Aircraft

The highly anticipated Icon A5 has completed an FAA audit that will allow the start of full production of the sleek amphibian. Icon plans to deliver its first customer airplane next month at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This week, Flying had the opportunity to fly the A5. Look for the full report in an […]

There’s a new airplane near the top of the heap of uber-luxury jets after Boeing Business Jets announced the sale of the first BBJ Max 9 at the Paris Air Show to an undisclosed European customer. The Boeing 737-based BBJ Max 9 sale marks the fifth BBJ Max order after Boeing previously booked four orders […]

In case you missed it, one of the latest aviation videos to go viral shows off a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner rehearsing for the Paris Air Show, which is being held this week. It’s not often we see airliners perform such a steep climb, but this video demonstrates the Dreamliner’s ability for a gorgeous takeoff. While […]

Summer is upon us and so is the best flying season for most. While flying to a nice resort with all the creature comforts you could dream of is by all means a terrific experience, flying into a remote area will get you far away from the hustle and bustle. If you want to get […]

Airbus Helicopters used the stage at the Paris Air Show to announce a two-year development phase for a new model code-named the X6 that would emerge as a modern-day replacement for the 1970s-era Super Puma. Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury said the X6 would primarily target the oil and gas industry as well as search […]

United Technologies Corp. said it plans to sell or spin off helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft, maker of the S-76, S-92 and Black Hawk series, within the next 60 days. The plan to sell or split the storied company comes as demand for helicopters has softened with falling prices in the oil and gas sector and […]

One of the most historically significant airplanes in the world, That’s All, Brother — a C-47 that the led a mass formation during the D-Day invasion — was recently found in a boneyard in Wisconsin. Not knowing the significance of the airplane, a company in Wisconsin planned to convert it to a turboprop. But a […]

One of the strangest helicopters you have ever seen is going back into production. Following a 12-year hiatus, the Kaman K-MAX K-1200 heavy-lifter, first built in the 1990s, will again start emerging from the factory after the Connecticut-based manufacturer received an order for 10 helicopters from two operators. First type certified in 1994, the K-MAX […]

You may have been wondering what happened to the Liberty XL-2 — the two-seat carbon fiber airplane that became the first piston-powered model to be certified with a Fadec-equipped engine in 2004. After a few years of hibernation the type-design was picked up by Melbourne, Florida-based Discovery Aviation, which has just reopened the order book […]

Four students, one teacher and one chaperon from CHEF Homeschoolers of Cuba City, Wisconsin, are in Arlington, Washington, where they have started building a Glasair Sportsman. The students won the opportunity to experience Glasair’s Two Weeks to Taxi program through the GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge — a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) […]