{"id":13168,"date":"2015-11-22T10:59:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T15:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=13168"},"modified":"2015-11-22T10:59:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T15:59:01","slug":"video-gyrocopter-pilot-admits-he-fears-prison-time-but-plans-to-keep-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/11\/22\/video-gyrocopter-pilot-admits-he-fears-prison-time-but-plans-to-keep-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Gyrocopter pilot admits he fears prison time but plans to keep working"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Ruskin man who piloted his one-person aircraft through some of the nation&#8217;s most restricted airspace and landed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol entered a guilty plea in the case Friday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Douglas Hughes&#8217; plea in federal court in Washington had been expected. Earlier this month, Hughes told The Associated Press that he had agreed to plead guilty to a felony, operating a gyrocopter without a license.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I have always accepted that there would be consequences for what I did,&#8221; Hughes \u2014 who has called the April 15 stunt a way to call attention to the influence of big money in politics \u2014 told The AP. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/news\/hillsborough-regional-news\/douglas-hughes-enters-guilty-plea-for-landing-gyrocopter-onto-lawn-of-capitol\">More<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/v9.anv.bz\/scripts\/anv_mcp_9.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar p = new anv_pl_def(); p.config = {}; p.config.width = 475; p.config.height = 330; p.loadVideoExpressV3('eyJ1cGxvYWRfaWQiOiJleHByZXNzLTE0NDgyMDc3MTQ0MDQiLCJ2aWRlb190eXBlIjoiMSIsInNyY19pbWFnZV91cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vbWVkaWEyLmFiY2FjdGlvbm5ld3MuY29tL3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMDQvMjAvMTZ4OS9HeXJvY29wdGVyX3BpbG90X3NheXNfbWlzc2lvbl9pc19mYXJfZnJvXzI4NDkzNDAwMDBfMTcxMjQ5MzlfdmVyMS4wXzY0MF80ODAuanBnIiwiZGVmX3RpdGxlIjoiR3lyb2NvcHRlciBwaWxvdCBzYXlzIG1pc3Npb24gaXMgZmFyIGZyb20gb3ZlciIsInRpdGxlIjoiR3lyb2NvcHRlciBwaWxvdCBzYXlzIG1pc3Npb24gaXMgZmFyIGZyb20gb3ZlciIsImRlZl9kZWNzcmlwdGlvbiI6IiIsInB1Ymxpc2hlZF91cmxzIjpbeyJmb3JtYXQiOiJtcDQ7IiwiZW1iZWRfdXJsIjoiaHR0cDovL21lZGlhMi5hYmNhY3Rpb25uZXdzLmNvbS92aWRlby92aWRlb19zdHVkaW8vMjAxNS8wNC8yMC9HeXJvY29wdGVyX3BpbG90X3NheXNfbWlzc2lvbl9pc19mYXJfZnJvXzI4NDkzNC5tcDQiLCJwcm90b2NvbCI6Imh0dHA6IiwiY2RuX25hbWUiOiJBa2FtYWkiLCJrYnBzIjo1MDB9XSwiY2FwdGlvbnMiOlt7Imxhbmd1YWdlIjoiZW4iLCJmb3JtYXQiOiJERlhQIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDovL21lZGlhMi5hYmNhY3Rpb25uZXdzLmNvbS92aWRlby92aWRlb19zdHVkaW8vMjAxNS8wNC8yMC9jYXB0aW9ucy9HeXJvY29wdGVyX3BpbG90X3NheXNfbWlzc2lvbl9pc19mYXJfZnJvXzI4NDkzNDAwMDAuZGZ4cCJ9XSwidHNfcHVibGlzaGVkIjoiMjAxNV8wNF8yMCJ9|1000011|SPS');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/doug-hughes3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13172\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/doug-hughes3.jpg\" alt=\"doug-hughes3\" width=\"431\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/doug-hughes3.jpg 431w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/doug-hughes3-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ruskin man who piloted his one-person aircraft through some of the nation&#8217;s most restricted airspace and landed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol entered a guilty plea in the case Friday. 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