Jim Pfarr wants to make "aviation therapy" more accessible to others. As the newly named chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Ultralight and Light--Sport Aircraft Council, Pfarr thinks ...

Wild aircraft are the hallmark of AirVenture, the world’s largest get-together for pilots, which starts today in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) airshow last year ...

They've been called Giant Mosquitoes, Rubber Band Toys, Funny Looking Kites, Deathtraps. But to those who fly - and love - ultralight aircraft, they're also known as freedom and adventure. This ...

Flying an ultralight aircraft doesn’t require a pilot’s license, registration or — in Illinois, anyway — the use of a restricted landing area. Despite this liberal policy, flying is flying, and it’s ...

Flying an ultralight aircraft offers an “amazing” view at a fraction of the cost of getting a pilot’s license, but there are some risks involved, according to a Connecticut man who helped to first ...

My Poynter colleague Larry Larsen spotted this one, the federal government now has a new pilot’s license for light aircraft. The L.A. Times explains: With a valid automobile driver’s license and 20 ...

Lapeer — Six pilot trainees are ready to meet at DuPont-Lapeer Airport for the night’s lesson: aircraft instruments and plane dynamics. But these trainees tend to have a few more wrinkles than you’d ...

When Nancy Ullmann was golfing with her family at about 5 p.m. Saturday on the eighth hole at Lisbon's Songbird Hills Golf Club, she was struck by how low and loud an aircraft was. The aircraft ...

Sun-n-Fun in April 2015 will mark the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the light-sport aircraft sector in the USA. Both Evektor and Flight Design obtained their S-LSA certificates on the ...

Read Davin Coburn's flying blog and listen to him discuss his adventure. Listen to Davin Coburn adventure as he describes it on the Popular Mechanics Show (podcast). We're off the ground early, seven ...

Czech manufacturer CSA's aircraft now carry the original Sportcruiser brand after its distribution deal with Piper ended this year It was the Federal Aviation Administration's light sport rule of ...