginia State Police spokeswoman said the engine of a gyrocopter stopped running causing the aircraft to crash Sunday. Sgt. Michelle Anaya said the pilot, ...

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WASHINGTON – Radar could track the gyrocopter that landed recently at the U.S. Capitol, but defending against small, slow aircraft remains a challenge, federal military and aviation officials told a ...