New York City’s “Fan Man” has pleaded guilty to illegally flying above the Big Apple, but he’s vowing to form an advocacy group to defend every American’s right to fly.

Johnathan Warren, known for soaring high above the city’s waterways in a lightweight fan-powered paraglider, had his day in court on Saturday, three weeks after police arrested him for landing his aircraft at Calvert Vaux Park on Gravesend Bay. The NYPD at the time alleged he parachuted off the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge following the New York City marathon. But Warren, 40, said the flight started and ended at the same park .

Police seized his aircraft and charged him with felony reckless endangerment. The felony charge was dropped by the time he appeared at Brooklyn Criminal Court over the weekend. Warren copped to a

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