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Volocopter – Autonomous Air Taxi
Urban transportation is the pits. Congested streets and sparse parking make downtown driving a pain. What if there was a way
Ultralight News
Ultralight news covers the latest developments in lightweight aviation, focusing on simple, efficient aircraft designed for recreational and sport flying. This category features news stories, videos, pilot experiences, and notable flights involving ultralight airplanes, trikes, and other minimal-weight aircraft. Readers will find coverage of new designs, regulations, safety topics, and flying techniques, along with insights into the growing ultralight aviation community. From grassroots innovation to everyday flying adventures, this collection highlights the freedom and accessibility of ultralight aviation.
Ultralight News
Experimental Aircraft Videos
Electrics Wow at AirVenture
Is it a bird? It’s a plane. No, it’s a flying mattress! Ultralight aircraft news is all a flutter over the
Human Interest
Sweet Sixteen – Sixteen Planes
Ross Brodie isn’t your typical teenager. He’s been flying with his dad since he was two years old and is quite
Editor's Picks
Public Rallies behind Ultralights
What kind of vision for the future doesn’t include the ultralight? The US Fish and Wildlife Services’, apparently. On October 15,
Record Breaking News
Ultralight News Around The World
It’s been quite the month in ultralight aircraft news, starting with the first electric aircraft to cross the English Channel, in fact two crews
Ultralight News
Belite Introduces SeaLite
Belite has made ultralight aircraft news this week with the presentation of their newest model, the Bealite SeaLite. The single seat, amphibious ultralight
Gear Reports
Ultralights Holding Resell Value
Many enthusiasts who really keep up with ultralight aircraft news and casual flyers alike often wonder about the resale values of
Legal and Justice
Ultralight Pilots to Save the Rhino
A British ultralightlight pilot has made ultralight aircraft news while urging other microlight enthusiasts worldwide get involved in an effort to
Legal and Justice
Going High Tech Against Ultralight Drug Smugglers
Enjoying your sport can be a little more challenging when your favorite way to fly also happens to be popular with
Ultralight News
Operation Migration 2012
Flying ultralight aircraft can be the thrill of a lifetime. But for two of the sport’s most celebrated ambassadors, that passion
Gear Reports
GoPro Survives 12,500 Foot Fall
Skydiver Lucas Damn’s helmet-cam made skydiving news when it was knocked out of its casing as he jumped out of the
Competition and Events
Coupe Icare 2012
If you happen to be in France right now, you’re in for a treat. The Coupe Icare has been the most
Hang Gliding News
Putin Flies with the Cranes
Russian President Vladimir Putin fired back at his critics after he came under withering attacks in cyberspace for his latest adventure.
Competition and Events
Belite Aircraft Named 2010 Grand Champion Ultralight
The 2010 SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo in Lakeland Florida attracts over 150,000 pilots and aviation enthusiasts from all
Gear Reports
HD Video Helmet Camera Review
Be it hang gliding, paragliding, skydiving or ultralighting we all wish we had a video camera to shoot those memorable flying
Out of the ordinary
Jetman Bails into Ocean
A Swiss adventurer, Yves Rossy, went down into the Atlantic Ocean after hitting turbulent air which caused equipment failure. While attempting to cross
Science and Technology
Operation Migragation
It’s that time of year again when a siege of cranes and a gang of ultralight pilots take to the air
Competition and Events
2009 World Air Games
The United States sent 17 competitors to the World Air Games between June 6th and June 14th 2009. This event is
Ultralight News
Whooping it Down South
As an ultralight sits on a makeshift runway reeving its engine in the early morning frost, support crew readies the migrating whooping cranes for takeoff also.
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